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MS can still screw it up.
Look at that sleazy MSN Daily Mail, NY Post, local sex crimes Confit of newsy items that they want so badly to bring to your freaking desktop.
Spare me. I hate everything about that forced intrusion into Windows.
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I think that this article has a better angle on the subject. It's from 2015. You have to use the term "dead wax" in a sentence for serious cred.
https://www.wired.com/2015/03/hot-stampers/
In the last century, it was common for hot records (in the sales sense) to be manufactured in plants owned by totally different companies. These presented different vinyl commodities, different presses and wildly different quality control practices. That practice lessened as labels consolidated and bought into their own pressing plants. From time to time competitors would take on outside pressing jobs.
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Magix has marketed some of the video products side by side but Vegas is still pro. Here's an example.
https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/upgrades-for-vegas-pro-and-vegas-movie-studio/
on this page they do make a clear presentation of what they added to Vegas in 18, 19, and 20.
That feature layout actually convinced me to upgrade to 20. I had been using DaVinci Resolve when I needed something more than simple cuts.
Honestly, the Magix subscription product would probably be a good choice for me. I need different features at different times.
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The Chicago History Museum holds the company archives. The finding aid for the archival boxes might suggest some areas for research. The collection is not public.
http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/M-H/HamOrg-inv.htm
Some of the corporate media files have turned up on youtube from time to time.
The Internet Archive also has some documents posted.
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3 hours ago, Anderton said:
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It sure looks to me like Reverb.com is privy to anything I look for on Google.
Our arrivals are announced by invisible butlers. It's not just Google.If you visited the Earthquaker website (which is built using the tools of the provider Squarespace) they have integrated facebook ad tools and googleadservices.
e.g.,
https://ads.google.com/home/how-it-works/
https://www.facebook.com/business/ads
Reverb is using both of those tools in the code of their landing page.It's not malicious, it is intended to be assistive. It uses context that is delivered by our search tools
The page that we are on right now uses a particular kind of markup that adds context to things that we might search for.
<script type='application/ld+json'>
It is all around us and it is part of the way that we have structured information delivered on the web. I think that I am bowing out of this at this time. I am not an expert.
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3 minutes ago, harmonizer said:
I have similar aversion to giving Google too much info, so I try to use waves instead of google maps in my car, always use duckduckgo for searches, and I use Firefox instead of Chrome for my web browsing.
If you're thinking about Waze, https://www.waze.com/. They are owned by Google. They were acquired in 2013.
The Goog announced further integration of the two services at the end of last year.
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Protonmail offers a free email option and paid service upgrades.
You have an easily memorable email identity and Protonmail is secured end-to-end. They are located in Switzerland.
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I went looking for "Skiffling Strings" - "Swinging Sweethearts" for the US.
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That's a pretty horrifying domain scenario.
My relationship with GD improved when I switched to auto-renew. This is the notice that I get now (one month in advance).
QuoteOne or more of your domains will auto-renew soon.
The good news is you don't need to take any action. We just wanted to let you know what's coming up for automatic renewal since you're the registrant contact for this account. Take a look:
Renews: 7/25/2022
If you do not renew your domain(s) during the 12-day Renewal Grace Period, you will incur an additional recovery fee in addition to the domain renewal fee. During this time, the domain name(s) will be moved to parked nameservers and any website or email services associated with the domain name(s) will stop working. Be aware that most domains, including .com, .biz and .net, can only be recovered within a maximum of 30 days after your cancel date. For further information about Domain Renewals or Canceled Domains, review the Domain Registration Agreement.
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There are lessons to be learned here already. I'm going to call one of them reinforcement. That would be the sense that you made a good decision when you bought something.
Craig's VW experience lays out a timeline that completely counters mine. I was in on 3 VW purchases between 1976 and 1989. All were out of my life by 2000. All were fun at one time and desired. All betrayed me. And the company was run by actual criminals at the highest levels, but that doesn't negate Craig's positives which make perfect sense.
Notes' experience with USS broke when the company broke. I had some pieces from them circa 1991. I still have them, but fortunately they don't have to move around much. I remember their over the top marketing brochures that had to do with their religious beliefs. The pieces of that company were acquired when they failed in 2007 and those pieces were sold again last month. So, I say that the faith broke before the parts did.
I used to slag Gibson for the Opcode episode probably because it made me feel bad. I liked their idiosyncratic production style as I had liked Atari-based platforms before and I did not feel valued.
Looking around my space, I see more Yamaha than anything else. Does that make me loyal? Kind of. I don't feel stupid for buying very much of it. Their choices were guided by a certain engineering aesthetic.
I had thought that my loyalty would derive from my perception of integrity. Integrity is good, but clarity and respect for customers figure in this as well.
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1 hour ago, Bill H. said:
Whatever it is, it's got two pianos, a harpsichord, vibrato speed and amount (?) and bass and treble - all on sliders.
And what might be (squinting) pitch and impedance on the front panel.
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5 hours ago, sagetunes said:
Just out of curiosity, I'm want to check it out. I'm intrigued. It clearly is not Hammond--I have typed in RMI, Vox, Univox, Hohner, Cordovox, Yamaha, Viscount, Oberheim, Farfissa, Gibson, Kustom, Baldwin, Kawai, Roland, Crumar...NOTHING! The internet has never heard of this board.
...missed General Music and predecessor LEM in your list. With a RI address I would suspect Italian origin.
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so, is it something like this...?
Say that you can't get parts reliably and you don't know what those parts will cost the next time that you need them.
