From: Richard Webb 
Subject: Re: digital audio workstations and speech
Hi Harvey,
Recently you wrote re: digital audio workstations and speech:
   >X-Listname: NFBnet NFB-Talk Mailing List
   >Hi Richard.  When the last radio station I worked for was
   >converting to digital recording from analog I asked on the
   >Broadcast f #: 346671 S10/Radio
   >15-Feb-96  08:12:39
   >Sb: #345133-digital help
   >Fm: Dane Roach 76642.3706@compuserve.com
   >Dane Roach, here from Smarts Broadcast Systems.  All current Gen.
   >2000 Smartcasters support a second audio card and software program
   >to output cues to a headset for VI people.  The screens are text
This sounds interesting.  I will communicate with these  folks next week.
You see, I'm mixing to digital audio tape now, but some kind of
multi-track would be handy.
Saw woill work, as I can manipulate 4 stereo pairs at once, or I've heard
good things about Cooledit, which has a 4 track version now I'm hearing
from other folks.
Four tracks would work, as a lot of the music beds I do are Midi, but it
depends on whether I can manipulate the 4 tracks independently, as I hate
to use 2 tracks for a vocalist to do one, and with saw, you can only
manipulate tracks in stereo pairs, as you're manipulating different wav
files.
The alesis adats and some other machines use s-vhs or 8 mm videotape, and
can be ganged together, but, from what I've heard, the digital workstations
for the pc or Mac are of higher quality.  Be that as it may, I may be going
that direction if I don't find a solution to my quandery.
I'll check these folks you turned me on to, as I saved the phone number.
I've gotta do something to leave the world of the constant adjusting of an
older analog 1/2 inch 16 track behind me sooner or later.
REgards,
Richard Webb,
Electric Spider Productions
Recording and sound
(319) 758-0427
Amateur call kb0ruu
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