User talk:Antandrus
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[edit] New section
So I was just trying to get a handle on recording Revecy venir etc., when the effing evensong bells started going off right outside my window. Usually I like them ok, but it's pretty annoying when you're trying to record something. We'll see. Mak (talk) 22:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- Revecy_test (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Test, to see if you think I should keep going. Let me know what you think.
- Problems listening to the file? See media help.
Mak (talk) 23:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- I'll give it a listen when I'm home with my own computer and sound (at work still) ... :) Antandrus (talk) 23:32, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- I think it works. Pretty. While it would be better to have many different voices, (which can be hard to gather, especially for a volunteer job, unless you have a nearby supply of talented graduate students you can tempt with wine and food) -- I think you can get a pretty good result this way. Antandrus (talk) 02:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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- It does sound just a bit odd; not severely, but not quite right. Not sure what you can do about it though. Oh, and whatever you do, don't start multiple versions of that file playing in several Firefox tabs on a Mac. Weird noises and messy crash. :) Antandrus (talk) 03:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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- My turn - sounds good enough for Wikipedia, though the bass - well, it's echoey. That's the only word. Sort of shallowly cavernous - oxymoron I know, but it's basically all right. How is this done, BTW? I'm intrigued, knowing virtually zilch about recording techniques. Press on! Cheers, Moreschi 15:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Hm. Good enough for Wikipedia? Good enough to bother doing 40 more measures? (That was just one measure!) That's my real question. I agree with you on the bass. It's hollow and boomy sounding with no core, and the vowels are really off. I tried to do it so that if it weren't transposed it would be really bright, which helped a little bit, but it's still decidedly not right. I'll experiment with that part a bit more, see if I can do anything.
- As for how I'm doing it, this is my first attempt at such things. Since I spent all my spare money on a lovely new Mac, since my PC died a horrible and untimely death, I didn't have extra money for, say, a good mike or fancy editing software, so I'm just using the computer's mic and GarageBand. I think it worked reasonably well for A Chantar, but I don't really think the mic is good enough for when I get into my high range and let loose, but perhaps it'll do. The tuning is difficult to get right, though. When I sing completely alone in a dry room, especially out of my range, I tend to drift a little bit, since I don't have perfect pitch (I think most people do drift a little), so it was really difficult to get the first tracks in tune enough. I was trying to match pitch with my crummy keyboard at first, but that didn't work very well, since it's in a decidedly equal temperament, which is my least favorite thing to sing such music in. Once I got a couple of the voices laid out it was easy enough to stay in tune, but the tuning could still be better, I think. I'll keep playing with it. Mak (talk) 22:14, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Trade you my perfect pitch for the ability to sing. :) I just laughed out loud at the thought that you may be well the first person to record Claude Le Jeune using GarageBand. Don't know why that is so hilarious ...
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- It's definitely worth pursuing. I agree with Moreschi. Have fun! Antandrus (talk) 23:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
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- It's a worthy project. Reminds me I could be making musical examples too, instead of whacking vandals with a blackjack, which seems to be what I spend too much time doing these days. Antandrus (talk) 03:09, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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(arbitrarily de-indenting) It does sound better, indeed. Are there times of day you prefer singing? Weekend coming up ... :) Antandrus (talk) 03:36, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- I like to sing on a day when I've slept in just a little, about an hour after a good brunch. For some reason those seem rarely to occur. I generally like to sing in the afternoon best, when I've properly woken up but am not exhausted yet. Yay! Weekend! Although I have to sing ungodly early every Sunday, which kinda cuts into the weekend to an unreasonable degree, but at least it's singing for money, so that's good. Mak (talk) 03:42, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Me again - it does sound a lot better, specially the bass. Definitely worth persevering with. The only I would say is that whatever equipment you're using does rather have a panic attack when your voice climbs up to hit whatever high note that is on "saison", though "Le courant" sounds fine. Cheers, Moreschi 13:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DYK
(on behalf of Sandstein) BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:45, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you! I had no idea anyone even noticed articles I wrote. :) Antandrus (talk) 03:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Music of the Netherlands
I once wrote a gripe on the talk page of Music of the Netherlands about the complete lack of historical perspective. I wonder if you, with your interest in early music, would be in a position to do something about that. --LambiamTalk 08:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] thanks for reverting vandalism of my userpage
--BostonMA talk 03:08, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Where do they all come from ... Antandrus (talk) 03:10, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Two things
1) How do you feel about infoboxes on biographies? 2) um, I forget. Oh yeah, I have no clue who the person is who's vandalizing my userpage. If they're trying to make a point, they're failing miserably. Mak (talk)
- 1) Personally I don't like them. I think they're great on lizards and frogs and rock bands, but on composers? eh. That's just my preference though. 2) I noticed too, but that one's not interesting enough to bother with. When I scent hard-banned users or other long-term nuisances it's another matter.
