#max 2019 arg

[mojavetoothleaf]

HEY PEABRAIN YOU TELEPORT? (an ode to my fav ARGs of all time)

[thefrankencycler]

max2019 ARG graphics made by me!

blinkie made using blinkies.cafe, images for the stamp & button are from the max2019 neocities and gifcities

image ID's under the cut

second image: an animated gif stamp. the first frame reads "max2019" in blue underlined times new roman font, as if it were a hyperlink, in front of a background of colorful digital static. the second frame reads "i'm so sick" in black times new roman font with the "zalgo" effect, in front of an illustration of a light-skinned woman with blond hair and angel wings, with some digital distortion on her face and wings.

third image: an animated gif web button reading "max 2019" in black times new roman font, in front of a plain white background. in the center, an angel in white robes flaps its wings twice; then, after a frame of static, it briefly has six wings, before looping back to the beginning of the gif.

third image: an animated gif web button reading "max 2019" in black times new roman font, in front of a plain white background. in the center, an angel in white robes flaps its wings twice; then, after a frame of static, it briefly has six wings, before looping back to the beginning of the gif.

fourth and fifth images: the first image (the "hey peebrain, you teleport?" blinkie) repeated, but in a smaller size.

[velvetjune]

List of unrelated Control (2019) things I noticed on my second playthrough:

Langston (highly likely) being behind the Tennyson Report that Trench was investigating: The report loudly criticized Trench and Darling for being “anti-esoteric” by pushing the FBC in the direction of science instead of faith. Langston’s comments that Darling gets away with his strange behavior because he’s charming, disliking but giving Trench some credit for even going with the Panopticon, mentioning how altered items need to be treated better with rituals and kindness.

Langston taking a traffic light altered item to a movie

The archives having Pandora’s box (aka Hiss in a mod box) along with two astral spikes. Why. I fought so much for that extra Darling video and Threshold Kids episode (it was worth it).

Trench, Darling, and Marshall’s inner circle and close relationship that destructed with the investigation into the Ordinary AWE and Dylan. All three of them being figures of the old Bureau Jesse wishes to change (Trench being secretive about the Hiss; Darling with Heston/Polaris; Marshall with the Foundation; All about Dylan). Wish the game hinted at their connection and past more. Maybe they’ll still be in contact through the hotline.

Underhill and Darling being old friends, maybe exes (?) who still care for each other. Honestly, I love the mild one-sided animosity from Underhill for Darling’s research getting more attention (that we know is because he was committing ethical violations with Trench) while clearly having fun hating on him and working at the FBC again. Even funnier that HR was looking into their possible relationship status.

Underhill dropping her career and life in England for mold. Iconic

The sheer difference between Underhill’s shocked and sad reaction to hearing of Darling’s death versus Pope not giving a shit (and saying she’s sure he’s happy as long as he can take in his surroundings). Love Emily

The amount of drama between coworkers and departments. I’m convinced working in HR at the Oldest House would single-handedly be the most stressful job there.

There’s no way the Blessed organization/Chester Bless won’t be a part of a future Control game

Spoilers for Alan Wake 1/2: The night springs manuscript pages reflecting what happened to Trench and Darling. Incredible. But it only feeds into my belief that Alan is great at writing fun, cheesy genre stories. He was made for writing over the top sci-fi or noir mysteries (or even musicals). Let him write a Goosebumps book

Spoilers for Alan Wake: The Vivid Dreams dead letter by Bowker being a reference to the Bright Falls AWE. Being in a lake and seeing shadows that whisper phrases.

Spoilers for Alan Wake: Zane’s shoebox from Alan Wake maybe being o.o.p. that was found in Ordinary, Maine, protecting its contents from the effects of the AWE. The mention back to Samantha Wells from the House of Dreams ARG where Wells communicated with Zane in her dreams. The shoebox effects could be replicated, but it mysteriously went missing in the FBC.

Spoilers for Max Payne 2: The Flamingo altered item on the TV being the same as the logo for the Address Unknown show in Max Payne 2 (…which was a parody of Twin Peaks,, and would later become the plot of Alan Wake 1 and 2)

Spoilers for Alan Wake 2 Final Draft: The HRA video with Darling quoting Space Oddity—“Commencing countdown, Major Tom” (same song at the end of Alan Wake). 665 Neighbor of the Beast for black rock quarry in Darling’s presentation and room 665 for Zane. The Darling music video at the Oceanview Jesse finds in her dream state possibly being filmed at the Dark Place’s Oceanview Hotel. No idea of these were all fun Remedy references to itself for laughs (665 is in Max Payne too), but it truly is incredible that it led to the Zane and Darling collaboration.

