Chris Remington@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 months agoGet ready to hear more about "pre-internet" timeswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkGet ready to hear more about "pre-internet" timeswww.axios.comChris Remington@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 10 months agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareluciole (he/him)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoOh to prepare a mixtape on a dual cassette player… Now that I migrated as well to a digital mp3 library it would be dead easy to make playlists, but somehow the convenience kills the fun out of it.
minus-squareFroyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoTiming to hit the pause button (to unpause) in order to start a recording JUST as the DJ stops talking and the song kicks in…
minus-squareSpuddlesv2@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI wish. The DJ would always talk over the start of the songs, and then start jabbering again before it ended.
minus-squareYuzuDrink@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoNow I’m wondering if part of why DJs talked over songs was specifically so we COULDN’T get clean recordings on cassette…
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoGet free DJ software and do crossfades. You couldn’t do that with dual cassette players.
Oh to prepare a mixtape on a dual cassette player… Now that I migrated as well to a digital mp3 library it would be dead easy to make playlists, but somehow the convenience kills the fun out of it.
Timing to hit the pause button (to unpause) in order to start a recording JUST as the DJ stops talking and the song kicks in…
I wish. The DJ would always talk over the start of the songs, and then start jabbering again before it ended.
Now I’m wondering if part of why DJs talked over songs was specifically so we COULDN’T get clean recordings on cassette…
Get free DJ software and do crossfades. You couldn’t do that with dual cassette players.