The Global Traveling Tape Race - TEAM JVC's Shipping Tracker

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restocat

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Fatdog said:
Ghettoboom767 said:
What-Doesn't anyone like my set-up?? :-O :huh:
I did work hard on this & got it out asap!
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This IS a tough crowd. Maybe if you had used 3 of those 55's for the setup. Just kidding :-P :lol:

I did like it..just cant get my head around it :lol: I havent seen one 55 in person, and you have a pair of em :-)
 
Ghettoboom767

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That's funny!! What's wrong with Bobby? He looks tired! :-O :-P
Captain Picard looks like how I felt!

Oh well-I think you will like my music I put on these at least!
My PC-55JW w.sticker was bought brand new in 85'!!
Hey at least I'm not Spud-he has like 5 or 7 of these!
I like em'-heavy as hell and so clear.
The decks on these rule!
Have a great weekend! :-P :-D :-)
 
ford93

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GB its all good my friend whats important is that you participated in a cool project. Once jaetee gets them I assume they will be recorded on a MP3 and sent to Bobby where they will be put into this site for all members to listen. :-)
 
jaetee

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Just got back from a cruise to Mexico... Had a blast...!

Glad to see there has been progress with the tapes!

:-D
 
djetaine

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accidently posted in the maxell tape race thread. oops!
anyway, i got the tapes today. I'll be recoding tomorrow or the next day and sending them straight back to jaetee to end the race.
 
restocat

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djetaine said:
accidently posted in the maxell tape race thread. oops!
anyway, i got the tapes today. I'll be recoding tomorrow or the next day and sending them straight back to jaetee to end the race.
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A double agent! :lol:

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djetaine

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oh, one thing. When i got the tapes, there were a bunch of badass stickers and a little dora the explorer doll. Were these meant for me, or is this one of those things where i add my own little piece of history and send it back?

As for the status, I worked on a set last night and I believe i have all the tracks that i want to put down (18 in all!) its just a bunch of tweaking to do. It's almost impossible to beatmatch some of this stuff, heh.it's probably going to be all mixing lead ins/outs.
 
Ghettoboom767

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Hi Djetaine! 18 tracks!?
Just so you know there is approximately 20-21 minutes left on Tape 2 Side B.
Just don't go over any of the already recorded music.
As far as the stickers & the Dora boombox shrine, they go to Jaetee for all the hard work & tapes he donated! :-P
Don't forget to PM Jaetee for his address.
Have fun-GB. :-)
 
djetaine

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Ghettoboom767 said:
Hi Djetaine! 18 tracks!?
Just so you know there is approximately 20-21 minutes left on Tape 2 Side B.
Just don't go over any of the already recorded music.
As far as the stickers & the Dora boombox shrine, they go to Jaetee for all the hard work & tapes he donated! :-P
Don't forget to PM Jaetee for his address.
Have fun-GB. :-)
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heh, no worries, im not going to record over anyone. some of the tracks are just sampled, others play for a few minutes. its basically a quick swap 20 minute megamix a la z-trip or dj craze (though i cant scratch so nothing like that, lol)
I just pulled out some of my favorite old rock/disco/soul records and tried to mix em all up.
 
Ghettoboom767

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Sounds great!
Sorry about my first song or 2!
A little heavy on the input and had my EQ on my PC-55C to high on the low freq.! :-O :blush:
Got better though but I forgot how sensitive the EQ is on recording!
Have a great one-GB. :-)
 
djetaine

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hey guys, im sorry i havent sent this out yet. Ive been having some trouble with my mixer, serious channel bleed. Been trying to find a way around it but it looks like a new xone is in my future to replace this one. I'm going to have to cut back and just do a couple songs straight vinyl to tape instead of being able to do the mini mix i wanted to do. I will do this tomorrow and mail it out on thursday. Again, sorry guys, didnt mean to make you all wait.
Jaetee, ill need your address, will pm you as well.
 
djetaine

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Fatdog said:
Thanks, man!! :cool:

Here's a PDF version for those who don't have MS Excel:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ugmor34g9pvm2e0

These tapes really showcases our eclectic tastes in music. I can't wait to hear them! :-)
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Hey, I was thoughtful enough to save it as 2003 instead of excel 2007 :-) forgot about pdf.

