On 9 Mar 2008, Andrew wrote: > In message <4d55c97b4ef4c1457d4f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 9 Mar 2008, Andrew wrote: >>> I recently sampled a tape via Audio In and playing it via Iyonix >>> SoundCon the volume cycles between loud and soft. Has anybody found >>> this happening their own samples? I'm pretty sure I didn't play with >>> the volume during the recording. >>> >> >> No, never seen that happen. >> >> Were you listening to the tape at the same time as you 'recorded' it >> on the Iyonix? >> > Intermittently I think. > >> I assume that when you play the tape itself, the volume does not ramp >> up and doen? >> > No. > >> If you were not listening to the tape as you recorded it on the >> Iyonix, then it could be the tape itself. Tape can weave up and down >> the tape replay head, causing the volume to go up and down. It is a >> very common effect. Particularly if you have not played the tape for >> some while, or did not wind and re-wind the tape before playing it >> through the Iyonix. [But moreover, this effect can be recorded onto >> the tape, if the tape weaves up and down the recording head as you >> recorded it onto the tape in the first place. - I assume this is not >> the case. But it could still have been weaving up and down the >> playback head when you were sampling it on the Iyonix - and most >> likely was]. >> > I've tried it again and it seems okay playing through with SoundCon > although if you try to skip through in segments by clicking on the > green progress bar it alternates between inaudible and audible, or > seems to. So, all or nothing then? > > The volume "cycling" seemed irregular and infrequent but made the > sample far too loud at intervals. Perhaps it was tape weaving as you > say but if I tried to multitask the first time I wonder if that would > have caused the effect. So not cyclic at all then, but irregular and infrequent. >> Are the volume transitions sharp or smooth? If tape weave is the >> culprit, the volume transitions are probably smooth, akin to rather >> faster Radio Luxembourg fades. >> > No they were definitely sharp. If it is a sharp transition, then it is probably not tape weave. With all this extra info: all or nothing, sharp transitions, and irregular and infrequent, I now suspect the connecting lead, from tape recorder to Iyonix Audio input. -- Cheers Roger Atomic Software http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/ Summer Winers http://rogerarm.freeuk.com/rogerarm/ Wild Flowers http://rdarlington.members.beeb.net/ Flower Heads http://fheads.members.beeb.net/ A proton is for life, not just for Christmas --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support