- It's a nice day here and I'm thinking of walking on the beach instead of editing Wikipedia. What a thought... :) Antandrus (talk) 19:54, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Actually never made it there; went to the hills instead. Now I have to go to a party in a few minutes. Pfffft, office parties. I'll want to talk about Josquin and they'll want to gab about golf. Antandrus (talk) 22:34, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Another puppy? The complete works of Francesca Caccini, in a box set? Tickets for two to Ferrara for a week, and a case of fine Chianti? :) Antandrus (talk) 22:58, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
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- Hey, thanks!! Did you ever notice it was in Hypoionian? :) (been a long day, about to go out for Indian food in a bit) Antandrus (talk) 00:54, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Anonymous 4
I'm all excited: I get to see / hear Anonymous 4 *in person* for the 1st time tomorrow night out at UCLA!! This newbie's happy! Just wanted to share it with someone who would appreciate my excitement... I made a couple little updates to their article, but maybe after I've heard them I'll have some more! Laurie Fox 03:57, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, indeed, it was truly wonderful! Somewhat surprisingly, though, there wasn't a single "early music" song on the whole concert! It was all "early American!!" Their sound is unearthly, regardless of WHAT music they're singing - it just transports you to another sphere somehow. Amazing. I succumbed & bought both of their "early American" CD's. Ran into a guy who I'd sung shape-note music with, who I hadn't seen for ages. That was kind of neat - he's going to come to one of OUR concerts soon - I'm always recruiting! I want to add a couple of lines to their article about their branching out into American music, but not tonite!! Mpwrmnt 10:36, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
Thank you for your support with my RfA. My nomination succeeded. It's an honor to join the admin ranks and I can only hope that I do as good of a job as you. I appreciate all the times you've blocked vandals I've reported and the user page reverts. Thanks again! =) -- Gogo Dodo 05:45, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] How to Revert?
Talk:List of choirs is on my watchlist, so I'll know if /when someone answers my question there. So this morning I discovered a question there by Afil. I checked out Afil's concern & it's clearly junk, so I wanted to revert it. My question is, is there a "revert" button somewhere, or do you just have to go in and manually take out the offending addition?
Also, the same user made a change a day later to another choir, but I can't figure out if it's something that should be kept or not... Could you take a gander at it? Thanks! Mpwrmnt 19:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
- Ok, I had done everything up to the last 2 steps (edit/save). That's easy - I'll just do it myself next time. BUT it looks like at the same time they were vandalizing one choir, they were adding a link to another choir with an existing article, which was lost with your revert. How can a vandal be destructive AND constructive at the same time?!?!? Puzzled, Mpwrmnt 19:29, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank You for Watching My Talk Page
Hello Antandrus, thanks for keeping a lookout on my user talk page :). I appreciate it.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 04:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Dresden Orchestra Characteristics
Hello Antandrus, you've answered some questions for me before, and now I need your help again. I was told to write an essay on the origins of the orchestra, and my teacher sugested to include information about the king's 24 violins of Louis IV (of which I've found plenty of information) and also of the Dresden orchestra. Of the latter I have only found that it was created in the year of 1584, but i need to know more about its characteristics, what intruments it had, how many were they, what was their repertoire, what were their stylistic characteristics, etc. Thank you very much for all your help, sincerely, Charly. --Cha daniels 04:05, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's an interesting assignment! I would also strongly recommend looking at the history of the Venetian school, since they used a lot of instruments at Saint Mark's. Many people who trained and worked there moved elsewhere, especially Germany, and doubtless influenced what happened at Dresden (Hans Leo Hassler, possibly, as well as others). A lot of the action in early large instrumental ensembles was in north Italy and Germany, especially before the 30 Years War shut everything down for most of the early 17th century. Look also at the orchestration for Orfeo for a good bit to write about (Monteverdi was at Venice for a while too...) Fun, Antandrus (talk) 04:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- The article in the New Grove on Dresden gives some good information; I see that the court of Saxony employed a lot of instrumentalists; indeed they may have been consciously competing with the Venetians some of the time. Antandrus (talk) 04:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 64.222.111.230
well again, i am now very impressed with the speed and efficiancy of wiki. d***. well hey, passed my tests, and i didn't think i would get an acutal response either, though yours wasn't exactly personable ;)
i wonder if this will be considered vandalizing too.....-_-
ps, i didn't know how to make another section so i jsut wrote here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.222.111.230 (talk • contribs).
