Writing Out Loud

Writing Out Loud

Jan 18, 2007

Good morning, _____.<br>
Thank you so much for following the show blog. My goodness, these shows are such great work. Writing, in general, you know, is a kind of solitary activity. I think that's partly why I've been drawn to it; I'm a kind of solitary guy. But this team-effort show-blogging stuff is not solitary at all. The entire process runs opposite to what I normally think of writing and to how I approach writing. By the end &#151; actually, almost right from the start &#151; I am feeling completely drained.

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Jan 18, 2007

As a child who grew up reading the light humor of S. J. Perelmam and James Thurber, I worshipped at the altar of Art Buchwald. I didn't know it at the time, but, looking back on it, he taught me a tremendous amount about the importance of voice. If the practice truly <I>is</I> treacherous, well, Buchwald certainly made it look easy.

March of the Emperors

March of the Emperors

Jan 18, 2007

This one minute commercial for the French movie channel Canal+ nearly had coffee spurting out my nose.
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Audio mixer and limiters

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Submitted by Brainstorm4645 on

Ever wondered how much output is being sent to the sub bass? Well, a simple and very useful solution is to buy a relatively affordable audio mixer and use the low pass outputs from the varies outputs from the (left and right combined) as one single monaural output, the same goes for the center channel with a monaural output and lastly the surrounds with a single monaural output all assigned to the mixers inputs.

Next plug the LFE.1 into one of the mixers inputs in all there should be x4 inputs fronts left and right combined, centre, surrounds, and LFE.1.

Turntable output cable

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by patknk939 on

Hi there. I'm thinking of remodifying the lamp-wire-like output cable of my turntable (Thorens TD160) by terminating it at the plinth (base) of the turntable with a pair of female RCA jacks so that I can then use, or change whenever desired, interconnect cables to the pre-amp. Is this going to work? Will it affect performance? Is there any particular type of cables I should avoid so as not to further reduce the already low output of phono signal? Would appreciate any advices.

Bigtime noob ohmage question

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Submitted by mrdeadfolx on

Fellas, I wanted to know if someone could enlighten me a little about ohmage. Im doin a little online shopping for some in-ear studio monitors, and I notice that even with high-end models, the ohmage variance is all over the board (some have 21 others have 110). Im wondering, what difference does it make? Is higher better? Why? Thx for any info.

Yet Another Sexual Kink I Don't Understand

Yet Another Sexual Kink I Don't Understand

Jan 17, 2007

The definition of "fetish" <I>is</I> "object or part of the body that arouses libidinal impulses&mdash;often to the exclusion of genital impulses." Fetishizing that annoying Microsoft Word paperclip, however, goes beyond extreme kink into deeply creepy territory.
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