[Studiotalk] Greetings Studio Talk Listers

Fri Sep 2 18:37:10 CDT 2016

Hello Everyone,

We still use the Telex Edat/Zing setup - mostly using a slightly modified 
Telex 6120 XLP duplicator running at 8X speed for cassettes, or a Telex 
6120-M for reel masters. Our Zing software runs successfully on Windows 7. 
We clean up the newly created WAV files using Sound Forge, but are 
awaiting delivery of iZotope RX-5 software.

Ivan G. Johnson
Materials Development Coordinator
Braille Institute Library Services
(323) 660-3880 x1388
(800) 808-2555 (in Southern California)
IGJohnson at brailleinstitute.org

From:   "Birch, Marcus R" <MBirch at ILSOS.NET>
To:     'TBBS Recording Studio Info' <studiotalk at islemail.org>
Date:   09/02/2016 10:49 AM
Subject:        Re: [Studiotalk] Greetings Studio Talk Listers
Sent by:        "studiotalk" <studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org>

Thank you Miles, very interesting...

Marcus Birch
Illinois State Library
Gwendolyn Brooks Building
Talking Book and Braille Service
217-524-6411
300 S. 2nd Street
Springfield, IL. 62701
Jesse White, Secretary of
State and State Librarian

-----Original Message-----
From: studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] On Behalf Of 
Stephen Lewis
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 10:46 AM
To: TBBS Recording Studio Info
Subject: Re: [Studiotalk] Greetings Studio Talk Listers

Howdy Marcus,

Please call me Miles or SMiles.  :-)

Briefly, we had been using a hardware/software combination called Telex 
Edat/Zing which included an internal sound card with RCA style audio 
inputs which ran from our high-speed Infonics Reel-to-Reel unit into the 
PC. This software/hardware was designed with NLS standards in-mind and 
automatically pitch-shifted the high-speed input down to correct speeds 
for listening as well as reversing the backwards audio channels from the 
reel masters. However, our IRT department forced us to abandon this setup 
due to regulations regarding "obsolete" / "legacy" software - this 
hardware/software was only compatible with the Windows XP OS and we've 
been forced forward to only products running on Windows 7. 

After initial attempts to utilize Sony Sound Forge software connected to a 
FocusRite Scarlett 18i6 DAI (Digital Audio Interface device connected with 
XLR cables to said Infonics high-speed Reel-to-Reel unit) were thwarted by 
technical bugs/issues, we went down an extremely frustrating path 
attempting to use some free software from Ableton called Live 9 Lite with 
FocusRite Scarlett 18i6 & 18i8 DAIs.

We spent far too long developing procedures for this terribly frustrating 
Ableton Live 9 Lite software. Just as we were about to begin training 
staff on this software, we decided it would be worthwhile to re-examine 
the Sony Sound Forge option to see if the bugs/issues we'd encountered had 
perhaps been fixed. While some of the issues have been fixed, there still 
remain one or two issues, however, these are surmountable and we've 
decided that, given the terrible / frustrating aspects of the Ableton Live 
9 Lite software, we're going forward with using Sony Sound Forge - which 
we already use extensively for post-production / mastering etc.

I can send you more details soon.  :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] On Behalf Of 
Birch, Marcus R
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 8:37 AM
To: 'studiotalk at islemail.org'
Subject: Re: [Studiotalk] Greetings Studio Talk Listers

Hi Stephen,

Is there a specific software you use for the A2D conversions? How does 
that process work? 

Marcus Birch
Illinois State Library
Gwendolyn Brooks Building
Talking Book and Braille Service
217-524-6411
300 S. 2nd Street
Springfield, IL. 62701
Jesse White, Secretary of
State and State Librarian 

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