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Post by babyzoomer on Aug 23, 2017 12:22:38 GMT
As a long-distance (over 35-odd years) fan of "Time"; one of the more annoying aspects of 'modern' technology (that's CDs to you whipper-snappers) is that the various CD versions of my favourite album have those appalling 3-4 second breaks between the tracks - which the original vinyl/cassette never did. It destroys the flow; it grates - and it ain't right, so there!
Well today I was fixing my son's laptop (the DVD drive) and to test it was ok, I slapped in the nearest disc to hand, which just happened to be my (late 90's Ozzie-made, Jet-labelled but actually Sony) TIME cd; and to my amazement, Windows Media Player (without any intervention from me) played the disc through without breaks between tracks. Heaven!
I'm unsure what is going on here; obviously WMP is more sophisticated than your average hi-fi or car cd player - I presume the disc (although it actually has the tracks divided into, well tracks) actually has some info which specifies zero-length-breaks between the tracks. Clever!
Previous to this, when I wanted to listen to TIME in it's original flowing form, I have had to put up with a rip of my old original (1981) cassette, or a download (from Russia) of a vinyl rip.
Now (by simply recording onto another computer) I can get myself a pristine, relatively Hi-Fi version - heaven!
A day without TIME is time wasted.....
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Post by Horacewimp on Aug 23, 2017 12:30:43 GMT
You need a CD player with gapless playback, I contacted the manufacturer of ours to make sure this was specified
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Post by babyzoomer on Aug 23, 2017 12:56:34 GMT
You need a CD player with gapless playback, I contacted the manufacturer of ours to make sure this was specified Now I wonder about IPods and smartphones etc....
What I fail to understand is WHY the cd of TIME has tracks at all ...... surely EVERYBODY listens to it all the way through every time (like I do)...
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Post by Timeblue on Aug 24, 2017 14:43:13 GMT
This is either sad or brilliant (delete as necessary) but every new car that I own, the first cd that I play in it is 'Time' as a means of 'christening' it....
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Post by babyzoomer on Aug 25, 2017 10:22:35 GMT
This is either sad or brilliant (delete as necessary) but every new car that I own, the first cd that I play in it is 'Time' as a means of 'christening' it.... That's definitely the cutest post I've read all week!
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Post by Timeblue on Aug 25, 2017 14:12:34 GMT
I've done it since I first started driving back in 1993 (the first 3 cars had a cassette player though...)
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Post by IvanDSM on Aug 27, 2017 16:37:52 GMT
Windows Media Player is a pretty bad piece of software. No Time CD was released with breaks inbetween the tracks, it's a problem with your CD players themselves. That's a very strange occasion, since even budget players can detect that.
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Post by ootbartifacts on Aug 28, 2017 14:03:34 GMT
When "Time" first came out I bought a copy, as we had small children (who kept scratching my vinyl if it was left out on the turn table and tried to snap my stylus) I copied it onto tape via the record deck. I came home one night worse for wear from drink, I put the tape on with my head-phones and played it back. The sound was amazing, no gaps and in-between the tracks and when the sound was lower I could hear noises like static and peoples voices "one two for a copy" - "come in so and so" "beep beep" with a multitude of radio interference noises and sci-fi effects. I woke up next morning and put the album on when the kids were in school and the noises were gone though they were on the cassette. I found out later that our neighbour (without anyone's knowledge) had been using a CB citizen broadband transceiver at exactly the same time I was recording the album and it was coming through my record deck and recording onto the cassette. I should have given it to Jeff Lynne as the sound effects really fitted in with the theme of the album.
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Post by BSJ on Aug 28, 2017 17:58:40 GMT
Awww... I was hoping you did pick up some funky Jeff fun!
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Post by babyzoomer on Aug 28, 2017 22:44:43 GMT
When "Time" first came out I bought a copy, as we had small children (who kept scratching my vinyl if it was left out on the turn table and tried to snap my stylus) I copied it onto tape via the record deck. I came home one night worse for wear from drink, I put the tape on with my head-phones and played it back. The sound was amazing, no gaps and in-between the tracks and when the sound was lower I could hear noises like static and peoples voices "one two for a copy" - "come in so and so" "beep beep" with a multitude of radio interference noises and sci-fi effects. I woke up next morning and put the album on when the kids were in school and the noises were gone though they were on the cassette. I found out later that our neighbour (without anyone's knowledge) had been using a CB citizen broadband transceiver at exactly the same time I was recording the album and it was coming through my record deck and recording onto the cassette. I should have given it to Jeff Lynne as the sound effects really fitted in with the theme of the album. Perhaps you should post this in the 'paranormal experiences' thread....
I used to have the same problem with a neighbour who owned an electric welder - the resultant power surges simply could not be tamed.
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Post by babyzoomer on Sept 3, 2017 6:13:55 GMT
Windows Media Player is a pretty bad piece of software. No Time CD was released with breaks inbetween the tracks, it's a problem with your CD players themselves. That's a very strange occasion, since even budget players can detect that. Well IvanDSM; you are absolutely correct!
The problem derives from my habit of routinely burning copies of my precious, precious ELO cds for use in the car.
I once had a very bad experience; a minor bingle meant that my car had to be towed; when I got to see the car days later, several cds had 'walked'. Never again! And I'm dead scared that the 6 cd changer in the 4wd (which sounds like it is closely related to a shredder when in action) will 'eat' a cd.
So I only use copies in the car(s). There is root of the problem, because.....
I just checked, and there is a feature/setting in Windows Media Player (under 'more options/burn') which automatically puts gaps between tracks - and it was ticked (enabled) - I suspect that windows is delivered with that feature 'on'; apparently I've been unwittingly putting gaps on my cds for years! In my defence, I must say that my computer skills are entirely self-taught - so I've had an idiot for a teacher.
I'm rather red faced; but nevertheless quite happy to be 'out the other side' from a problem which has haunted me for years.....
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