v132gcnx@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (John A Feinberg) (11/28/90)
I recently called Farallon to ask them some questions about the MacRecorder. I got some good news and some bad news. The good news is, if you upgraded to SoundEdit 2.0, you get 2.0.3 free! When I called last week, they said that they would ship it immediately. I upgraded to 2.0 about a year and a half ago, from 1.0! Not bad. Version 2.0.3 allows the IIsi input to act just like a Mac- Recorder device. The bad news is, the representative said that I would NOT be able to use the IIsi's input in conjunction with the MacRecorder for stereo sound. I was tempted to ask why I would need SoundEdit 2.0.3, a IIsi, AND a MacRecorder, but I didn't, because I got worried they wouldn't send me the free upgrade :) It seems to me once you get the IIsi and SoundEdit 2.0.3, the MacRecorder would no longer be necessary. Is this so? Should I sell my MacRecorder with my Mac SE? John Feinberg SUNY Buffalo
brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) (11/29/90)
In article <47800@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v132gcnx@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu writes: >I recently called Farallon to ask them some questions about the MacRecorder. >I got some good news and some bad news. >[ ... ] > The bad news is, the representative said that I would NOT be able to use >the IIsi's input in conjunction with the MacRecorder for stereo sound. I was >tempted to ask why I would need SoundEdit 2.0.3, a IIsi, AND a MacRecorder, but >I didn't, because I got worried they wouldn't send me the free upgrade :) It >seems to me once you get the IIsi and SoundEdit 2.0.3, the MacRecorder would no >longer be necessary. Is this so? Should I sell my MacRecorder with my Mac SE? 1. The IIsi has stereo output, but mono input. 2. The same software for the IIsi (or lC) sound input device will probably not work *entirely well* with the Farallon MacRecorder because of the MacRecorder's driver implements the StopRecording command poorly. In essence, the MacRecorder will stop sampling with its internal buffer if issued a StopRecording command. This means you'll have to restart everything the next time you need to record, and keep track with your own internal buffers. The IIsi and LC setup avoids this problem entirely by continuing to sample after a StopRecording; it just doesn't keep or transfer the data. You have to have two software versions...one for Apple, and one for Farallon devices. Dumb. The Apple way is better. ============================================================================== BRANDON G. LOVESTED ::::=:::==::===:==== FOR EVERY VISION, Software Design Engineer ::::=:::==::===:==== THERE IS AN Grass Valley Group ::::=:::==::===:==== EQUAL AND OPPOSITE brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com ::::=:::==::===:==== REVISION. ==============================================================================