Comments on: Up to my Ears http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mish http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-22171 Mish Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:30:58 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-22171 after going through a divorce the unmerging was one of the hardest things. after going through a divorce the unmerging was one of the hardest things.

]]> By: Coelecanth http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21120 Coelecanth Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:27:03 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21120 jhp: thanks! I was sure there was a way but haven't had the time to look into it. Mind you, now I'm going to have to find a way to explain to my wife why I've got five more boxes to put into storage. Sigh. jhp: thanks! I was sure there was a way but haven’t had the time to look into it. Mind you, now I’m going to have to find a way to explain to my wife why I’ve got five more boxes to put into storage. Sigh.

]]> By: jhp http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21119 jhp Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:48:54 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21119 FWIW Coelecanth, I ripped a bunch of cassettes a while back using an old tape player, a $5 cord (earphone jack to microphone jack--the name escapes me at the moment) I picked up at Radio Shack and a freeware program called Audacity. It was a great pile o' cumbersome to get done, but I was able to preserve audio files that I couldn't replace any other way. FWIW Coelecanth, I ripped a bunch of cassettes a while back using an old tape player, a $5 cord (earphone jack to microphone jack–the name escapes me at the moment) I picked up at Radio Shack and a freeware program called Audacity. It was a great pile o’ cumbersome to get done, but I was able to preserve audio files that I couldn’t replace any other way.

]]> By: Coelecanth http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21115 Coelecanth Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:49:05 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21115 I'm moving to Australia and have been purging, well, everything. My CD collection is about 70% scratched to the point it won't rip, so that's a relief, just pitch it and move on 'cause most of it's readily available on-line. But I have boxes of cassettes, boxes and boxes but no tape player. Going through them I found stuff that I'll never find again but I can't take them with me. I've been photographing each layer of titles in the boxes so I don't forget about some of these bands. The plan is to check on-line once a year or so when I'm feeling nostalgic. I’m moving to Australia and have been purging, well, everything. My CD collection is about 70% scratched to the point it won’t rip, so that’s a relief, just pitch it and move on ’cause most of it’s readily available on-line. But I have boxes of cassettes, boxes and boxes but no tape player. Going through them I found stuff that I’ll never find again but I can’t take them with me. I’ve been photographing each layer of titles in the boxes so I don’t forget about some of these bands. The plan is to check on-line once a year or so when I’m feeling nostalgic.

]]> By: Pretty Lush http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21114 Pretty Lush Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:53:43 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21114 Is it weird that I think that sounds like SO MUCH FUN? Is it weird that I think that sounds like SO MUCH FUN?

]]> By: blurb http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21112 blurb Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:09:20 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21112 Thanks for all these tips!! I'll probably move the library to an NAS once it has been completely imported. Thanks for all these tips!!

I’ll probably move the library to an NAS once it has been completely imported.

]]> By: Ken http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21111 Ken Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:14:35 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21111 I recently invested in a 1TB Buffalo NAS. Dude. Screw portable drives, and irregular backups. It gives me RAID 5, and 750GB of usable fault-tolerant storage on my network (with multiple computers and iTunes hitting it). All for ~$600. Plenty of storage for music and all my photo work. They also make a 2TB for storage hogs. Definitely the way to go. I recently invested in a 1TB Buffalo NAS.

Dude. Screw portable drives, and irregular backups. It gives me RAID 5, and 750GB of usable fault-tolerant storage on my network (with multiple computers and iTunes hitting it). All for ~$600.

Plenty of storage for music and all my photo work. They also make a 2TB for storage hogs.

Definitely the way to go.

]]> By: Bill http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21110 Bill Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:18:26 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21110 Seconding the CD-sleeve binder suggestions above. Holy Mary, Mother of God, what did we do before the days of CD binders? Lug around multiple heavy boxes of useless plastic from apartment to apartment, that's what. I'd recommend finding an old $50 iMac (1st gen-I've had several 2nd gen fanless models die on me) and swap in a big drive, then use that with the auto-import feature to rip and serve music. We have one in the spare room that boots itself up every morning, opens iTunes automatically, and shares out the collection, then turns itself off at night. Sounds like you're around the same encoding/bitrate I used, although in several years I'll have to do it all over again. The only thing I haven't been able to find is a decent OS X-based syncing program that is smart enough to recognize duplicates and be able to process them in an intelligent way so that I can sync up the new stuff on my laptop, the workstation, and the remote music server. THAT is the nightmare. Seconding the CD-sleeve binder suggestions above. Holy Mary, Mother of God, what did we do before the days of CD binders? Lug around multiple heavy boxes of useless plastic from apartment to apartment, that’s what.

I’d recommend finding an old $50 iMac (1st gen-I’ve had several 2nd gen fanless models die on me) and swap in a big drive, then use that with the auto-import feature to rip and serve music. We have one in the spare room that boots itself up every morning, opens iTunes automatically, and shares out the collection, then turns itself off at night. Sounds like you’re around the same encoding/bitrate I used, although in several years I’ll have to do it all over again.

The only thing I haven’t been able to find is a decent OS X-based syncing program that is smart enough to recognize duplicates and be able to process them in an intelligent way so that I can sync up the new stuff on my laptop, the workstation, and the remote music server. THAT is the nightmare.

]]> By: dhgatsby http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21109 dhgatsby Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:11:06 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21109 hey blurb, like many on this blurb, i did the same. when i was working freelance, I just sat and worked and ripped all day. it was the easiest way to break the monotony. after much research, i found that burning at 320kbps on med to high setting VBR is the best achievement of sound quality to file size as well. here is my tip: With all those disks left over after the rip, you can buy those big CD suitcases. they take up a significantly smaller space than all those jewel cases in your cd boxes with felt lining. I have over two suitcases filled with music plus another est. 40 CDs still laying around with no home yet. this also is a preventative measure in case of flood, fire, or tornado - along with your storage device, grab those suitcases and out the door you go. hey blurb,
like many on this blurb, i did the same. when i was working freelance, I just sat and worked and ripped all day. it was the easiest way to break the monotony. after much research, i found that burning at 320kbps on med to high setting VBR is the best achievement of sound quality to file size as well.

here is my tip:

With all those disks left over after the rip, you can buy those big CD suitcases. they take up a significantly smaller space than all those jewel cases in your cd boxes with felt lining. I have over two suitcases filled with music plus another est. 40 CDs still laying around with no home yet. this also is a preventative measure in case of flood, fire, or tornado - along with your storage device, grab those suitcases and out the door you go.

]]> By: Mike Swimm http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21108 Mike Swimm Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:50:20 +0000 http://blurbomat.com/archives/2007/08/17/up-to-my-ears/#comment-21108 Jon, Do you miss the album covers/liner notes at all? I am trying to start buying everything on emusic and bleep but I am having physical withdrawal. Especially with some of my Impulse reissues and stuff on the Touch label. My collection is probably about 600-700 cds so I am dealing with the space issues as well. I am curious to know how you managed the virtual transition. Jon,

Do you miss the album covers/liner notes at all? I am trying to start buying everything on emusic and bleep but I am having physical withdrawal. Especially with some of my Impulse reissues and stuff on the Touch label.

My collection is probably about 600-700 cds so I am dealing with the space issues as well.

I am curious to know how you managed the virtual transition.

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