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Hello Phil - 

PM>> folding paper: origami? or something like that word. 

>> I discovered Origami as a child and when I practice I am
>> quite good at it. I used to make a seal with a cube balanced
>> on his nose from the paper placemats and leave them in
>> restaurants for the waitreses. They seemed to enjoy
>> collecting them (birds, flowers, and other animals too). 

PM> Neat. Unfortunately my fingers, especially these days, are
PM> too clumsy for that -- for instance: I have a hell of a
PM> time working in one of those slim or compact computer cases
PM> -- drives me up the wall. I almost bought a huge 4 foot
PM> high case once just so I'd have room to maneuver. 

My fingers work, my eyesight is failing. I can't see well
enough to move jumpers or read the codes written on the chips
anymore. 

PM>> difference. My record collection being pretty old and
PM>> worn, the CDs actually sound much better. 

>> My brother copied some very old 78 rpm records to CD using
>> Roxio's v5 Platinum and it's built in noise reduction. They
>> are _perfect_ with no hissing or any audible imperfections.
>> Very nice. Now I want him to do the Vienna Waltz record
>> collection my mother still has. :-) 

PM> === I'm not set up to do any of that myself, but I've been
PM> pretty lucky finding CD re-issues where the originals have
PM> been cleaned up by the record company. Yes, no question
PM> that this digital stuff can produce some truly great
PM> results. What was that Louis Armstrong song that was
PM> supposed to be a real mess and therefore never released,
PM> and then when the studio tapes were cleaned up went on to
PM> become a big hit 25 years after his passing -- It's a
PM> Wonderful World? 

I vaguely remember some discussion about restoring old
recordings. 

I had a MIDI online at my music page that is a very accurate
reproduction of Benny Goodman's "Sing Sing Sing". I listened to
the original recording and it's amazing how close the two are
(even the Gene Krupa drum solos in it). The MIDI recording is
much cleaner, the original real recording was made when
microphones weren't very responsive. Many professional
musicians are using MIDI synth in place of real musicians now
and musicians aren't happy about it at all. 

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