Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning

[Lou Houck <louh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I burn an MP3 CD to play in my aftermarket MP3
disc player in my van, I get frequent repeats, while some
tracks have yet to play.  I believe it is the nature of
"random".

Lou Houck
Rollin' Recording


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Hirst" <mike.hirst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning


> It us my understanding that true random play should allow for the same 
> track to be repeated an infinite number of times. Has anyone ever 
> experienced this using either hardware or software digital player?
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
> > Hi Steve:
> >
> > Don't you think the idea of "reasonable-sized collection" is getting 
> > modified in the iPod world? For instance, a 160gig iPod can hold hundreds 
> > of thousands of (low-quality lossy compression) tunes. It can hold at 
> > least several if not many thousand Apple Lossless Format tunes. You can 
> > set the whole thing on "Shuffle" and never hear the same tune twice for 
> > weeks, months or years, but you can eventually play through the whole 
> > library. So, then, the question becomes, what is a reasonable amount of 
> > time and space for music in one's life?
> >
> > Also, just what's wrong with being passionately interested in something 
> > collectable, especially when it's such an experience as music can 
> > provide? What is a better use of one's time? I would argue that most 
> > things that occupy the hours of a 2008 American day are not a better use 
> > of the time.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Abrams" 
> > <steve.abrams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:44 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning
> >
> >
> > > About fifty years ago I received a letter with some good advice from the 
> > > famous behaviourist B. F. Skinner.  He said simply: "There is only so 
> > > much space and time in the world and the problem is to make the best use 
> > > of it." Once every few years this letter shows up and I pin it to the 
> > > wall for some months.  Then it vanishes again as a bookmark.
> > >
> > > The question for us is to determine in each case the point where a hobby 
> > > becomes an obsession.  It is possible to do a calculation of the time 
> > > you want to devote to listening divided by the number of records you can 
> > > listen to, taking into account the propensity for listening to a 
> > > relatively small number of favourites over and over. A collection 
> > > becomes large when the majority of items have only been listened to once 
> > > and many items have never been auditioned.  Also you should have a very 
> > > good memory, a catalogue or both.  Furthermore records should be 
> > > immediately accessible.
> > >
> > > > From this point of view the optimum size of a collection is 
> > > > surprisingly
> > > small. I find that I devote more time to replacing recordings with 
> > > better copies or transfers than to acquiring entirely new material.
> > >
> > > The job of maintaining a large archive is something else.  In general, 
> > > if you earn a living from what you do, that is a good excuse.
> > >
> > > Steve Abrams
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" 
> > > <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:12 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] FBI Warning
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 03:22 AM 2008-06-19, Steve Abrams wrote:
> > > > > An ordinary CD is a 16 bit recording sampled 44,000 times per second.
> > > >
> > > > Hello, Steve,
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure you will have a name for this disorder, but for the sake of 
> > > > the archives, a very minor correction: CDs are sampled at 44,100 
> > > > samples per second.
> > > >
> > > > Your post was excellent, but I don't do pruning--I just acquire less 
> > > > now than I did now that the "basic collection" has been purchased (over 
> > > > 40 years and yes, I still have things on LP that aren't on CD). I have 
> > > > MUCH more space allocated to tape machines, parts, and related stuff, 
> > > > but that's my business...and I'm sticking to that <smile>.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Richard
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Richard L. Hess                   email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Aurora, Ontario, Canada       (905) 713 6733     1-877-TAPE-FIX
> > > > Detailed contact information: 
> > > > http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
> > > > Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>
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