shop (garage) music, (nklr)

[John Biccum]

One PS: the Behringer device has RCA-jack *[b]inputs[/b]* as well as outputs. So if you have music on cassette or even 8-track you can play the tapes into the Behringer and record the output as MP3 or FLAC using your computer. Behringer even incudes all the software you need. So unlike a simple sound card you can *[b]record[/b]* as well as play digital audio.

 

If you want to record from albums you should pick a different Behringer that has phono-level outputs.

 

 

[b]From:[/b] mark ward [mailto:nomad59@...] [b]Sent:[/b] Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:24 AM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com; John Biccum [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Shop (garage) music, (NKLR)

 

GREAT Thanks.

 

That's what I was basically thinking, because they are cheap, at an electronics "recycling" resale store in town. 

 

With everyone "up grading" electronics. (old stereo's tv's vcr's etc etc. Even the Corporations & Hospitals "Donate" for the TAX WRITE OFF'S. Etc.)   

On Thursday, May 22, 2014 12:07 PM, "'John Biccum' johnbiccum@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 

When you are trying to get music into the garage (or any other place in your home) perhaps the most important thing to consider is the *[b]format[/b]* that is used to store the music. 

 

Are we talking about playing albums on a turntable or about playing music CDs?  If the music is albums or CD you will want to have them close to the garage so you can change them as indicated.  Or perhaps the music is already in a digital format? 

 

My music collection used to live on CDs but I finally ripped it all to a digital format (FLAC in my case).  All this digital music lives on a computer in a closet that has redundant drives such that if one drive fails no music (or other content is lost).  This computer is connected to my home network with Ethernet cable.    In the garage I have an ancient notebook (a Panasonic Toughbook well suited to the garage environment) which connects to my home network wirelessly.  This notebook has a USB device plugged into it that takes the place of the cheap existing onboard digital to analog converter (sound card) in the notebook.  I use a Behringer UCA202 Audio Interface ($30) due to its great price-performance ratio.

 

This Behringer 202 has line-level outputs which could drive a cheap receiver in the garage connected to speakers in the garage.  But your control over the music would be with the garage notebook, the receiver would just handle the amplification to drive the speakers.  After testing a dozen media player applications for the PC I settled on JRiver Media Center as the application for playing and managing the music.  I love the fact that it has its own database so you can run queries like show me   every version of Little Wing by any artist  (13 songs by 8 artists!)

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I don t have the space for a receiver and speakers in my garage so use a boom box type of speaker-amplifier to convert the analogue, line-level audio coming out of the UCA202  to garage-filling sound. 

 

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, May 21, 2014 9:58 AM [b]To:[/b] List KLR [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Shop (garage) music, (NKLR)

 

 

Hey all that know.

 

I put speakers in the (attached) garage, from main house stereo.

 

Used Amplifiers are cheap, can I just run the speakers, "IN" threw the (example) tape-deck inlet, then use the regular speakers outlets? 

 

OR How can I have control of the speakers, IN, the garage?  (CHEAP! LOL)

 

(WHY IS CONTROL NEEDED IN garage? good song, turn UP, someone walks in, or phone call,...... TO FRED HINK, FOR PARTS OR HELP, TURN DOWN, etc.)