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What would be the easiest/cheapest way to record 2 stereo audio channels
in .wav format straight onto a PC?

2 sound cards into what ?

Don't need/want expensive progs like Cool Edit Pro etc!

Jackie
 
"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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What would be the easiest/cheapest way to record 2 stereo audio channels
in .wav format straight onto a PC?

2 sound cards into what ?

Don't need/want expensive progs like Cool Edit Pro etc!

Jackie

Hi Jackie,
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This isnt the best place for you to be asking this question, but anyway,
what is it you are trying to achieve?
A total of four tracks in perfect sync?
You might 'need' something like CEP and probably one card with four inputs
becauce to cards 'will not' be in sync for long.
I'm sure ( with two stereo cards) you can open two versions of their
recording software and assign a different card to each and record at the
same time though.

Mark K.
 
Thanks Mark,

I also asked the question on rec.audio but did not get a response.

I prefer to use the aus newsgroups when I can, because we Aussies must
stick together!!

I don't really need perfect synch because I can synch in my editing
software. Just wanted the cheapest way to do it rather than spend big
money on CEP!

Regards,
Jackie


Mark Kelepouris wrote:
"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:3F29ED59.9050804@bigpond.com...

What would be the easiest/cheapest way to record 2 stereo audio channels
in .wav format straight onto a PC?

2 sound cards into what ?

Don't need/want expensive progs like Cool Edit Pro etc!

Jackie


Hi Jackie,
This isnt the best place for you to be asking this question, but anyway,
what is it you are trying to achieve?
A total of four tracks in perfect sync?
You might 'need' something like CEP and probably one card with four inputs
becauce to cards 'will not' be in sync for long.
I'm sure ( with two stereo cards) you can open two versions of their
recording software and assign a different card to each and record at the
same time though.

Mark K.
Click to expand...
 
Hi Mark,

Basically, I want to record 4 independent audio channels of an amateur
stage production and then import the audio channels into video editing
software - with the video from the camera. The video editing software
will allow me to synch the audio with the video.

My preference was to record the 4 channels direct to a PC's hard drive
and I wanted the cheapest way to do this without having to purchase an
expensive package like Cool Edit Pro. etc.

I want editing control over the individual audio channels rather than a
mix of the lot.

Was hoping there might be an easy way to do this audio recording.

Regards,
Jackie


Mark Kelepouris wrote:
Jacki,
You still haven't explained what it is you are trying to do, what software
are you using ? i'm interested.

Mark K.

"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:3F2B0F8A.3000000@bigpond.com...

Thanks Mark,

I also asked the question on rec.audio but did not get a response.

I prefer to use the aus newsgroups when I can, because we Aussies must
stick together!!

I don't really need perfect synch because I can synch in my editing
software. Just wanted the cheapest way to do it rather than spend big
money on CEP!

Regards,
Jackie


Mark Kelepouris wrote:

"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:3F29ED59.9050804@bigpond.com...


What would be the easiest/cheapest way to record 2 stereo audio channels
in .wav format straight onto a PC?

2 sound cards into what ?

Don't need/want expensive progs like Cool Edit Pro etc!

Jackie


Hi Jackie,
This isnt the best place for you to be asking this question, but anyway,
what is it you are trying to achieve?
A total of four tracks in perfect sync?
You might 'need' something like CEP and probably one card with four

inputs

becauce to cards 'will not' be in sync for long.
I'm sure ( with two stereo cards) you can open two versions of their
recording software and assign a different card to each and record at the
same time though.

Mark K.
Click to expand...
 
Jackie <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote:
Hi Mark,

Basically, I want to record 4 independent audio channels of an amateur
stage production and then import the audio channels into video editing
software - with the video from the camera. The video editing software
will allow me to synch the audio with the video.

My preference was to record the 4 channels direct to a PC's hard drive
and I wanted the cheapest way to do this without having to purchase an
expensive package like Cool Edit Pro. etc.
Click to expand...
Since it is a stage production, I presume you want 4 mono channels which
is 2 stereo channels. I've used Linux as a recording platform for a single
stereo platform and found it pretty good providing you follow a few rules.
There is plenty of software available, you don't need anything fancy for
merely recording.

* Use a SCSI drive because interrupt load is much lower.

* Record to a raw partition (no filesystem, much more efficient).

* Open the file in synchronous mode (i.e. all writes must sync) and
write approx 1k blocks.

* Don't do network I/O at the same time, bring down network interfaces,
unplug the network.

I've recorded over an hour in a single take without problems using
old, slow hardware. I'm pretty sure that newer hardware could handle a
pair of soundcards or a single 4-channel card without a hassle.

I want editing control over the individual audio channels rather than a
mix of the lot.

Was hoping there might be an easy way to do this audio recording.
Click to expand...
Well I've explained the recording. For the editing it is another issue.
I generally use a simple "dd" command to pull the audio off the raw partition
and into a regular file, you have to guess at where the end of the recording
is but there is always cutting and stuff to do later so it doesn't matter
if you get the end exactly right.

For actually editing, cutting, pasting and mixing there are quite a
few Linux options. The most basic is "sox" which will do everything but
can be a bit tedious to use. A bit of a search around should turn up
some "GUI" programs to do this stuff.

Getting it all into sync is something you will just have to do by ear.

- Tel
 
Look for a program called Xcorder - free and very useful !

John
"Mark Kelepouris" <markkelepouris@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f2b9321$0$14564$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
Jacki,
You still haven't explained what it is you are trying to do, what
software
are you using ? i'm interested.

Mark K.

"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:3F2B0F8A.3000000@bigpond.com...
Thanks Mark,

I also asked the question on rec.audio but did not get a response.

I prefer to use the aus newsgroups when I can, because we Aussies must
stick together!!

I don't really need perfect synch because I can synch in my editing
software. Just wanted the cheapest way to do it rather than spend big
money on CEP!

Regards,
Jackie


Mark Kelepouris wrote:
"Jackie" <noreply@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:3F29ED59.9050804@bigpond.com...

What would be the easiest/cheapest way to record 2 stereo audio
channels
in .wav format straight onto a PC?

2 sound cards into what ?

Don't need/want expensive progs like Cool Edit Pro etc!

Jackie


Hi Jackie,
This isnt the best place for you to be asking this question, but
anyway,
what is it you are trying to achieve?
A total of four tracks in perfect sync?
You might 'need' something like CEP and probably one card with four
inputs
becauce to cards 'will not' be in sync for long.
I'm sure ( with two stereo cards) you can open two versions of their
recording software and assign a different card to each and record at
the
same time though.

Mark K.
Click to expand...
 
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