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Piano recordings

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There are many ways. I'll start by describing what I do.

I find a decent grand piano in a quiet place. Sometimes I use my piano at home, which is a nice 6' grand, and other times I use a piano at a college or church.

I use an inexpensive stereo condenser microphone made by Sony. I got it used as part of a trade when I was getting rid of some other gear but they are around $100 new. Sony is constantly tweaking the model numbers and prices but something in that approximate price range should work OK. I usually attach the microphone to the piano lid with tape, so that it faces towards the dampers, especially if I'm in my living room. If I'm in a studio or church, sometimes it works better or as well to have the microphone in the area for the audience or congregation. I usually clip it to a music stand so that I can position it.

The microphone is crucial to the whole process. Piano does not record well in mono, and you absolutely must have a condensor mic intended for recording rather than something intended for stage use. I've tried to record with an SM58 which is a highly respectable vocal mic for stage use and the recordings come out sounding like mud.

I have an iRiver H340, which is a sort of open-source-friendly iPod. There are three important differences from an iPod: (1) it records from a line in, a built-in microphone (which is worthless), or an external microphone; (2) it looks like a hard disk when it is connected to a USB port on a computer, so you can get files off it; and (3) it supports the OGG format used by Wikipedia. Though there are periodic reports that the H340 has been discontinued, you could still get new ones last time I looked. They are around $400, about the same as an iPod.

The H340 though it will play back OGG will only record to MP3, so I do have to transcode the files on my computer before uploading them to commons. At the same time, I also cut the inevitable footsteps and other crud at the beginning and end of the recording. There are open source tools for doing this. I use cutmp3 and mp32ogg.

That system works well for me because I have the H340 anyway, and since I often record things in public places I need a portable and compact setup.

Many musicians record to their computers. If you have a notebook computer or if your piano lives next to your desktop computer, this will work. You can use the same type of microphone, or there are now supposed to be some reasonably good USB mics out there that have built in A-to-D. If you have a more ordinary sort of microphone you would want to match up a good sound card to it or use a USB A-to-D converter.

There are lots of other ways to do it. In the olden times I used a field recorder (cassette) and then encoded the files at my computer in a seperate step. Some people still use DAT. The high-end way to do it is to get a digital recorder like the one Marantz is selling. They reportedly work great and are very easy and intuitive to use but for $1000 they better be.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 15:58, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A page move that may be of concern to you...

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Francis Stanley Gabreski has been moved around again. I have no pref one way or the other about what the article should be named, I just wanted to bring it to your attention. Cheers. youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 15:26, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Upcoming NYC Meetup

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You wanted to know when the next meetup was being organized in New York City. Plan for Saturday, 9 December 2006. While you're at it. Come help us decide on a restaurant. See: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC. Spread the word. Thanks. —ExplorerCDT 22:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Survey Invitation

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Hi there, I am a research student from the National University of Singapore and I wish to invite you to do an online survey about Wikipedia. To compensate you for your time, I am offering a reward of USD$10, either to you or as a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information, please go to the research home page. Thank you. --WikiInquirer 02:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)talk to me[reply]

Khazar coins

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I need your help resolving an issue on Khazars- as you may know, this article contains two images of Khazar coins bearing Jewish inscriptions. The coins (and their images) are in the Swedish Numismatic Museum. The two images are here: Image:Khazar coin.jpg and Image:Khazar coin1.jpg A user, User:Cbdorsett, has been engaging in an extended campaign to remove the coins. His first move was to claim that the translation given for the coins was inaccurate. When that failed because of RS and NOR, he moved on to attacking the copyright. The entire discussion is here: [1] As I pointed out, the images are most likely not copyrightable as they are images of currency (the issue has not yet been adjudicated as far as I know because who in the world is going to sue over a picture of a coin); even if they are copyrightable, I believe I have provided adequate fair-use rationale for their appearance in the article. He has now listed the coins on Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2007_March_29/Images Any insight or assistance you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

--Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 13:37, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mathematics CotW

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Hey Iso, I am writing you to let you know that the Mathematics Collaboration of the week(soon to "of the month") is getting an overhaul of sorts and I would encourage you to participate in whatever way you can, i.e. nominate an article, contribute to an article, or sign up to be part of the project. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks--Cronholm144 21:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Warrior Nation

