General
Information "ePanorama PC Soundcard
page"--a comprehensive collection of information, plus pointers to additional Web
pages and vendor resources
www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/pc/sound.html
Sound-card
performance benchmarks
www.rockpark.com/soundcards/
optimize.bhcom1.com/english/reviews/soundcards/
PC-specific
newsgroups for sound-card information
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc
comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
Commercial
Products
Mac
the Scope software ($399). With this software, users of the PowerPC Macintosh can use the
systems sound-processing capabilities to emulate an oscilloscope and spectrum
analyzer
www.channld.com/mts.html
Cool
Edit 2000 software (a $69 digital audio editor for Windows 95 and Windows NT) records,
plays, edits and mixes a wide variety of audio file formats. Additional features include
discrete and DTMF tone and noise generation, FFT filtering and display, tone generation,
file-format conversion and waveform display
www.syntrillium.com
Sound
Technology offers a range of signal-processing and display software and laboratory-grade
sound cards. The company focuses on industrial and professional sound-measurement
applications
www.SoundTechnology.com
AutoSignal
software from SPSS Science provides a $1495 suite of four integrated functional
signal-processing and data-reduction groups:
- data importation, generation, and modification;
- time-domain analysis procedures;
- frequency and time/frequency spectral analysis procedures; and
- advanced processes, including Fourier, wavelet, and Eigen
decomposition.
Features include unattended processing, well-integrated
data-reduction routines, and an extensive assortment of prepared processes. You can export
to and import from Excel files and a host of additional data formats. AutoSignal's
strengths include its Fourier, wavelet, and Eigen decomposition signal-processing
procedures. The software includes extensive user's notes, but first-time FFT users should
consult a basic textbook on the subject
www.spss.com
Shareware
or Freeware
Awave Audio software reads and writes almost all audio file formats and also
serves as an audio editor, player, and generic wavetable synthesizer instrument editor and
format converter.
www.fmjsoft.com
DAQARTA
shareware, which operates under real-mode DOS, uses a PC's sound card to provide real-time
waveform display, FFT spectrum analysis, and a multicolor spectrogram analyzer system.
Features include signal averaging, complex signal generation and more. Registration costs
$29 for individuals and $99 for a five-user site license
www.daqarta.com
Wave
Repair, an editor for WAV files, performs precision edits of sound levels and waveforms.
You can use it to identify and repair clicks, pops, and transients that mar recordings of
vinyl records. Capabilities include manual waveform redrawing and smoothing,
interpolation, and fades. ($30 registration fee.)
homepages.nildram.co.uk/~abcomp/wavrep.htm
Oscilloscope
2.51 is a freeware sound-card dual-trace oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer for Windows
95. Features include Lissajous-pattern mode, cross-correlation coefficient measurements,
and point-and-click measurements
polly.phys.msu.su/~zeld/oscill.html
For
sound-card shareware applications not listed above, ZDNet offers a comprehensive software
library
www.zdnet.com.
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