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From: C503719@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (Baird McIntosh)
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Subject: Re: Sound Digitizers
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Date: 5 Dec 90 02:58:40 GMT
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In Message-ID: <8286@lynx.UUCP> vik@lynx.uucp (Vikram Sohal) said:
>Any suggestions as to which sound digitizer is best to get? I have
>seen PerfectSound at my local software store, but have no idea as
>to how it compares to others. Are there any 16/8 bit digitizers
>available? how about bundled software?

Look at something besides Perfect Sound.  The only software that works with
Perfect Sound 3.x hardware is Perfect Sound 3.x and AudioMaster III.  Get a
different digitizer and maybe AudioMaster software.

I don't recommend Perfect Sound because the 3.0 software was not thoroughly
debugged before release, and while I've heard there is a 3.1 software version,
I have not heard anything from SunRize concerning upgrading.  To be fair,
they sent me a small upgrade (3.01), but before that they asked me to send
them a letter telling how I observed the bugs I reported on the registration
card.  In effect, I was doing their beta-testing for them!  Plus, the 'fixed'
version 3.01 is not totally fixed.  Finally, while 3.1 *may* be a miraculous
piece of code, you can probably do much better software-wise by getting
AudioMaster III or QuasarSound.  And as I said above, you probably want a
different hardware digitizer because there is not much software supporting
the 3.x PSound hardware.

Aside:  Can anyone give me a phone number for SunRize?  I want to be sure
        I can send them my PS hardware without including the receipt.
        (They have my registration card, after all.)  I've noticed that
        all the samples I have done have little or no negative amplitude.
        (i.e. the wave graph in Perfect Sound is chopped just below the
         center-line.)

        I had a number, but I think I threw it away.  The only number I have
        is on the 3.01 upgrade disk and it's been changed.  There is no
        phone number in my Perfect Sound manual.

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