God bless technology. Thats what i say. Who can live no adays without technology. It has come on leaps and bounds. Keyboards, digital drum kits, guitars, P.A systems, Sound systems, computers, MP3 players, even normal things like lights and the kettle. If we didn't have any of that we would be such a boring world. Well we sort of are anyway but technolgy provides that little bit of excitment and that escape from the problems of the world so we can all get ingrossed in using the technology to do things that no one has ever done before. Technology is great. But not absolutly everyone agrees so let's all have a bit of a chin wag about this. Your all time favorite peice of technology, preferably musically or digitally envolved. It would have to be a computer for me. ;D What about you lot?
Has to be the microchip. These days just about everything electrical has one, just try to imagine a world without microchips.
Hmm...musical or digital eh..?? Real Ale in a bottle won't qualify then :(
I'd probably go for the 'remote control' mainly because I can remember the days when you had to get up off your arse to change something ;D
Both very good answers. BUt i will accept the real ale in a bottle because i agree that is a great thing ;D
....mmmmmhhhhh.... my fav piece of technology.....
the floor-standing speakers!!!! The bigger they are, the better I feel!!! :D :D
(of course pumped-up by a monster-ampli... ;) )
oooooooo :o i didn't think of that 1. good choice ;D
The Internet.
Good because it is a very powerful tool. The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...
Bad because it is a very powerful tool. The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...
My home cinema set. The sound of DVD's is so much improving, DTS or 5.1 mixes make it even more fun watching/hearing a DVD.
The only nescedary piece of technolgy invented since the 70's is 'digital mastering'
Let's explain this: ::)
The Genesis albums from the early 70's are simply as good as most of today's prog. albums. But the recording quality wasn't to good back then.
But thanks to 'digital mastering' we can now listen to some of the best music ever made... in good quality ;D
(It's a pity that 'from genesis to revelation' hasn't be mastered yet :( )
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-10-09, 13:11:23
The Internet.
Good because it is a very powerful tool. The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...
Bad because it is a very powerful tool. The things that the Internet is capable of are virtually endless; Communication, data transfer, information searching, gaming...
HAHAHAHA Agreed!!! :D
Quote from: Vanderwoude on Sun, 2005-10-09, 14:28:17
(It's a pity that 'from genesis to revelation' hasn't be mastered yet :( )
Point 1... Generally, an album must be mastered to be commercially released.
Point 2... I have seen 'From Genesis To Revalation' on CD, which means it has been digitally mastered to be on CD in the first place! :)
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-10-09, 14:41:35
Point 1... Generally, an album must be mastered to be commercially released.
Point 2... I have seen 'From Genesis To Revalation' on CD, which means it has been digitally mastered to be on CD in the first place! :)
Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused ???
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.
Quote from: Vanderwoude on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:21:13
Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused ???
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.
I used to own it. It isn't really very good, remastered or not. Interesting certainly, but not one which would have you reaching out for the 'repeat' button....
Actually...now I think about it, they did recently issue a 2CD version of it which I assume would be remastered. Check out :
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=cdtitle&searchstring=genesis+revelation&page=search&Go.x=39&Go.y=11
Quote from: Vanderwoude on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:21:13
Point 1... Ehh.. sorry I mean digitally remastered, I think, those terms are used over and over in commercials in The Netherlands so I was a bit confused ???
Point 2... Putting the music on cd doesn't mean that they autimatical should revise the quality, that should have been logical though. But I haven't seen the cd for myself.
I have the CD but on it it says the following:
This Compact disc is not digitally recorded.
This means that they just copied the anologue stuff onto a digital CD.
Genesis is actually busy with digitally remastering some of their albums. (The Lamb, Foxtrot and Selling England, if I recall correctly...)
@Moonloop:
Some of the songs are GREAT, if they made it ten years later, it would be a hit! Seriously!