[opelman]

TOYOTA TS050 - HYBRID Hybrid / Mike CONWAY / GBR / Kamui KOBAYASHI / JPN / Jose Maria LOPEZ / ARG / TOYOTA GAZOO RACING by Artes Max Via Flickr: 24 Horas de Le Mans 2019 / Circuito de Le Sarthe / Le Mans / Francia

[misandristmedusa]

It took me forever but I finally finished this just in time for the end of the ARG!  As always, terfs/truscum don’t interact and don’t delete my caption. 

[chunkysoup22]

I hope somebody makes a video or post summarizing everything that happened with max 2019 BC it went by so fast and the minute I stopped paying attention I totally lost track of the story :”|

[star-collapse]

T.E.L.E.P.O.R.T

for @sexygirlmax2019 @sceneteenz and @lovely5500 

T- Transmit  ( a song that holds sentimentality to your mind. Listen closely to it. )                        This song reminds me of someone i love very much and holds a                           lot of emotion for me 

E  - Examine (an appendage. Think about the effect your human brain has on it)                          I chose my thumb ; the way i can move it without thinking about                            it, the feeling of touching it with my other hand. the way it bends                            without effort. 

L- Look (into your own eyes in a reflective surface and come to a conclusion about yourself as a being living the human experience)                                                       focusing on my own eyes for too long makes me feel weird. How can i                 see them and be the one behind them? Im not sure i belong here -                       What determined that im human? are we really just a mix of both                         parents DNA, or could i have been born something else in another                       universe

E-  Engage ( in the washing and cleansing of your human hands. Embed a photo of your hands to the internet.  )      

P- Pick (a plant from “outside” and examine it. Take a photo of this plant and embed it to the internet. )                                                                                                        This plant is like the sunshine. I think anita would like it. a few petals                      are missing from the side, which reminds me its fragile 

O- Observe (the sun or moon in the heavens above. Take a photo of it and embed it to the internet.)

R- Record (the sky outside. Embed it to the internet)

T- Tally (the amount of times you exhale in 30 seconds. Embed it to the internet.)

 A- Allow (yourself to rest shortly. Allow your human body to do this. )                                    I cant document this, but i lay on my bed for a little while. its nice to                      just  look at the glowing stars on my ceiling 

T- Tell (another human that you love about something you thought about in the recent daytime.)

                           My favourite person is sleeping, but i message them to tell                                  them about when i woke up at 5am and wondered who named                              the colours. what makes us recognise them as their names,                                   couldnt they just as easily be called something else? (extract                                of message linked)

I- Illustrate (a picture of something beautiful you remember during an unconscious state with a simple tool on paper. Embed it to the internet. )                                            sometimes i dream about a cafe..... 

O- “Oxygenate” once.

 N- Finally, Nourish yourself. The ability to go through the biological process of the creation of energy is what makes you human.

[sexymax2019]

So I just had this conversation with @diana-661 If you're able to, help them out and validate their existence

[digithell]

this is my contribution to the max2019 arg t.e.l.e.p.o.r.t.a.t.i.o.n ritual. check it out under the cut. 💫👼

t - transmit

e - examine

l - look

e - engage

p - pick

o - observe

r - record

t - tally

a - allow your body to rest.

as you wish.

…

t - tell

i - illustrate

o - oxygenate

Inhale … exhale.

n - finally, nourishment

to set an angel free.

[nyohomobro]

Ok so Diana-661 finally contacted me (on my art acc, but I’ll post the info here so the other one doesn’t get clogged up) and this is what I’ve collected. I saw some other posts talking about DD before, but I offered Diana the idea of giving DD positive data instead. I didn’t receive any binary, but I’ll leave this convo here.

I̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶o̶r̶i̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶D̶D̶,̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶m̶a̶y̶b̶e̶ ̶s̶h̶e̶’̶s̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶D̶i̶a̶n̶a̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶w̶a̶y̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶o̶ ̶e̶a̶r̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶r̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶p̶e̶c̶u̶l̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶m̶u̶c̶h̶.̶ ̶ Just as I wrote that, Diana made another post containing the song Hundred Waters “Show Me Love”, strengthening my suspicions, so I’ll make a quick analysis for it underneath.

