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How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it #95821 12/07/10 09:16 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	I was going to give away this mixer....but I dragged it out when even with hearing aids I had to run the TV at 85 db to hear the dang thing. So now, Bheringer to the rescue. I got the treble jacked up, the only thing, as Ian Fraser told me when I was complaining, that if the average person had to listen all day to stuff at 85+ db they'd be tired too....so true. You never know, you could just lose your hearing, the chemo got mine in June.. And a few photos of snowmageddon, or whatever they are calling it..About 120 cm of snow since it started, and the wife is home from work for the 2nd day, they had to shut most of the city down. Now we have a snowstorm coming for the weekend..another 30 cm. And maybe 30 more today. And tonight.. I had to use my cane to knock down the snow hanging off the house. Maybe I'll call my boys to shovel off the roof.... Good thing the wife is way younger than me, I just wax the shovels, she uses them...maybe if I get some feeling back in my feet I can help...next year? http://picasaweb.google.com/jconleysr/FromWhereISit?feat=directlink Goo John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95822 12/07/10 02:12 PM Off-Topic
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jazzmammal Veteran Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 7,693 Redondo Beach, Ca.	Those pic's are beautiful, John. As long as you're inside that is...12 years in Calgary I never saw snow like that. Up in Banff, yes but not in town. As a SoCal boy, I like looking at stuff like this but I can't stand living in it. A lot of people in Calgary will move to Vancouver and if someone mentions how much in rains there, the retort always was "Yeah, but you don't shovel rain". These pics make me want to get back my $700 parka I bought at Eatons from the friend I sold it to when I moved back to California. Bob Biab/RB latest build, Win 11 Pro, Ryzen 5 5600 G, 512 Gig SSD, 16 Gigs Ram, Steinberg UR22 MkII, Roland Sonic Cell, Kurzweil PC3, Hammond SK1, Korg PA3XPro, Garritan JABB, Hypercanvas, Sampletank 3, more.

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it jazzmammal #95823 12/07/10 03:32 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	I have a marching band winter jacket. An I had a 'decent' winter parka. I'm looking for the parka the other day and the wife says, "I threw it out.....". The band jacket I'm not supposed to wear unless on parade so I guess I'm stuck in the house until spring. I can't walk very well, though the doc says the symptoms should ease, so I'm hopeful. Grin and bear it. But don't bare it. We have a short respite from the snow but there is 40 inches at least...and another foot for sure on the weekend. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95824 12/07/10 04:38 PM Off-Topic
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Muzic Trax Veteran Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,139 California	Thats'a BIG snowcone !!! And I thought low 50's were cold . . . . . yikes. Trax

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it Muzic Trax #95825 12/07/10 04:48 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	Ah it's only -7C or about 25F. Cold is -45 which is about the same in both C or F. I lived where it was that cold for 3 months at least, and we had to shovel off the roof, UP! Every Canuck knows how: 1. To walk Backwards. 2. With the hands over the ears despite the hat. 3. At a run with the wind on your back. 4. With your skates banging your chest. And it never mattered that the rink was outside, the wind was not a factor when you were playing hockey. And, when you took off the skates and got inside those feet hurt when they thaw out. As a kid there was a shack with a pot bellied stove and you went in there every 30 minutes to warm up while some guys shoveled off the rink, and some dude flooded it with a machine like a huge powered lawnmower that you walked behind. The problem with out current snowstorm, is it's going to be tomorrow before it lets up, and there is more coming on the weekend. I like it because my wife is stuck at home with me, otherwise I'm alone. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95826 12/07/10 04:55 PM Off-Topic
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 22,229 Mi., USA	I can vouch for the cold. 19F here tonight. Might have to move the beer in from the garage soon. Thermometer is far below optimum level. I'm just amazed at the difference in snow such a short distance can make. Funny thing is, friends in Ohio are complaining about the snow too. So I guess being 'in the middle' of a snowstorm ain't so bad after all. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome Make your sound your own!

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it rharv #95827 12/07/10 05:21 PM Off-Topic
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jim111 Journeyman J Joined: May 2008 Posts: 409	Wow! It's pretty cold here also and a little snow but nothing compared to that. John, your Cooper looks a bit forlorn, yet somehow still keeps it's 'sporty' look even in that snow. lol I'd be completely happy if I had just one more guitar.

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it jim111 #95828 12/07/10 05:34 PM Off-Topic
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Rob Helms Veteran R Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 8,508 Pawling New York	It was sunny and 70 here today, got down to under 50 last night bbbbrrrrrr! I was out doing estimates today, had to take off a house in La Jolla up on the hillside had a cool wind blowing off the ocean, must have been around 60 deg. Mostly sunny but a tad of fog around the cove. I know shut the heck up! HP Win 11 12 gig ram, Mac mini Sonoma with 16 gig of ram, BiaB 2025, Realband, Reaper 7, Harrison Mixbus 9 32c , Melodyne 5 editor, Presonus Audiobox 1818VSL, Presonus control app.

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it Rob Helms #95829 12/07/10 11:27 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,913 Colorado Springs, CO, USA R rockstar_not Veteran
rockstar_not Veteran R Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,913 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	John, in photo1, I see that they just gave you dome tips on your hearing aids. With loss as profound as yours seems to be, could have taken ear impressions and had some custom , non-vented molds made for your hearing aids. My company makes those. They are pennies on the dollar compared to the cost of the hearing aid instrument itself. With a sealed-off ear canal, they can dial up the gain even more on the hearing aid before feedback occurs. I don't miss the snow of MI here in CO. It pretty much stays 10-30 miles west of here in the mountains. My driveway has a southern exposure. Add in 300 days a year of sun and I only busted out the snow shovel once the entire winter of 2009/2010. -Scott My Songs, photos, writing,etc. My Sound Cloud

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it rockstar_not #95830 12/08/10 03:22 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	I only have feedback issues in the car, and I've an appointment to fix that. It's the proximity of the driver's window, and it's an issue with horns and the door locks. And sneezing and coughing of others. I have 90 days, or about another 6 weeks to get full refund and something else. The fact that my 'graph' is normal until 1/2 way across and then goes down on a 45 degree angle at 4900 hz means the bass needs not much boosting. I am also still having 'changes'. The same drug that got my hearing is still messing with my mobility (peripheral neuropathy) and it's supposed to have stopped months ago, alas..it still is worsening. But in the past month I've only lost one more note on the upper end of the piano. It's the women I can't hear, and a couple of male friends with high voices. My wife has to be about 2 feet in front of me, and talk at a nice even level. Gone are the days of talking 'at' me while I sit in a chair. I don't need to worry about total silence. I've got a constant series of interesting compensatory noises going on to fill my day with oceans and random clicking and other great sounds including crickets that can drive me bonkers. The tv has a Sony 5.1 sound system and the wife messed it up last week. Didn't work. All of a sudden it came on REALLY loud. That feedback was painful and I ended up ripping them out and staring at her. I think there should be a limit programmed in, I'm going to ask. To be honest, I view the hearing as my number 3 problem. Or 4. They are talking about stretching my throat open. And my feet and hands have a bad case of heavy metal poisoning. (Cisplatin). Of course the paranoia is tough too. I went outside and took some pics yesterday, then grabbed the shovel and cleared a small path to the street so I could walk in the knee deep snow. Now my back hurts but at first I'm going, damn it's gone to my kidneys. Paranoia. Just sore muscles, most work I've done in 8 months. At least my mop of thick curly hair grew back...NOT. Look like a mangy dog. But bald on the front. Ah, well. Still have the pleasure of being miserable and cantankerous for a short while more! John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95831 12/08/10 11:05 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,193 Lakewood, WA 98498 Gary Curran Veteran
Gary Curran Veteran Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,193 Lakewood, WA 98498	John, Don't you dare go the route that Elizabeth Edwards went! We want you here for a very long time to come We enjoy your miserable and cantankerous ways! Gary I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it Gary Curran #95832 12/09/10 10:17 AM Off-Topic
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rockstar_not Veteran R Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,913 Colorado Springs, CO, USA	John, you are right that a closed canal helps mostly with low frequency loss, but it can also allow higher output of the hearing aid in mid and high frequencies before feedback occurs. Are your dome tips vented or unvented? Unvented would mean that the tip seals off your ear canal. Vented, or open fit, would mean that there is just a silicone structure there to suspend the sound tube in the ear canal. -Scott My Songs, photos, writing,etc. My Sound Cloud

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95833 12/09/10 02:11 PM Off-Topic
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tributeman Journeyman T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 589 uk	there,s only one beef Ive got with you John.NO WIDE SCREEN TV!!! AMD Athlon 7550 dual core processor 2.51 ghz 1 87 gb ram windows 7 Ultimate yamaha rev 500 effects tacam DP-24 DAW Samson Resolv NF monitors Yamaha PSR-620 Keyboard Fender semi accoustic guitar

