The Detroit Tigers face off against the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. Good news for baseball fans: veteran Detroit radio sportscaster Ernie Harwell will be calling a few innings in the broadcast. Heard him last night–it brings back some good memories of WJR and the Series in 1984.
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Yearly Archives: 2006
DVD Recording Tip
For those of you that have a DVD burner in your computer, you are probably concerned about the compatibility of discs you record and play back in a standard DVD player. Both of my Pioneer units play back both DVD-R and DVD+R discs without a problem. Heck, they even play back unfinalized CDs! But other brands may not fare as well. There is a tip that will help you create discs that are more compatible than these formats…and your drive may already support it!
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XM2GO: A Portable XM Radio Receiver
My friend Jon (in Connecticut) sent me the Delphi XM2GO XM radio receiver a month ago, and while I haven’t activated it yet, I’ve been able to play with it a bit using the preview channels and charging it in the car for awhile. Would this be any better than a standard XM receiver, such as my Roady2?
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“Chicago II” Never Sounded So Good!
Three words: buy the DVD-A! If you have the capability to play DVD-Audio, run out and get this disc even if you remotely like this album. “Chicago II” is actually the common name for the double-album entitled “Chicago”; Chicago’s first album was called “Chicago Transit Authority”, but was changed due to an issue with Chicago’s government. “Chicago II” contains such familiar songs as “Make Me Smile” and “Colour My World”. I never cared for the album much until this album was released on DVD-A, and I had read that the mastering was improved. How much improved?
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Needle Drop Setup, Part 2
Since we covered the hardware and software editor setups in my last installment, we’ll cover filters and techniques in this second part of the series. The main objective is to clean up your WAV file while leaving the sound quality of the file intact. Too much processing will make your sound file sound “processed”, for lack of a better word, and strip it of any life it may have.
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