From:    Rene Cusson                            Area: ENOCHIAN
To:      Joseph Max                             24 Nov 94 11:51:10
Subject: Re: WAV. calls?                        UpdReq 

BP> Has anyone ever given any thought to recording the calls as .wav files
BP> that could be played by soundblaster cards?
BP>
JM> This does raise an interesting question - is the recorded playback of
JM> the Calls an acceptable substitute for speaking them directly during the
JM> course of a ritual? If so, is there a difference between a recording of
JM> the operator hirself speaking them or some other persons voice?
I think they should be said. If they're not worth repeating in person, why
have them at all? Saying them aloud in person will only strengthen the
ritual. Tape them if you're just learning them, or teaching them to someone
else. <g>
JM> From a technical and practical point-of-view, I can see a few drawbacks
JM> to using .WAV or any other type of computer-driven sample playback:
JM> Mostly it has to do with the rather intrusive nature of a big enough PC
JM> to have sound cards in it inside an active ritual space, and the
Solved by using an AMIGA computer to play them. Totally automatic, an Amiga
500 is the size of a keyboard and a half (including keyboard, and disk
drives) and 5 minutes at 8000 sps is only about 1 meg, and that could be
doubled by redusing the sampling rate (though not recommended if there's
higher frequencies in your voice. Not too bad for monotone chant though.
Maybe 4000 or 6000 sps) I have now solved your techinical problems! :))
(BTW, I do sampling/mod construction as a hobby/side business, with the
equipment I mentioned, so I know what I;'m talking about! :)))
JM> distraction of having to operate the thing while one properly _should_
JM> be concentrating on achieving the proper mental state for an operation
JM> to work in the first place.  Paying to much attention to fancy tools and
JM> getting ever syllable correct is a very neophyte kind of mistake, when
JM> it is at the expense of attaining a deeper state of magical trance due
JM> to the distraction. Altering one's state of consciousness is job #1 in
JM> ritual work.
agreed. During the rutual, I wouldn't recommend this. But in learning the
chant, or practicing it, it would be useful. I think the best use would be
if say you had a chant and wanted to teach it to me, and tone of voice, or
speed made a difference (don't know if it would ever, but let's say it
would.) You could sample it, and send it to me as a file. I play it, and
practice it, and you can say you taught me a chant without ever meeting me.
Post your file on a board, and EVERYONE can learn it correctly! <G>
JM> Secondly, the sheer size of the .WAV file and the amount of memory
JM> needed to play it back would be prodigious and awkward, I would think.
again, at 4000 sps, you could get about 10 minutes easially with only 1 meg.
JM> Especially since the same thiong could be accomplished with a $20
JM> cassette deck. Using a PC with soundcards is threading a needle with a
JM> sledgehammer, IMHO.
Aming, my friend, Amiga! :)))
                                                         -Black Mamba

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