[Dixielandjazz] FW: FW: Hearing the music

[Harry Callaghan]

I thought right about now might be a most opportune time to discuss the
merits
of 8-track tapes

HC


On 6/19/10, Pat Ladd <pj.ladd at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> To: "Pat Ladd" <pj.ladd at btinternet.com>
> Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 5:37 AM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] FW: FW: Hearing the music
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>  advantages!  The one that stands out the most is the ability to
>>> "manipulate"
>>>
>> the audio...yes, without scissors & with unlimited means to do whatever
>> the
>> imagination comes up with.  > > proper cd player.  Scrolling & fast
>> forward are present.  CD deterioration
>> depends on the quality of material used by the record company.  The ones I
>> use in my studio have been proven (using fast methods of proof) to last
>> 100
>> yrs.
>>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
> I have no doubt that if I were working in a pro studio I would agree.
> However the ordinary guy who wants to play something in the car is doomed.
> I have never seen a CD player which could `fast forward or back`except, if
> you are lucky,you can jump to the next segment.
> Picking out, say a solo from the middle of a piece for study is impossible
> I am sure that the CD`s you use have a 100 year life but the commercial
> stuff  bought in a store by the average guy almost certainly have not. How
> could we tell in any case? Just buy expensive ones? Is that a guarantee? We
> have no way of knowing.
> I am particularly hung up on this at the moment as I have been transferring
> a collection of  Jazz at the Philharmonic from cassette to CD.
> These were recorded on cassette from a set of LP`s made in 1993  which were
> the first LP`s to be made of reissued 78`s of the Norman Granz recordings of
> live concerts in the US between `44 and `49 .As it happens I still have a
> reasonable quality cassette player and the sound quality was very good.
> Wanting to play them in the car which now of course only has a CD player I
> wished to make a compilation CD. Its impossible without a comp. and a
> program. With my scissors and sellotape it would have been a doddle.
> Difference beyween pro and amateur maybe. I dont want the whole list to
> fall upon me with stories of how simple it is to manipulate stuff on the
> computer either. Thank you very much. I am relating this to little old 20th
> Century non technical me.
>
> Cheers
>
> Pat
>
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