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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: In the Future: MacRecorder 2.0 (also, MacConnection's new policy)
Keywords: digitized sound rumors MacRecorder MacConnection
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Date: 15 Mar 89 18:28:46 GMT
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Decided to finally sell my old Impulse audio digitizer and get a Farralon
MacRecorder instead.  Ordered version 1.1 from MacConnection, and they sent
me 1.0 by mistake (first time they've ever screwed up in five years with my
account).  They apologized and I mailed 1.0 back, and 1.1 should arrive
tomorrow; but in the meantime, my impatience and curiosity caught up with
me, and I called up Farallon, asking about the differences between 1.0 and
1.1 of MacRecorder.

Outside of a moving cursor while the sound's playing (like SoundWave --
sounds like the one or two options SoundWave has that MacRecorder doesn't
have are being added (hopefully resampling, too)) and a new file format, it
sounded like most of the changes were internal.  What I found interesting
was that Farallon is planning a 2.0 release tenatively for May; according to
the person I talked to, this is a fairly significant upgrade (though they
were not specific -- something about a "sound toolbox" and other features).
All this is tenative, but upgrades would be for $40, unless you bought
MacRecorder after January (gloat, gloat).

Well, I hope MacConnection gets the MacRecorder here soon; I taped ALIENS
last night, and there are a few choice quotes I'd like to digitize...
("What're we supoosed to use, harsh language?")

PS  What do you think about MacConnection's new policy of having "selected
    vendors" whose products you can return after 30 or 60 days for your
    money back, for any reason?  Personally, I like it -- but it a) sounds
    like a large workload for MacConnection, and I'd be reluctant to see
    their excellent service suffer for it; b) they almost always ship the
    latest software -- I hope this policy doesn't give them inventory
    problems; c) I'm surprised so many vendors went in on this -- I thought
    they'd be worried about software piracy (copy it, copy the manuals,
    return the software) -- few of the game manufacturers did, which seems
    wise. 

                           "In literature as in love, we are astonished at
                            what is chosen by others."
                                           -- Andre Maurois
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