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yeah, a lossless option might be nice but it doesn't make much sense. if you want lossless so you can convert your music into other lossy formats (Ogg Vorbis / mp3) without cross-encoding, that's reasonable but niche. that would benefit very very few people. now, if you want lossless because you think it sounds better than 256kb AAC then you're wrong -- you can't tell the difference. if anybody says they can, they're wrong too. 256kb AAC is like 320kb mp3; at that point only a machine can tell the difference. research has proven this. cheers.

your theory kinda falls apart when you consider they're selling the hi-fi DRM-free album at the same price. what the labels wanted was to be able to sell certain songs at mandatory higher prices than others -- and the labels still don't have that. what the customers now have is a choice to get their songs in a premium format. everyone benefits. can't say it won't happen, but Jobs was pretty adamant in the Q&A session about not wanting to take away the .99 price-point.

i just listened to the broadcast of this announcement. bravo, indeed. i frequently buy music from the iTunes store. i've never owned an iPod (or any music player) so the DRM hasn't been an issue for me -- but this announcement is very exciting regardless. i hope they get Warner Bros. to change their minds on DRM -- i'd love to upgrade my Cibo Matto albums. cheers. the higher-quality DRM-free albums are the same price, at least.

TOwned i'd be glad to run ORC for a couple rounds if needed. i'll do it for the puppies.

i find this quite jarreing. blah. few of the old guys are doing anything interesting these days. Kraftwerk is still trying to sound like Kraftwerk.. hmm Jean Jaques Perrey seems the same as ever, though.

yes. but TO hates this compo. and america. and puppies.

then you probably have the wrong kind of amp for that setup. the TonePort and FloorPOD are meant to go: guitar->PortPod->computer the TonePort is easier because it has a USB interface, the FloorPOD still needs an audio interface of some kind.

try to be clear on that next time, menso. my combo has no outputs so i've never had an opportunity to record direct from the amp, usually i'll record direct from my guitar or mic the cab. so you know what kind of outputs your head has? i assume there is a mixer (line-level) output and a powered output (stay away from this!!!!) that you can connect to a cab. if you have a mixer output then any cheap audio interface should do, but like i said i have little experience with that -- hopefully someone else can chime in.

why did you bring up the FloorPOD in the first place, then? that has no mic inputs, you know.. but if that's what you want then as has been suggested, get an SM57 + decent audio interface. the Line6 TonePort if you want something guitar oriented. or perhaps do you mean you want to record direct from your amp's head rather than mic the cabinet? be more specific about what you're looking for and you'll get better answers. cheers.

so were there other entries? please don't tell me i won by default.

damn, a day too late. it would've been humorous to me had his birthday been the same as richard dawkins.

alright Lone Ranger dude: 1. you're admittedly ignorant on this subject and have little to contribute 2. your suggestions for what we (who aren't ignorant) should be discussing are more distracting and unhelpful to the OP than our "arguments" 3. you're making dubious claims we still love you, but it's seriously time for you to gracefully withdraw yourself from this conversation. or as a great man would say:

there's nothing to gain from belaboring over DSP card configurations. i gave in my first post a couple good reasons to pass on a laptop: 1. cost barriers and 2. specific hardware needs. for most everyone here, zero DSP cards is plenty and one DSP card is more than enough. and i already mentioned viable solutions for that. i maintain that the need for PCI(e) is negligible. holy off-topic, batman. you can send me a private message or hit me up on skype, though. cheers.

i had an iMac, it was a great machine. i'm happier with my MBP, all things considered. the Mac Pro is a great machine too. but the professional studio engineer who needs the Quad Xeons and the 10,000 RPM hard drives isn't going to be poking around this forum looking for advice. i'm speaking here to people like me: home studio guys. hobbyists. so a laptop is a solid recommendation. all the remixes i have on this site were made on an Athlon 2000 w/ 512 ram.. you don't need a supercomputer to make OCR-quality music. cheers. (oh and yeah, i'm a retired judge)

no, PCI is negligible. Powercore is available thru FireWire, an ExpressCard UAD is coming out soon and Creamware will likely follow suit. FireWire latency has always been just as good as internal sound devices in my experience.

there's nothing wrong with a desktop, it's just that there isn't much of an advantage to owning one anymore. in recent memory, what used to sell me on desktops was the upgradability. well, i've been upgrading desktop PCs for the last 15 years and i know pretty well that upgrading isn't as efficient as one would hope. the standards always change. when it comes time to upgrade, you end up discarding more than half your hardware! and this discarded hardware is often worthless; you either use it to build a crappy file-server or end up throwing it out. an old laptop can be worth something, though. so fuck upgrading. yeah, since the Intel switch i haven't had a single excuse to get a PC.

i'm late but i'll throw this out there anyways.. i'll never buy a desktop computer again. laptops are very nice these days, they have the same fast Core2Duo cpus and the same fast RAM as desktops. the only areas where you presently may not make out as well (internal hard drives) are negligable. the only audio/midi interfaces you'll want are gonna be FireWire or USB2. there are few PCI options these days. i used to have both a desktop and a laptop. i liked having a full-size keyboard, mouse and 20"+ display yet i also liked being able to take my computer to work or wherever. now i have only a MacBook Pro. when i come home i just close the lid and plug in that big display, full-size keyboard, mouse and BOOM -- now it doubles a desktop. best of both worlds. the are good reasons to pass on a laptop (cost, specific hw needs) but they've become rather marginalized. 18 months from now you'll have an easier time selling your 'old' laptop than your 'old' desktop. cheers.

cool. i was going to make an ocremix youtube group if someone didn't do it soon.

sourcetune was blah, but i forced something out of it. also, wasn't ORC supposed to run opposite of PRC? whats with this parallelism.

i threw something together for this. it's probably more 'boring' than my last entry.

not much you can do, just go to traffic court, talk to the judge, explain what happened and hope he/she gives you a good offer. you'll probably have to pay it all, but they'll let you make payments if that's easier for you.

post pictures and recordings. i love vintage keyboards. as for advice, maybe you should give some of those repair guys a call -- see if you can extract some information from them, maybe they'll give you some ideas on how to remedy the wonky action or tell you where you can go for more information. or maybe you can just find a good repair man who won't charge you too much.

no, but it helps in that it's better than nothing and the commitment it represents separates one from the droves of hobbyists. success in the music industry is dependent on networking and having some credentials gives people not a primary, but another reason to talk to you. i agree it's not important, but i would also agree it qualifies as 'somewhat' useful. in that case, i wish you good luck with this endeavor.

good thinking, because i thought you forgot. see you guys friday, hopefully.

to you, perhaps. but to any random person, maybe not. consider your qualifications: - you're not an industry professional - you're not a local performer - you have no musical honors (grammys, etc) - you have no teaching credentials - you have no experience conducting private study (yet, at least) - you're a nobody (the vgm scene is the nicheist niche that ever niched) i'm not cutting you down, all of that applies to myself as well. you may have some educational background, but what kind of students were there? mostly young people, right? there were some older people in my music technology courses but the majority of them were just college kids with no money. it's a little less than fantasy to think some 30-yr old dude with a good career is going to wake up one morning and say "God damn, I want to learn Fruity Loops" and proceed directly to craigslist. you have to approach this like any business ventrue: start small. build a base of happy clients, get referrals, earn experience and build off it. now, you may find someone who wants your lessons for more than $30/hour at this stage of the game, i really don't know what people would value this sort of thing at. i'm just saying don't put your expectations high; you may have to take what you can get.