[ye-onge]

occasionally in the max2019 server i would post this image

every update which in turn made everybody in the voice chat yell sbahj shit

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Conspiracy fantasy

When we talk about conspiratorialism, we tend to focus (naturally) on the content of the conspiracy. Not only are those stories entertainingly outlandish — they’re also the point of contact between conspiracists and the world.

If your mom is shouting about “Hollywood pedos,” it’s natural that you’ll end up discussing the relationship of this belief to observable reality. But while the content of conspiratorial beliefs gets lots of attention, we tend to neglect the significance of those beliefs.

To the extent that we consider why the beliefs exist and proliferate, the discussion rarely gets further than “irrational people have irrational beliefs.” This is a mistake. The stories we tell one another are a kind of Ouija board, with all our fingertips on the planchette.

The messages it spells out don’t describe external reality but they do reveal our internal, unspoken anxieties and aspirations.This is why we should read science fiction: not because it predicts the future, but because it diagnoses the present.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/26/meaningful-zombies/#oracles

Sf is an ever-mutating ecosystem of fears and hopes, and readers apply selective pressure to those organisms, extinguishing the ones that don’t capture the zeitgeist and elevating the ones that do, a co-evolution of our fantasies and our narratives.

http://locusmag.com/Features/2007/07/cory-doctorow-progressive-apocalypse.html

This is why Alternate Reality Games are so central to their players’ lives. They’re a form of narrative co-creation, with the players throwing out theories and the game-masters actually changing the story to incorporate the best of them.

ARGs are an environment where your coolest and most deliciously scary ideas become reality. It’s a powerful way to galvanize collective action.

As anthropologist Biella Coleman writes in Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy, it’s the organizing principal behind Anonymous.

Anon Ops begin life as victory announcement videos. If the vision of success captures enough Anons, they execute the op.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-anonymous-ghost-in-the-machine

In other words, the degree to which a shared fantasy of victory compels its audience predicts whether the audience realizes its fantasy. Long before the alt-right, Anons were memeing ideas into existence (no coincidence, as both were incubated on 4chan).

On the Conspiracy Games and Counter-Games podcast, three left academics — Max Haiven, AT Kingsmith, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou — analyze “conspiracy fantasies” (as opposed to conspiracies, e.g. the Big Lie behind the Iraq War) for what they reveal about late capitalism’s anxieties.

As leftists, they naturally focus on the relationship between material conditions and people’s behaviors and beliefs. This is an important part of the discourse on conspiratorialism that’s often missing from liberal and right-wing analysis.

Conspiracists aren’t just “irrational” nor are they just “racist.” They may be both of those things, but unless you look at material conditions, then the surges and retreats of conspiracism are mysterious phenomena, strange tides raised by unseen forces.

A decade ago, then-PM David Cameron — the architect of a brutal, authoritarian austerity — dismissed the Hackney Riots as “criminality pure and simple,” and demanded a ban on discussion of the relationship between austerity and unrest.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2011/aug/09/david-cameron-riots-criminality-video

But without that discussion, there’s no explanation. Even if you believe that “criminality” is a thing that is latent within some or all of us, what explains a rise or fall in that criminality? Is it like pollen that alights upon some of us, turning us bad? Or the full moon?

Likewise the “conspiracists are just racists” or “they’re just deranged.” Without looking at the material world, there’s no explanation for why that racism suddenly became more (or less) important to how conspiracists live their lives.

We can’t talk about conspiratorialism without talking about material considerations, and we have to talk about the form and substance of the conspiratorial belief. The ARG-like structure of Qanon is a hugely important part of its popularity:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/08/05/behavioral-v-contextual/#adrian-hon

Memeing things into existence in a game-like way is hugely compelling. You can tell when a D&D game is hopping when the players and the DM start co-creating the story, with the DM slyly altering the dungeon and the NPCs to match the players’ super-cool theories.

A recent episode of the CGACG podcast present a mind-blowing analysis of the interplay of the material conditions, mythology and structure of Qanon. It’s a two-part interview with Wu Ming 1:

https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/wuming-one-1?in=reimaginevalue/sets/unmanageablerisks

https://soundcloud.com/reimaginevalue/wuming-one-2?in=reimaginevalue/sets/unmanageablerisks

Wu Ming 1 is part of Bologna’s Wu Ming Collective, the successor to the 1990s Luther Bissett net-art collective. Bissett did many wild, weird things,including publishing “Q,” an internationally bestselling conspiratorial novel in 1999 (!!)

https://www.wumingfoundation.com/giap/what-is-the-wu-ming-foundation/

The plot of “Q” involves a high-level government official, privy to top-secret info about a state conspiracy. It closely mirrors Qanon beliefs, right down to a call for a Jan 6 uprising (!!!!). The major difference is that “Q” is set during the Protestant Reformation.

