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[quote name='SteveO' post='577340' date='Aug 22 2009, 07:17 AM']Windows movie maker is also free. It's a bit naff when it comes to outputing the file and it's fairly limited but it's OK for simple work and you can cut avi's up easily. It's part of windows live ([url="http://download.live.com/"]free download[/url])[/quote] I've got this, but can't figure out how to output the split files [quote name='Daquifsta' post='577336' date='Aug 22 2009, 06:57 AM']There is Virtualdub, which is either freeware or open source, one or t'other.[/quote] [quote name='dannybuoy' post='577341' date='Aug 22 2009, 07:21 AM']+1 That's what I use, [url="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/virtualdub/virtualdub-experimental/1.9.4.32559/VirtualDub-1.9.4.zip?use_mirror=kent"]here's a link[/url]. Get VirtualDub, open the file. Make sure audio and video are set to 'direct stream copy' in the menu so it doesn't try to re-encode the video. Hold down the shift key and drag the slider around (which snaps to 'key frames' which are faster to seek to and are the points where it's best to snip the video), place the start and end markers atthe desired points and hit save to export that potion of the avi. If you can't open the avi, try installing the latest version of [url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow-tryout/files/"]ffdshow[/url].[/quote] cheers, I'll have a look at this one

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='577278' date='Aug 22 2009, 12:51 AM']If you are on mac already then iMovie is pretty good. Really easy to use too and free![/quote] sadly i'm on a pc mate, thanks anyway

I'm a floater too, switched from anchor about 12 months ago, as mentioned above, it's really helpful with muting

cheers mate, I'll see if anyone comes up with some freeware before i splash out

can anyone recommend a freeware avi splitter? I have some video footage of a recent gig, but each file is a full 45 minute set and I'd like to split them into individual songs. tia

I'd just keep it as a block and send it off to be finished. When it returned, I'd be able to sell my TV and just stare at that all night

I started as a guitarist (classical lessons when I was about 11 - I had wanted to learn sax but those lessons were booked up) - did that for a few years then progressed to electric. when I was in my late 20's, I started jamming with another guitarist and I decided to buy a cheap bass so we could record some backing tracks on a four track. I started noodling with it and never really bothered with guitar again, that was around 17 or 18 years ago

yeah, that's just beautiful

[quote name='nick' post='572425' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:51 PM']The Digitech Bad Monkey is cheap, has not a bad sound & not too extreme .[/quote] +1

what kind of music are you into/want to play? that might help narrow it down a bit also. Definately buy second hand. If you any good with a soldering iron you could always consider building your own.

fascinating - I've not seen an amp build thread before

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='572044' date='Aug 17 2009, 08:34 PM']Well that seems to have worked out ok. Iron set a little hotter than Wool and pressed for about 7 mins. Initially I set it just lower than wool and left it for 3 mins - which would have been enough for the blue p'n'p, but I had nothing transferred. A little hotter and warmer seemed to do the trick. A fair bit of retouching with the etch-resist pen cos I had no faith in the print density, but it seemed to etch ok after the remains of the stuck paper had been carefully wet-rubbed off with fingers. A couple of the less dense tracks were tested for continuity but they are sound so Mr Ritch has a PCB to go.[/quote] looks great Al, I found [url="http://www.riccibitti.com/pcb/pcb.htm"]this page[/url] which talked about using glossy magazine pages - I don't know if there would be any added benefits tho. Unfortunately I don't have a laser printer, otherwise I'd have a go. I'll prolly be putting some business your way in the near future.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='571167' date='Aug 16 2009, 10:52 PM']I'd say thats a little too tricky by hand etch-resist pen but I'm keen to try the normal paper/laser print route No prob, will do Be interested for my own projects to see if I can get the iron temperature just right to let laser-printed paper work properly.[/quote] cheers mate

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='570898' date='Aug 16 2009, 06:17 PM']I can give it a go with normal laser-print paper and an iron from the link in the pdf doc, let me know if you are interested.[/quote] Can you let me know if this is successful pls Al?

have you emailed to ask when they will have more stocks in? it may be easier (and I'm pretty sure it'll be a lot cheaper) to wait for that rather than source someone to do a one off board.

actually quite funny

I smugly voted for option 4 - I think you should go chrome

can't you just contact the engineer through the studio and ask him?

email sent max.

Good stuff, everyone sounded nice and tight. We cover this one too and it always seems to go down well did the guy stage dive in the end? the video cut out