Last I checked there were still only 24 hours in a day... (not counting the small decimal of minutes afterward of course) Maybe that's just in Michigan, but I was pretty sure it was a world wide standard.
I "was" the proud owner of a Dell pc. Then my graphics card went bad. Happens right? SO, upon trying to replace it, by way of freak accident, my mother board fried. No biggy, I went out and bought a brand new one. And, since I was buying a new board I figured why not upgrade to a better one? So I did. Then I went to put it back in. As it turns out, the power switch and the power supply were both proprietary. I had to buy a new case and new power supply to accompany my new motherboard. Next computer I get I'm building myself. I would suggest that the average user go to the small timer who builds their machines using all standard parts. Then upgrades are possible without paying through the eyes for the proprietary part. My new motherboard is twice what the old one was, at half the cost (and the replacement Dell was refurbished too). I used to be a Dell fan...
We all, of course, feel bad for those who lost their jobs. BUT, what about those of us who don't even have one yet? I'm just finishing my sophomore year in college studying CS/Networking and watching things go as they have been is really scaring me. Finding a summer job this year is turning out to be more of a challenge than I thought. Everyone I contact has been laying people off and can't afford to hire summer interns. So now those of us who were promised a birght future is we got into the technology field ans studied hard and finding ourselves looking at jobs as park rangers, and furniture movers for the next few years of our lives. Not exactly the experience builder any of us need...
It's going to be nearly impossible to replicate the tone of a brass insturment. There are too many variables. Get a room full of horn players, and have each one play the same note. If you listen closely, you'll find that no two notes sound the same. Every player plays differently. No matter what they do to the synth engines in the computers, the output is going to sound fake. Besides, there is no substitute to a live performance of anything.
One last thing, analog recording beats digital any day when it comes to playback quality. It sounds more real.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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Last I checked there were still only 24 hours in a day... (not counting the small decimal of minutes afterward of course) Maybe that's just in Michigan, but I was pretty sure it was a world wide standard.
I "was" the proud owner of a Dell pc. Then my graphics card went bad. Happens right? SO, upon trying to replace it, by way of freak accident, my mother board fried. No biggy, I went out and bought a brand new one. And, since I was buying a new board I figured why not upgrade to a better one? So I did. Then I went to put it back in. As it turns out, the power switch and the power supply were both proprietary. I had to buy a new case and new power supply to accompany my new motherboard. Next computer I get I'm building myself. I would suggest that the average user go to the small timer who builds their machines using all standard parts. Then upgrades are possible without paying through the eyes for the proprietary part. My new motherboard is twice what the old one was, at half the cost (and the replacement Dell was refurbished too). I used to be a Dell fan...
We all, of course, feel bad for those who lost their jobs. BUT, what about those of us who don't even have one yet? I'm just finishing my sophomore year in college studying CS/Networking and watching things go as they have been is really scaring me. Finding a summer job this year is turning out to be more of a challenge than I thought. Everyone I contact has been laying people off and can't afford to hire summer interns. So now those of us who were promised a birght future is we got into the technology field ans studied hard and finding ourselves looking at jobs as park rangers, and furniture movers for the next few years of our lives. Not exactly the experience builder any of us need...
It's going to be nearly impossible to replicate the tone of a brass insturment. There are too many variables. Get a room full of horn players, and have each one play the same note. If you listen closely, you'll find that no two notes sound the same. Every player plays differently. No matter what they do to the synth engines in the computers, the output is going to sound fake. Besides, there is no substitute to a live performance of anything. One last thing, analog recording beats digital any day when it comes to playback quality. It sounds more real. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.