Billy ... think you should go back to TR ....
You are having too many problems with WriteLog ...
K1VV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy Cox" <aa4nu@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Writelog@Contesting. Com" <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Sound with sound card
> >There have been a few complaints about the sound when using
> >your sound card for contest exchanges. I find that it works quite well.
>
> Sometimes ... the common word that many use is "sometimes"
>
> Sorry ... I don't want a "sometimes it records, sometimes it sounds
> great, sometimes it needs more editing, and sometimes ..."
>
> WL takes a hit here, the *.doc is poor. There's no indication of
> IF you are recording, and then this dance of the various parameters,
> all to use a sound card ... defeat the purpose of using the software in
> the first place. Again I'll offer a solution, just as the W5XD keyer
> addresses the keying problem on CW, move up to some form of
> a ???? VOICE keyer to address these issues on SSB. Or add the
> support for the devices that solve this problem just as the W5XD
> keyer does as to solving the WL CW keying issue in Windows.
>
> Writelog is GREAT on RTTY and CW, but SSB ... sadly this is the
> software's Achilles' heel.
>
> >After the recording is doe to get the best result you should really edit
> >the sound files. You will have clicks and pops and dead spots if you do
> >not. This is especially true if you are using the ability to synthesize
> >calls by recording all the letters.
>
> I agree ... that's exactly what I noticed also .. but it's unacceptable
> to have to now go to ANOTHER software package to "fix this"
> or to have to spend TIME editing and re-editing voice messages
> when this is not required with other contest software or hardware!
>
> Sorry, I am a contestor ... NO OTHER software requires me to
> invest the time to go back and "edit the sound files". The W9XT
> or K1EA boards do not require this ... If I have a guest op here,
> he should not have to come over the weekend before "to record
> his messages, and edit them". I wasted roughly 8 hours this last
> weekend trying to work past these issues ... and ended up closing
> down WL and going back to TR and my K1EA unit. No pops, no
> crackles, and I KNEW when I was recording and playing the DVK.
>
> >It is going to take a good bit of time to get that right.
>
> Yes, it sure will ... IF the sound card is the ONLY option ... All of this
> is because we are trying to use a device in a near real-time mode, it
> flunks the KISS test badly. Software should SAVE time ... and allow
> TRUE "on the fly" recording. Not have to record and edit in order to use
> the desired data as a voice message memory in a contest.
>
> This is an area where WL can really make some improvements.
>
> 73 Billy AA4NU
>
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