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From: mings@cs.uoregon.edu (Ming Yau So)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Voice Digitizer
Keywords: digitizer,voice,macrecorder,voicelink
Message-ID: <1991Apr2.155216.3281@cs.uoregon.edu>
Date: 2 Apr 91 15:52:16 GMT
Sender: mings@cs.uoregon.edu (Ming Yau So)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon
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Originator: mings@obelix.cs.uoregon.edu

Hi, Dear Netters,

	I am now considering to buy a voice digitizer for using on my Mac.
It seems that currently there are 2 such products in the market:
the MacRecorder by Farallon Computing, and the VoiceLink by Articulate
Systems.  According to the price quoted by MacWarehouse, MacRecorder is
about $40 cheaper than VoiceLink ($199 vs $159).  From the ad. of Articulate
Systems, the VoiceLink looks pretty cool, and the ad. says that the VoiceLink
has a buildin DSP and onboard digital compression, so it doesn't tie up
the CPU.  However, since the there is a $40 difference (about 25%), I really
want to know are the DSP and onboard compession worth the extra money.  So I
like to know do any of you have any experience with these 2 products ?  I am
especially interested in the comparison of: the quality of the hardwares and
the softwares; the functinality of the softwares (i.e. what kind of editing
jobs can I do and what kind of files it generates); the quality and the size
of the sounds digitized by the 2 systems.

	Please reply in email, and I will summarize all the responses and
post it to the net.

	Thanks for any response.

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