Quote from: Moonloop on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:25:55
Actually...now I think about it, they did recently issue a 2CD version of it which I assume would be remastered. Check out :
http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=search&searchtype=cdtitle&searchstring=genesis+revelation&page=search&Go.x=39&Go.y=11
Hmm.. nice to have, but there isn't (Remastered) in the title, in some of the other releases there is.
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:26:40
@Moonloop:
Some of the songs are GREAT, if they made it ten years later, it would be a hit! Seriously!
"But Seriously" maybe..?? ;D
(sorry - poor pun)
Maybe they could re-record them for a reunion album - wonder how many people would notice...!!!!
;D
That would be nice indeed.
I thought it was "In The Wilderness" with the beautiful piano...
*sings* "Music, all I hear is music, guaranteed to please..."
Most technology is great....usually it exists to make life easier
Not that keen on mobile phones....but that's because of the ruination of the English language through "text-speak"
My current favourite is my iPod....20GB, nearly full of everything I like, just seem to be listening to so much more music these days, plug it in to my car stereo, have it on all afternoon at work etc etc
Si
Quote from: Moonloop on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:46:56
Maybe they could re-record them for a reunion album - wonder how many people would notice...!!!!
I think that would be really great, I have thought that wonderful thought :P before. Maybe I should contact Peter and friends. ::)
Quote from: Vanderwoude on Sun, 2005-10-09, 18:19:57
I think that would be really great, I have thought that wonderful thought :P before. Maybe I should contact Peter and friends. ::)
I heard that others contacted Peter & Co. but they said that they'd never do something like that. :'(
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2005-10-09, 18:36:30
I heard that others contacted Peter & Co. but they said that they'd never do something like that. :'(
auch... that hurts
Quote from: rocker666 on Sun, 2005-10-09, 16:06:16
Most technology is great....usually it exists to make life easier
Not that keen on mobile phones....but that's because of the ruination of the English language through "text-speak"
Have to agree with this ... a generation of children will gro up not no-ing how to spel proply thx 2 txt msg! >:(
QuoteMy current favourite is my iPod....20GB, nearly full of everything I like, just seem to be listening to so much more music these days, plug it in to my car stereo, have it on all afternoon at work etc etc
Si
Again ... have to agree. I bought my first MP3 player in 2000, it only held 64 kb worth and I had to get loads of extra memory cards, but I am on my third MP3 player (Creative Zen - the rival to IPod) and it's brilliant. I have nearly 40 full albums on there and it's nowhere near full!
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-10-09, 23:54:10
Have to agree with this ... a generation of children will gro up not no-ing how to spel proply thx 2 txt msg! >:(
LOL that one made me laugh! :D
I want an MP3-player but I still see no advantages besides it's small.
+'s:
- it's small
- there's 512 MB on a MP3-player (at least more than an audiodisc :P)
-'s:
- there's no point in using that small thing, it's dangerous to listen to it while riding the bike i.e.
- My discman can play MP3 too, it can have 700 MB on one disc which is more than 512 MB (yes, I did that without a calculator).
There are not that many +'s that lift up to the -'s really.
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2005-10-10, 00:05:26
I want an MP3-player but I still see no advantages besides it's small.
- there's 512 MB on a MP3-player (at least more than an audiodisc :P)
There are not that many +'s that lift up to the -'s really.
Ermmmm, there#s way more than 512MB on a LOT of MP3's - like my 20GB iPod for example
Si
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2005-10-10, 00:05:26
LOL that one made me laugh! :D
I want an MP3-player but I still see no advantages besides it's small.
+'s:
- it's small
- there's 512 MB on a MP3-player (at least more than an audiodisc :P)
-'s:
- there's no point in using that small thing, it's dangerous to listen to it while riding the bike i.e.
- My discman can play MP3 too, it can have 700 MB on one disc which is more than 512 MB (yes, I did that without a calculator).
There are not that many +'s that lift up to the -'s really.
A few more +'s
- The ones up to 512 mb are very cheap nowadays.
- It's using less batteries.