In the interview, Wu Ming 1 talks about the proliferation of conspiratorial, ARG-like 4chan hoaxes that predated Qanon, and hypothesizes that the original Q posts were plagiarized from the novel.

The strange experience of seeing a novel turn into a cult prompted Ming 1 to write “La Q di Qomplotto” (“The Q in Qonspiracy”), a book that defines and analyzes “conspiracy fantasies.”

https://edizionialegre.it/product/la-q-di-qomplotto/

Ming 1’s interview digs into this in some depth, including setting out criterial for distinguishing conspiracies from fantasies (for example, a conspiracy doesn’t go on forever, while a fantasy can imagine the Knights Templar running the world for centuries).

I was taken by Ming 1’s discussion of the role that “enchantment” plays in conspiratorialism — the feeling of being in a magical and wondrous (if also anxious and terrible) place. He says this is why “debunkers” fail — they’re like people who spoil a magic trick.

Ming 1 and the hosts talk about replacing the enchantment of conspiratorialism with a counter-enchantment, grounded not in the conspiratorialist’s oversimplification and essentialism, but in the wonder of reality.

Ming 1 analogizes his “counter-enchantment” to the “double-wow” method of Penn and Teller: first they blow you away with a trick, and then they blow you away with the cleverness by which it was accomplished.

He describes how the Luther Bissett collective performed a double-wow during Italy’s Satanic Panic, creating a hoax satanic heavy metal cult and a counter-cult, promulgating stories of their pitched battles, then revealing how they’d faked the whole thing.

The action was taken in solidarity with actual Bolognese heavy metal fans who’d been framed for imaginary Satanic “crimes.” Luther Bissett wanted to demonstrate how a panic could be created from nothing, to reveal the method behind the real hoax with a fake hoax.

The double-wow method reminds me of Richard Dawkins’ manuever in “The Magic of Reality,” his excellent children’s book about the virtues of the scientific world, revealing how the numinous wonder of faith is nothing compared to the wonder of science.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_Reality

The idea that conspiratorialism is a leading indicator of capitalism’s anxieties is a powerful one, and it ties into other compelling accounts of conspiracy, like Anna Merlan’s REPUBLIC OF LIES, which discusses the importance of trauma to conspiratorial belief.

Like Ming 1, Merlan stresses the kernel of truth underpinning conspiracy fantasies — the real aerospace coverups that make UFO conspiracies plausible, the real pharmaceutical conspiracies to cover up harms from drugs that underpin anti-vax.

https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/21/republic-of-lies-the-rise-of-conspiratorial-thinking-and-the-actual-conspiracies-that-fuel-it/

In the podcast, Ming 1 and the hosts stress the importance of identifying and addressing the kernel of truth and the trauma it produces in any counter-conspiratorial work — that is, a successful counter-enchantment must address the material conditions behind the fantasy.

I really like this approach because of its empathy — its attempt to connect with the conditions that produce behaviors and beliefs, not to be confused with sympathy, which might excuse their toxic and hateful nature.

It reminds me a lot of Oh No Ross and Carrie, whose hosts have spent years joining cults and religions and digging into fringe practices and beliefs in an effort to understand them; they laugh a lot, but never AT their subjects.

https://ohnopodcast.com/

But Ming 1 brings something new to this discussion: an analysis of the role that novels have played in conspiracy fantasy formation: not just the plagiarizing of “Q” to make Qanon, but things like the Protocols of the Elders of Zion plagiarizing Dumas.

The interview also brought to mind Edward Snowden’s recent inaugural blog-post, “Conspiracy: Theory and Practice,” which seeks to separate conspiracy practice (e.g. the NSA spying on everyone) from theories (what Ming 1 calls “fantasies”).

https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/conspiracy-pt1

Snowden connects the feeling of powerlessness to the urge to explain the world through conspiracies, relating this to his experience of revealing one of the world’s most far-reaching real conspiracies, and then becoming the subject of innumerable conspiracy fantasies.

Snowden’s perspective is one that has heretofore been missing from conspiracy discourse — the perspective of someone who has been part of a real conspiracy and then the central subject of a constellation of bizarre and widespread conspiratorial beliefs.

