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shagrock
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 Posted - Fri Mar 16, 2001 8:18 pm
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OK here is the machine I am running now
PIII-800mhz
sound blaster pci64
geforce
128meg of memory
win98SE
I do mostly LP transfers using the the NR plug-in. My wave files average around 60meg to 140meg. The question is would I notice a difference say in noise reduction, or running click and pop reduction over the whole wave, if go to 256meg of memory?
Oh yes guess I should mention that I use CE2K, with the NR plugin.
Edited by - shagrock on 03/16/2001 9:32:24 PM
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pjjackouk
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Posted - Sat Mar 17, 2001 8:37 am
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Get yourself the Mp3 download and save your files with this format, takes up a lot less than a the wav space you use for each file. It made a big difference to my file storage.
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Heavens to Betsy
Location: USA
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Posted - Sat Mar 17, 2001 10:08 am
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I don't think you could go wrong with additional memory, really. From what I've come to understand, plug-ins are more tied to RAM than CPU usage--as to exact benchmarks, Syntrillium would be the ones to ask.
Though it's not the same subject, I'll give my two cents: MP3 storage savings are not worth the resulting signal degradation.
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shagrock
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Posted - Sat Mar 17, 2001 10:33 am
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| Get yourself the Mp3 download and save your files with this format, takes up a lot less than a the wav space you use for each file. It made a big difference to my file storage. |
See I am taking my out of print LP's and then transfering them to CD-R so I can play them on my walkman or in a any cd player, so MP3 really does not do much for me.
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invader9000
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Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2001 4:30 am
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It a common rule, that the more RAM you have, the better for you. Not only for Cool Edit, but even for the OS. RAM is faster than harddisks, and Swap-file creation takes less time and disk space when more RAM is present. Swap file creation, Undo Data creation, Transforms operations etc. work faster, because of more RAM. Unfortunately, i cannot know the upper limit of RAM thát will bring no further benefit to you, but RAM is cheap, so.. i would give it a shot!
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shagrock
Location: USA
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Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2001 8:53 am
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| It a common rule, that the more RAM you have, the better for you. Not only for Cool Edit, but even for the OS. RAM is faster than harddisks, and Swap-file creation takes less time and disk space when more RAM is present. Swap file creation, Undo Data creation, Transforms operations etc. work faster, because of more RAM. Unfortunately, i cannot know the upper limit of RAM thát will bring no further benefit to you, but RAM is cheap, so.. i would give it a shot! |
The cheap RAM is the reason I am looking into it, I have a 128meg stick on order, I think going up to 256meg should be good enough for what I am doing.
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invader9000
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Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2001 9:05 am
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I used to have 64MB and after i had installed another 128MB i now have 192MB. I have seen much improvement, but unfortunately my CPU is a little slow (Cyrix 266MHz M II). But... i will survive :-). But Shagrock, Reading your system specs, i find your sound card not good enough for those LP to CD transfers. I would recommend a better sound card, but that is another subject. Also, know that i use CEP 1.2a, and NR is faster, than any other Cool Edit/Pro version.
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shagrock
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Posted - Mon Mar 19, 2001 12:09 pm
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| I used to have 64MB and after i had installed another 128MB i now have 192MB. I have seen much improvement, but unfortunately my CPU is a little slow (Cyrix 266MHz M II). But... i will survive :-). But Shagrock, Reading your system specs, i find your sound card not good enough for those LP to CD transfers. I would recommend a better sound card, but that is another subject. Also, know that i use CEP 1.2a, and NR is faster, than any other Cool Edit/Pro version. |
OK with out costing an arm and leg what would be a good card, must be good with games, as my son is a heavy gamer.
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invader9000
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Posted - Mon Mar 26, 2001 3:02 am
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i believe that every card is suitable for gaming. If you need a heavy gamers card with Dolby Surround etc. try searching your local stores. In my country, Soundblasters are top sellers, as there are many gamers, interested in something good and cheap. SB has those specs. As for audio recording, something more "Pro" would be a good solution, even for games, because of it's very good sound palyback. Of course, it is a matter of money and as you are a parent, you probably know better, don't you?
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