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Subject:Recording speeches. Posted by: bad Date:10/6/2004 6:54:29 AM Recording speeches. I am about to install a computer in a meeting room to record speeches. I use the line in, to the tape recorder to the computer instead. I have tested a recording with a Sound Forge trial, and it works great. The speeches can be up to two hours long. My intention is to create mp3 files and then burn them to disc. This makes it possible to record these rather long speeches on a CDR. After reviewing the technical data the Sound Forge Audio Studio 7.0 seems to be the best software. But I have three questions that needs to bee answered. 1. Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly? Now I have to save and encode the files to disk after recording. Due to the rather long speeches it can otherwise be a time consuming encoding process. When the speeches are finished, there is very little time to encode and burn. I would like to just perform the burn operation with the finished encoded files. 2. Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go in order to record long speeches to a CDR? Maybe the Disc at once function is designed to work in a different way. If the disc at once does not support this I will use Nero to burn audio tracks from the MP3 file. 3. Can I split the recording on the fly? This would the make it possible to create several tracks.
Subject:RE: Recording speeches. Reply by: MJhig Date:10/6/2004 8:52:01 AM Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly? No Can I split the recording on the fly? Assuming the Studio version has the same functionality as the full version in this area, you can press "M" on the fly where you want splits then at the end of recording convert Markers to Regions then extract Regions. Another way would be to use the "Takes to Regions or Takes to separate window" settings in the recording dialog window. Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go It's fine if you only intend to play the CD-Rs on a computer or some DVD set tops and CD players that support MP3 as you will have to burn them as Data CDs using Nero or other burning software. Audio CDs are .cda (16/44,100) ONLY. MJ
Subject:RE: Recording speeches. Reply by: musicvid10 Date:10/6/2004 9:07:26 AM If you want "instant" mp3, you could buy a portable mp3 recorder/player with mic inputs, then transfer the files to your computer and do whatever you want with them.
Subject:RE: Recording speeches. Reply by: Rednroll Date:10/8/2004 6:44:45 AM "1. Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly?" No Sound Forge does not have this ability. Here's some options that do. http://www.mp3-recorder.net/ "2. Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go in order to record long speeches to a CDR?" This depends on the type of CDR you want to burn. If you are making an "audio CD", then, No. .Wav would be the best format. If you are making a CDrom, then Yes. An "audio CD" will be able to hold 80 minutes of audio, and you stated your audio is approx. 2 hours in length, so you will need to record as a CDrom with individual .MP3 files to achieve what you want. Sound Forge does not support burning to a cdrom. "3. Can I split the recording on the fly? This would the make it possible to create several tracks." Yes you would set Sound Forge to "create a new window for each take", located in the record window that appears when you press the RECORD button. Then hit RECORD followed bty STOP, followed by RECORD again. Or you could do as previously mentioned and let it record and drop markers during the record. Then by selecting data in the finished recording and dragging it out of that window, it will create a new window with only the selected data, which could than be saved as seperate .MP3 files.

Subject:Recording speeches.

Posted by: bad

Date:10/6/2004 6:54:29 AM

Recording speeches.

I am about to install a computer in a meeting room to record speeches. I use the line in, to the tape recorder to the computer instead. I have tested a recording with a Sound Forge trial, and it works great.

The speeches can be up to two hours long.
My intention is to create mp3 files and then burn them to disc. This makes it possible to record these rather long speeches on a CDR.
After reviewing the technical data the Sound Forge Audio Studio 7.0 seems to be the best software.

But I have three questions that needs to bee answered.

1. Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly? Now I have to save and encode the files to disk after recording. Due to the rather long speeches it can otherwise be a time consuming encoding process. When the speeches are finished, there is very little time to encode and burn. I would like to just perform the burn operation with the finished encoded files.

2. Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go in order to record long speeches to a CDR? Maybe the Disc at once function is designed to work in a different way. If the disc at once does not support this I will use Nero to burn audio tracks from the MP3 file.

3. Can I split the recording on the fly? This would the make it possible to create several tracks.

Subject:RE: Recording speeches.

Reply by: MJhig

Date:10/6/2004 8:52:01 AM

Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly?

No

Can I split the recording on the fly?

Assuming the Studio version has the same functionality as the full version in this area, you can press "M" on the fly where you want splits then at the end of recording convert Markers to Regions then extract Regions. Another way would be to use the "Takes to Regions or Takes to separate window" settings in the recording dialog window.

Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go

It's fine if you only intend to play the CD-Rs on a computer or some DVD set tops and CD players that support MP3 as you will have to burn them as Data CDs using Nero or other burning software. Audio CDs are .cda (16/44,100) ONLY.

MJ

Subject:RE: Recording speeches.

Reply by: musicvid10

Date:10/6/2004 9:07:26 AM

If you want "instant" mp3, you could buy a portable mp3 recorder/player with mic inputs, then transfer the files to your computer and do whatever you want with them.

Subject:RE: Recording speeches.

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:10/8/2004 6:44:45 AM

"1. Can I command the Audio Studio to encode the recordings on the fly?"
No Sound Forge does not have this ability. Here's some options that do.
http://www.mp3-recorder.net/

"2. Is this recording to MP3 the right way to go in order to record long speeches to a CDR?"
This depends on the type of CDR you want to burn. If you are making an "audio CD", then, No. .Wav would be the best format. If you are making a CDrom, then Yes. An "audio CD" will be able to hold 80 minutes of audio, and you stated your audio is approx. 2 hours in length, so you will need to record as a CDrom with individual .MP3 files to achieve what you want. Sound Forge does not support burning to a cdrom.

"3. Can I split the recording on the fly? This would the make it possible to create several tracks."
Yes you would set Sound Forge to "create a new window for each take", located in the record window that appears when you press the RECORD button. Then hit RECORD followed bty STOP, followed by RECORD again. Or you could do as previously mentioned and let it record and drop markers during the record. Then by selecting data in the finished recording and dragging it out of that window, it will create a new window with only the selected data, which could than be saved as seperate .MP3 files.