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Post by mrsteve on May 13, 2008 17:50:28 GMT -5
I have heard some good things about this unit and software so I ordered one today. Apparently it is/has been compatible with Windows Vista for some time now. Someone I know has the same operating system that I do and he apparently hasn't had any issues. It should be here either tomorrow or Thursday so hopefully that will be a big help with my recording. The old computer mic and amp setup just ain't cutting it for what I want to be able to do. Anyone here have experience with this unit? Oh, it is currently on sale @ S w e e t w a t e r for $89.99 w/free shipping. For whatever reason it won't let me spell it out properly.
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Post by WWLaidback on May 13, 2008 19:38:01 GMT -5
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Post by mrsteve on May 13, 2008 22:17:46 GMT -5
So with the flash card, is that for recording on to and then you plug it into your computer? I'm not very familiar with those units. I'm coming from a background of using older Tascam 4-track cassette recorders. ;D In fact, I sold mine over a month ago! It was time to get out of the dark ages.
I'm pretty excited with recieving the Tone Port. It has quite a few amp, mic, and effects types with the software. I will either use Audacity to do the recording or I will use the Ableton Live 6 that is supposed to come with it. We'll see...
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Post by WWLaidback on May 14, 2008 5:28:48 GMT -5
Hello Steve. Yes the UCB port on the Fostex unit is used to send your wav files over to your PC. From there you can mix and match anyway you want to. I use the free (for 14 days) WavePad/Switch software for editing, etc. on my PC. It's a date-activated software with limited intelligence. Before I open it, I just reset my computer's calendar date back to the date it was installed (a minor inconvenience). This sufficiently "fools" the program and it continues to be "free." Be sure to reset your calendar when you are finished or certain web-pages will bomb out on you. www.nch.com.au/Also, I can send recordings back to my Fostex unit by running a headphone jack (from my PC headphone port) and plugging it into an adapter (purchased from Radio Shack) that makes it like a guitar cable. Then I plug in the adapter to my guitar port on the Fostex. So.... anytime I listen to my PC, I can also record, and this includes internet radio music. The Fostex unit only saves in a .wav file format which contains a huge amount of data, even for a short song. Hence a flash card with a lot of storage helps a whole lot. They are relatively inexpensive. The cool thing about Switch is that it can take any file codec and switch it to any other file codec. This includes converting wav to mp3 format. Also, you can take a wma file and convert it to an mp3 if you ever have a need for that. A little bit of computer savy goes a long long way...  |
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Post by mrsteve on May 14, 2008 15:31:04 GMT -5
I know with Audacity, you have a choice of wav., mp3, and something called Ogg Vorbis (I haven't heard of it before). Anyways, I typically put my songs into mp3 format. That way I can upload onto Soundclick and burning CD's is easy. I haven't tried the other formats for burning CD's yet. I have heard people using the Tone Port with Audacity but I will check out what the Ableton Live Lite 6 is all about. I'll be suprised if the Audacity version I have is better. After all, it was a free download. I should see soon enough.
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Post by mrsteve on May 17, 2008 12:06:11 GMT -5
Ok, I recieved the Tone Port the other day and I have only had a few brief moments to experiment with it. There's alot of stuff in the Gear Box software! It appears that you can save amp and effects settings so that's really cool. From what I have heard so far, it sounds like a very useful tool. I haven't installed the Ableton Live Lite 6 recording software yet so hopefully later today I will get a chance to sit down and record some things.
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