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[Steve Moody]

Michael,
Probably the most commonly used software is Adobe Easy CD Creator and it is
usually included with the purchase of a cd writer, unfortunately it is the
minimal version which is quite limited unless you order the full - for about
$100. My favorite is Digital CD Recording Studio which has all the
capabilities of the full version of Adobe, is easier to use and only cost me
$10 (got it from a discount software bin at the local Fry's). A little
advice about recording cd's - set your read and write speed to 1 to 1, it
cuts back on flutter when recording especially on cd to cd music transfers
and if at all possible transfer the music to your hard drive first (HD space
allowing of course) than transfer from there to your cd. I'm sure most
people have IDE hard drives and IDE cd writers, for best professional
results SCSI is the way to go, better error correction, faster transfers,
etc. and are what is used in the recording industry. Unfortunately, SCSI cd
writers,  audio/video hard drives, controlers and cd roms are considerably
more expensive than their IDE counterparts. SCSI cd writers are about $300,
drives have come down but still around $300 or so, a SCSI controler
(Adaptec) is about $200, a SCSI cd rom is about $100 ( I recommend Toshiba
cd roms and cd writers, they have the best specifications in the
industry).Also - PC sound cards. The benchmark of PC professional sound
cards has been the high end Turtle Beach series  at around $500+ but there
are now some that are their rivals, the top end Yamaha is rated highly and
the Layla has gained an incredible following among musicians, its 32 track
virtual mixer and especially its analog simulated sound is supossedly the
best of all, a good friend of mine is a lady drummer who also works at a
major music store chain  introduced me to it and it will be my next audio
card - and is only $300 (it still hurts!). I myself still have a ways to
go - have the SCSI audio/video drives and controller and a decent sound
card - Diamond Monster 3 but the remainder of my equipment is IDE. A small
consolation for all you out there is that the mass produced better sound
cards, Yamaha, Creative Labs, etc are better than the professional sound
cards of just 5 years ago. Hope it helps - Steve The Moonman
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From: Mich at el B <michaelangelo68 at OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 5:57 AM
Subject: off - lend a hand - off


Can someone out there recomend some  good software for editing music copied
from vinyl?

thanks
michael b