VersaWare Custom Audio Digitizing Adrienne Cousins 30 Jennifer St Littleton, MA 01460 508-486-3083 For custom audio digitizing of your favorite 1 liners or any special sounds, to playback on your PC, just fill out the order form & send it (or a copy) along with your cassette tape. Please fill out 1 form for each cassette tape. Digitized files are edited to remove any annoying static, blips and extra silence at the beginning and end of the file. You may request additional editing by describing your wishes in detail. (ie: cutting words or sections) Bonus sound files will appear on your floppy disks, when space allows. Each second of sound will generate approximately 15K bytes of output. So a 360k floppy will hold about 24 seconds, and a 1.2mb floppy will hold about 80 seconds of digitized sound. This is based on a recording rate of 180 (15700hz) in 8-bit PCM format. ------------------------------------------------------------- PRICES FOR CUSTOM DIGITIZED SOUND FILES $5 per 360k floppy disk of digitized sound files. (captured from any number of cassette or VHS tapes) $10 per 1.2m floppy disk of digitized sound files. (captured from any number of cassette or VHS tapes) $3 per researched sound file, with no cassette tapes provided. This means I'll try to find the recording you want, but I can't make any promises. You'll have to be very specific about titles and quotes in this case. If I am unable to fullfill your request within 4 weeks, your check will be returned. You may also specify alternates. $1 per sound file edited. Send me your existing sound files on floppy disk, and tell me how you'd like them changed. (leading or trailing silence removed, words removed or rearranged, phrases split, etc) All prices include floppy disks & postage to return your tapes. If you are ever unhappy with your digitized sound files, or if I misunderstood your request, I will re-record your order once free of charge. ------------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO MAKE HIGH QUALITY RECORDINGS The best recordings can be made by adhering to the following guidelines: 1. Use a good quality cassette tape. Cheap tapes will usually give only marginal results. Your tapes will all be returned to you. 2. Connect components directly to each other whenever possible. (ie: your stereo to your VCR). This eliminates much of the static and distortion introduced by microphones and speakers. The digitized sound file can only sound as good as the recording it's made from. 3. If you have a bass control, turn it down slightly, to produce a nice clear crisp recording. PC speakers don't do bass too well. Be sure to use a high enough recording level or volume, to produce a good strong recording. 4. Try to leave a short pause between phrases or sections. This helps me to know where the cutoff is for each file and makes editing easier in general. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Custom Audio Digitizing Order Form ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name : Address : Phone : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # FileName Description or Quote to be digitized Approx Position ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of 360k floppy disks ______ X $5 per disk $_____________ Number of 1.2m floppy disks ______ X $10 per disk $_____________ Number of researched files ______ X $3 per file $_____________ Number of edited files ______ X $1 per file $_____________ Total enclosed $_____________