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[access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS

From: "Marie Baisez" <marie.baisez@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 22:51:20 +0200

yes, you can use all the Windows sounds/volume settings, and of course Goldwave will work independently as you say. When you install the card, you have the choice of installing the drivers only. I didn't do this as I thought some automatic thing might call for the bits that were not there but I have disabled a lot of them, the additional features of the card I mean, from start-up. If I remember right, there is a welcome screen that is particularly tricky to get rid off because the button to turn it off is not accessible. But I'm sure it was pretty obvious for a sighted person to know where to put a mouse to click it off.

Glad I could help a little.

Cheers now,

Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 9:33 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS

Marie,
Thanks for your input. It's most helpful and I'm certainly considering this card. I presume that, so far as recording goes, you've still got all the facilities of the Windows recording and volume setup and of course items like Goldwave which will still work independently, therefore it shouldn't be a big problem.

Like you, I don't manage to learn all these days and certainly would still be interested to hear from anyone using this card who has found something they have wanted to achieve themselves but haven't been able to, once the speakers etc are set up on the card.
Cheers now and thanks again.
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Carol
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Baisez" <marie.baisez@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 9:06 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS
Hi Carol, I have the platinum version and a surround sound system and I had to ask for sighted help to calibrate the speakers, I tried to play around with sound effects and all that when I first got the card and realised pretty soon that it was impossible to operate these features successfully with the shark as most of the time, it is pretty hit or miss. I suppose that if you had someone with peepers in working order patient enough to work with you, you might be able to label the graphics but I haven't got that luxury commodity. I'm not a sound expert but I couldn't stand any crackle or distortion and I definitely do not get any of that with my card. Having the plugs at the front is really nice, you can alter the volume or switch off the mike from the front pannel as well. Mine has a remote control as well from which you can, apparently start and shut off your pc if it is on stand by mode but I haven't learnt to use this. The record main button is accessible but all the other settings for different types of recordings are not so easily gettable at, at least, not by me, cos I just dabble with things and am too lazy to study hard and learn to use all the features of techy things properly. I often wonder how the people who know all these things can remember them all...

Cheers now. Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:17 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS
Marie,
That's very useful, thanks. Could you elaborate a bit on the nice features that have to be altered with sighted help? Thanks.
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Carol
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie Baisez" <marie.baisez@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:49 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS
yes, the S.B. audigy give you access at the front, my audigy 2 does. It's very convenient. The only trouble with audigy is that the nice features that come with the card are not easily accessible by screenreaders. So, if you haven't got sighted help easily available that might not be the best choice for you.
All the best,
and good luck in your search...
Marie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:09 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS
Carol, I cannot be of tremendous help here, and maybe Tristram will be along before the day's out. Anyway, when you speak of access via the front of the Pc, well, yes, that's very convenient and that's accomplished sometimes by a break-out box sized to fit a drive bay at the front. I think, but am not certain, that the SB Audigy's take this approach and when there's enough drive bay space it works quite nicely.

Other than that, manufacturers of audio orientated PCs often just have a panel with leads extending back to the rear of the machine to facilitate more convenient plugging via a front patchbay. The only cards I've seen much of at the cheaper end are the M=-Audio ones but I'm not sure if M-Audio - or whatever they might be called now - do a card that's particularly suited to what you appear to be after.

I'll email you off-list if I come across anything that looks like what you are after.
From Ray
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-----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: 30 June 2006 07:51 SOUND CARDS
Hi all,
Although I realise there are perhaps more appropriate lists for such questions, I have already tried and have had very little response. Seeing a reference in another post to EMU sound cards on this list, I started to troll the Internet but, as always, got rather tired . . .. Hope you'll therefore be able to respond to this one.

I'm looking for a better quality (not necessarily top range) sound card, preferably that has ins and outs on the front of the computer. In addition, I need something operating completely independently from the AC97 so as to avoid any possible hitches in having two sound cards running on this computer.
Any suggestions most welcome, then I can limit the amount of searching
through reviews that I need to do.
Thanks.
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Carol
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[access-uk] Re: EMU SOUND CARDS
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