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yellowbillycat
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Quote yellowbillycat Replybullet Posted: 22 January 2008 at 10:57am
So there seems to be some interest, but little activity on the Serbo-Croatian front. 

I have a question for those who may have more experience with the NTIS tapes.  I purchased the FSI SC course from a 3rd party in book/CD form.  Both the audio and textbook quality are somewhat lacking.  Will the audio tapes from NTIS have better sound quality?  I'm curious if anyone has actually heard the SC NTIS tapes, and if not, if anyone has experience with audio quality of NTIS vs 3rd party in general.

If the NTIS tapes are fairly good, I would go ahead and order/digitize/post the SC course.

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Quote liddytime Replybullet Posted: 22 January 2008 at 12:07pm
I have a "copy" from the original NTIS tapes and the sound quality is not great on them either. (I don't have the text) I believe they were recorded in the early 1960's. Maybe the later editions of the NTIS tapes were digitally remastered?? Ha ha
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Quote Chung Replybullet Posted: 22 January 2008 at 11:01pm
When I compare the audio of the Hungarian Basic Course here (I assume that these MP3s here came from original tapes of NTIS or FSI) with that of the FSI Hungarian CDs that I bought from a reseller, I hear no difference in quality.

If I were a reseller, copying from the original tapes (with hisses, muffling and all) and perhaps cleaning it up slightly with something like Audacity would be the most profitable way to make a quick buck on the audio but not break any laws as I'd be merely editing a work that's in the public-domain. As an aside, I remember my amusement when reading the disclaimer of foreignserviceinstitute.com. The disclaimer stated that the website had nothing to do with the Foreign Service Institute (but was part of PluralityLanguage.COM in Texas) and that it sold and remanufactured FSI courses. I sent an email to these people asking for clarification of what they meant by remanufacturing FSI courses but never heard a response. I wonder why... Tongue

My hunch is that the audio quality of the Serbo-Croatian CDs that you have would be the same as that of the Serbo-Croatian tapes of NTIS.
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