Sonifex COURIER, User Handbook Manual

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Chapter 8 - Using the Courier file system
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8.5.1. Compatibility with editing systems
Most computer editing systems can accept either mpeg compressed, or linear .wav
audio files. For most of them, to plug a hard disk or flash card into a PC, you’ll
need a PCMCIA adapter. These fit into the PC very much like a floppy disk, except
that the disk has the direct access and speed advantages of a hard-disk. Hard disks
or flash cards containing Courier recordings can be inserted directly into the
adapter and read by the PC editing software. PCMCIA adapters are available from
most PC peripheral equipment suppliers and also from Sonifex. Contact your
distributor for further information.
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AIFF is a linear RIFF file format used on Apple Mac systems.
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Dave2000 is an independent audio editing system which records 12 bit linear
files. Dave2000 audio files recorded on Courier can be edited on a Dave2000
workstation directly.
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DADpro32 by Enco Systems is an audio editing and radio automation system
which uses standard bwf mpeg compressed audio files. Courier can write the
audio header information so that audio files recorded on Courier can be
imported directly into the DAD library of DADpro32 systems using the Enco
DropBox utility.
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The V5.0 Dalet editing and broadcast automation system is unusual in that it
has a proprietary mpeg recording format and also doesn’t import standard
broadcast wave files (even though their technical literature says that it does !).
So, the way that we have found compatibility is to record standard .mp2 files,
rename them on the Dalet workstation to have a .snd file extension and then
import them into the Dalet workstation. V5.1 Dalet imports broadcast wave
files without problems.
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Studio Audio and Video’s SADiE users need to purchase a PCMCIA to SCSI
adapter for their SADiE systems. An inserted hard disk with bwf linear
recordings made on the Courier can be edited directly.