Last Minute Question

[BrettVW]

Hey everyone,

It's late Friday night and I am leaving for a weekend trip and realized I will not be able to pick up Casey. No technology here to record it off an internet stream either.

I have heard of people who record the radio off of their VCR. Anyone know how that is done? I'm leaving at about 10am Saturday EST, but if anyone could help me that would be awesome. Thanks a bunch!!

[Deleted]

I have heard of that, but never knew how to. If you had high speed I'd just send them to you but you dont.

[BrettVW]

For anyone who may also be wondering, I also posted this on the Radio-Info boards and got some feedback. For anyone else who may be curious, here is the link to my post there. Thanks again everyone!

www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=470945&Board=usa

[jlbass]

I would download a copy of advanced sound recorder and go to AT40.de, find a station that carries the Casey program you are looking for and copy the show that way.

[Deleted]

I can answer tat for Brett, he doesnt have high speed internet. They work best when you do.

[BrettVW]

Thanks everyone.

I ended up catching the show...and in a way that only us Casey fans would do. I'm sure (and I know as we have discussed this before) what I did yesterday is very similar to what others have done over the years.

I found a station where I was going to be for my aunt and uncle's 50th anniversary party. AT20 runs 6pm-9pm. I knew that a) we would be at the party for those hours and b) there was no way I could listen to the broadcast.

So, I brought the boombox and a pack of blank tapes and taped the show from the car while at the party....heading to the car several times to flip the tape and make sure everything was going well. Of course, when we had a family water balloon toss - my biggest concern wasn't losing or getting wet - but rather that I may miss my next tape flip. But I got the whole show, and when we retired to our hotel around 11 last night....I figured I would listen to the first few songs and see how the show sounded, what kind of imaging the station used for the show, etc. Anyway, around 1:30am fighting sleep, I finished up the show and went to bed.

As easy as internet downloads and copying the show for later via internet or CD...that was the most fun I have had with a Casey show in a while. Good fun.

[Deleted]

Well, I am glad you heard it and had fun. I prefer my new technoligy method of recording to the computer, taking out the commercials, sticking it on my Dell DJ and listening while I drive for work.

[Radioman]

BrettVW

I was just wondering why you never heard of taping audio on a VCR ?
It is one of the oldest ways to store a long running programme (analog) without flipping a tape or what ever. Back at the old days in the 80's and early 90's, I used this method to record the yearend marathons all night long. You get 10 hours without running out of tape.
As it was told to you on the other board, VCR (stereo's that is) have the best audio quality of any analog recording system. Even if you use it super long play modus, there is still more sound quality than with any ordinary audio cassette tape.

And I thought mono VCR's are going to die ? Since the whole VCR system is going to die because of DVD's, there are lots of stereo VCR's on discount.

OK, I forgot about your age ! You're a "Senior Member" out here, but very young at age.
There you see about the generation gaps. Your generation thinks each and everything is born on CD or MP3. Mine knows about the hard times 15 to 20 years ago, when recording from the radio was really hard work. No downloads. No skipping tracks.
As much as I enjoy the new methods of recording and digital media, wich I use all by myself -
I believe I don't want to miss a single minute of the old eras gone by.

[BrettVW]

Radioman,

Whenever I have needed to tape a radio show, I have done it simply by recording via an audiocassette. Often times I will use a light timer extension to plug into the wall outlet that I am using my boombox on to start the tape and radio at the right time. However, I can only get an hour out of that with a 120-minute tape.

I personally know for a fact that not everything is born on a CD or MP3. I have a collection of well over 500 record albums that still shrinks and grows as I go to various record stores to buy, sell, and trade albums. I also have a collection of about 100 45-RPM singles. Up until recently, we had a functioning 8-track player that I used. I also have cassettes, as well as the traditional CD's.

I have yet to purchase an iPod, an MP3 player, and although my computer automatically came with a CD burner, I have used it maybe 5 times as I do not download music via the internet.

