Solution 1 (recording through Codec)

• In Cool Edit: menu Options, select wave device
• For wave record: select EWS Codec
• For wave play: select EWS Waveplay (#1-x)
• Control Panel setting: switches to A,A,A (seen from left to right)

Solution 2 ( digital recording through Synthesizer)

• lnput selector: Synth
• Set other switches (left to right) to: M B B (other settings possible, as long as you don't select A, ''cause that's the Codec)
• Settings in Cool Edit:
  • Menu 'Options'
  • 'Select Wavedevice'
  • 'Wave record': EWS Wave Record
  • 'Wave play': EWS Wave Play #x (x = a number of a wave device. Preferrably use one that's not used by another program).

Solution 3 ( digital recording through Synthesizer, coax/optical input)

• Set 'Digin' switch on Control Panel to 'coax' or 'opt' (depending on your connection)
• Set other switches (left to right) to: D B B
• Input selector: Synth
• Settings in Cool Edit:
  • Menu 'Options'
  • 'Select Wavedevice'
  • 'Wave record': EWS Wave Record
  • 'Wave play': EWS Wave Play #x (x = a number of a wave device. Preferrably use one that's not used by another program).

This solution probably doesn't fulfill all your desires, but it's a start. Experiment with other settings. It should work, you know! (Hope we didn't make any mistakes :-)

We can only talk about Cool Edit96, not for the 'Pro' version (anyone else?). In order to place things in a sensible context, first the specs of the computersystem:

• Pentium 166MMX
• 64MB internal memory
• Windows95 OSR2
• Quantum Fireball 3.8 GB (or something in that direction)

Cool Edit96 settings that work fine for making a 5 minutes stereorecording a 44.1Hz, 16bit (if they are 'the best' we leave to the sound-pro's):

• Go to Options Menu, Settings
• System tab
• 'Total Buffer Size 4 seconds, using 8 buffers'
• 'Wave Cache 2048'
• 'Peaks Cach 256'

So: pretty default :-) We can imagine that if you use the Pro-version, recording more than 2 tracks at the same time, you should:

• increase buffer sizes
• have a fast computer system
• not open other programs
• not enable the drawing of the wave-spectrum during record
• not use a 'cracked' version :-)

But that's obvious, isn't it?

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