Stay the fuck out of my music thread!

[DirtDawg]

I finally installed Audacity on this computer early in the week and, last night, I updated my mobo drivers without fucking up Windows. (wow, it reads my processor speed in three places, now ... yeah! It no longer says 1.6gH - it says 1.667gH. I feel better already!) I had to update the Radeon set, also. Now, maybe I can install the better soundcard I have. I'll give that a try, again, later tonight.

Today, I've been enjoying the fact that it still works, after all that, and I have encoded fourteen vinyl albums from the box that I started cleaning up, yesterday. From the Vinyl to the Needle to the Hard Drive ... I think EAC works better, but maybe I'm not using Audacity right, yet.

Anyone else try this? Any suggestions?

[odeon]

I'm back to listening to John Lennon. Give peace a chance.

[duncvis]

I finally installed Audacity on this computer early in the week and, last night, I updated my mobo drivers without fucking up Windows. (wow, it reads my processor speed in three places, now ... yeah! It no longer says 1.6gH - it says 1.667gH. I feel better already!) I had to update the Radeon set, also. Now, maybe I can install the better soundcard I have. I'll give that a try, again, later tonight.

Today, I've been enjoying the fact that it still works, after all that, and I have encoded fourteen vinyl albums from the box that I started cleaning up, yesterday. From the Vinyl to the Needle to the Hard Drive ... I think EAC works better, but maybe I'm not using Audacity right, yet.

Anyone else try this? Any suggestions?

I can't say I've used Audacity for encoding anything other than my own projects. I know EAC has an excellent reputation and have installed it for my own Windows ripping, but haven't tried it yet.

[DirtDawg]

 EAC rips better than anything I've tried, although it's not very fast. I have had it actually correct slight "read errors", that stump Nero, Roxy, Winamp, and Foobar with very little residue. It works great. And it will burn supposedly bit-perfect copies.

I'm doing needledrops and I'm wondering if there's a better way, than Audacity or EAC for audio capture.

[DirtDawg]

Rockin' out with some Ten Years After.

[DirtDawg]

This is so weird, but I love it.

[duncvis]

Weird is often surprisingly good. 

Drowning out the kids with some Skinny Puppy.

[DirtDawg]

Jimi Hendrix, "Rainbow Bridge" on vinyl.
This one, I need to re-rip. It was one of the first ones I ever did and I used a shitty compression, because I didn't know what I was doing. Even second generation and at 192k the old LP mix and tonality is far better than the cd rips I've done, but it's low-res and it irritates the roots of my teeth.

I also need to come up with a better nickname for a needledrop than rip. I don't mind ripping CDs, because that what your supposed to do with them, but I hate to think of ripping a treasured vinyl LP.

[duncvis]

I also need to come up with a better nickname for a needledrop than rip. I don't mind ripping CDs, because that what your supposed to do with them, but I hate to think of ripping a treasured vinyl LP.

Peeling? Tracing, maybe? 

Waking up with Juno Reactor - Bible of Dreams. It's slightly more laidback/less clattery than some of the later stuff. Good morning shit. 

[DirtDawg]

An incredible talent has recently died. Italian/American composer, Giancarlo Menotti, probably best known for his, "Ahmal and the Night Visitors", which is a modern opera with some comedy mixed in with a Christmas theme, which I have seen and it is suitable for all audiences, but he wrote many others, such as "The Consul," and "The Medium." (had to look up the names of others I have seen, but he has done so many)

He was also an individual supporter of the arts, in general through his work with a number of universities along with his appearances at youth oriented Renaissance festivals, (I did not know him, I knew of him through my father, but his youth work is where I can draw parallels with him) and will not be forgotten in his circle of influence anytime, soon. I can't find any evidence that his later work has been recorded, yet, or even performed, publicly. Quite a shame!

 

Gian Carlo Menotti: Renaissance Man Of The Theater ...
... Not to be missed, is a cycle of madrigal-like choral pieces called, "The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore," in an almost rennaissance vocal style, though strongly influenced by the kind of harmony one would expect to hear in the music of Prokofief, Stravinsky, or Honegger, et al.

Staying with the Hendrix marathon, today.

[DirtDawg]

Hendrix, "Isle Of Man" vinyl. This shit rrrocks!

[DirtDawg]

The only problem with vinyl is that I get more excersize than I want, during listening. One last before I brave the public.

Hendrix, "In The West".  Live concert, again, in his prime.

I think I scared everyone out of here with a mention of a dead operetic composer, I have admired. Oh, well ...

[DirtDawg]

Kids are home, now, so they each get a pick. My daughter chose, the Beatles, "Let It Be" CD.

[DirtDawg]

My son chose Miles Davis, "Kind Of Blue", but now it's my turn and I'm continuing with Hendrix, "Axis: Bold As Love".

[DirtDawg]

Fabulous Thunderbirds. I have several.