[blindreplay] Re: replay problem that was not related to replay

  • From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: blindreplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:47:20 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Ron
Thank you for this. I will save this email for reference.
 
--- rs_denis <rs_denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Petro, I had to go look because my aging brain just couldn't
> reconstruct the 
> path I took.  I right-clicked (well did the equivalent) on
> volume in the 
> sys-tray.  I left arrowed once to the list of control tabs. 
> One opens on 
> volume.  I arrowed to the tab page for audio or audio
> properties, then 
> tabbed to advanced.  I pressed enter and shift tabbed to the
> tab list.  I 
> arrowed over to performance.  I then tabbed to the sampling
> and acceleration 
> items.  I believe arrowing to the top maximized each on my
> computer but this 
> is likely different depending on computer and sound card.
> The same functions can be reached through the control panel,
> sounds options, 
> or from the device manager under performance.  One of the
> other paths may be 
> less convoluted, but I listed here the steps I happened to
> take this time. 
> Please make allowance for the fact I didn't copy everything
> down first so 
> there may be slight variances in the words and options.  I
> know that these 
> functions are lurking under sounds and audio settings in
> windows 9XX and 
> windows XP.  I have no idea how things might work in vista.
> Ron Denis
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindreplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:21 PM
> Subject: [blindreplay] Re: replay problem that was not related
> to replay
> 
> 
> > Hi
> > Great info here. Good to know and thank you for telling me
> and
> > others.
> >
> > Where is this performance tab? Is it in the Sounds & Audio
> > Devices? I go there by choosing start menu, control panel,
> > Sounds and audio devices.
> >
> > I don't know every tab here.
> >
> > Thank you again.
> >
> > Petro
> >
> > --- rs_denis <rs_denis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I recorded two shows this weekend and went to play them. 
> They
> >> were saved as
> >> MP3 files.  Both came out with static making them almost
> >> inaudible and
> >> certainly nothing one would want to listen to for more than
> a
> >> minute or two.
> >> I assumed the problem came in the recording session perhaps
> >> from the
> >> stations of origination.  I deleted the files but
> fortunately,
> >> left them in
> >> the recycle bin for a bit.  I then played an older
> recording
> >> which I knew
> >> was good and heard the same static.  After much wallowing
> >> around in various
> >> settings (most of which remain a mystery to me) I found
> that
> >> something had
> >> changed settings in the audio portions of my sound reducing
> >> the acceleration
> >> and sampling to their lower rates.  I had no idea what did
> >> this, but
> >> restored them to their highest settings.  The old recording
> >> now played as it
> >> should.  I restored the deleted files from the recycle bin
> and
> >> they both
> >> played perfectly.  The moral of this experience is simple,
> if
> >> you make a
> >> recording and it comes out poorly, don't immediately think
> >> that something
> >> went wrong with the replay recording.
> >> I should mention that the settings affected were in the
> >> performance tab of
> >> audio settings in windows SXP home. Other factors can
> >> interfere with
> >> playback.  Ron Denis
> >>
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