Audio Recorder under Snow Leopard
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From: John Varela on 15 Mar 2010 14:28 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:24:29 UTC, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > > John wrote: > > Does not work well. I always get a message saying that the LAME Library > > is not installed when it is. Anyone got any alternative audio recording > > apps? > > Yes, Amadeus Pro 1,5 from www.hairersoft.com. It's one of the best audio > recording applications at all. Fully VST plug-in compatible, fulle AU > unit plug-in compatible and can record with from 1 channel to at least > 34 channels at a time. Direct 5.1 sorround recording. 5-band, 10-band > and 31-band octave EQ, pre-/post-fading. Real time multitrack recording, > built-in software RIAA for both 33/45rpm and 78rpm with correction, > etc.etc. - The reason I only say 34 is because what was possible to see > on my 28" monitor.:-) Demo is available from the link. It's worth every > cent! A couple of years ago I used Amadeus Pro to copy a bunch of audio cassette tapes. The other day I found a few more tapes and tried to copy them. I don't necessariy recall everything I did the first time but now I can't get it to work. It seems like it should only be necessary to run a cable from the output of the tape deck directly to the Line In jack on the iMac and set the Preference to use that input. I also tried the iMic USB interface (which is what I had used before). No audio detected by Amadeus Pro either way. This is the same iMac I used before, the only change being that now it's on 10.6.2 and I've done an upgrade or two to Amadeus Pro (which I've been using to clean up some recordings of old LPs). Are John Wolf and I the only ones having problems with audio input in 10.6? -- John Varela
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 15 Mar 2010 20:02
John Varela wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:24:29 UTC, Erik Richard Sørensen > <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > >> John wrote: >>> Does not work well. I always get a message saying that the LAME Library >>> is not installed when it is. Anyone got any alternative audio recording >>> apps? >> Yes, Amadeus Pro 1,5 from www.hairersoft.com. It's one of the best audio >> recording applications at all. Fully VST plug-in compatible, fulle AU >> unit plug-in compatible and can record with from 1 channel to at least >> 34 channels at a time. Direct 5.1 sorround recording. 5-band, 10-band >> and 31-band octave EQ, pre-/post-fading. Real time multitrack recording, >> built-in software RIAA for both 33/45rpm and 78rpm with correction, >> etc.etc. - The reason I only say 34 is because what was possible to see >> on my 28" monitor.:-) Demo is available from the link. It's worth every >> cent! > > A couple of years ago I used Amadeus Pro to copy a bunch of audio > cassette tapes. The other day I found a few more tapes and tried to > copy them. I don't necessariy recall everything I did the first time > but now I can't get it to work. It seems like it should only be > necessary to run a cable from the output of the tape deck directly > to the Line In jack on the iMac and set the Preference to use that > input. I also tried the iMic USB interface (which is what I had used > before). No audio detected by Amadeus Pro either way. > > This is the same iMac I used before, the only change being that now > it's on 10.6.2 and I've done an upgrade or two to Amadeus Pro (which > I've been using to clean up some recordings of old LPs). > > Are John Wolf and I the only ones having problems with audio input > in 10.6? Don't know about 10.6.x yet since I have problems with the DVD. It won't load in three different DVD drives, so I'll have to go down to the store to get a replacement... But regarding the Amadeus, you need to set the input in both the 'Sound' prefs pane and in the Amadeus prefs settings. - ...And I ofcourse presume that you have put the cable from the tapedeck in the 'Play Out' sockets. - Some tapedecks are quite nasty naming the LINE OUT signal sockets as 'REC OUT' instead... You may also need to adjust the 'gain' in the 'Sound' prefspane, cause some MC decks only have an output of 100mv and not the more normal 150mv. Set the gain slider to apprx. 50% and then check the signal on the Amadeus meters to see if they begin to change color toward red. If they do, then decrease the gain level rather than decreasing the Amadeus level settings. This will produce less background noise from the tapedeck.... - And don't forget to put a checkmark into 'Playthrough' in the Amadeus recording window, so you can hear what you're recording... Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |