jeffrey robert lange

There are many ways to record this to and from your computer. There are also limits on every computer. Some setups are better than others. Taking all of these statements for their true value, let’s analyze what most computers have. Most computers come stock with an audio card with a stereo (2 track) output. You probably refer to this jack as the headphone jack. Most computers also come with a microphone jack. Almost all microphone jacks record just one (mono) channel. If you are a serious recorder, this will not get the job done.

So how do you get around this problem? My solution was to record from my USB port. Some new audio boards have USB cords that you can plug directly into your computer, but these boards can be expensive and may take up too much room. Also, if you already have a board, you don’t want to shell out the money if you don’t need to. My USB to RCA cord came from CyberGuys. It works fine with Apple Mac, PC, and Ubuntu (all tested by myself). Technical details are on their site. Also, using the USB port to record audio gives you an added bonus; no noise! If you have a quiet audio source and you amplify the heck out of it, you may notice that some noise comes in to the recording. For a professional sounding recording, use USB, trust me.

I already had an audio board before I wanted to record onto my computer, since I was in a band in high school. It is an MG102C made by Yamaha. All you really need is RCA in an out for the bare minimum. If you want to record from a microphone, I recommend using XLR. It’s the best and what the pro’s use. My board has more than enough inputs on it, which means that what I use is too expensive for what I need, but at the time of it’s purchase, every port was in use. Also make sure if you are recording from microphone that you have Phantom Power. Some microphones need this to work.

Putting all of these components together requires two (2) RCA cables (male to male). Hook up both cables to the USB adapter. Hook up the other ends of the RCA cables to your audio mixer-board.

If you have more questions or you have troubles getting the USB to RCA adapter to work (because there are some troubles doing so) let me know via email at lange.j.r{at}gmail.com

Do you get invitations to applications that you know you will never add? You can block these annoying applications from sending you requests. Watch the video below to see how.

http://revver.com/video/617759/affiliate/131148/block-facebook-applications/

Since my animated array video done in blender was such a hit, I made a tutorial on how I did it. Enjoy!

To easily open a new tab in Firefox, just double click as shown in the video.

If you’re anything like me, you take videos. I even take videos on my digital camera because it’s much easier than carrying around a camera and a video camera. Well, for some reason, most cameras love to record video as a .mov file, which is great. Unfortunately, there is no good way to get these videos into Windows Movie Maker. I found a opensource program called Jahshaka that can quickly and painlessly convert those movies into something Windows understands in a high quality way.

1. First, you’ll need to download Jashaka and make sure you have Windows Movie Maker.
2. Second, install Jashaka and open the program.
3. Now, click on file, load, and then load the video you want to convert
4. Now click encoder in the bottom half of the program.
5. Select NTSC, FFmpeg MPEG, and DVD. These are the quality settings for the video you are about to convert.
   
6. Click Start Encoding, tell it where to put the file and what to call it. NOTE: no file extension is needed. Jahshaka puts it in for you.
7. Wait for a bit for the movie to be encoded.
8. Do whatever you want to the video in Windows Movie Maker!

For all of you who can’t figure out how to change your primary network on Facebook, it’s easy. Click the down arrow by Networks. Then click “Join A Network”. Now all of the networks you are in should be listed. If you need to find your school’s network, this is the place to do that, too. Once the network you want to join appears, click “make primary” on the right side of the network box.

If you have Firefox 2.0 or higher, the close tab button is on the right of each tab. In older versions, there was only one close tab x. Although many like the new change, many like it old school. To fix this problem, type about:config into the address bar. Note, no http:// or www. just about:config. Go down to browser.tabs.closeButtons. It should say 1. To make it old school, change the number to 3. If you want the button gone altogether, make it a 2. Email me if you need help.

Google has a great site analyzer, tracker, hit counter, whatever. It’s called Google Analytics, and it is at http://www.google.com/analytics/ All you need is a Google account to get going. And best of all, it’s free!

To try this service, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone. Yes, it’s free. I tried it this morning, and it worked perfectly. I even used speaker phone, and it worked. It even listed the most popular pizza place first. I love Google. If you want to check it out for yourself, go to http://labs.google.com/goog411/

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Want to blog, but too shy, lazy, or confused to get the ball rolling? Well, you can write for my/this blog! It’s really easy, actually, as I do most of the work keeping up the site and setting up accounts. I currently write all of the posts you see here, but maybe you would like to review some movies that you have seen, tell the world what restaurants are the best. Comment if you are interested, or send an email!

my email is lange.j.r{at}gmail.com