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Any opinions on this portable recorder? [message #97833]

Tue, 08 April 2008 09:50

Jamie K

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Registered: July 2006

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de (including PARIS users who
> don't come to the NG) as being in the vicinity of a healthy 400 current
> users.
>
> Surprised? Not bad for eight years after discontinuation!
>
> I�ll be clear - this is not derived from the number of NG posters - it�s
> derived from a fairly accurate hand count of the number of currently
> active
> PARIS *users* that I�ve identif

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Re: Any opinions on this portable recorder? [message #97864 is a reply to message #97833]

Wed, 09 April 2008 07:15

Gantt Kushner

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Registered: June 2006
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h for my
>>wife. Pretty impressive I must say with built in WiFi.
>>
>>Kind of an iPhone w/o the phone. It also plays my full
>>uncompressed wav files just like my Classic and sounds
>>fab. Very cool little box.
>>
>>Hope everything is well with you all.
>>
>>DC
>Auto-tune . . . the term itself gives me the willies. More technology to
homogenize and sterilize music, and further proof that it's more important
in the pop music world to be pretty than it is to be talented.

Signed,

Bitter, aging wannabe :)

"Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote in message news:4887e67b$1@linux...
> Gantt,
>
> In the world of DJing I've grown accustomed to hearing some pretty
> awful singers in the pop world. Autotune effects can be better than

Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com

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Re: Any opinions on this portable recorder? [message #97865 is a reply to message #97864]

Wed, 09 April 2008 07:48

Kerry Galloway

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Registered: December 2008

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that
> at least even if over used. It's an easy way out for sure. In techno
> it can be very cool. I am about as sick of autotune as I was about
> gated reverb in the 80s. It's a cool sound here and there but . . .
>
> Tom
>
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> "Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:4887d2b5$1@linux...
>>
>> Yup. I agree that "Stronger" rocks. We got Jake the clean version for
>> his
>> iPod. The thing I don't get is how pervasive this Autotune/vocoder thing
>> has gotten. Don't people want their music to be unique anymore?
>>
>> Gantt
>>
>> "Tom Bruhl" <arpegio@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>Hi Gantt,
>>>
>>>Stronger sounds like a vocorder controlled by a midi keyboard
>>>to me. That's just a guess. Probably other grit thrown in there to.
>>>I like that sound alot. It is what sets that song apart from the
>>>competition. Aggressive in a rock n roll way. Maybe some
>>>amp sim or the real thing with it.
>>>
>>&g

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Re: Any opinions on this portable recorder? [message #97866 is a reply to message #97865]

Wed, 09 April 2008 08:04

TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007

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t;Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>"Gantt Kushner" <ganttmann@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>news:4887cba2$1@linux...
>>>>
>>>> How about "Stronger" by Kanye West? That can't be Autotune!
>>>>
>>>> Gantt
>>>>
>>>> "Don Nafe" <dnafe@rogers.com> wrote:
>>>>>Nice thread about this very topic at the Womb
>>>>>
>>>>>http://thewombforums.com/showthread.php?t=8168
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Kerr Mathieson" <oneninehundred@virgin.net> wrote in message
>>>>>news:4887a74c$1@linux...
>>>>>> It is indeed Autotune that's used to create it. I know it may sound
>> bad
>>>>
>>>>>> in the sense of what autotune is able to do, but it is actually
>>>>>> intentional for these producers to use it in this way!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> probably just another pop/r&b/hip-hop trend that'll die off soon
>>>>>> enough
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kerr

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