Hi there!
The project for this weekend was learning how to use my new CD recorder (have 
been saving money for it since 8 months). The function definately depends on 
the software I was using. The CDR came with a software that is kinda 
expensive (if not OEM), but crappy. I have bought that Adaptec Easy CD 
Creator, which is working very well and easy to use. All that CD related 
stuff like Joliet still confuses me a bit (less, than two days ago). I like 
this software.
There`s also a program called Spin Doctor included. It`s purpose is to record 
things like a tape or an LP, filter out the clicking and the hissing, making 
separate tracks out of the pieces, balancing the volume of each piece etc.
I thought, making a CD out of the Echo Tape One would be really simple and I 
could do it while downloading some smut files from the net. I was definately 
wrong! That program was calculating sound data til about 8 am this morning, 
before it crashed. The breaks between the pieces are too short on that echo 
tape, so side A was only devided into 3 pieces, and one was too long I guess.
So I started recording a separate WAV file for every piece this morning (at 
about 9) and finished the recording in the afternoon. I just have tried to 
change the equalizing a little bit and getting the plopps out of the waves.
Storing the data for the undo thing when editing the files required a lot of 
time. There`s about 9 MB/minute  for CD quality or even more.
What I have learned is that you need a fast processor and a huge HDD for 
mastering a CD.
Anyway... Jeff Vineburg is on CD now.  Rich Lockyer is on CD now. Gary Smith 
is on CD now. Jimmy Miller  is on CD now. Doug McHarg  is on CD now.
I was thinking that the next echo tape (that isn`t canceled!) could be an 
Echo CD. The quality degradation will be way less when the stuff is mastered. 
I'm using an external A/D converter, which provides studio quality.
I think, that would be a fun thing to do. A CDR is less than $2 here in 
Germany, about the same price like a tape and it`s faster to duplicate a CD.
I have some pieces, that could be on that echo CD and I know some other 
people do too. Any comments?
Take care     
             
             SVEN
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