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It's back. Third time today - you killed it last, I think. Any chance you could salt this one? It seems to be a group of folks determined to get it up. Either way, thanks for working CSD! It's appreciated. Philippe 00:30, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again... but it's back. Again. Philippe 00:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RIONI moda italia

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Another editor has added the {{prod}} template to the article RIONI moda italia, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the editor doesn't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and has explained why in the article (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia or discuss the relevant issues at its talk page. If you remove the {{prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. BJBot (talk) 12:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update on KA

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You did an edit on the Kura-Araxes subject several months ago which you mentioned was incorrectly related to Armenians. Someone promptly intervened and reverted your changes. You likely know this but there is a lot of POV in Wikipedia--the person who anonymously reverted your edit was Ararat Arev who has been banned because he was making a whole bunch of ridiculous theories that Armenians did this or that. But he keeps coming back with dynamic anonymous IPs which changes numbers with every edit he makes. The Admins have temporarily corrected the page: [2] You can check its article history. This is just a warning that you CANNOT always trust what is placed on Wikipedia--due to the large amounts of POV and nonsense posted by people who want to futher their own agendas, rather than the truth. The Admins do their best to protect articles but they are only human. The article on Mitanni was also protected partly due to Ararat Arev's behaviour. Ararat Arev uses many sock puppets--80 of which have been banned here alone: [3] He never follows the WP: CIVIL rules. The rest are anonymous like the one you encountered.

Here is a talk from the Admin on the whole topic: [4] Regards, Leoboudv (talk) 20:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Circassians

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Hi, I noticed that you wrote the original version of the Circassians article. There's some dispute over the definition of the term, and I was wondering if you could help me out in cleaning up (possibly rewriting) the intro of this article. It's unsourced, and I don't think the average reader would get a good idea of what the term "Circassian" means. Please refer to some of the discussion here and here. Thanks. Khoikhoi 21:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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Hello Isomorphic! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 3 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 25 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

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Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox

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I have nominated Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

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Thanks!

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If there was such ability I'd add you as friend on Wiki =) Thank you for your neutrality, its the most noble which a person can have.. Nakh 05:00, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox

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A tag has been placed on Wikipedia:Tutorial (Wikipedia links)/sandbox, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the guidelines on spam as well as Wikipedia:FAQ/Business for more information. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Proposed deletion of Domingo Santos

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Khojaly–Gadabay culture?

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I have noticed you have made edits to several articles related to the early cultures of the Caucasus. Your imput here, in this article for deletion request, might be useful: [5]. Have you heard of such an archeological term as "Khojaly–Gadabay culture" being used anywhere? Scribblescribblescribble (talk) 20:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Adminship Anniversary

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Just to let you know

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You have been mentioned at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians Ottawahitech (talk) 01:01, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, Isomorphic. You have new messages at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Architecture.
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Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting and more!

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Hello, fellow Wikipedian!

I am excited to announce the upcoming Wikimedia DC Annual Meeting at the National Archives! We'll have free lunch, an introduction by Archivist of the United States David Ferriero, and a discussion featuring Ed Summers, the creator of CongressEdits. Join your fellow DC-area Wikipedians on Saturday, October 18 from 12 to 4:30 PM. RSVP today!

Also coming up we have the Human Origins edit-a-thon on October 17 and the WikiSalon on October 22. Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

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End-of-the-year meetups

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Hello,

You're invited to the end-of-the-year meetup at Busboys and Poets on Sunday, December 14 at 6 PM. There is Wi-Fi, so bring your computer if you want!

You are also invited to our WikiSalon on Thursday, December 18 at 7 PM.

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Best,

James Hare

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Museum hacks and museum edits

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Hello there!

Upcoming events:

  • February 6–8: The third annual ArtBytes Hackathon at the Walters Art Museum! This year Wikimedia DC is partnering with the Walters for a hack-a-thon at the intersection of art and technology, and I would like to see Wikimedia well represented.
  • February 11: The monthly WikiSalon, same place as usual. RSVP on Meetup or just show up!
  • February 15: Wiki Loves Small Museums in Ocean City. Mary Mark Ockerbloom, with support from Wikimedia DC, will be leading a workshop at the Small Museum Association Conference on how they can contribute to Wikipedia. Tons of representatives from GLAM institutions will be present, and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to help out, check out "Information for Volunteers".

I am also pleased to announce events for Wikimedia DC Black History Month with Howard University and NPR. Details on those events soon.

If you have any questions or have any requests, please email me at james.hare