Mellotronists

Very cool! The entire Streetly tape library on a tiny, little memory 
card!


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Leonard" <ken@k...> wrote:
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "Bernie Kornowicz" 
> <kornowicz@c...> wrote:
> > "Sounds can be load up from a CD, individually combined and 
stored 
> > up on compact flash cards."
> > 
> > It takes about 20mb to store 35 8-second notes. How big are CF 
> cards 
> > these days?
> 
> Last year:  1GB CompactFlash, $175 on EBay.  I bought one for my 
> PDA.  Fritz's "Loungeous Maximus" video (from my web site) is on 
> there ("Instant James Bond!"), as are "Improvised Waves", a bunch 
> of 'tron photos from Jerry, the entire tax code, schematics for 
Teddy 
> Ruxbin, a digital representation of Mike Dickson's personality, 
and 
> Martin's prom pictures from 1927.
> 
> This year:  2GB CompactFlash, $170 from on-line PC places (like 
Tiger 
> Direct), although you may be able to find it cheaper via 
PriceWatch 
> or NexTAG.  I may need that for the draft of my essay about 
highway 
> line painting.
> 
> Next year:  Who knows!  :-)
> 
> I believe some recording decks are based on CF now.  It makes a 
ton 
> of sense.
> 
> ...kl...
> M400 #805 - vintage media
> M400 #1037 - vintage retrieval