- They're lightweight
But the bigest + is the size, this comes in handy especially in school between the (mostly very dull ::)) lessons, you can easily grap you little musicfriend and listen to it's wonderful sounds. Even during lessons you can use it, you can put it in your pocket, and then there even is room left on your table to put your TI 83+ :P
there is a bad ass problem with the IPOD nano though. The battery pack is defective so to sort it, americans who brought it got a new battery pack for free but in england anyone who brought them before the problem was solved has to go out and by the new battery pack. But now the problem is solved, not to worry and if you buy an IPOD nano now it has the new battery pack so all is well. Isn't it good that problems are solved so quickly. In my mind the problem shouldn't have happened at all. But there is no developments and advances in technology with out problems. we're humans we all make mistakes *coughs* except me *coughs ;D*
I thought IPods were bigger than MP3-players?
Well maybe I should get one anyway.
I'm open minded about it.
Besides that, it's just one month till my birthday and then we have 'Sinterklaas'.
By the way, a TI 83+ is not a really big thing. But it would be nice to save some MP3s on it.
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2005-10-09, 15:26:40
I have the CD but on it it says the following:
This Compact disc is not digitally recorded.
This means that they just copied the anologue stuff onto a digital CD.
The audio does not
have to be digitally recorded to be on CD... (ELTON JOHN - 'Songs From The West Coast') for example was recorded entirely in analogue, but was still released on CD.
The point is that in order for audio to be put on CD, it has to be in a digital 'state'. Albeit, this is done in the A-D converters as it enters the burner, so the quality is stepped up slightly anyway. :)
The fridge... It keeps the beer cool 8)
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2005-10-10, 13:13:45
I thought IPods were bigger than MP3-players?
By the way, a TI 83+ is not a really big thing. But it would be nice to save some MP3s on it.
The 'normal' IPod and IPod mini are bigger. The Nano is about as small as a 512mb mp3 player
TI 83+ smalll ?? Â ??? You're kiddin'
And it is very heavy to.
Im sorry if i tread on people's toes with this but...........I.............Really don't care. The IPOD is all well and good and they have put loads of advertisment into making it better and everything but i find that IPODs are very.......boring. Notice how only people who want to show off and chavs have IPODs. Personally i think everyone is much better off with an MP3 player because its smaller it has loads of space (512 mb ain't too bad) and it is more reliable in the long run.
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Mon, 2005-10-10, 14:55:07
The audio does not have to be digitally recorded to be on CD... (ELTON JOHN - 'Songs From The West Coast') for example was recorded entirely in analogue, but was still released on CD.
The point is that in order for audio to be put on CD, it has to be in a digital 'state'. Albeit, this is done in the A-D converters as it enters the burner, so the quality is stepped up slightly anyway. :)
Am i right in thinking that all CD burners or atleast modern ones do actually all have analogue-digital converters. Oh thats a point. A-D converters has reminded me about camcorders and digital camera's. Their bloody good ones. I love camcorders ;D
Quote from: Higgins III on Tue, 2005-10-11, 00:30:48
Im sorry if i tread on people's toes with this but...........I.............Really don't care. The IPOD is all well and good and they have put loads of advertisment into making it better and everything but i find that IPODs are very.......boring. Notice how only people who want to show off and chavs have IPODs. Personally i think everyone is much better off with an MP3 player because its smaller it has loads of space (512 mb ain't too bad) and it is more reliable in the long run.
I see your point... but on a CD you can put 700 MB. And with a discman you can switch discs easily. You take your discman and 10 CDs. Then you'll have 7 GB of music, and it's cheaper.
Therefore I won't buy a 512 MB MP3-player and is an iPod more of an option to me really.
But that thing is still very expensive for us Dutch.
Quote from: Higgins III on Tue, 2005-10-11, 00:30:48
Im sorry if i tread on people's toes with this but...........I.............Really don't care. The IPOD is all well and good and they have put loads of advertisment into making it better and everything but i find that IPODs are very.......boring. Notice how only people who want to show off and chavs have IPODs. Personally i think everyone is much better off with an MP3 player because its smaller it has loads of space (512 mb ain't too bad) and it is more reliable in the long run.
mmm, iPod boring, cheap, crappy sounding 512MB player good?????