[edit] Peatbog Sergeant
Do you have any memory of this matter? [1] It may be a sock account, and he appears to be referring to another account you blocked. Thanks, -Will Beback · † · 06:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks for the report. I was thinking he might have been another LTA that I'm familiar with but you've made it clear that they're different folks. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 20:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikifying
Hey, Antandrus! I'm working on wikifying Carlos Salzedo, just because I stumbled across it the other day & there's SO much work to be done on it!! I'd appreciate it if you could take a gander at what I've done so far & make sure I'm going in the right direction &/or give me any suggestions to simplify the process. Thanks! --Mpwrmnt 08:51, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandalism to my page:) — Lost(talk) 19:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Happy editing, Antandrus (talk) 19:56, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Withdrawn
I appreciate your support, but have decided to withdraw from consideration for a position as an arbitrator. The community has overwhelming found me to be too controversial to hold that position. Thanks again for your support.--MONGO 19:59, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thankyou for reverting vandalism to my userpage- I really appreciate it! CattleGirl talk | e@ 03:21, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome! I don't know where they all come from .... sigh ... :) Antandrus (talk) 03:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks from me too!. After a long period of calm, my user page is now being regularly attacked, but I won't resort to protecting it. jimfbleak 06:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Area 51
Area 51 isn't a copyvio; the "source" cited is infact a mirror, and a particularly lame and uncompliant one at that. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 20:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
I know you were just doing routine vandal patrol. Still, I want to offer a humble and appreciative thank you for deleting the vandalism to the Langston Hughes article. You and other vandal patrol members keep me and others contributors to WIKI from getting discouraged and giving up. Thank you so very much.TonyCrew 22:36, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
"...it's kind of fun swatting vandals, in an odd sort of way." I really love that comment. It's funny and sounds like a great way to reduce stress. Again, as always, a very sincere thank youTonyCrew 17:13, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
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- You're welcome again! I think the reason that article, as well as Harlem Renaissance, get so much vandalism is that they are the focus of school assignments. It will stop as soon as kids are out of school for the holidays. Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 17:25, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thank you for blocking Willb285. Unfortunately, he will be right back as 68.106.64.117. I reported them both a half an hour ago and 1568 and I have been reverting their blankings since then. IrishGuy talk 00:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. Willb285 got creative. He installed pop-ups so he could revert to blank pages rapidly. I've never seen a vandal do that move. Crafty. IrishGuy talk 01:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Yet more Thanks!
Thanks very much for continuing to protect Richard Wagner from vandalism. As you say, where do they come from, and what possible pleasure can they get from this stupidity? Thanks again!--Dogbertd 15:51, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- My pleasure! Well, using the term loosely. :) Antandrus (talk) 15:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Apologies
Very sorry. Lol, I left to take care of something, and I had a DNA page open ffor work on an assignment. My little brother must have done something, I didn't know anything had been vandalised. Won't happen again ;] peace-<
Mattjblythe 18:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sense of humor
Excellent blocking reason, at least you know how ot have fun with this place...perhaps we can discuss my original account being unblockedSeeMoreDoMore 03:11, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- Why don't you try being a good contributor instead of a vandal? You're right, it is fun here. Antandrus (talk) 03:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
- B/c there are plenty of people who have pissed me off...its petty, yes, but as I have been unable to reason w/ anyone I have gone to vandalism to fulfill an ultimatumSeeMoreDoMore 03:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for the revert on my userpage. Wow, I made this guy mad; usually the nonsense page creators aren't as bad as the normal vandals. — BrotherFlounder (aka DiegoTehMexican) 04:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Doorbell" article
While giving the article "Doorbell" a routine copy edit, I found that the version I started from—the latest version at that point—showed vestiges of vandalistic attention that had been lavished on it at different times. I looked into "History" and found, for instance, that "inside the building," which makes sense in connection with doorbells, had been changed to "inside the turkey," which does not, and had then become "inside the turnkey," which also does not but may have been provided by a well-meaning person.
A parallel sequence went like this: "In most wired systems..." to "In most sex positions..." to "In most set positions..." In both places, I've restored what I think should be there. I don't know much about doorbells or wiring, however, and I wonder whether the rest of the article is all right.
I'm posting here because your name came up in History as a dedicated reverter (sorry, but them who has gets, you know). The dates in History suggest that the Doorbell article may not be on anyone's watchlist. Do you know who the local doorbell expert is? Someone with technical knowledge should check this article. Cognita 04:51, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thanks! Comparing Yuckfoo's version and mine, and assuming that Yuckfoo knows doorbells, it seems that the only remaining question is whether the last word should be "light" or "horn." Another part of the article says deaf people use a light as the signal.
- As for the need for copy editors, yeah, I noticed. Cognita 05:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Speaking of recordings....