Here's a direct link from my server so you dont have to deal with mediafire
http://thebeerblog.net/test/Team-JVC-Tape.pdf

I'm currently recording them to studio quality FLAC and MP3.
Recording is being done through a TASCAM mastering rackmount to a Lexicon Omega studio I/O into Ableton Live 8.2.
I'll upload to my server when I finish. I will bite the bullet and not do any mastering to the audio so that we can all hear the full/real sound of each of our boxes and source recordings
If you want a good tape dub you will have to either do it yourself from the flac/mp3 or have Jaetee do it tape to tape, I don't have a box that I feel comfortable doing a tape to tape on.
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Oh, one thing i wanted to add to the spreadsheet was the names of each member who recorded each set of tracks! What was the order that the tapes actually went? I can figure out who did what by the handwriting and boxes
 
jaetee

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djetaine said:
Fatdog said:
Thanks, man!! :cool:

Here's a PDF version for those who don't have MS Excel:

http://www.mediafire.com/?ugmor34g9pvm2e0

These tapes really showcases our eclectic tastes in music. I can't wait to hear them! :-)
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I'm currently recording them to studio quality FLAC and MP3.
Recording is being done through a TASCAM mastering rackmount to a Lexicon Omega studio I/O into Ableton Live 8.2.
I'll upload to my server when I finish. I will bite the bullet and not do any mastering to the audio so that we can all hear the full/real sound of each of our boxes and source recordings.
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Looks like a victory for Team JVC!


Thanks for the added effort, Joel!!!!

That saves me the time and effort of digitizing and uploading. I'll do the same for the Maxell tapes when they eventually arrive.

For any of you diehard analog junkies out there that ONLY want analog dupes, The offer still stands for me to make tape to tape copies. (Which will be done via high end Nakamichi tape decks). 1st generation tape to tape copies from my setup sound very true to the original. All I ask is that you reimburse me whatever shipping expense I incur. I will either dig through some of my "gently used" tapes and send you a pair of those, or if you want me to use brand spankin' new Sony HF's, I can get those from K-mart for $1 per tape. I will tell you that I recently conducted a very extensive test of the Maxell UR vs. TDK D vs. Fuji DR-1 vs. Sony HF and the Sony HF was (by far) the best sounding tape of the bunch and had the lowest background hiss levels. They sound surprisingly good when recorded on with my Naks!

That said, I would encourage you to consider the much faster and cheaper FLAC downloads burned to an audio CD, then recorded on your best deck. That should give you very good results as well. (Although it does kind of depend on the quality of Joel's playback deck, sound card and D/A converter.... but I have a strong feeling he has good stuff and knows how to use it :yes: )

Looking forward to getting the tapes back and evaluating what boomers did the best job making recordings, and hearing the tracks we all picked!
 
djetaine

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jaetee said:
(Although it does kind of depend on the quality of Joel's playback deck, sound card and D/A converter.... but I have a strong feeling he has good stuff and knows how to use it :yes: )
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lol, I got this. Thanks for the compliment :-D
 
djetaine

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Both tapes are up

You have two choices at the moment. FLAC or MP3. FLAC is a lossless codec but you will need a player for it or a the proper codec for your player. You will not be able to burn this to CD without converting.
The sample rate is 44.1. I also recorded it with a 24bit D/A with sample rate of 96 as well but I have not finished uploading that (one tape is 1.5gig at 96k FLAC)
The current FLAC is 448meg

The mp3 is also 44.1, I didn't worry about converting my 24bit source to mp3 because with mp3 you cant really hear the difference
The mp3 is 81meg.

If any of you are audiophiles and REALLY need the 1.5 gig 24bit 96k FLAC I can upload it. I dont want to waste the bandwidth if no one is going to download it though.

Both are served up for direct download at http://www.thebeerblog.net/BoomBoxery

FLAC of Tape 2 will be up in a few hours, its uploading now.
 
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