Well, I bought an iPod 20GB, not to show off, not because I'm a chav but because I wanted the best sounding player on the market, with the easiest to use software. I also wanted to be able to use it as a storage device for photos whilst out on location.
Wondered how long it would be before everyone started having a go at Apple/iPod for being successful
Si
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2005-10-11, 07:37:47
I see your point... but on a CD you can put 700 MB. And with a discman you can switch discs easily. You take your discman and 10 CDs. Then you'll have 7 GB of music, and it's cheaper.
Therefore I won't buy a 512 MB MP3-player and is an iPod more of an option to me really.
But that thing is still very expensive for us Dutch.
That's exactly why I still use Minidisk! 700Mb of music on a disc half the size of a CD!
Marvellous! :P ;D
Quote from: rocker666 on Tue, 2005-10-11, 10:48:08
mmm, iPod boring, cheap, crappy sounding 512MB player good?????
Well, I bought an iPod 20GB, not to show off, not because I'm a chav but because I wanted the best sounding player on the market, with the easiest to use software. I also wanted to be able to use it as a storage device for photos whilst out on location.
Wondered how long it would be before everyone started having a go at Apple/iPod for being successful
Si
I see your point. I quess the ipod isn't a bad thing to have but i still stick to my guns. Its not all ipods i don't like im specifically looking at the ipod nano. i quess i should have been a little bit more specific about that. but i thank you for your views and giving me some interesting info there.
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Tue, 2005-10-11, 15:49:55
That's exactly why I still use Minidisk! 700Mb of music on a disc half the size of a CD!
Marvellous! :P ;D
Ah yes. I forgot about minidisk players. The good collection of music you would listen to while you walk to places such as kniton heath and such other places. Walking! Even though that isn't digital technology or any technology its great but i still can't figure out how you could walk to kniton heath. Then again i've walked back from bournemouth before so i can't really say much. But a bloody nice walk it was to. All the way across the beaches and then up to sandbanks then back into the quay and then home. Very nice. ;D
Ahhh right, well iPod NANO is a completely different matter....I think it's a waste of time as well! For that money you could buy a higher capacity iPod mini, which would also be WAY more robust
TBH, I used to have a cassette walkman, then a Discman, then a Discman which played MP3 CD's, then a minidisk and now I have an iPod. The only one that has had a real effect on me and my listening habits has been the iPod. The other formats are fine, my CD player in my car also play MP3 CD's so I went down that route for a while BUT it's still only 700MB before you have to change it. To me that is one of the two biggest advantages, holding 20GB means NEVER having to change a disk etc, surely a major advantage over any of the other formats. The other great advantage is the playlist idea. Create as many personal playlists as you like, taking up hardly any storage space and then listen to them. For example I have about 25 different playlists on mine, everything from very Heavy Metal for while I'm get ready for a night out to relaxing ballads, pop etc for sitting at home with my wife over a glass of wine!
Sorry for the essay lol
Si
Quote from: rocker666 on Mon, 2005-10-10, 10:23:41
Ermmmm, there#s way more than 512MB on a LOT of MP3's - like my 20GB iPod for example
Si
Yup, but those are still really new, and are mostly very expensive.
But I'm considering to buy one.
I'm thinking about buying an Ipod or something similar too but i the price is way too expensive. Above the 1GB usely begins around 100 euro's and i wanted one with at least 10 gb, so...
Working more overtime i guess.
MAD.
Just forget about the ipods. Half of the price you pay is the brand. And the windows software is absolutely shitty. Just go along with Creative Jukebox, or iriver...
Quote from: Peter on Sun, 2006-02-19, 17:06:46
Just forget about the ipods. Half of the price you pay is the brand. And the windows software is absolutely shitty. Just go along with Creative Jukebox, or iriver...
I agree with you on that. Most of those major companies have the same problem.
MAD.