Comments on: Geek Alert - what do you get when … http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/02/28/geek-alert-what-do-you-get-when/ Bloggin' down on the Farm - news and happenings from the Salmon Farm. A blog on various topics including my thoughts on collaborative technology, personal information in the 21st century, the global internet (or the lack there of), dog training, cooking, architecture, and whatever happens to be a pet peeve on any given day ! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:53:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Glen http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/02/28/geek-alert-what-do-you-get-when/#comment-953 Glen Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:23:40 +0000 http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/02/28/geek-alert-what-do-you-get-when/#comment-953 Hey Doug ! The clock doesn't look like much when you really look at it. You can see it in my post on "disassembly" -> http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/03/24/before-and-after/ The full clock, once restored and running, will be a bit more interesting as it will be on a stand / craddle about 5' tall to accomodate the 66" pendulum. The clock, pendulum, and drive weight will tip the scales at about 500 lbs :-) Hey Doug ! The clock doesn’t look like much when you really look at it. You can see it in my post on “disassembly” -> http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/03/24/before-and-after/

The full clock, once restored and running, will be a bit more interesting as it will be on a stand / craddle about 5′ tall to accomodate the 66″ pendulum. The clock, pendulum, and drive weight will tip the scales at about 500 lbs :-)

]]> By: Doug Wynne http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/02/28/geek-alert-what-do-you-get-when/#comment-951 Doug Wynne Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:46:51 +0000 http://thesalmonfarm.org/blog/2007/02/28/geek-alert-what-do-you-get-when/#comment-951 Hey Glen, cool blog! And I managed to find the geekyest entry on it. I'd love to see a picture of what a similar tower clock looks like when not in pieces, just to get a general idea of what yours will become. Also, just a thought about the audio analysis, since that's my kind of thing. Presumably if your audio card is recording at 16 bits (CD resolution) then the most likely sampling rate is 44.1 kHz. So regardless of the fact that you can capture a maximum frequency of 20kHz, you would still be rendering 44,100 samples per second, right? My home studio interface does a maximum of 96,000 at 24 bit, I'm pretty sure. I know we're still talking way less than the 500,000 that would make life easy, but maybe thinking about it in terms of sampling rate will help your calculations. I suck at math, but I'm an audio geek to the core. See you and Zen tomorrow! -Doug Hey Glen, cool blog! And I managed to find the geekyest entry on it. I’d love to see a picture of what a similar tower clock looks like when not in pieces, just to get a general idea of what yours will become.

Also, just a thought about the audio analysis, since that’s my kind of thing. Presumably if your audio card is recording at 16 bits (CD resolution) then the most likely sampling rate is 44.1 kHz. So regardless of the fact that you can capture a maximum frequency of 20kHz, you would still be rendering 44,100 samples per second, right? My home studio interface does a maximum of 96,000 at 24 bit, I’m pretty sure. I know we’re still talking way less than the 500,000 that would make life easy, but maybe thinking about it in terms of sampling rate will help your calculations.

I suck at math, but I’m an audio geek to the core.

See you and Zen tomorrow!
-Doug

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