Hi
I want to copy some of my mp3's to CD. When I use Easy CD Creator (v 5.3 basic) the sound seems to play back overloaded (sort of loud, marginally distorted, top frequencies shrill).

Since I like really good sound, I really want to change this!

I guess(?) that this might be to do with some normalisation feature?

Is there any way I can adjust the level?

I seem to get good sounding results ripping at 320k, and I am happy with CDEX doing this. I think therefore the problem is with the CD transfer.

Any suggestions re a cleaner CD sound?

Thanks

i've noticed that when i try to download ANY programs in the past several months i get a plugin error message. i already had audiogalaxy so i didn't really care. but now, it needs to be updated, and i can't DL the upgrade b/c it says plugin error: plugin found but failed to initialize. what do i do?

<A HREF="http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm">What this craziness is all about can be found at http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm</A>,
and an example of it's possible use can be found at <A HREF="http://www.i-love-dogs.com/dognames.html">http://www.i-love-dogs.com/dognames.html</A>

Let it be known, good friends, Macintorch may be naive, but not entirely without enculturation.

>Data Base. A collection of information. Implies storage in files on tape
or disk. Small databases tend to be relational while modest to large ones
tend to be tree structured. While they may be thought of as a large collec-
tion of index (3x5) cards, databases are most effective where maintenance is
via Transaction Processing and information extraction is via Report Writers.
If a key or pointer scheme can be used, databases can be much more efficient
than "barefoot" methods. Databases tend to be like alligators, cute and
manageable when small, but they eat dogs and small children if allowed to
grow.

>Data Driven. A machine or program controlled by the data it processes.
Specifically, a machine that can reconfigure itself on the fly to optimize
throughput. The first such machine being the Navy's Enhanced Modular Signal
Processor (EMSP).

>Data Encryption. Any method for encoding information in order to protect
sensitive or proprietary data. There is no "perfect" scheme except one, the
"Write Once Pad", which is an "Off-Line" technique. Given enough time and
resources, anything less can be "cracked." On the other hand, Louis XIV's
"Great Cypher" held off determined professionals for more than a century,
long enough that the messages it protected were useless (except as historical
footnotes).

>Datagram. A class of service on packet switched networks roughly equivalent
to a postcard (no reply required). Used by many LANs including Ethernet.

>Data Link. An end-to-end data path including the originator and the receiv-
er of the traffic. Implies flow control.

>Data Set. Telco jargon for a Modem.

>db. Decibels. A logarithmic scale reflective of the response of the human
ear to sound energy. Usually referenced to 1mW @ 600 ohms (dbm) in telephone
work. On this scale, -60 dbm is undetectable by virtually everyone.

>DBMS. Data Base Management System. A computer-aided card file.

>DCE. Data Communications Equipment. What the RS-232-C folks call a Modem.
Modems are supposed to use FEMALE plugs and send on pin 3.

>DeBugging. The process of program purification. AKA Software Testing.

>DeFacto Standard. Something so Good or so Common that other similar
products are compared against it. Functionally equivalent to a formal stand-
ard. Set up by forces in the marketplace. Examples: Selectric Keyboards,
MicroSoft BASIC, Centronix Interfaces, WordStar...

>Delimiter. A separator in a data list (often a comma).

>Demand Paged. Said of Virtual Memory systems. Any of several methods under
which physical RAM is divided into sections ("Pages") and swapped to/from
disk in response to "Page Fault" interrupts generated by a "Memory Manager".
(See Virtual Memory, Operation of). Demand Paging operates w/o regard to RAM
contents. Other memory management methods work on a "JOB" basis swapping
entire tasks in/out (See Rollout) very much as Console operators did in the
early days. A variation on the latter theme swaps in/out of "Virtual Ma-
chines" (a user's entire environment), an IBM technique.

>DES. Data Encryption System. An NBS standard algorithm for data encryp-
tion. Suspected of being "cooked" so that NSA can easily "break" it. The NSA
insisted on a 56 bit key word which fits the algorithm poorly (it was de-
signed for a 128 bit key). AKA ANSI X3.92-1981

>Dial-Back. A simple, effective access control scheme based on the "Don't
Call Us, We'll Call You" principle. A user initiates a session by calling a
"tickler" line, keying in a code number (usually with his touch tone phone)
and hanging up. The computer crosses the code number to an authorized tele-
phone number and calls the user, who then logs on normally. Very good, but
not perfect ("Call Forwarding" fools it).

>Digital. Said of information. The information is coded as the presence or
absence of some voltage, charge or the like at some specified location at
some specified time. In the case of serial transmission, digital information
can be "regenerated" (reshaped and retimed) without affecting the information
content of the signal, a distinct advantage.

>Digital Filter. A composite analog/digital/analog device emulating a purely
analog function (filtering). One of the first widely used applications of
DSP (See Same), digital filters have been enthusiastically accepted by the
tele- communications industry for equalizers and line conditioners, applica-
tions where the additional hardware cost is offset by the advantages of long
erm stability and freedom from thermal drift (the "filter" is really an
algorithm which neither ages nor drifts).

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is NOT the same as

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Any questions ?

Hey digi-heads, got a question maybe somebody could answer...I'm not exactly new to the scene here, but I have been having a hard time finding/creating/stealing that perfect double bass sound. I don't want to sample it...too limited...any ideas where a simpleton suck as myself could find a program or something to do this? Oh yeah, the perfect double bass sound in my opinion is Fear Factory-esque....thanks.

Hi,

I work for Cakewalk and I wanted to let the Cubase users here at hitsquad know that we have a special offer on SONAR 2.0 available until July 15th. You won't even believe the offer when you see it. We're even providing a free VST/DX wrapper (60-day trial version).

To learn more visit:

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Please spread the word to your friends that use Cubase too.

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Hi,

this is all pretty new to me, so this is probably a STUPID q, but, I have some wav files that I want to burn onto CD and listen to on a normal CD audio player/stereo; what format do they need to be and what software can I use to convert them ??
I tried them as wav files, but it does not play.....THX - IA, Mark

i wanna freeze these moments of my life..it's gr8 fun sharing my life with Joe..thanzx Joe...thanks a lot

i have been hearing that since altnet has been activated..the users of Kazaa are getting their resources being eaten up without taking their prior persmission...is it true?