Re: editing a CD in the plex

  • From: Michael Lang <michael.lang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Andy Collins <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 21:39:32 +0200

Hi Andy,

If your recording in a noisy environment, set the background noise level
to high.

   <*** Michael Lang ***>

You wrote:

> Michael -

> Is noise level about backgroun noise level to the recording? so if I'm 
> recording where there is a lot of background or outside noise, do I set the 
> noise level to high, or do I set it to low to reduce it?

> Andy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Michael Lang" <michael.lang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Andy Collins" <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:47 PM
> Subject: Re: editing a CD in the plex


>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> To make the Plextalk set the phrase markers more accurate, you can also
>> set the noise level to low, normal or high.
>>
>> To jump in ten minute intervals, select time with the two and eight keys
>> and then press and hold four or six.
>>
>>   <*** Michael Lang ***>
>>
>> You wrote:
>>
>>> Michael -
>>
>>> Can I jump in here? What do I need to have the split phrase and section
>>> options set to, in order to be able to split a recording in it's smaller
>>> bits? I find when trying to use the cut phrase feature, I can't get 
>>> enough
>>> control over what I cut, the use of the 4 and 6 keys, want to cut bigger
>>> phrases than I want to lose! I know in the custom settings, I can have a 
>>> new
>>> phrase created when there is not sound for as shorter time as 0.2 
>>> seconds,
>>> but think I might be doing something wrong, as the phrases to cut seem 
>>> much
>>> larger than this! And just while I'm here, can you tell me how to use the
>>> jump forwards or backwards in chunks of 10 minutes?
>>
>>> Many thanks
>>
>>> Andy
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Michael Lang" <michael.lang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Penny Golden" <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 4:41 PM
>>> Subject: Re: editing a CD in the plex
>>
>>
>>>> Penny,
>>>>
>>>> you can indeed edit a CD on the Plextalk, it doesn't matter, whether
>>>> it'S a CD-R or a CD-RW, that's one of the outstanding Plextalk features.
>>>> As you correctly state, one cannot erase stuff on a CD-R and one can
>>>> only delete a complete CD-RW, no partial erases are possible. So how can
>>>> one remove errors, overwrite mistakes and so on? The Plextalk uses the
>>>> multisession technique for that. Whenever one modifies the structure of
>>>> a DAISY title on a CD, new versions of the DAISY index files are written
>>>> to the CD. The files are firstly modified in the Plextalk memory and if
>>>> one turns the unit off or selects "save edited information" in the edit
>>>> menu, the new index files are written to the CD.
>>>>
>>>>   <*** Michael Lang ***>
>>>>
>>>> You wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have consistently recorded stuff to my CF card or the other card
>>>>> for the plex 1 rather than recording directly to a cd.  Then if I
>>>>> make an error, I can edit the result and then dump it onto CD.  I do
>>>>> this because I believed that one could not edit a CD once it has been
>>>>> written to--why, by the very nature of the CDR, it is uneditable, 
>>>>> right?
>>>>> The only way to edit a cd is to use a CDRW, right?  And even then,
>>>>> can you only erase what is there and start over or use it a second
>>>>> time, like a clean slate?
>>>>
>>>>> Am I wrong or can a cd be edited somehow using the plextalk?
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for any response.
>>>>
>>>>> Penny
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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