Help with 'auto-pause' problem

Re: Help with 'auto-pause' problem

On May 1, 11:43 am, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@hotpop,com > wrote:
> The editing trick Federico mentions is what I use, if Iuse anything. Only I
> only add  a total of 10 seconds of silence between tracks instead of several
> minutes.
> If you want a lot of flexibility while authoring a common consumer format
> that can deliver high quality audio - think DVD.

Arny

As you will have read above, I have built in safety three second
gaps. DVD would be way over budget for the Charity.

I may sound paranoid but this situation is like asking your
grandmother to stop start the musical content in an opera!

With luck I will have sourced a player with auto-pause function on
Ebay. Fingers crossed.

I find it amazing that the manufacturers have dropped such a useful
[and I would think inexpensive] feature.

Dec [Cluskey]

Re: Help with 'auto-pause' problem

On Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:48 -0700 (PDT), "Dec [Cluskey]"
<dec@makehits,com > wrote:

>As you will have read above, I have built in safety three second
>gaps. DVD would be way over budget for the Charity.

Well, what's stopping you extending that to several minutes? Or
whatever length is sufficient to cover the longest possible gap
between music in your ritual? If the operator can press "Start", he
can press "Next Track".

I don't quite see why you would want to use DVD. But budget is no
issue. I don't think you can buy a CD-only burner - they all do DVDs
as well. Likewise players.

Re: Help with 'auto-pause' problem


"exalted wombat" <ex@exwom,com > wrote in message
news:mpnk1451lubld134pmki5u5ou8u6f9gcv4@4ax,com ...
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 16:47:48 -0700 (PDT), "Dec [Cluskey]"
> <dec@makehits,com > wrote:
>
>>As you will have read above, I have built in safety three second
>>gaps. DVD would be way over budget for the Charity.
>
> Well, what's stopping you extending that to several minutes? Or
> whatever length is sufficient to cover the longest possible gap
> between music in your ritual? If the operator can press "Start", he
> can press "Next Track".
>



Start/Stop buttons tend to be oversize, next track buttons tend to be weeny.

A good tip is to make a large arrowhead out of white tape and stick it on
the button, so it's impossible for even your grandmother to get confused.
Or you could even use some luminous stuff instead for those really dark
corners.



Gareth.

Re: Help with 'auto-pause' problem

On May 2, 12:31 pm, "Gareth Magennis" <sound.serv...@btconnect,com >
wrote:


If the operator can press "Start", he
> > can press "Next Track".
>
> Start/Stop buttons tend to be oversize, next track buttons tend to be weeny.
>
> A good tip is to make a large arrowhead out of white tape and stick it on
> the button, so it's impossible for even your grandmother to get confused.
> Or you could even use some luminous stuff instead for those really dark
> corners.
>
> Gareth.

Yep -

I still have the small tins of red [for stop] and green [for play] we
used to coat the play and pause buttons on our DAT players. It was a
two coat system where you applied a coat of special white enamel
first ... then the colour paint was very visible [luminous]. Our
drummer used to operate the 'added instruments tracks' when we used
DAT. With our current set up the sound engineer operates the minidisc
players. And yes, he has the play buttons marked with white elec.
tape.

I am still adamant about finding a player with 'auto-pause' and have
sourced a few ... it would seem the obvious models are Sony MDS-JE330
and 530. Not available new but Ebay is good.

Sadly, I have already bought a new Sony MDS-JE480, as part of the
playback installation, only to find it does not have 'auto-pause' ...
oh b*gger!

Dec [Cluskey]