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it tributeman #95834 12/09/10 02:13 PM Off-Topic
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tributeman Journeyman T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 589 uk	sorry John just took another look and yeah it is a widescreen but it must be the smallest Ive ever seen.Now if you lived in Texas?? Frankie AMD Athlon 7550 dual core processor 2.51 ghz 1 87 gb ram windows 7 Ultimate yamaha rev 500 effects tacam DP-24 DAW Samson Resolv NF monitors Yamaha PSR-620 Keyboard Fender semi accoustic guitar

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it tributeman #95835 12/09/10 06:27 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	Vented tips on high end brand new Phonaks. In Canada an audiologist checks your hearing and prescribes a certain type of hearing aid, and a dispenser fills the 'order'. Cost wa$50 bucks for initial hearing test, got that back from insurance. $2700 for hearing aids, $1000 gov't subsidy (every 3 years), and $1700 paid by my insurance. (Until I turn 65 then I'm SOL LOL). You then return for a 'checkup'. My word comprehension went from 72% without hearing aids to 94% with them. I just need the left one turned down. I have 4 programs in them and a keychain gizmo, and a bluetooth gizmo. I hate having them on in the car (fan noise) or in the grocery store (crashing carts). AS far as my TV is concerned I have a 10 month old 50 inch Toshiba flat panel, and too many high def channels to watch. A sony surround sound system but I'm going to the mixer before that. Big enough to see Peter Crouch sweating... John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95836 12/12/10 04:06 PM Off-Topic
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tributeman Journeyman T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 589 uk	John Conley soon the journey ends as the final notes descend twilight and then..nothing O o John Just noticed this are you trying to tell us something Frankie AMD Athlon 7550 dual core processor 2.51 ghz 1 87 gb ram windows 7 Ultimate yamaha rev 500 effects tacam DP-24 DAW Samson Resolv NF monitors Yamaha PSR-620 Keyboard Fender semi accoustic guitar

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it tributeman #95837 12/12/10 04:55 PM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	Frankie I'm banking on getting across the pond for Easter weekend. The plane is booked I'm dickering with hotel things, but the 'Royal Wedding' on Tues. means John should get out of town that day I think... We will probably take the train to Glasgow and hire a car and head to the ancestral 'hame'. My G G Grandfather was a distiller in Islay, and came to Canada where he named the village Islay, still there but the Amish have moved in with horses like the old days. We return to Canada Mid May out of Paris. I can walk very well, but I can hope, the docs think I'll recover some more...maybe. I found out there are no guarantees, I've been planning to do this trip and others all my life but was waiting until I had the 'time'. I'm taking a bit of a gamble, I can't get health insurance...but heck who cares.... I had a less than 30% shot at Christmas, and it's only 2 weeks hence.. John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95838 12/13/10 04:31 AM Off-Topic
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tributeman Journeyman T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 589 uk	"I had a less than 30% shot at Christmas, and it's only 2 weeks hence.. " I know how you feel about religion John but I will say a prayer for you Take care Frankie AMD Athlon 7550 dual core processor 2.51 ghz 1 87 gb ram windows 7 Ultimate yamaha rev 500 effects tacam DP-24 DAW Samson Resolv NF monitors Yamaha PSR-620 Keyboard Fender semi accoustic guitar

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it tributeman #95839 12/13/10 06:44 AM Off-Topic
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada John Conley OP Veteran
OP John Conley Veteran Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 8,333 London, Ontario, Canada	I'm ok with religion, I just don't want 'your's. I'm sure we will hit evensong at Westminster and probably St. Paul's, and that's my 'long range' goal at the moment. And I'm sure it will be an uplifting experience. I meant to type above that I can't walk very well. Now I'm hoping to find an affordable fixture for Easter Weekend, (but no Blue jerseys in London thanks) unless they are visiting...lol John Conley Musica est vita

Re: How I see it, don't throw out that mixer - you might need it John Conley #95840 12/13/10 08:02 AM Off-Topic
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tributeman Journeyman T Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 589 uk	I'm ok with religion, I just don't want 'your's. Not sure what you mean by "yours"?..plus I dont think Ive ever pushed "my" religion on you John. I thought me saying I would say a prayer for you would have been accepted in the spirit it was given it appears it wasnt. Frankie AMD Athlon 7550 dual core processor 2.51 ghz 1 87 gb ram windows 7 Ultimate yamaha rev 500 effects tacam DP-24 DAW Samson Resolv NF monitors Yamaha PSR-620 Keyboard Fender semi accoustic guitar

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