Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
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Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc I'd need software to play the roll, but at least that can be played from a scan!
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@ellenor2000 @mcc It almost certainly can, unless you're using something very obscure and basic operating system wise.
Back in the mists of time a CD drive needed a cable to connect to your soundcard, and then a piece of software to tell it to output analogue data, but digital transfers and playback of the track data have been a thing for over 30 years now.
@syllopsium @mcc I mean, I'm concerned the drive is broken. #lang_en
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc makes me wonder if my DDS computer backup drive can process audio DAT?
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@laird Is this a thing you can do right now?
@mcc er, well I wouldn't need to *buy* anything. Scanners, cameras, etc are all on hand.
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@wtrmt I have a Mastodon PR with a proposal for this which has gone sadly ignored
@mcc I thought it was just adding another option in the list. It wouldn’t count toward the total?
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@mcc I thought it was just adding another option in the list. It wouldn’t count toward the total?
@wtrmt You could add an item on the list but None of the Above in combination with multi-vote polls gets kind of strange. You'd prefer the interface enforce NOTA not being voted for simultaneous with another option.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc there’s no “none of these” option 🫣
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@wtrmt You could add an item on the list but None of the Above in combination with multi-vote polls gets kind of strange. You'd prefer the interface enforce NOTA not being voted for simultaneous with another option.
@mcc oh! I get it now! You can choose more than one in the list!
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc This poll makes me once again regret giving away my portable minidisc player (and stereo component minidisc recorder), the pinnacle of futuristic portable music in the 90s.
I loved how those portable players had a boatload of RAM (for the time) so they could buffer enough to survive seek overhead on RW discs and only spin up the motor every now and again on pressed discs.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc
I would first need to actually find the cassette player but it does exist within the bounds of the home. -
Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
( @mcc FWIW the cassette audio would be crappy.)
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc I selected "CD" and I stand by it, but I couldn't tell you the last time I attempted to use that hardware if my life depended on it.
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@mcc oh! I get it now! You can choose more than one in the list!
@wtrmt also it would be nice if the interface let you just click nothing and click "vote" and it would know what to do
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
I'm 7 out of 8, but I can't guarantee they would work perfectly.
Also add wire recorder and ADAT.
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I'm 7 out of 8, but I can't guarantee they would work perfectly.
Also add wire recorder and ADAT.
@billyjoebowers is wire recorder hard to set up?
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@billyjoebowers is wire recorder hard to set up?
No, much like a reel to reel tape, with wire.
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc sadly none of our production gear can play player piano rolls so clearly I should hit up sweetwater just in case
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No, much like a reel to reel tape, with wire.
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Poll: Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
@mcc … none. I could play a vhs though
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(BONUS POLL)
Which of the following music media, if someone suddenly handed you a piece of music recorded on it, would you be able to play without making additional purchases?
NOTES:
- If the answer is "none of the above" ,click "Show results". We can probably compare the previous poll to judge the significance of the scale of responses.
- Rather than worrying about differences between reel-to-reel formats, answer "reel to reel tape" if you can play at least one reel to reel tape format.
@mcc
I've used/owned most of those media players/formats as either a consumer or broadcaster (brief career before I switched to IT).In the late 90s, I learned about the mp3 format, got a CD burner and ditched all my vinyl and cassettes. By the time USB media players were prevalent, the only CD players I had were in desktop/laptop computers. (I'd have to go searching in the closet for one of those now.)
Frankly, it's been MP3's and nothing else for me for more than 25 years now.
