To preface this - this afternoon I spent some time loading up a 4gb flash chip with all my favorite MP3 tunes I've collected (or recorded myself) over the years. I went through all the drives on my various laptop and desktop computers, along with hundreds of archival cdrom discs.
I came up with 1,052 songs total (4.7gb)
I managed to eliminate just over 700mb to fit them all on the flash drive.
The 4gb CoreMicro flash drive is slightly bigger than a pair of nail clippers - small enough to attach to my keychain with the clip.
Growing up in the 60s, 70s & 80s - I spent a LOT of time collecting music on an ever-changing variety of formats - 45's, 8-track, vinyl albums, cassettes, CDs and cdrom. Vinyl, magnetic, digital. Over the years the collection has grown to somewhat overwhelming proportions, occupying a fair amount of space here in my home office. Thousands of hours spent recording - and tens of thousands of dollars on tapes (without exaggeration).
My point here is - now all my favorite tracks fit on a medium no larger than a toy whistle. As someone who grew up and evolved along with all the various recording formats - it's somewhat difficult to get my head around the concept.
Loading the tunes onto a flash drive was prompted by having a USB flash drive on the audio system in the new Kia Forte we bought last month. No moving parts, no skipping...and no degradation of sound quality no matter how many times its played. Basically, there's nothing to wear out.
A single 4gb flash drive at a cost of $15 bucks holds enough music to drive from coast-to-coast without hearing the same track twice.
The times...they are a-changin'. (Bob Dylan)
I came up with 1,052 songs total (4.7gb)
I managed to eliminate just over 700mb to fit them all on the flash drive.
The 4gb CoreMicro flash drive is slightly bigger than a pair of nail clippers - small enough to attach to my keychain with the clip.
Growing up in the 60s, 70s & 80s - I spent a LOT of time collecting music on an ever-changing variety of formats - 45's, 8-track, vinyl albums, cassettes, CDs and cdrom. Vinyl, magnetic, digital. Over the years the collection has grown to somewhat overwhelming proportions, occupying a fair amount of space here in my home office. Thousands of hours spent recording - and tens of thousands of dollars on tapes (without exaggeration).
My point here is - now all my favorite tracks fit on a medium no larger than a toy whistle. As someone who grew up and evolved along with all the various recording formats - it's somewhat difficult to get my head around the concept.
Loading the tunes onto a flash drive was prompted by having a USB flash drive on the audio system in the new Kia Forte we bought last month. No moving parts, no skipping...and no degradation of sound quality no matter how many times its played. Basically, there's nothing to wear out.
A single 4gb flash drive at a cost of $15 bucks holds enough music to drive from coast-to-coast without hearing the same track twice.
The times...they are a-changin'. (Bob Dylan)
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