On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:57:06 +0100, Ian Molton wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

sure they have gear at as little as 395USD but thats a puny 20ks/s POS
(my soundcard does better!)

I want something with (say) a MHz or two of bandwidth...

Why?

Radio Astronomy, among other things.

Surely it cant be too hard - 16 bit @1MHz is only 2MB/sec, easily within
USB2 specs. Obviously this requires a decent ADC but even so...

Fairy nuff, just couldn't see the need for audio.

--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

I have won a couple of bets in restaurants correctly identifying wines. Only as
far as the grape type

How difficult is this? I would think a Cab and a Carmenere are pretty easy to
identify - which are the other 'obvious' grapes, or are they all obvious when
you know them? I don't see how they could have confused Carmenere with Merlot
for so long in Chile - Carmenere is such a distinctive grape (Incidentally
could you recommend any good bottles of it?) Andy.

=== Andy Evans ===
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On 26 Oct 2004 09:08:33 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

Wohey! Stewart's started on Iain now.

No buffoon is safe! (SP)

Now hang on there - do you SERIOUSLY think someone with a REAL recording career
as long as your arm is someone who doesn't know what he is talking about, let
alone a 'buffoon' in your words.

One must judge by his posts, not his length of service. Our cleaner
just retired after forty years in our IT department, but he's no
computer expert..............

He's a nice guy who is now alienated by your
pointless insults.

You know him personally? They're not pointless, they are pointed, and
are directed at his nonsensical spoutings. I'm sure he's nice to his
cat.

Have you the slightest idea what effect you have on others,
or does none of this matter when you're gaily banging away at your keyboard.

Talk drivel, get blasted, it's the way of Usenet. Live with it.

You're not unintelligent - why don't you try and find the way home from
whatever planet you're on and see if there are some humans about that you can
start a normal conversation with. You could practice communicating on this
newsgroup for starters.

I communicate all the time - maybe you could try listening, instead of
making up stories about the wonders of valves.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Jim Lesurf wrote:

What kind of spec? If you just want 'basic audio' then a good soundcard and
some FFT routines, etc, may do the trick.

Im hoping for around 1-2MHz of bandwidth, the more the merrier. 8 bit
res is acceptable. 16 would be well smart ;-)

As to soundcards... see my website - I've written software to do just
that ;-)

Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Ian Molton
wrote:


I want something with (say) a MHz or two of bandwidth...


Can you say more about the measurement requirement? The cost might depend
upon factors like the number of bits per sample, the level of jitter,
quality of filtering, input noise level, etc. Also on any interfacing and
length of data-grab if sampling, or sweep stabilty, etc, if you want the
'old fashioned' swept mixer approach.

As mentioned in my other post, 8 bits would suffice, although 16 would
be nice.

mostly price is a factor - 200ukp max, poss 300. something like a USB
device would be nice (PCI would be a problem but if the card was good
enough I would build another box to house it.)

Its for generic projects - my interests vary a lot. one application
would be radio astronomy, another audio measurements.

Kurt Hamster wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 19:08:36 +0100, Ian Molton used
to say...


Andy Evans wrote:

musos are notorious for having crap hi-fi

I know a few thousand personally

UTTER bull****.


Is that a statement or a question?


unless you met with *three* of them daily (assuming just ONE thousand)
you wouldnt even meet them all in a year.


We aren't all novices who are new to this field like you?

Consider the difference between meet and know.

I consider I KNOW someone when I meet them at least a dozen or so times
a year.

In order to KNOW 1000 people you'd need to meet about 20 of them a day.

The claim of 'a few thousand' is thus, ********.

In article ,
Kurt Hamster wrote:
This is a discussion group about audio, so it would seem natural to me
that's what's being discussed.

Well blow me down I could have sworn the main purpose of audio was to
replay music.

Only to those with narrow minds - such as you. Others may enjoy quality
drama etc.

If you wish a discussion group purely about recorded music, there are
plenty. As is there at least one for vinyl huggers.

When have I ever said this NG should be purely about recorded music.

Above? Or does 'mainly' not imply this is what you want?

It was once a useful place to come to gain insight into what was
available in the market place and to gain impartial reviews and possible
entries for prospective purchase shortlists.

Wouldn't that be better served by the many groups that do just this?

But you choose to post here. Why?

Because I have a choice?

Indeed. However, 'audio' is accepted to be about sound or the reproduction
of it. Music is of course a part of that, but if you wish to talk about
that to the exclusion of all else, then perhaps use a more suitable group?

--
*What do little birdies see when they get knocked unconscious? *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Kurt Hamster wrote:
Being a professional musician and having a good 'ear' for sound are not
- by a long chalk - interdependent. And it says rather a lot about your
judgment if you think they are.

The same goes for being an audio engineer too.

What's your experience of being an audio engineer?

--
*The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.*

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Kurt Hamster wrote:
All the recordings you listen to are created by recording engineers. The
best played piece in the world can still *sound* poor if they don't do
their job well.

So Recording Engineers don't have the 'artist' in front of them and
merely have to do a direct comparision between the two to get it right
then?

Is this what you think? You should get some experience in a recording
studio, then.

And do you think all the best of those are also 'musicians' ?

Yup.

*All* of them? Ok. Perhaps you'd define 'musician' ?

Because I've got news for you...

Probably because we only have your word for it that you are in the list
of good ones

Care to quote *anywhere* I've said this? Unlike some, I never claim things
like that. I leave willy waving up to others. They're much more qualified
at that.

--
*It IS as bad as you think, and they ARE out to get you.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In message , Ian Molton
writes
Chris Morriss wrote:

Only a 3581A? Dear oh dear, even I have an HP35665A :-)

Either of you happen to know how to get hold of a cheap SA ?

What frequency range do you need it to cover?

I've got one of the first generation digital storage Marconi 2-part ones
that I don't use. (Covers up to 110MHz). It works, but I couldn't say
how well calibrated it is.
--
Chris Morriss