By @edent · beatles music surround · 800 words · read ~427 times.
I'm working on a new project which, unless UK copyright law radically changes, will only be available if you pop round my house 🙂 Yesterday... In 1960s the predominant form of music recording was in mono. Indeed, The Beatles weren't involved in many of their stereo mixes. If you listen to some of those early […]
Continue reading →By @edent · audacity audio HowTo · 5 comments · 150 words · read ~21,054 times.
Notes to myself! Suppose you want to create a surround sound file using Audacity. The app is a little obtuse, so this may clear up some confusion. When exporting, Audacity defaults to mixing down to stereo. You must adjust these settings: Edit → Preferences → Import/Export → Use Custom Mix Lay out your audio. Keep […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android battery HowTo motorola nexus · 3 comments · 450 words · read ~10,409 times.
Earlier this year I was moaning about my Nexus 6. Motorola's crappy battery technology is well documented, my phone was running so hot that the glue holding the device together became unstuck! Eventually, the battery failed. It would report being fully charged, but only run for a few minutes before switching off. Recalibrating and resetting […]
Continue reading →By @edent · 1 comment · 400 words · read ~1,083 times.
You may have heard of Chuck Lorre. He's the producer behind Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, and a bunch of other comedies. He also wrote the theme song for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! This is a quick delve in to the various international versions of the theme song. UK Perhaps the […]
Continue reading →By @edent · sms spam · 1,250 words · read ~303 times.
Earlier this year, I received SMS Spam from Paddy Power. I went into full-on Taken mode! I have a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for spammers like them ☺ It culminated with barrage of complaints and an interview on BBC […]
Continue reading →By @edent · ☺ google search engines unicode · 1 comment · 400 words · read ~265 times.
What happens if you search the web for the Unicode character "☺"? On the one hand, it's a symbol just like the letter A or the punctuation mark "!" - on the other, it contains semantic meaning. A smiling, happy face. I decided to look at a few popular search engines to see what they'd […]
Continue reading →By @edent · audio avconv dts linux surround sound · 550 words · read ~513 times.
See this update for a better way to do this. Being mostly notes to myself and following on from my post on Quadrophonic files. I have: A DTS album stored as a .WAV A .cue file with chapter markings I want: The single large file to be split into individual chapters with one file per […]
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