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Registered Member #205
Joined: Sat Feb 18 2006, 11:59AM
Location: Skørping, Denmark
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All, I`ve just bought a half years subscribtion to a fitness centre, where I attend the spinning exersize. One thing is annoying me: The instructor is barking out instructions, in a desperate attempt to make himself heard above the music.
In vain.
Wouldn`t it be great if the signal from the microphone could mute the music, so that the instructions would become intelligible.
That`s what I thought, anyway.
Perhaps it is possible to go and buy such a thing. Could be just a small battery powered box with aux and mic input, line out, and a mute level knob.
I would greatly appreciate pointers towards such a product, if it exists.
Registered Member #205
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Tom540 wrote ...
Or you could just lift weights instead.
Lifting weights will not get me where I want to be. Spinning does. I like to do long distance bike riding and mountain climbing on bike. My best is a 360km marathon and Mt.Ventoux 2 times in a day. Here at 56deg. Lat. it is cold and dark so spinning is a valuable winter pastime.
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It's a common technique in radio broadcasting, and the technical term for it is "ducking". This article explains more, though you'll have to scroll down a fair bit, to the "Ducking Your Responsibility" section.
All you need is a compressor with a sidechain input, a box full of audio cables and a lot of head scratching... You can get a cheap compressor from somebody like Behringer or Samson.
I hope you didn't cheat and use the granny ring on Mt. Ventoux
Geometrically Frustrated Registered Member #6
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That technique is also fun to use in music production. Patching your kick drum into your compressor sidechain to duck your bassline will create a cool effect.
[edit] Haha, I just looked at the article Steve linked and noticed the line "Ducking is often used in broadcast, to allow DJs to interrupt and spoil perfectly good pieces of music." How true.
Registered Member #205
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Steve Conner wrote ...
You can get a cheap compressor from somebody like Behringer or Samson.
I found this one: see page 20. Cheap and up to the task, this is the one I`l go for. Prolly not HiFi, but who cares when the wheels are a-rollin`.
Steve Conner wrote ...
I hope you didn't cheat and use the granny ring on Mt. Ventoux
HaHa, what do you think? With 16 kilmeters out of 22 total, averiging 10% gradient, I used it all the way to the top. (But if I had known it was considered cheating, I wouldn`t have used it at all, of course)
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Oh, the Alesis 3630, I doubt you'll go far wrong with that.
BTW, about the granny ring thing, I meant using a MTB-style triple chainset on your road bike to get some really low gears. Not many riders can manage those long, steep climbs on normal road bike gearing.
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Steve Conner wrote ...
Oh, the Alesis 3630, I doubt you'll go far wrong with that.
there is also the Behringer MDX-series MDX1600 Which is actually cheaper. Hell, this looks easy.
Steve Conner wrote ...
BTW, about the granny ring thing, I meant using a MTB-style triple chainset on your road bike to get some really low gears. Not many riders can manage those long, steep climbs on normal road bike gearing.
I figured that out. I had the triple fitted due to my fancy for hills. with a 32-27 i can sit down on anything but the very steepest sections.
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