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I really doubt that the soundcard is causing this problem, unless it's just plain broken. If anything, there's a problem with configuring the software, or the drivers aren't good for the soundcard, or the software isn't capable of handling what you want. If you want to browse for reviews of freeware audio recording applications, you might check out www.kvr-vst.com (huge site -- you'll have to navigate a bit). If anything, the software itself might not be properly configured or allow for certain adjustments you might wish to make -- you should try a small freeware app in order to rule out the soundcard itself as the problem first, perhaps, and if the errors are still there, after tweaking everything you can in the new software, you could *then* try changing the drivers out for your soundcard, for example (KXAudio is a well-regarded replacement driver for Soundblaster cards, available for free, although it doesn't work for everybody -- Wuchsel's ASIO4ALL is another driver which might give you something to play around with), and if that fails, then you might consider popping for a nice Echo card or something -- but you shouldn't have to, just to get usable sound. MDs are compressed, right? I take it the sound is OK when you play direct from MD? Just making sure. ← Thanks for that advice, I'll try some of what you've suggested. The sound BTW has always been fine on playback even through an Aux line-in on the home stereo.

Just through an analogue line-in. I thought having this SoundBlaster software installed it would be able to cope with a simple task like this. Those audio interfaces do look the business but I'm not going to fork out £70 for one. Any other suggestions?

I've been tinkering with SoundBlaster Live! software that we bought with our new PC, playing the MDs in real time and recording through this software. However, all the recordings, when played back, have a tinny, otherworldly sound to them. Has anyone here managed this process before? I have a stack of great concerts from digital radio waiting to be put onto CD and the iPod if it can be done. Help. Thanks in advance.

New iPod out now!!!!

For the instrumental stuff I'd have to say 'Hot Rats', 'Waka/Jawaka: Hot Rats' and 'The Grand Wazoo' are indispensible. Maybe the nearest to jazz composition that Zappa got . Others will obviously feel differently about this.

Enjoy your Birthday buddy. Be it Side By Side, Back To Back or even in Solitude.

Bought this about 6 years ago (the Japanese version) because I was convinced with that line-up it had to be a great disc. I was staying with friends that night and they let me use their stereo to play it when they turned in for the evening. I remember now how much I loved it at first listen; just the contrasting sounds of Rivers and Shorter (the first solo by Shorter always reminds me, for some reason, of his solo on 'Country Son') on 'Extras'. Oddly though it's been a while since I last heard it ( a year maybe). As with all the other AOTW selections I will have to get back onto this album. Very good choice.

It's good, but the dialogue at times is impossible to catch... ← My bro in-law should be OK then ; he's from a satellite suburb, south of London

thanks anyway Jim, I've obviously missed it then. Need that next album.

Forgive me, but what time is that in GMT?

just bought it for my brother in-law as part of his brithday gift. He's a big fan of 'Snatch' and 'Lock, Stock...' so I guess he'll enjoy it. I haven't seen it (I will) but i'm hoping that the dialogue isn't as mockney-cockney-apples & pears as the other films. Daniel Craig is a brilliant actor though and that chick looks purdy

Can we all post a screenshot of where we all live, from a mile or so up of course and only for those who want to disclose their location? Or will this take up too much bandwidth?

That is very cool. Thanks

Thank you for that John. Me and my little lad will attempt to recreate that tomorrow with a Dodge Charger and some old Police cars I find myself driving his cars like that in the old oversteery fashion. Actually I find myself just driving like that

Good luck John. You'lll feel like a nomad for a few weeks while you settle in but then it's exciting getting to know the new area. Hope all goes (has gone) well.

Hi all. Back after an enforced asence due to laptop meltdown. Anyhow, now fully loaded with new Dell desktop --- all the gear, no idea..... So I'm just wondering after scouring the iPod Lounge fora (forums) if it's worth just continuing to manually synch my iPod or to copy using the said program all of my iPod's contents to my new PC. Of course, everything in the old PCs iTunes folder was lost and I had been using autosynch. If anyone has had bad experiences with this program please let me know. Thanks guys.

It is a bit worrying when some old folk couldn't run up the stairs quick enough to beat the rising water. There's one guy who's a friend of a friend who has lost 350 sheep. Eeek. As of last night he hadn't found them. no Bo-Peep jokes please

On Sunday (28 deg C and very humid) we arrived home to find our normally calm stream up onto the road perilously close to our house. Over a months worth of rain (a lot in the UK) had fallen in less than one and a half hours. Some villages on the other side of the moors watershed had major problems. I had travelled through these places on Saturday twice (once on my bike in the am, and again in the motor late that evening). I had slowed a couple of times to remind myself of how beautiful they are. Then the flashfloods occured. link

Just taken the long version of that test Not bad result. I was secretly hoping for him or Clinton

Which world leader are you?

Is it the classic shape you are after Peter? I'm not sure what they retail at over there but you can get a new (old shape) one for about £2000 over here. Are Lambrettas as good, or better? Have you tried eBay?

will do, cheers

Right, now I've downloaded that driver from Nero, ran the program again with the above box unchecked and the DC is recognised but it's still telling me I haven't selected any tracks for ripping

I'm trying that search as we speak......

On the above screen, when configuring, the labelled window '2' should be unchecked if you use Windows XP, which I do. BUT if I uncheck it it tells me on a pop up that the driver wnaspi32.dll failed to load. If I continue with it unchecked then It doesn't recognise ANY disc I put in the drive I did uninstall the default player that the CP wants you to run bTW. If the above driver failed to upload, should I go about it all again?