Say that you have parts now and you know what their landed cost is and what you can sell finished goods for today.
Say that you need numbers for your quarter, or that you have production lines that will run out of work in a month.
What can you do that won't lock you into pricing expectations and still move a few pieces?
It may be like the pedal manufacturer's "limited run" strategy.
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48 minutes ago, RABid said:
That song is my nightmare source for ear worms.
I believe this is the cure. I really do.
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That's a pretty sharp price! Items like that are frequently shunted to the internet sales outlets and never hit the floor at the thrift stores around here.
The weight of the item was in your favor.
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Sidenote [spatial audio cue: it's on the side] Dolby has also lined up a patent pool for another set of immersive audio branded technologies.
MPEG-H 3D Audio Licensing Program announcement
https://www.audioblog.iis.fraunhofer.com/mpegh-patent-pool
MPEG-H apparently got a splash in April at the Grammys. https://www.audioblog.iis.fraunhofer.com/grammys-mpegh
This authoring platform is news to me.
https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/media-hyperium-mh-ii/id1600588295
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I have a soft spot for NHK Japan TV programs. Here's a recent one on the vinyl market.
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I'm speculating here, but I think that the reason speaker manufacturers like Atmos is connected to fundamental arithmetic, that is, more speakers.
I think the reason that we are hearing about it now for music is that Dolby has shoehorned it into Tidal, Apple Music and Amazon Music.
Do I think that Amazon cares about it? No, I do not. If they did they would promote with speakers and hardware.
Not with the fact that you can hear "Wonderful Christmastime" in Dolby Atmos.
https://music.amazon.com/playlists/B081KSLWPF
Seriously, Dolby had to create their own marketing experience for Amazon over here:
https://www.dolby.com/experience/amazon-music/#gref
If you look at Apple's branding I can't find any mention of Atmos that does not also mention "Spatial Audio."
Atmos was introduced for theatrical in 2012 and this is 2022. I can find a home theater design guidance that Dolby published in 2018. I can't point to any consumer product implementations of this. It's just way too complicated for the big box stores.
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3 hours ago, Anderton said:
Happened again this morning. About 10 minutes after getting out of bed, "Rock Around the Clock"...
Don't underestimate the influence of the lyric.
For me, this morning was Hendrix "Manic Depression" and that seems just about right.
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I've been puzzled by this as well. Short answer - it's about money.
1) The platforms encourage it - Live streaming isn't dominated by a single channel / service, which means that Google isn't setting the rules and defining the market. So. Twitch, Facebook Live, YouTube and everybody else still crave world domination and they encourage live streaming.
2) Revenue - They sell specific ad placements in live streams. Pre-roll, mid-roll, banner, etc
FB and YT have channel performance thresholds for live streaming. Think "Them that's got shall have."
Facebook Live:
https://www.facebook.com/formedia/goals/earn-money
YT
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851
3) Monetization - FB live allows you to gate and invite. YT is using a channel subscription model. Both allow you to monetize interactions like chat. FB has Stars which are virtual love tokens.
4) Metrics - you can identify your "actives" and redirect them to other content. Of course, the platform is watching too.
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On 8/12/2022 at 7:06 PM, David Bryce said:
Mr, Payne has Kroni!!!
dB
Not to be pedantic, but I believe he's a Rock and Roll Doctor.
On 8/13/2022 at 1:13 PM, Doerfler said:Musician's musicians for sure. God too.
Fortunately for me, they play DC every tour.
"Waiting For Columbus" was recorded in part here, huge fan base in DC.
I think there was always a pretty deep connection to the Baltimore area too.
https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/artsentertainment/the-blue-seas-saga/
"Then, George got a call from Cavallo about the studio in Baltimore. “I dropped everything,” recalled George, “and said, ‘Yikes, that’s it!’”
His enthusiasm had a lot to do with the studio’s connection to Massenburg. George, who passed away in 1979, already knew Massenburg, as the two had worked on a few L.A. sessions together and had struck up a friendship. Massenburg was in Paris at the time, but with some prodding from the folks at Warner Brothers, he agreed to return to Baltimore to record Little Feat."
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4 hours ago, Michael Wright said:
I have 2 Shure M97XE's, one which is 5 years old. It's fine right now, but since Shure is out of that end of the business, I too am researching a backup/replacement that won't break the bank, Perhaps Ortofon or Grado?
I have the Shure M97XE as well. I like it well enough to consider the Japanese third party replacement stylus - search "m97xe jico" for hours of highly opinionated fun. I am thinking that I will probably get one when I replace the stylus that I have.
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It has become a regular feature of youtube gear reviews to include closely mic'd audio of peeling the plastic off pickguards and digital display screens. They feel they know us too well.
ooh, it could have been me.
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Last night I was moving 13x13x13 boxes out of the crawl space. Hey! The side of that box is wet.
So, there was a leak. I pulled the box out of there and got everything out. Things seemed pretty isolated. How bad could it be? What was closest to the damp corrugated?
Oh, 'Pet Sounds'.
Alright, I go through the other boxes and I find another wet box. What was closest to the damp corrugated? 'Lyle Mays'. Behold, the rules of the universe.
The boxes are out, the leak is fixed and I am ordering new boxes for a move. The 13x13x13 #200 served pretty well actually. There is a 48 ECT that is even heavier but pricey. If you have to store your media, don't forget to look up. On this earth we are surrounded by peril.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Boss Calls 2023 nominees exciting and fun
in Craig Anderton's Sound, Studio, and Stage
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They can't put Richard Thompson in until they put Link Wray in so this this isn't over.