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by julius
Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:26 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: External Sound Cards for Laptop DJing
Replies: 152
Views: 241982

Wikipedia says: Maximum sampling frequency: This is a measurement of the maximum speed at which the DACs circuitry can operate and still produce the correct output. As stated in the Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem, a signal must be sampled at over twice the bandwidth of the desired signal. For inst...
by julius
Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:20 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 365920

It's all good, marriage 'n' stuff. Congrats, by the way.
by julius
Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:57 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Digital music ripping format: mp3, aac, flac, alac, ogg...?
Replies: 15
Views: 16723

alex, for the love of god, it's "lossless"! you're driving me nuts!

hehe.
by julius
Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:55 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Digital music ripping format: mp3, aac, flac, alac, ogg...?
Replies: 15
Views: 16723

Given that there are 500 gig external drives now, I think it's reasonable to assume that in the near future a DJ will be able to keep their entire collection on hard drives. 500 gigs is enough to rip .wav (lossless) from about 700 CDs already. You could probably DJ an entire career from a 700 CD-equ...
by julius
Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:58 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Nice blog featuring essays on some well-known songs
Replies: 7
Views: 4517

I've heard one or two really great arrangements but I can't for the life of me remember where. Maybe I was hearing the Fletcher Henderson arrangement from which the song was allegedly stolen. I also seem to recall hearing it done well live once at Satin Ballroom, but I don't remember exactly. I thin...
by julius
Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:19 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Nice blog featuring essays on some well-known songs
Replies: 7
Views: 4517

Yeah there were some things I could have quibbled about, but it's still fun to read.
by julius
Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:08 pm
Forum: DJ Skillz
Topic: DJing Pet Peeves
Replies: 54
Views: 51582

The Swing Kids version.
by julius
Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:03 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: ELLINGTON ASTOUNDS! A young blonde woman began to dance
Replies: 5
Views: 4781

I remember the first time I heard D&CIB. I was driving to work and listening to KLON (now KKJZ) and my entire 10 minute commute was consumed by this seemingly endless saxophone solo while in the background crazed cheering got more and more intense. The Crescendo section featured a trumpet (Cat A...
by julius
Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:00 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 365920

It would be cool to hear an entire month of Yehoodi DJs (maybe when Jesse is on his honeymoon? hehe) with the dates they aired to see, maybe, how musical tastes have evolved.
by julius
Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:50 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 365920

Jesse doesn't really read this thread, does he. :)

*points to question a few posts up*
by julius
Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:43 am
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: DjangoBirdland
Replies: 6
Views: 5722

He plays every year at Sweet and Hot jazz festival in LA. Well worth seeing.
by julius
Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:56 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: DjangoBirdland
Replies: 6
Views: 5722

Is that Dan Levinson on clarinet? He's badass.
by julius
Fri Jun 23, 2006 4:47 pm
Forum: Swinging Music
Topic: Yehoodi Radio Show
Replies: 551
Views: 365920

Hey, Mr. Jesse,

Are the DJ shows archived anywhere online?
by julius
Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:18 pm
Forum: Song IDs
Topic: [Answered] The Mooch, Duke Ellington
Replies: 2
Views: 3642

It's "The Mooch" by Duke Ellington.