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<DIV>Hi Tyler and welcome. you asked me a question and I screwed up the
answer. To a point you are right, my free MP3 files are the same as the
free CD files, kind of. The difference is, a great number of the free MP3
files are slightly over modulated. So if you download an MP3, burn it to a
CD and try to play it, you have a good chance that it will skip or not
play. The CD files a level the track volume so it won't skip.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The free files are more for people who use communication devices.
They are not burning these files to a CD, they are playing them with an MP3
player basically. Many of these kids and adults have never sung before,
but they use Dectalk to talk. So my songs are like a total shock to
them. So to make them buy songs that they badly want to sing would not be
fair or right. The reason is, any other child or adult can open their
mouth and just sing. Dectalk, is their mouth. So if kids in school
are singing the newest pop song, why in the world should a disabled person have
to pay to sing the same song? Dennis Klatt made Dectalk to sing so the
disabled could take part in music. BUT, if people can't understand how to
program songs, they are still left out.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So I ask for $15.00 per request, but it's jukebox style, meaning once you
pay the $15.00, you get lifetime free access to everything. So basically
you only pay so I can buy the sheet music to do the requested song. The
MP3 music version is a free bonus. I can't charge for MP3 anyway
because of copyright. So I call them karaoke files because very few
disabled people could start Dectalk at the right time with the music. So I
mix it for them. Then when they sing karaoke, they set the machine to
video only, so only the words and video show up, but the music all comes from
their device so you can't tell that the vocals were already mixed in. It
is the coolest thing on Earth!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>So my CDs are my money maker. But I'm really loose because I believe
the harder to try to make files so they can't be shared, the more people will
share them. So I take the fun out of passing stuff by not caring.
Besides, I outdo myself all the time, so if people like my work, I'll only top
it. So even if someone claimed to be me, I wouldn't care because I'd only
do something better that they would then have to top. I'm doing a song a
day, so I seriously doubt anyone wants to try to be me.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I ask that you don't download every song all at once because of
bandwidth. I doubt you could anyway because it would take um, a long
time. I can send you a data DVD of everything if you want.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV>SNOOPI BOTTEN </DIV>
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<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 6/7/2012 7:28:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
beroberts@hughes.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi
Tyler,<BR>Welcome to the list. I would like to hear your Dectalk creations, if
you<BR>upload them somewhere in the future. Just so you know, sometimes this
list<BR>is very active and other times not so much. I hope that you
enjoy your time<BR>here.<BR>Blake<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com<BR>[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com]
On Behalf Of Tyler<BR>Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:22 PM<BR>To:
dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<BR>Subject: [DECtalk] I'm a newcomer<BR><BR>Hello,
everyone! I've been following Dectalk since June of 2011, but I<BR>didn't hear
about this list until today, from Snoopi Botten's people. In<BR>June of 2011,
one of my friends got a collection of files (all available on<BR>dectalk.com
archive site) from someone else. There were a few songs from<BR>Blake Roberts
and Snoopi Botten, but it was mostly comedy bits (from great<BR>artists such
as Patrick Perdue and Sean Randall). I follow Snoopi, Patrick<BR>and Sean on
Twitter; hope to find more of Sean's material that is not on<BR>dectalk.com.
And the rumor was, Patrick Perdue had a CD called Synths N<BR>Stuff (to
coincide with his radio talk show Things N Stuff). So, my friend<BR>(who, I
believe, is one of very few who visit<BR>dectalk.com) got even more files.
Eventually, I decided to go to the site<BR>myself and start collecting. I have
almost everything by Vocalwriter, a<BR>decent-sized Snoopi Botten collection I
got from theflameofhope.co, and<BR>whatever else I stumble upon on the Dectalk
website. <BR>In January 2012, I found Snoopi giving away a free demo copy of
the Dectalk<BR>for Windows package. Combined with the manuals I snuck for free
through<BR>dectalk.com (the minimanuals, they should be called; I believe the
full<BR>manual can be bought through Snoopi). I learned basic phonemics
and<BR>codewords, to make voices Paul and Betty have a peaceful conversation,
and<BR>have Kit interruptingly chime in, and have Harry steal Kit's root
beer<BR>float. Yes, I'm a PG rated version of Sean Randall; I tone it down
even more<BR>than Perdue does. No wav or<BR>mp3 (or even Dectalk files)
available, but I will probably upload stuff<BR>someday.<BR>Tyler
Z<BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>DECtalk
mailing
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