These different works, focusing as they do on the character of conspiratorial beliefs, the nature of conspiratorial practice, and material conditions of conspiracists, comprise a richer analysis of our screwed-up discourse than, say, theories about “online radicalization.”

As I wrote in my 2020 book “How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism,” the “online radicalization” narrative requires that you accept Big Tech’s unsupported marketing claims about its power to bypass our critical thoughts at face value.

https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

Claims to be able to control our minds — whether made by Rasputin, Mesmer, pick-up artists, MK-ULTRA or NLP enthusiasts — always turn out to be cons (though sometimes the con artists are also conning themselves).

But there’s a much more plausible, less controversial set of powers that Big Tech possesses. By spying on us all the time, it can help scammers target people who are ready to hear conspiratorial explanations.

By monopolizing our discourse, it allows SEO scammers to create default answers to our questions. By locking us in, it can keep us using a platform even if the discourse there makes us angry and anxious.

And by corrupting our political process, it creates “kernels of truth” for conspiratorial beliefs.

As with Scooby Doo, the monster turns out to be a familiar villain in a fright mask: a monopolist whose abuses and impunity create the anxiety that make conspiracy plausible.

[opelman]

Toyota TS050 - Hybrid / Mike Conway / GBR / Kamui Kobayashi / JPN / Jose Maria Lopez / ARG / TOYOTA GAZOO RACING by Artes Max Via Flickr: FIA WEC Prologue 2019 / Circuit de Barcelona

[unravelling-the-world]

heh.. got a... memory! quite recent (two weeks ago max tbh time is fake) anyways i was in vc with my homies from japan (three chilean including myself and 1 argentinian who lives in jpn) anyways we hadnt rly vc in a loong time, chi1 and arg always play w me bc they've been on the server for a while and we also send memes a lot, but chi2 wasnt in the server until recently. (idk why, but chi1 and chi2 are childhood friends and tbh we all thought that if chi1 didnt wanna includ him it was bc of smth so we didnt ask lmao) well anyways he got added now bc we all wanted to play genshin together (actually ch1 doesnt rly like genshin but he played bc he likes playing w us), it was fun lmao and i could go off on many tangents but this time's core memory is: i obviously had the voice changer on bc even though all of them know me irl and know my real voice ( *puke emoji* ) i feel super insecure without it now when im online lmao, and ch2 who i hadn't talked to in vc quite a while (and had never heard my fake voice) said like oooh dude ur voice 👀 and well even tho we dont interact much he's my friend so i told him ooo lmao its fake its a voice changer program glad its workin thooo and he was like ooo nice it sounds rly cool and honestly it felt great even though its my fake voice. it was the reverse experience of 2020 halloween lmaoo it was great :-) well then also he said that it isnt truly fake bc its still my voice and asked if id like to be on t someday and my voice would probably get deeper and i obv do lmao so i said yes and tbh ive lost all hope (due to current circumstances and not seeing an end to them) but he said like rly hopeful shit and tbh even though i cant truly agree or believe things will get better it felt good to have someone else believe in me. also that reminded me of how i told my other friend that even if i was allowed to go out again idk if i would bc i am probably extremely socially awkward now (even more lmao) and that i would probably feel very overwhelmed by the outside world and he was super supportive and he said like even if we went out he would even order nuggets for me bc he didnt want me to feel bad and wanted to be a source of support and tbh i nearly cried lmao i wouldve cried but i was in vc thats all that stopped me

anyways yeah i dont think we'll even get that chance but im thankful either way. in this case it rly is the thought that counts huh

honestly some months ago i just wanted this all to be over but now.... i dont know. i dont know if i can lead a normal life again. i hate myself and ive lost all hope of being able to change the things i hate. ive become even more shy and scared. if it truly ends, idk if ill make it. my social relationships already are strained. even if i went back, i think im going to be an stranger in a group of people who know each other well. i guess ill cherish my memories from 2017 and 2019 and tbh its fine. i already had a breakdown over this some months ago lol i think im fine now. ive had time to accept it and prepare for my inminent loneliness. even if i had the chance to go back to normal, i think its already too late for me.

unravel has always been one of my top songs and ive always related to it to some degree but as time passes i feel like i understand it more and more. tk really is good at trasmitting the feeling of the song but tbh now the lyrics hit fr, hits different oof

[techniktagebuch]