Even up at college with high speed internet 8 months a year, I have never recorded or downloaded radio from the internet, nor have I downloaded hundreds of thousands of MP3 files like several of my friends. I would wake up on Sunday morning sometimes after very little sleep to listen to Casey. And I loved every minute of it, and took a nap on Sunday afternoon. I could have easily recorded it for later, but that's just not what I wanted to do. Besides the fact that i'm a bit computer illiterate...it just doesn't interest me. While I may be 19, I am also very 'old fashioned' when it comes to certain things.

So - the whole VCR thing. You ask why I had never heard of it. Well - I had heard of it, or else I would not have asked how it was done when I started this thread. I simply had never done it myself and was not sure how it was done. While I did not need to end up doing it on this trip - it will come in handy in the future if I want an aircheck of a station or if I need to record future Casey shows.

While it says I am a "senior member", I am in fact 19. But that doesn't mean that I feel everything is born on CD or MP3. That is not the case whatsoever.

[Matt Cameron]

I had never heard of the practice of taping the radio from a VCR, and I'm 37!
Glad to see someone else out there doing their part to keep vinyl alive!

[Deleted]

I had heard of it or wondered maybe once or twice if you could record to a VCR. But a.) no one when I was younger had up to date electronics (it wasn't until 2002 I had a TV with A/V inputs) and b.) I guess I didnt really care too much to ever try and figure out what was needed.

Radioman, taping off the radio is hard times?? I never considered it that, I thought it was just NORMAL to listen to a show whenever it came on and record it as such. What's with the venom towards a younger generation who lives in a world of new technology and why would you expect them to know about the way things were back in your heyday? I for one am 28, grew up with records and tapes but have almost none now and DO NOT WANT ANY! Why should I when I get better sound quality from a CD or LEGAL MP3s? I remember my parents having 8 tracks but had no idea what they were and I guess the 8 track player was broken because I to this day have NEVER heard an 8-track, does that make me or anyone else who hasn't less an authority on things?

Do you get angry when you see people with a remote control for a TV and complain you had to actually get up and change the channel? Or upset when you see people with 300 channels on TV as opposed to the 36 or less you had growing up?

Everyone can't be born in the same generation and know what it was like, I for one DO record these shows to the computer so I can listen at a more convenient time. If tjis new type of technology did not exist I wou;d NEVER listen anymore, because my life is no longer geared towards listening to any radio shows on the weekend.

[BrettVW]

Good points Paul.

And Paul, your comments about being able to record the shows to the computer is a huge convienience. That's definately one of the best features. For me, it's not really necessary, as I am home for the summer and interning at a local station, but interns do not work weekends, so for me I enjoy looking forward to the broadcasts of the shows as a way to wind down. But i'm sure as college gets more rigorous in the coming years, and then life after college, I may start recording as well.

[Deleted]

Thats understandable, if it is still convenient for you to listen on the weekends and you are able to find ways to fit it into your schedule or MAKE it fit, thats great. With me, they aren;t that important to do so especially when I can listen in an hour or so less time by listening later.

[Radioman]

BrettVW

I'm sorry if you got the feeling that I thought you might be stupid or something like that.
That wasn't what I've tried to say ....... So please don't get me wrong !

I was just wondering, since I believed almost every fan of Casey's shows has this very same problem sooner or later: How to record a long form radio show, without beeing there or without flipping tapes, when leaving the house after the beginning of the show.
Since the methods of recording audio were limited until a few years ago, VCR has always been a top option, especially for timed scheduled radio recordings. Something for with audio cassette tapes are very limited.
I'm listening and recording for decades on Casey's show and probably haven't missed more than a handful of shows within 25 years or so. That's why I thought VCR is a well known and common method to tape the shows at any time.

Thank God these days are over now and we have lot's of different ways to hear and store the show, from MP3 sticks to portable players, from automatic PC recording sessions to mobile multimedia phones soon.
So let's not cry about the old ways and media to listen to the programme.