Tom, Jack and all retirement hopefuls,

I'm a youngster...only 55.  An 83 year old ex-photog / audio
friend of mine told me recently, "I don't know when I ever
found the time to work!"

I hope I'm half as involved and on the ball as he is... next week!

Lou

Lou Houck
Rollin' Recording
208 River Ranch Rd.
Boerne,  TX   78006
(830) 537-5494
(830) 537-5495 [ fax ]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Palmer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to 
convert Lps a...


> Good luck Tom,
>    I've been retired 20 years and haven't touched my slides yet.  Not 
> enough time.   Jack
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to 
> convert Lps a...
>
>
>> Hi Steve:
>>
>> Most if not all standalone recorders let you set a "make-a-new-track 
>> here" threshold. It's not perfect but it's another solution. In 
>> Soundforge, all you do is put mark (the M key) between tracks then 
>> "convert marker to regions" and "save each region as a separate file". 
>> Only takes as long as to scroll thru the waveform and make the marks and 
>> then how long the computer grinds.
>>
>> As for slides, you are very right that there is expensive outsourcing or 
>> time-consuming DIY but nothing in between. My parents took thousands of 
>> Kodachrome slides and they all are still vivid color but I have not had 
>> the time to tackle that job yet. That will be one of MY retirement 
>> projects.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:29 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Anyone familiar with "Spin It Again" Software to 
>> convert Lps a...
>>
>>
>>> Thanks guys! Somehow I thought I;d get answers like that knowing this a
>>> highly "technical" group. I know I didn't want to transfer my Lps using 
>>> one of
>>> those cheap combo jobs.
>>>
>>> Actually at this point in my life - 62 - I'm spending so much time 
>>> listening
>>> to new releases of old material (for my monthly column in In The 
>>> Groove)
>>> that I'm not about to build up a big library. Basically I want music on 
>>> the go.
>>> And, I don't want to be a "sound archive" as my materials isn't THAT 
>>> rare!
>>> Look, doesn't everyone have hours of old radio comedy shows? And after 
>>> those of
>>> us over 50 (60?) go no one will want them anyway.
>>>
>>> My problem with cassettes and reels is that I don't have time to figure 
>>> out
>>> where in the tape there is a song I want to hear. Looking at the demo on 
>>> Spin
>>> It  Again, I fugured I could set up a portable tape player next to my 
>>> PC, run
>>> the  tape through the software to the PC and it would pretty much 
>>> separate the
>>> tracks  between silence. Then I could index it and burn to CDs if I 
>>> want. My
>>> PC probably  has a decent sound card. Heck, I'm happy with the radio 
>>> shows I
>>> record with  Total Recorder - which at less than $20.00 is something I 
>>> love and
>>> it's easy for  a dummy like me to use.
>>>
>>> Tom, you pointed out value of time. I agree and that's why I wanted
>>> something that would work quickly and easily and I'm not planning on 
>>> doing it  for
>>> anyone's ears but mine. I have mid range speakers on my stereo and my 
>>> MP3
>>> player. I'm into the content not whether the frequency is high or low. 
>>> Spin it
>>> again offers declickers in the software. It's low end I realize.
>>>
>>> I tried to use Audacity to cut up a long program once and got, not only
>>> stumped, but it took time. It's way too technical for me. And my Dell PC 
>>> cost
>>> less than $500. without a monitor so I'm not looking to even put $75.00 
>>> more
>>> into a sound card. I just thought this might serve my purpose.
>>>
>>> If you guys want, maybe someone can go to their site and look at demo 
>>> and
>>> give me thoughts on the downside of using it ASSUMING you want dubbing 
>>> for
>>> dummies of mostly speech, voices and some live concert recordings - that 
>>> will
>>> eventually be discarded.. and not spend over $50.
>>>
>>> Though it's somewhat different, I've been reading a lot of articles 
>>> lately
>>> to transfer slides (Photo slides) to digital. I was one of those who 
>>> only took
>>> slides cause they were cheaper than prints. I have thousands. Well, the
>>> consensus of all is that there is NO INEXPENSIVE way to do it. If you 
>>> have done
>>> by services it comes to about 50 cents per slide scanned. If you do it 
>>> yourself
>>> it will take at least 3 minutes per slide to scan and save PLUS the cost 
>>> of
>>> a  $100. scanner. Multiply this by time value and a few thousand slides 
>>> and
>>> you can  see it won't work. I have no heirs who will care anyway. But 
>>> these
>>> technological  changes have really moved fast in our lifetime.
>>>
>>> So thanks for the replies. I won't do anything right away but I might 
>>> use
>>> their free trial (which lets you record indefinitely but only burn three 
>>> CDs or
>>> or save 3 digital files.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ************************************** See what's free at 
>>> http://www.aol.com.
>>>
>>
>>
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