I have been technically inclined for most of my life.
I have done sound in different churches on soundboards from 16 tracks
up to 64 tracks. I have done recordings on reel-to-reel tapes,
cassette tapes, videotapes, compact discs, DVD digital video discs,
hard drives, SSD and microSD drives, and several other types of media.
I still have 5 1/4 and 3.5 inch floppy drives in my basement (now some
of the most secure storage there is since nobody can read them :-)
I have used computers since the 1980s. I programmed my Commodore 64 to
use POKE and PEEK commands to sing three-part harmony before the
Internet existed in a way to tell me how to do it.
I could listen to music while I worked in the yard when I was younger.
I progressed up from a Walkman cassette tape player that only played
one side of the tape to a portable compact disc player that read ahead
on the drive so that it wouldn't skip to early MP3 players that were
amazing! I had an iPod and iPod apps and other devices to capture my
voice. I tend to carry a pocket voice recorder to capture my thoughts
for later editing.
I've edited videos in three-minute segments for church announcements.
I've even used green screen replacement skills to put dragons landing
in baseball fields and other amazing things.
I don't miss the stress of the live performances or the hours of
editing it takes to generate a three-minute video. But I do miss using
the technology.
Fun memories!