13. Januar 2019

Lange Nächte mit Vinyl

Audiophil Veranlagte hören jetzt besser auf zu lesen (oder sind ganz tapfer): Im vergangenen Herbst habe ich zugegriffen, als im Ausverkauf einer Supermarktkette ein USB-Plattenspieler der Hausmarke eines namhaften deutschen Discounters für 40 Euro im Angebot war. Ich besitze zwar seit gut 30 Jahren - genau weiß ich es wirklich nicht - keinen Plattenspieler mehr. Aber einen Stapel Platten habe ich von Umzug zu Umzug mitgeschleppt und ins Regal gestellt. Das meiste dürfte für Kenner nicht die Umzüge wert gewesen sein, aber ein paar Schätzchen sind ja vielleicht doch dabei. (Und sicherlich auch Dinge, die aktuelle Streamingdienste vermutlich gar nicht im Sortiment haben...)

Ob’s das Aufheben wert war oder nicht: Von Schallplatten möchte ich meine Musikversorgung nicht mehr haben (auch wenn ich nicht gar so anspruchsvoll bin). Meine Überlegung beim Erwerb des Schnäppchens: Damit kann ich meine vorhanden Vinyl-Platten digitalisieren, die Musik auf Wunsch von der Festplatte anhören und überlegen, was ich mit den Platten mache (Aufheben? Verkaufen? Verschrotten? Je nachdem.)

Technisch ist die Digitalisierung mit dem kleinen Phono-Koffer (so hieß das doch früher...) durchaus möglich. Ein Steckplatz für einen USB-Stick ist vorhanden, auf Knopfdruck wird die abgespielte Platte als mp3-Datei auf dem Stick gespeichert.

So weit Werbeversprechen und Theorie. Praktisch ist das Überspielen einer Vinyl-Platte auf einen USB-Stick dann nicht ganz so einfach.

Das fängt damit an, dass die Software in dem Billig-Plattenspieler die Pausen zwischen den einzelnen Stücken auf einer Langspielplatte nicht erkennt. Die ganze Seite, die natürlich in Echtzeit abge- und überspielt wird, wird deshalb als eine Datei gespeichert. Abhilfe ist nur möglich, wenn ich daneben sitze und bei jeder Pause zwischen den Tracks die Aufzeichnung oder besser Digitalisierung unterbreche und sofort danach neu starte.

Leider ist die Taste, mit der das Digitalisieren gestartet und beendet und wieder gestartet wird, entweder zu sensibel oder nicht sensibel genug für mich. Jedenfalls schaffe ich es wiederholt nicht, die Aufzeichnung zu stoppen. Und ebenso gelingt es mir nicht immer, rechtzeitig zu Beginn des nächsten Songs die Aufzeichnung wieder zu starten.

Das Ergebnis hört sich entsprechend an – eine Datei ist nur eine Sekunde lang, die Pausen zwischen anderen Stücken stimmen nicht. Zudem muss ich beim Einlesen in ein Musikverwaltungsprogramm auf dem Computer - in diesem Fall Rhythmbox unter Ubuntu - natürlich manuell den Titel des Albums und jedes einzelnen Tracks eingeben. Meta-Daten wie bei CDs gibt’s ja nicht, und auch die automatische Erkennung, wie sie bei CDs funktioniert, scheint für diese Art von Aufnahmen nicht vorgesehen oder einfach nicht zu funktionieren.

Nach dem gescheiterten ersten Aufzeichnungs-/Digitalisierungsversuch erprobe ich ein anderes Vorgehen: Ich zeichne die ganze Schallplattenseite als eine Datei auf. Dann öffne ich die mp3-Datei in einem Audioschnittprogramm (in diesem Fall Audacity) und kopiere jeden einzelnen Track in eine eigene Datei. Bei der Gelegenheit kann ich auch gleich Titel, Interpret und Albumnamen eingeben. Jedesmal aufs neue.

Das wird dann zwar sauber in die Musikverwaltung kopiert. Aber der Aufwand ist schon ... erheblich, zumal die technische Qualität der Digitalisierung (mp3 mit max 128 kbps) nicht so arg berauschend ist, eher rauschend. 

Dieser Schritt von der analogen Vinyl-Schallplatte zur Datei ist so ähnlich wie das Projekt, Dias zu digitalisieren: Etwas für lange Nächte mit Vinyl. Irgendwann.

(Thomas Wiegold)

[freshcats]

listen I’m just gonna call it before anyone else does but max 2019 arg is obviously Andrew Hussie