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Languageman93
Newbie ![]() Joined: 15 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Posted: 15 September 2007 at 6:35am |
Hi,
I have recently puchased the German FSI course, and there seems to be a problem with the audio at points in the course. As I was studying last night,at the end of a track, the background hiss that is usually apparent vanished, taking half of the speech with it, leaving me with an imcomprehensible audio track. This also happended on other CDs, towards the end of a track.
Has any-one else had the same problem? I do appreciate that these courses were recorded in the early 1960s, but should this problem be occuring throughout the course!?
I was wondering also if the company were considering re-recording the audio anyway, due to the great leaps in technology that have occured over the last 40 years. Surely, if it were re-recorded, then everyone would benifit from a crytal clear audio CD, with everything comprehensible!
Many Thanks,
Languageman93
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Chung
Contributor ![]() Joined: 23 May 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 143 |
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1) The problem with the FSI German audio on this site is known. I'm not sure what you mean by your posting that you purchased the course. Are you referring to the material on this site, or the FSI German course from Barron's or another source?
2) The contributors who converted the audio to MP3 noted that the source (i.e. government tapes) were not in the best condition, and this comes out in the quality of the MP3s (especially in Part I). They tried their best by rerecording certain parts as well as adjusting the recording's settings on the computer, but it didn't seem to work. Converting FSI material from non-governmental sources for this website would cause legal problems for this site even if those non-governmental sources had better or cleaner versions of the audio. 3) It's doubtful that the government would reconsider putting out a new or "cleaner" FSI German course just so that an altruistic person here could then convert it to MP3 and then post it on this site for free download. All that I can say is make the best of a free resource, knowing that we're lucky enough as it is to have material here that can be legally and freely downloaded in the USA. The alternative is to pay a few hundred dollars to NTIS (government supplier) or a 3rd-party company such as Audio-Forum, Multilingual Books or Barron's. |
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