[DECtalk] I'm a newcomer
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Thu Jun 7 22:32:26 EDT 2012
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 6/7/2012 7:28:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
beroberts at hughes.net writes:
Hi Tyler,
Welcome to the list. I would like to hear your Dectalk creations, if you
upload them somewhere in the future. Just so you know, sometimes this list
is very active and other times not so much. I hope that you enjoy your
time
here.
Blake
-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Tyler
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:22 PM
To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Subject: [DECtalk] I'm a newcomer
Hello, everyone! I've been following Dectalk since June of 2011, but I
didn't hear about this list until today, from Snoopi Botten's people. In
June of 2011, one of my friends got a collection of files (all available on
dectalk.com archive site) from someone else. There were a few songs from
Blake Roberts and Snoopi Botten, but it was mostly comedy bits (from great
artists such as Patrick Perdue and Sean Randall). I follow Snoopi, Patrick
and Sean on Twitter; hope to find more of Sean's material that is not on
dectalk.com. And the rumor was, Patrick Perdue had a CD called Synths N
Stuff (to coincide with his radio talk show Things N Stuff). So, my friend
(who, I believe, is one of very few who visit
dectalk.com) got even more files. Eventually, I decided to go to the site
myself and start collecting. I have almost everything by Vocalwriter, a
decent-sized Snoopi Botten collection I got from theflameofhope.co, and
whatever else I stumble upon on the Dectalk website.
In January 2012, I found Snoopi giving away a free demo copy of the Dectalk
for Windows package. Combined with the manuals I snuck for free through
dectalk.com (the minimanuals, they should be called; I believe the full
manual can be bought through Snoopi). I learned basic phonemics and
codewords, to make voices Paul and Betty have a peaceful conversation, and
have Kit interruptingly chime in, and have Harry steal Kit's root beer
float. Yes, I'm a PG rated version of Sean Randall; I tone it down even
more
than Perdue does. No wav or
mp3 (or even Dectalk files) available, but I will probably upload stuff
someday.
Tyler Z
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