[Ham-Computers] Audio Software for recording signals?
KD7JYK DM09
kd7jyk at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 15 16:43:55 EDT 2010
For many years I have used Voyetra Windat Audio Station by Turtle Beach. It
is very, very basic, it records and plays back .wav files and has some midi
options I have never used. The version I have is 1.2 or 1.4 from 1993 or
1994. The original computer it was on has since died and I copied the
entire directory to a set of floppies, then a CD and have managed to copy
and paste and have it work without problems through Windows 3.11, 95 and
98SE. Now I've upgraded to XP Home Edition, build 2600, SP2. When I
installed XP, I chose the FAT32 file system since that is what I am familiar
with and, fortunately, most all older software has installed and functioned
without a hitch on this system, unlike the XYL's NTSF system that won't have
anyhting to do with old software!
For whatever reason, my audio software, which I use for recording radio,
mostly HF, doesn't want to work when I just drag and drop it into a folder
as I have done in the past with every other computer and OS. When run, it
complains about "no mixer", which is odd, because I am looking at it as I
type this and the hardware hasn't changed in nearly a decade, just the OS's.
I did find a setup program on my disk, but it's looking for the original
floppy drive from a Packard Bell 33 MHz 80486 and won't allow me to change
to the CD I have it burned on.
What I am hoping to find is an older version of this software, maybe as
recent as "AudioStation 32", somethign that isn't a resource hog and will
provide me with the basic recording and editing functions I have used for
some 16 years.
I've checked ebay and amazon and found references to AudioStation,
AudioStation32, Recording Studio and Audio Surgeon, but nothing readily
available.
Does someone out there have some of this older software I could barrow/buy
and see if I can get this program running on my system?
Kurt
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