Guess who is linked to in this link? Mak (talk) 20:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Very fine! :) Antandrus (talk) 22:00, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Barnstar!!!
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
well deserved! I've seen you around tirelessly reverting vandalism to articles, well done! Keep up the very good work- CattleGirl talk | e@ 02:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC) |
Why, thank you!! yeah, RC patrol is what I do when I'm feeling lazy... click, rollback, click, rollback, laugh, rollback, snort, rollback, snarl, click, rollback, groan, roll eyes, rollback ... :) Antandrus (talk) 03:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for the thankyou! :) Nice description of RC patrol... but yes, I noticed a very accurate and quick batch of reverting in there, and I thought it deserved an award- CattleGirl talk | e@ 03:03, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Andy Warhol
What do you think of having a double photo of Andy?
- You know, of course, that that's one of his inventions??
- Yours truly,Yours truly,Ludvikus 05:04, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Can you discuss it with me on Warhol's Discussion page?? Thanks. Thanks. (I don't really, really, statataterrrrr)!! --Ludvikus 05:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment. No I have not seen any double portraint of Andy - its my own (obvious) idea. And the EMPTY SPACE in the article WITHOUT HIS 2ND IMAGE is HORRIBLE!!!
- i'M SURPRISED A NATURE LOVER LIKE YOU LIKES ANDY!!
Anyway, can you support me on this "goofy" idea? I do not think it goofy at all - unless you think him goofy! It's also, obviously, from FILM - Motion Pictures are merely slight variations of highly similar images! And Andy asleep, seems to wake up when we have a DOUBLE of him - one for each eye!!
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- No, I,m not goofy myself - except for the fact that I think him a Media Genius, perhaps second only to Marshall McLuhan! ! --Ludvikus 06:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Did you know?
--GeeJo (t)⁄(c) • 01:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank's a lot!
Hey Antandrus, thank's for anwering so fast on the orchestration article, I posted another comment about expanding the article with basic things of Orchestration and some quotations from orchestration books. I'll give it a shot myself so please tell me what you think! By the way, thank you also on the Dresden Orchestra stuff, it really helped me!--Cha daniels 04:51, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Yup, the orchestration article needs expansion ... one of thousands of things that do. It'd be fun to do. :) Antandrus (talk) 04:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks!
Thanks for reverting the userpage vandalism before I even caught it. I appreciate it! Mytildebang 19:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome: my pleasure! :) Antandrus (talk) 19:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Verdi
Next time, I will wait for a few seconds before saving! ;-) --Al Pereira(talk) 20:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thank you
Thank you for the warning Antandrus. I will no longer make personal attacks per your request. However, I trust that you will monitor the Talk:Barrack Obama article and ensure my comments are not deleted ever again. 68.163.135.90 03:26, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] THEY WERE JUST DELETED AGAIN.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Barack_Obama&action=history
I'm sorry if I'm coming off as a SPAZ, but HOLY SHIT. Wikipedia is seriously run by anti-Islamic bigots. They just delete all my COMPLETELY VALID comments on the talk page for no reason at all. Well, only one reason, because they are anti-Islam and anti-Arab and do not want my comments to be given the light of day. Fuck wikipedia, why should I even bother registering at this site in which a contributor cannot even have his comments on a talk page seen before being deleted with no reason given. FUCK THIS!!!!!!! 68.163.135.90 03:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- It appears you made three changes to the talk page.
- 1) [2], is still there.
- 2) [3], is still there.
- 3) [4] was a deletion of Bobblehead's comment, by you. What exactly are you referring to? No one deleted your comment. You deleted his. Antandrus (talk) 03:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thanks
Thanks for catching the vandalism on my userpage. 23skidoo 03:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome! Another day, another five hundred vandals. :-/ Antandrus (talk) 03:41, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wow. You're quick.
Yeah. You really are good at stopping vandals. Okay. No more vandalism from me. I was actually about to edit out my 'contribution' whenever I noticed that you had done it...within five minutes of it being made. Nice work! I'll be good now.
[edit] Thanks for VRR revert
Thanks for reverting my user page "Vandal Return Reciept" :) Did you notice that the vandal actually left an edit summary?? That just cracks me up. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 04:49, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- No way! When did that start? That's a great feature! :) -- ShinmaWa(talk) 04:58, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How kind!
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | ||
I had no idea that anybody ever watches my Poetry Corner! I hereby award you this barnstar for doing such a kindness and reverting the nonsense that was put on it... ¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 20:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC) |
[edit] American Suite (Dvořák)
Latest semi-translation from the French. Revue et Opine, SVP. ~Kylu (u|t)
[edit] Louis XIV
Someone keeps vandalizing the Louis XIV page (your bot is fixing, but it is presently vandalized).