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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1320 on: October 02, 2007, 02:22:58 PM »
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 02, 2007, 01:53:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 02, 2007, 11:23:23 AM
Continuing to burn some Vinyl albums onto recordable CD's.

*breaks into song*

You got it, you got it!

Wait a minute! I hate that music.

Are your results worth the effort, Ozy? I know mine have proven to be well worth the extra finagling.  Sometimes, it's just that you already have the LP, but many times the LP sound is far superior to the CD and most particularly superior to the downloads that are available.

Yes, it was.  As I made a cd of MY favorite Gordon Lightfoot tunes. 8)  Over the next few months, I'll be doing the same to the rest of my LP collection.  Plus it will save on the wear and tear of the vinyl.  I'll have the tunes that I want to listen to, when I want to listen to them.

My wife bought me a turntable/cd player/recorder for my birthday.  Since I can't buy cd's of the music I have collected over the years. >:(   I have a lot of little known/obscure 60's tunes. Now I can make my own cd's.  :green: My wife and daughter are download officianados, but, I'm too much of a luddite to go that route.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1321 on: October 02, 2007, 03:07:01 PM »
Quote from: odeon on October 02, 2007, 02:07:11 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 02, 2007, 01:53:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 02, 2007, 11:23:23 AM
Continuing to burn some Vinyl albums onto recordable CD's.

*breaks into song*

You got it, you got it!

Wait a minute! I hate that music.

Are your results worth the effort, Ozy? I know mine have proven to be well worth the extra finagling.  Sometimes, it's just that you already have the LP, but many times the LP sound is far superior to the CD and most particularly superior to the downloads that are available.

it's definitely worth the effort if you have a good pickup.

Yeah, well, I only have an old Dual, Shure combo, but I have replaced the original baseboard/plinith, on the Dual, with five inches of Corian and it sits in a double sand box that weighs over one hundred forty pounds, not counting the wooden stand. The resonances are minimal.

OK, that's stupid ... the resonances are below the frequency  response of the cartridge, in the infra sonic range. I feed the turntable into a tube based (4 x 12AX7) Lazarus Cascade pre-amp. From there, I go directly into my M-Audio sound card and create a .wav file. Once I have the .wav file I can either burn a disc (I always do!) or compress it, using a popular free software. I usually use FLAC for digital playback.
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The end result of life's daily pain and suffering, trials and failures, tears and laughter, readings and listenings is an accumulation of wisdom in its purest form.

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1322 on: October 02, 2007, 03:13:06 PM »
Quote from: ozymandias on October 02, 2007, 02:22:58 PM
Quote from: MarkingDawg on October 02, 2007, 01:53:26 PM
Quote from: ozymandias on October 02, 2007, 11:23:23 AM
Continuing to burn some Vinyl albums onto recordable CD's.

*breaks into song*

You got it, you got it!

Wait a minute! I hate that music.

Are your results worth the effort, Ozy? I know mine have proven to be well worth the extra finagling.  Sometimes, it's just that you already have the LP, but many times the LP sound is far superior to the CD and most particularly superior to the downloads that are available.

Yes, it was.  As I made a cd of MY favorite Gordon Lightfoot tunes. 8)  Over the next few months, I'll be doing the same to the rest of my LP collection.  Plus it will save on the wear and tear of the vinyl.  I'll have the tunes that I want to listen to, when I want to listen to them.

My wife bought me a turntable/cd player/recorder for my birthday.  Since I can't buy cd's of the music I have collected over the years. >:(   I have a lot of little known/obscure 60's tunes. Now I can make my own cd's.  :green: My wife and daughter are download officianados, but, I'm too much of a luddite to go that route.

This is what I've been working on for about four years, now. I have kept back-ups of the original .wav files and immediately burned complimentary CDs. I also have many months worth, playing straight through, of old tapes from when my sound company was active. I have been digitizing my entire reel-to-reel tape collection, also. Some of them are kind of unique. I really need a new set of hard drives though, because I am almost full again.

I actually have too many songs in digi. It's bordering on insanity.
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Jimi Hendrix: When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. 

Ghandi: Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The end result of life's daily pain and suffering, trials and failures, tears and laughter, readings and listenings is an accumulation of wisdom in its purest form.

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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1323 on: October 03, 2007, 03:01:43 AM »
I painted the pantry door today (the replacement for the one GA broke). Not used to gloss paint.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1324 on: October 03, 2007, 03:41:53 AM »
Not much yet. Posted a bit. Had coffee and four slices of toast with butter and marmalade. Watched the tube for about 8 minutes.

What will I be doing later?  Same thing I always do: TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1325 on: October 03, 2007, 04:31:52 AM »
Took over the world (sorry Pupkin)  :evillaugh:

made sloppy joe type stuff (meat needed to be cooked),
using a bunch of random shit - including some pancake
syrup, and gravy mix, that an ex-housemate left behind.
Worked out pretty well.

Went out for coffee with someone.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1326 on: October 03, 2007, 04:40:15 AM »
Bugger all really.  Had a bath and I'm now officially The Most Ill Person Everâ„¢.  I'm off out this afternoon to find a chair for my room.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1327 on: October 03, 2007, 04:55:44 AM »
Quote from: calandale on October 03, 2007, 04:31:52 AM
Took over the world (sorry Pupkin)  :evillaugh:

made sloppy joe type stuff (meat needed to be cooked),
using a bunch of random shit - including some pancake
syrup, and gravy mix, that an ex-housemate left behind.
Worked out pretty well.

Went out for coffee with someone.

Oh Cal, did you find someone to help you mend your broken heart?
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1328 on: October 03, 2007, 05:25:55 AM »
Quote from: RupertPupkin on October 03, 2007, 04:55:44 AM

Oh Cal, did you find someone to help you mend your broken heart?

Nah. Considering the prospect,
but just having a friend is enough
right now.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1329 on: October 03, 2007, 07:25:15 AM »
Just been to town to get myself an office chair.  For £20 it's not so bad.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1330 on: October 03, 2007, 09:49:45 AM »
Went to the Animal Shelter thrift store to haul their garbage/unsellable items away.
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1331 on: October 03, 2007, 09:52:47 AM »
oh Cal. how is your broken heart? :-*
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1332 on: October 03, 2007, 09:55:06 AM »
Quote from: The Nameless One on October 03, 2007, 09:52:47 AM
oh Cal. how is your broken heart? :-*

Ok. It's my inability to stop posting
that's worrying me.  :asthing:
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1333 on: October 03, 2007, 11:03:20 AM »
glue your hands
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Re: What have you done today?
« Reply #1334 on: October 03, 2007, 12:51:12 PM »
:LMAO:

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