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January 29, 2008
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  • January 29, 2008
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I am running Captivate 3 on my iMac (Leopard OS-most recent) via Parallels (also most recent updates). I continually get digital distortion or 'doubling-over' of my audio lines. In fact the audio recording has not worked well at all. My guess is that I should run C3 through Boot Camp on its own partition.

Question:
Should I be running Captivate 3 via Boot Camp? Can anyone with a similar situation recommend a proper setup so that I take full advantage of Captivate 3?

Thank you,
Jon

CPU setup:
4 GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Intel Duo Core 2 processor, Leopard OS - MAC
Parallels, 2 GB RAM allocation, Windows Vista OS - PC
M-Audio FastTrack USB interface for the Microphone

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    Anonymous
    January 31, 2008
    Jon,

    I know nothing about PC's, so I had a tech guy I know go to TigerDirect's Web site with me with a $400 budget and look at the specs with me. He buys all refurbished PC's and found this one, which I bought:

    http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=J156-4508

    I brought the ram up to 2 GB's (PC RAM is soooo cheap!) and I've been really happy with it. I have to admit, it's nice having two computers and the ability test my Web sites/Flash, etc on a true Windows machine.

    Hope this helps!

    Bob
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    jgsb2001Author
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    January 31, 2008
    That is perfect . . . thank you very much. Unfortunately it is no longer available but I got the idea of what to get from the specs. Thank you so much for sharing as I wouldn't know how to buy a pc either

    Jon
    bobelmore
    bobelmore
    Inspiring
    January 31, 2008
    If you have an Intel Mac, why buy a PC!? Use Boot Camp and you have a much better PC, all in one machine. I only gave the Windows partition 16GB, and I have Captivate and the complete Office 2007 Professional, with plenty of space left.

    But honestly, I have had great results using Parallels, with or without the Boot Camp partition. Importing audio is easy and works great. I also edit graphics on the Mac and import. Since Parallels can read from any Mac folder, this is simple and again works great. When you set up Parallels you determine the RAM it gets, so if you don't have enough RAM on the Windows side you can change that in the Parallels setup.
    bobelmore
    bobelmore
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2008
    I am running Captivate 2 via both Boot Camp and Parallels (using the Boot Camp partition) and Leopard. I allocate 1 GB RAM for Parallels. I have not noticed a difference in running Captivate between the two environments, and Captivate running in Parallels via Boot Camp is almost as fast as it does in Boot Camp.

    I assume from your post that you are doing your audio recording in Captivate. I have used a lot of audio in Captivate, and my results have been excellent. However, I do all the recording on the Mac, then simply import into Captivate. Why use a PC to record audio when you have a Mac?
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    jgsb2001Author
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    January 29, 2008
    Thank you for the reply bobelmore, I do not have Boot Camp setup as of yet . . . I have only Parallels setup and working. Should I setup Boot Camp and run Boot Camp through Parallels?

    What are you using to record via the Mac? I thought of using Soundbooth while running Parallels and Captivate to record the screencapturing, is that what you do?

    I can't figure out why my audio replays with the 'doubling over' and digital distortion. Thought it might be because I am not running Captivate 3 in a native windows environment.

    Thank you so much for the reply and the insights,
    Jon
    bobelmore
    bobelmore
    Inspiring
    January 29, 2008
    I don't think it really matters whether or not you use Boot Camp. I originally set up Parallels without Boot Camp, but recently created a Boot Camp partition so I can boot directly into Windows, since that sometimes is important when working with clients. Most of the audio I have used has been when working with Parallels w/o the Boot Camp partition.

    Regarding audio, I use Peak, which is a Mac audio application. I record and edit the audio on the Mac, then just import the audio file into Captivate. I don't see a real advantage in recording directly in Captivate, though I have done than a few times to create some scratch audio, so in that case it makes sense.
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