| As the soundman and projectionist for my
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| | "Choir Songs" folder. Of course, this all
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| local church, I found it to be frustating
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| | took some time, but so would have
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| and time consuming when searching for a
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| | cataloging all the songs and info into a
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| particular song among all our cds for
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| | database.
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| choir practice. I was determined to sit
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| | Then I ran into a problem. Not being very
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| down at some point and catalog all those
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| | familiar with media players I was
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| songs and cd's. I took some time to
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| | determined to find one that was small and
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| search the Internet for a simple, free
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| | easy to use. After finding one I liked, I
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| database I could use for this purpose. I
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| | installed it on the pc and simply dragged
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| even considered creating my own database
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| | the song folder into the playlist window.
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| but never quite got around to it.
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| | By double clicking the first track the
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| One evening during choir practice, as I
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| | song began to play as it should. The
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| was searching for a particular cd, a
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| | problem occurred when changing tracks.
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| friend stopped by the sound booth and
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| | Since each track contains a section of
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| made an interesting suggestion: rip all
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| | the song, there needs to be a smooth,
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| the songs from the cd's and save them to
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| | undelayed transition between tracks in
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| my projection computer. The idea sounded
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| | order to have no interruptions in the
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| entirely plausible. Not only could I have
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| | song. Unfortunately, this wasn't
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| the individual songs available in
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| | happening. There were burps between the
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| alphabetical order, I could also play
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| | tracks that I couldn't remove even by
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| them through the sound board via the
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| | changing the buffer settings in the
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| computer's audio out and eliminate our
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| | player. After more searching I found
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| stand-alone cd player for this purpose.
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| | another media player with a buffer ahead
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| I gathered up several cds, took them
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| | setting that played the song perfectly.
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| home, and ripped the songs from them. It
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| | Since I am responsible for the sound as
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| was at this point I had to use a little
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| | well as the projection of the songs'
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| creativity - here's why. The choir's
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| | words on a screen for the choir to read,
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| practice cd's are recorded in a different
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| | this is an excellent setup for me. I can
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| fashion than a typical music cd. Each
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| | have the projection software and the
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| track is recorded with two mono channels
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| | media player both running on my
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| - vocals on the right channel and
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| | computer's desktop screen. I click the
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| instruments on the left. This allows the
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| | play button to sart the music, then use
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| choir to hear how the song should be sung
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| | the keyboard to advance the slides with
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| with or without music, or to practice
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| | the song lyrics.
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| (and perform) with music only; simply by
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| | Initially, I had some concerns about the
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| shutting off one channel or the other.
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| | sound quality I would get by playing MP3
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| Also, each song is divided up into
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| | files through a computer sound card, then
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| sections, each one being a separate
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| | through the mixing board. After hearing
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| track. In other words, the first song on
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| | the results I can tell you that I was
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| the cd might be composed of tracks one
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| | very pleased. The sound was crisp and
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| through seven, the second song tracks
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| | clear and the reduced quality of the MP3
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| eight through fourteen and so on. This
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| | file was not distinguishable.
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| allows the choir director to go back to a
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| | Obviously, there are hard drive recorders
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| specific point in the song and start
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| | players on the market that are designed
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| again in order to work on a troublesome
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| | for these kinds of audio applications,
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| area.
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| | but they are somewhat expensive. If you
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| To record the cd's, I would rip all the
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| | already have a fairly powerful computer
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| tracks of a single song and save those
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| | in place for projection, this method
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| tracks (in MP3 format) in a folder with
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| | costs nothing (except for a cable and
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| the name of the song title. Then I'd do
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| | some adapters to run from your audio card
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| the same with the next song. I placed
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| | to the mixing board). Give it a try.
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| each individual song folder into a master
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