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by Retro
Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:37 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: WHEN, HOW and WHY did you get a Creamware System?
Replies: 26
Views: 6816

Hello, this is turning into another one of Nestor's super-threads :smile: Some of you might remember when I first posted here I didn't even own any CW gear. At the time I was pretty skeptical of studio-in-a-box packages and was only looking for a reliable recording system. I already had a stack of o...
by Retro
Wed Oct 23, 2002 8:51 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Site running slow
Replies: 43
Views: 5729

Me three.
by Retro
Wed Oct 23, 2002 7:57 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: What is the best mp3 encoder?
Replies: 14
Views: 2581

I've been hearing a lot about the Ogg Vorbis format lately, and when I saw this thread I thought I would try it out. All I can say is I wish I had tried it sooner! I've always hated MP3 compression, particularly in terms of the way it distorts the stereo image, but OGG does a far better job. I haven...
by Retro
Sat Oct 19, 2002 11:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: If I could live anywhere . . .
Replies: 17
Views: 4752

- Tropical island
- Low population
- Fast internet connection
- Lots of beer and seafood
- No tourists

Please let me know if such a place exists!
by Retro
Sat Oct 19, 2002 10:38 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The war of CPUs…
Replies: 11
Views: 4228

Apparently the theoretical limit is 2 atoms thick, and then they have to find a new approach altogether. One of the more exciting alternatives currently being investigated is quantum computing. A quantum processor would utilise the typical on and off states, as well as a bizarre third state which is...
by Retro
Sat Oct 19, 2002 5:13 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Now it is here also :(
Replies: 29
Views: 8173

Samplaire - thanks for the good wishes, but notice I said she is my niece, not my daughter (even though I treat her like my own)! Her name is Abigail (Abby).

Spirit - Robust is definitely the word for it! We already call her Amazon Abby :lol:

Peace folks.
by Retro
Sat Oct 19, 2002 5:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: How do you guys earn your money?
Replies: 36
Views: 6745

After a couple of years of sweeping floors and making coffee for snotty "artistes" at a prominent local studio, I finally got my big break and was trained in the art of sound engineering. I later went on to work freelance at various studios until I realised I wanted more money, so I went b...
by Retro
Tue Oct 15, 2002 9:43 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Now it is here also :(
Replies: 29
Views: 8173

What comes next?

This is my niece, born yesterday morning:

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She is reason enough for us to do our best to make "what comes next" a positive thing. As powerless as we may me feel, we have no choice.
by Retro
Tue Oct 15, 2002 8:03 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: I was wandering about non-English speakers, please read
Replies: 52
Views: 17152

Of course if we know we make mistakes (I now know about wrong tenses used in my posting - it should be like 'if we wrote in a foreign...') Actually Sam, you were correct the first time! Present tense is fine in cases like that. Although English is the national language here in Australia, more langu...
by Retro
Sat Oct 12, 2002 11:23 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Where the music money goes. . .
Replies: 15
Views: 6401

On 2002-10-12 10:46, Spirit wrote: The thought was that instead of getting people who wanted to help direct civic life, politics would be overrun by people interested only in money. Well thank goodness that hasn't happened! (I'm being sarcastic) I had a friend in Sydney who joined a certain politic...
by Retro
Fri Oct 11, 2002 7:22 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: too OT for off topic forum?
Replies: 8
Views: 3935

. . . when you find yourself adding to really bizarre threads!
by Retro
Sat Oct 05, 2002 9:08 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Complete OT: What happened 9/11/2001 in Pentagon?
Replies: 38
Views: 10384

No one said anything about "subtracting" portions of the world population. That seems to be a conclusion you've drawn on your own. The key to Gary's point was in the last sentence (the part in brackets).
by Retro
Sat Oct 05, 2002 5:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Complete OT: What happened 9/11/2001 in Pentagon?
Replies: 38
Views: 10384

I knew he was more than just a funky hairdo :smile:
by Retro
Thu Oct 03, 2002 9:10 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: PlanetZ Pulsarian People Pictures [warning - big page, obvio
Replies: 357
Views: 53020

Oh yes, it's easy to guess the flowered mid-calf trousers... :lol:
:lol: !!!
by Retro
Thu Oct 03, 2002 9:07 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: One month 'till the november contest!
Replies: 7
Views: 1529

Algo to the rescue again :smile: Thanks a lot mate.
by Retro
Thu Oct 03, 2002 8:01 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: One month 'till the november contest!
Replies: 7
Views: 1529

Nice to see you guys getting into the spirit of the contest. I started off my project with an old Bluesynth bassline I dug up from a bunch of loops I made when I first got my Pulsar about 6 months ago. I tried to port the patch I made over to the Hummel version but it's just not the same - funny tha...
by Retro
Mon Sep 30, 2002 7:30 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: A new forum category?
Replies: 31
Views: 3006

I support this idea too.
by Retro
Sat Sep 28, 2002 2:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Unfortunately, THE WAR IS AGAIN HERE
Replies: 124
Views: 33472

That's exactly why I offered him some words of encouragement. Plus the fact that he's a nice guy.
by Retro
Sat Sep 28, 2002 12:24 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Unfortunately, THE WAR IS AGAIN HERE
Replies: 124
Views: 33472

After a brief reality check I find I'm more immediately concerned about our friend Nestor... "I feel really sick, ill… broken and extremely sad for what is going to happen..." Nestor, don't let this depression get the better of you. You bring a lot of positivity and inspiration to this com...
by Retro
Fri Sep 27, 2002 1:29 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Unfortunately, THE WAR IS AGAIN HERE
Replies: 124
Views: 33472

On 2002-09-27 01:08, Spirit wrote: Closing your eyes in a field of flowers and deciding "all war is bad" may be right, but it's not a solution. Neither is bombing the crap out of innocent people. It just leads to the ridiculous cycle of wartime-peacetime we've been experiencing ever since...