Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!ginosko!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez From: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com (Lynda Botez) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: IIGS Sound Digitizers Message-ID: <20911@gryphon.COM> Date: 13 Oct 89 05:40:17 GMT Sender: root@gryphon.COM Organization: People-Net [pnet02], Redondo Beach, CA. Lines: 33 I personally own an Applied Engineering Sonic Blaster. I find it works with almost everything. It comes with two disks of software, one which is called Audio Art, which contains several pre-recorded sounds for you to mess around with... the second is a utility disk which allows you to record sounds from an optional microphone or stereo system... even a walkman... also you can playback sounds, edit them, etc. etc. If you're worried about documentation, the Sonic Blaster comes with a detailed 65 page manual that gives you information on basically everything you ever wanted to know (or didn't want to know) about this peripheral. The Sonic Blaster lets you play and save sound files from the following different formats: AIFF (Apple's standard), Raw Data format (straight binary), AE (Applied Engineering's own), 2:1 Compressed, and 2:67:1 Compressed. It records and playbacks in either stereo or mono. You can do all kinds of crazy things with it, like echo and fading... I haven't spent that much time experimenting with it, but it seems to be totally sufficient for my needs. The only complaint I've consistently heard is regarding the volume controls that have to be adjusted on the card (which I agree is annoying, but not that big of a deal). I'd go for this card unless you need something a little more professional; then I'd look at the Audio Animator (also made by AE, but more bucks). I had an MDIdeas Super Sonic card which I would consider barely adequate; their documentation was somewhat lacking... Lynda UUCP: {ames!elroy, }!gryphon!pnet02!lbotez INET: lbotez@pnet02.gryphon.com