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THE TURNTABLE
« on: March 03, 2022, 12:15:33 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes turned the table on the turntable, and now it is time for you to post until the turning the tables cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2022, 12:16:19 AM »

And the word of the day is: SYLVAN!
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2022, 03:30:24 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2022, 03:31:13 AM »

It's a VERY early one for me, today. I'm up to take the car in to the car place for an oil change and get a couple of things done.
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2022, 03:31:38 AM »

And with that, I must take my leave.

Later!
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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2022, 03:38:22 AM »

Good morning, all!
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« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2022, 03:40:16 AM »

I was up earlier than usual because I couldn't sleep - mostly anxiety about my tax appointment - and three cats were driving me mad.
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« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2022, 03:42:25 AM »

I screwed up my Access-a-Ride schedule when I called it in yesterday, so in 20 minutes I will call and hopefully straighten it out.
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« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2022, 03:46:04 AM »

I'm sorry to hear about Michael Tilson Thomas' health. In 1988 or so I was his librarian and one of several assistants on a Gershwin Gala at Brooklyn Academy of Music. I loved working with him.
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2022, 03:48:26 AM »

Well, around 9:00 Access-a-Ride will hopefully pick me up and take me to my tax appointment. I'm hoping it all comes out well for me. We'll see.
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2022, 04:08:01 AM »

I called Access-a-Ride. I can do nothing about changing the return time until I reach my appointment. Damn!
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« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2022, 04:28:01 AM »

I'm sorry to hear about Michael Tilson Thomas' health. In 1988 or so I was his librarian and one of several assistants on a Gershwin Gala at Brooklyn Academy of Music. I loved working with him.

I liked that Gershwin album of his with the Second Rhapsody and other pieces that came out a few years prior to that.
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« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2022, 05:10:30 AM »

TOD

I've got two turntables and a few thousand albums, and have only tried digitizing a few things thus far.

Several years ago I digitized my high school choral department albums, mainly for a classmate who hadn't heard them in 50 years, but I hadn't either and I was very glad I'd done it. There were around eight albums and it was quite the project, getting them recorded, separating the tracks, and documenting it all as accurately as possible.

I then thought to try preserving some live performance recordings Levine had provided for a few of us on vinyl during the school years, and I started with our one-shot Mahler 6th. That went pretty well, too, but was a lot of work in the editing department because I was determined to get rid of or minimize some clicks and pops in a few passages.

I think the only other thing was that Jerome Robbins album I did quickly, (and with hum in the system!) so BK could check out the stereo release.

My method:  I ran audio cables from the phono pre-amp into a Zoom H5 recorder, and monitored the recording with headphones running out of the Zoom. (This is a wonderful device that I should be using for many things, and I so rarely think of it.) I captured the audio as WAV files for best results, then popped the memory card into the laptop and used the free program Audacity to clean up the beginnings and ends, splice together where necessary, and remove noises. I save the audio as WAV or MP3 or both, as appropriate.
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2022, 05:21:37 AM »

Good morning, all.
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2022, 05:25:27 AM »

Kitty cleanup is finished and I am now biding my time till Access-a-Ride shows up.
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Re: THE TURNTABLE
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2022, 05:28:37 AM »

Good morning, friends.
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« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2022, 05:29:24 AM »

~~~TRANSIT VIBES~~~ for DR elmore3003!!!!
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« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2022, 05:31:13 AM »

I have always wanted to get into the audio issues which bk and DR ChasSmith talked about. However, I've never seemed to find the time for the learning curve or indeed the equipment required. Still an interesting topic. I know DR George is pretty adept at this stuff, too.

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« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2022, 05:32:11 AM »

There is a FitBit recall, apparently. Sigh.

They can heat up and burn you.
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« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2022, 05:33:37 AM »

During kitty cleanup I had a meltdown over this recording project that seems to be slipping away, my lack of funds and perpetual fatigue, feelings of loss and uselessness, and too many other unpleasant fears and anxieties. I did get that ballet project, but I have no idea when we'll be talking money and starting date, and I worry that, like the Ohio property, I will be dead before I see a satisfactory conclusion.

And, to make it worse, I need to hold it together for this tax appointment.
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« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2022, 05:44:17 AM »

Huge vibes for all of that, sir.
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« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2022, 06:39:41 AM »

Thank you for the condolences. This has been such a difficult time especially for my dad, sister, aunt and nieces. We are all just completely heartbroken as my mom was the kindles most generous and giving person around.
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« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2022, 06:46:23 AM »

Hello!  How is everyone?

I am awake and relatively all right, I think.

I slept very well.
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« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2022, 06:47:10 AM »

Other than what I wrote above, I have done nothing, experienced nothing, seen nothing and heard nothing since my final post of last evening.

I live a spartan life, it seems.
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« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2022, 06:47:40 AM »

No, no! Never fear.  I have not gone deaf or blind.
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« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2022, 06:48:39 AM »

Just for fun...
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« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2022, 07:05:46 AM »

I have always wanted to get into the audio issues which bk and DR ChasSmith talked about. However, I've never seemed to find the time for the learning curve or indeed the equipment required. Still an interesting topic. I know DR George is pretty adept at this stuff, too.

I wonder what this turntable is that BK has found so handy.  Might he share the brand and specs with us????
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« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2022, 07:09:56 AM »

It’s going to be a long day.
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« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2022, 07:11:11 AM »

I was disheartened to learn of DR Jeanne's issues with her health provider.  When I lived in Oakland, I could usually get an appointment within 10 days for any health need I had.  There was a vast network of medical offices available there, including Kaiser.

Where I am now, I still get tended to, but it can sometimes be months before an appointment can be made with VA.  They do give me the option of Community Care, which means if they cannot see me within a three-month window, they will find me a practitioner in a nearby town or city. 

Sadly, many of these folks are also backed up, appointment-wise because they carry heavier patient loads than they used to.

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« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2022, 07:11:36 AM »

Sad, but probably true in some cases...
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