Yay!

[twirlgrrl]

Some guy I found on craigslist just came over and finished setting up my other computer in like 20 minutes. Now I have two sets of drives mirroring each other, 100% automatic backup, 150 GB on one set and 1 terabyte on the other set. I've never had a terabyte before! I'm so excited. Now I can try to restore my itunes library that Evan erased, if in fact I backed it up correctly before. So I might not even have to re-rip all my hundreds of CDs in order to make a mix tape. Wish me luck!

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[alexisyael.livejournal.com]

awesome! good luck!

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's kinda sorta working! Yippee!

[blakeh.livejournal.com]

Re-ripping CDs is not fun. Good luck with the restore!

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It seems to have sorta worked, but the album and artist names did not come through, so we're trying it again.

I never checked out Media Monkey, but it's on my list. Is it a jukebox type thing like itunes?

[blakeh.livejournal.com]

It lets you rip, organize and play music. IMHO, it's much more powerful that iTunes and it will interface with your iPOD devices.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

One more question, while we're on the topic... what format do you save your music files in?

[blakeh.livejournal.com]

I always always ALWAYS rip music into FLAC format. It's lossless and is about 20% smaller than an uncompressed WAV file.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

OK, I lied. I have more questions.

1. When I rip a CD in FLAC format, the default under Settings in MediaMonkey is "more compression" which is, like, 6 of 8. Should I move the ticker to 4 of 8 or anything? I'm not even sure what this means. Guess I can't go wrong with the default, probably, but it can't hurt to ask.

2. When you've ripped music into FLAC, can you burn the songs directly onto CD in a playable format, or do you have to convert them in MediaMonkey before burning?

Thanks so much! I've already downloaded MediaMonkey and I'm getting started now.

[blakeh.livejournal.com]

Always happy to answer questions about music!

1. The higher the compression number, the smaller the file. I always use the maximum. However, the file will take longer to compress. So, a four minute song compressed to level 1 might take 8 seconds while the same file compressed at level 8 might take 15 seconds. If you have a fast computer with plenty of memory you shouldn't have any problems with the maximum setting.

2. MediaMonkey will allow you to highlight the tracks you want to burn to a CD and then right-click and send them to a CD. It doesn't matter what format they are in (FLAC, WAV, MP3, etc.) It does the necessary conversions so that a CD will burn correctly.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh, SWEET! I am so excited now! I just ripped a few CDs in, can't wait to get the whole shebang going. The itunes restore never did work properly; I should have listened to you at first and gone straight to MediaMonkey a long time ago. This will be fun!! THANK YOU Blake, you're a sweetheart.

[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

wow! you are like techno-goddess.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, not exactly, but I sure do want to make some mix tapes. ;)

[lust-inthe-dust.livejournal.com]

ssssshhhh, don't say "mix tape", lady! you're showing our age! (lolz!)

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

I totally said it on purpose. :)

[zmizzmo.livejournal.com]

YAY! YAY! YAY! thank goodness your computers are doing what you've been wishing they could!
~Miss you!!!