Do German pencils or maybe a Meisterstück afford a more precise rewind?
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I may recognize that from the Jane Fonda workout video. Most don't see it on that video because it is subliminal. I noticed, and it is the exercise I practiced as the video played. It is in muscle memory now.
I just never understood the attraction.
The ONE musical/audio format I didn’t fall for...
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If there are only five 8 track cartridges in the car, you begin to anticipate the "clunk" where it changes tracks.
I got a very good deal on a cassette to 8 track and vice versa recorder. It made it possible to dub our live recorded cassettes onto 8 tracks for fans who had players. I may still have it in storage somewhere. Or not.
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The RIAA warned us about the dangers of bootleg 8 tracks.
It was common to copy vinyl onto cassettes at the time. You wanted to preserve the vinyl. I worked at a studio in the early 70’s and one task I had was making copies of records on a fancy duplicating machine that took multiple cassettes at a time. First the record was cleaned, then the recording process proceeded. They also had videotape duplicating machines.
Another interesting thing was video editing. I had to take a course to run those machines. They were state of the art but were always breaking down and required constant maintenance. Basically we would assemble video segments from one tape onto a master, then an audio track and or narration would be added. This was done in a suite that had to be booked. There was a lot of overhead. You had to work fast, a lot of time went into it. Digital workstations completely revolutionized the process. I imagine that nobody misses the tape today.
Another interesting thing was video editing. I had to take a course to run those machines. They were state of the art but were always breaking down and required constant maintenance. Basically we would assemble video segments from one tape onto a master, then an audio track and or narration would be added. This was done in a suite that had to be booked. There was a lot of overhead. You had to work fast, a lot of time went into it. Digital workstations completely revolutionized the process. I imagine that nobody misses the tape today.
I guess we were 'bootlegging' ourselves? Sumpin' like that.
I wish I had the money and time that I spent back then, now. Common rule of thumb for editing was three to four hours of editing for each hour of source material. One had to have two monitors and an edit controller. I had a Panasonic component VCR running through a TBC into a distribution amp. From there the signal went to 10 VCR's for duplication. Heck, now you can do all that with a computer, software and send copies out by the internet. I would estimate my equipment investment to be $2,000 vs. $10,000 plus back then.
No wonder I am a GOF!
I recall using a Panasonic 1:10 video distribution amp. A simple box with a power switch with one in and ten out BNC connectors.
Just looked up the cost of a professional but modest video editing setup. Still expensive and doesn't include a nice large monitor. They want you to have a powerful computer with lots of memory and disc space - a big money item.
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My desktop could easily use hundreds of dollars of upgrades in a new CPU and graphics card. The machine as I spec'd it was intended for rolling upgrades (unlike some makes where the upgrade is a completely new computer). At the moment, it doesn't feel a pressing need.
Well, ya, one could go over board or have the income to justify that price! I wasn't into Broadcast Quality, just commercial product demos, special events and, worst of all, weddings. I believe the word was Prosumer. Kind of like the difference between a Fender Player P Bass and a Custom Shop special
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A new device feature that I didn’t think that I’d like is face recognition. It turns out to be quite useful. I look at the screen and the system unlocks. This also applies to making purchases. I didn’t realize how often I was entering passwords till I didn’t have to.
Security is lower though, all someone has to do is hold the screen close to my face and it unlocks. If both my eyes are closed, it doesn’t unlock. Not a big deal.
Security is lower though, all someone has to do is hold the screen close to my face and it unlocks. If both my eyes are closed, it doesn’t unlock. Not a big deal.
I never owned a single 8 track that I didn't need a pencil or book of.matches to jam beside the tape to make it play. miss those days
lets not forget the under dash reverb units.
Seems like only yesterday...
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Sorry, beni. I don't mean to keep you, or anyone else, in suspenders. But, I've actually not taken the time to put the GTX-7 through its (my) paces yet.I'd like to blame it on Mrs. Dog's honeydew list, but don't want to lead you a "stray", either.
Truth be told, I've been kinda bummed out since last weekend. Saturday was gonna be our first monthly Bluegrass Jam since the quarantine began, but I woke up sniffling and cautiously called in sick.I felt it was just my usual seasonal allergies, but didn't wanna risk a sneeze around these fabulous musicians, most a lot older than even me! So, bummer weekend.
Monday, I hadn't heard how the turnout had been, so I texted one of the organizers. Surprisingly, his daughter replied that her mom, his wife, also a co-organizer & sweetheart of a lady, had died suddenly Sunday night on the way to church! She had long been on oxygen therapy and they first thought it was a faulty gauge reading or regulator, but she passed shortly after arrival at the hospital and I still haven't heard the actual COD.
We've maintained a, sometimes distraught, quarantine away from many family events these last months; birthdays (from 1yr to 69yrs), Father's Day (for many), our granddaughter's baby shower (we're gonna be great-grands!), my favorite aunt's funeral (at 98!), all in other cities some hours away. Yet this friend's funeral this week, so physically nearby, hurt just as much to not attend! So, bummer all week long! I really don't know how I would get through this without my TB friends and the opportunities to (somewhat) escape the realities of our times.
Sorry, didn't mean to unload like that. Just haven't felt like playing with my new toy yet. When that time comes, I will report. 'Til then, I believe DROOPY_TX has done an excellent comparison of the GTX-7 to the MGT-4 footswitches from their specs.
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Sorry, grumps. I just realized I accidentally grumped in another thread not too long ago, and now I need to grump that tune again. Reprise, if you will. "Black Dog" hitting closer to home.
Last week my sister-in-law was in the hospital, again, with "stomach problems", again. But, of course, even her closest family, neither sisters nor sons, were not allowed in to see her. It had been 2 weeks and she usually walks out, AMA, after 1 week. So another sister-in-law calls the hospital and keeps escalating until she finally gets an ICU nurse to admit that she's there, but HIPAA doesn't allow any other info. "Would you tell her that her sister wants to talk to her, PLEASE! We've been getting stonewalled for too long.", she said. 4 hours later the nurse called her back and told her she's now on the approved next-of-kin list and that she's dying! WELL! Many, many way too many, more phone calls by sister-in-law and son to the many doctors and nurses on the case later, everyone finally agrees on hospice care! Then the Marx Bros., and/or Murphy's Law kicks in such that the hospice drugs and the ambulance is headed to the son's house, instead of her own home where the whole family is anxiously awaiting!
Drugs return to pharmacy and ambulance returns to hospital for redirection while precious hours are wasted. Her older son is a wreck, her younger son is a rock (but grinding his teeth to nubs). The whole family has been in such harmonious agreement with the younger son's wishes it's scary. Is this really my wife's family? They've never agreed on anything! Even her bbdff* are in total agreement and loving on the whole family, as never seen in past history!
TL;DR - Sister-in-law has been home on hospice since Monday evening. This morning the hospice nurse says she has "minutes to hours". Just now, as I'm typing this, my wife got the call that she has passed. Now the really tough part begins, with no will, no power of attorney, no insurance, no access to the small bank account. No funds for a funeral.
*best beer drinking friends forever - her partisan posse; her gal pals who took her side no matter what; her unlicensed psychiatric therapists who also told her she was wrong when they thought she was wrong (though they still took her side against others!)
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