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RandyDSok
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I probably accused him of something he was actually guilty of... and had to get rid of the evidence... LMAO
Delininja
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I also got my truck back up and running. I drive a 2005 Chevy Classic (Malibu) because gas mileage and easy drive. But I also have a 1989 F-150 that I use for hauling or towing peoples busted vehicles home and whatnot. But I kind of let her go a little. So today and yesterday I replaced both window motors, water pump, radiator, brake master cylinder, and a bunch of ignition components. In old fords there is a thing called an "ignition actuator" which is a little pot metal rod that starts the truck. they are junk and snap all the time. So I replaced that as well yet again.
Delininja
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And yes. The F-150 will tow a real glider. We did it when the tow wench broke at RL Jones airport. They dont normally do that stuff but I have an air force buddy whoes dad builds em. you can take an entire real plane and put it in the back of a long van. Its crazy lol. but you can tow it aloft with an old ass truck.
RandyDSok
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I revisited and recreated a video of some of my favorite photos....
The first time I'd made one like this ( including many of the same pics ), I used MS Movie Maker. It was easy and cool, but pretty glitchy and I ended up with some spots that were messed up. So I thought, I've recreate it again, adding some newer pics while I was at it.
The first time I'd made one like this ( including many of the same pics ), I used MS Movie Maker. It was easy and cool, but pretty glitchy and I ended up with some spots that were messed up. So I thought, I've recreate it again, adding some newer pics while I was at it.
Tony
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Not bad. I have never really liked the small image in focus with an out of focus background, but a lot of people do like that.
As for video editors, check out DaVinci Resolve 16. It's free (for the non studio version) and works very well. There is a very large learning curve though. But it's almost Adobe Premier without the hefty price tag.
As for video editors, check out DaVinci Resolve 16. It's free (for the non studio version) and works very well. There is a very large learning curve though. But it's almost Adobe Premier without the hefty price tag.
RandyDSok
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The app is called Movie Maker 10 ( not by MS but a free one found in the MS App Store ) and it's drop dead simple. I did choose to include the effects but used it's random feature and didn't pick which one or or what order they were used. I did spend time figuring out which and how many photos and how long I needed for them to fit a song I'd picked.
Tony
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Back in the day, WMM was a good program. Why they dropped it I have no idea. Well, once they "revamped" it, it sucked and had less than half of the functionality than it used to. But for me now, It's all about DaVinci Resolve! I'm loving this program, just wish I had a better computer to make it render faster.
RandyDSok
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Here is some info I came across that other audio enthusiasts may find interesting ... at least I know I did.
After audio CD's came out in the early 80's, I was immediately impressed by the technology and equally disappointed in its audio quality. The disappointment was in their cold, harsh sound they have. Vinyl records were much warmer and the sound much smoother. Today, they have increased the bitrate that they use with digital audio and are now better than they once were, but they still don't match what you hear with a vinyl record.
If you are wondering why... here is a graphic of a sine wave that should help explain it. Please note, that this exaggerates the "pixelization" of the audio so you can "see" it...
Because of this, record players have become popular again, at least in the more enthusiast and audiophile communities. Which bring me to the interesting part of the post.
While watching an interview with a tone arm engineer about record players and where they are going today. He mentioned that much of today's audio is now recorded digitally. This seems to lead to the conclusion, that the days of warm smooth audio may be past us. Perhaps this is true to some extent, but what he mentioned next sort of blew me away for a moment. He mentioned that when they remaster the audio to create and master a vinyl record from these digital recordings and then play them back... they are once again warm and smooth sounding. At that point in the interview, they again, changed subjects, leaving me wanting more info.
As I sat there thinking about it a bit... it sort of just came to me and seemed pretty obvious what was likely happening, at least this is my interpretation. When they are "cutting" the new master... the needle they use is an analog device. It doesn't move digitally, it moves in straight lines and curves. The digital signal may stair step but the needle can't move that way... it will move in a smooth line from one signal to the next. No doubt some of the nuance will have been lost during the digitizing and then return to analog, but analog recording and playback always had losses before also so I suspect the differences are minimal. At least we are able to get back some of the warmth and smooth sound.
After audio CD's came out in the early 80's, I was immediately impressed by the technology and equally disappointed in its audio quality. The disappointment was in their cold, harsh sound they have. Vinyl records were much warmer and the sound much smoother. Today, they have increased the bitrate that they use with digital audio and are now better than they once were, but they still don't match what you hear with a vinyl record.
If you are wondering why... here is a graphic of a sine wave that should help explain it. Please note, that this exaggerates the "pixelization" of the audio so you can "see" it...
Because of this, record players have become popular again, at least in the more enthusiast and audiophile communities. Which bring me to the interesting part of the post.
While watching an interview with a tone arm engineer about record players and where they are going today. He mentioned that much of today's audio is now recorded digitally. This seems to lead to the conclusion, that the days of warm smooth audio may be past us. Perhaps this is true to some extent, but what he mentioned next sort of blew me away for a moment. He mentioned that when they remaster the audio to create and master a vinyl record from these digital recordings and then play them back... they are once again warm and smooth sounding. At that point in the interview, they again, changed subjects, leaving me wanting more info.
As I sat there thinking about it a bit... it sort of just came to me and seemed pretty obvious what was likely happening, at least this is my interpretation. When they are "cutting" the new master... the needle they use is an analog device. It doesn't move digitally, it moves in straight lines and curves. The digital signal may stair step but the needle can't move that way... it will move in a smooth line from one signal to the next. No doubt some of the nuance will have been lost during the digitizing and then return to analog, but analog recording and playback always had losses before also so I suspect the differences are minimal. At least we are able to get back some of the warmth and smooth sound.
callsign4223
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