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In case anyone wants to edit their own music can suggest two apps:
Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
MixPad: http://www.nch.com.au/mixpad/index.htmlAudacity is Free but can be overkill and harder to learn but most of you here would not have a problem. MixPad is extremely easy to use but is shareware. Some features are disabled (but does enough for some people) until you buy it $40. If you can use WMM for video you can use MixPad. I own MixPad for a lot of small stuff as its quicker than my advanced recording application.
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I have a small home recording studio and I’ve done stuff like that for free. Most people with home setups just like doing it as its being creative. Could be he just threw out a number. If you were talking a professional studio, rates range from $25-$75/hour for editing/mixing type work. Not sure which category he falls under.
With the right software (even free) it should not take long. Speeding up can be done in literally two minutes. Editing also can be point and click almost like editing a video in Windows Movie Maker. Really shouldn’t take more than fifteen minutes. -
A friend bought it and a week later returned it. Junk! Had problems could not figure out and support is pretty much non-existent. Maybe that is why it costs so much less than the x-pole.
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Gave this a lot of thought, nearly 3 minutes with my morning coffee. Need to get this out before the caffeine kicks in.
Here are the Seven facts.
1. What is the best country?
Whatever country I am poling in right now.
2. Why Americans want american made poles?
We Don’t trust that Easter Island-made crap.
3. Why no one likes poles from foreign companies?
We want to fully understand the person yelling at us that the pole & us fell down because we set it up wrong.
4. Why are Americans afraid of European poles?
Do the Poles really know how to make poles? (Actually they have been doing that for centuries!)
5. How is Chinese metal different from american metal?
Its predominantly american recycled cans, cars and other steel. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/13/business/china-s-need-for-metal-keeps-us-scrap-dealers-scrounging.html So your pole could have been a Pontiac Aztek!
6. What is the best pole manufacturer in the world?
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We seem to have slipped a little off topic but feel I need to add here. It is not really a great idea to self-diagnose especially when it involves inflammation, joint pain, muscle pain.
I have had a lifetime of issues that were disease related and was better to have a doctor’s involvement.
Starting at twelve I had JRA (Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis) but fortunately like most did outgrow. Then later I had what I thought was arthritis in my joints again and treated myself. It turned out it was Fibromyalgia which involved my muscles and not joints. Exercise has been my only treatment (prescribed by the doctor) but fortunately has worked very well.
A few years ago involved another inflammatory disease, Crohn’s Disease which involves the GI tract although it has caused joint and muscle pain. The first year medicines helped immensely but a year ago a new flareup started and meds are not working or serious side-effects. Currently on the last med but will be stopping in the next two weeks because of side-effects and yes also tried all the major herbal/natural cures. For most people the meds work great.
Unfortunately, I had to stop all exercise recently including pole. Not sure if its the Crohn’s or the medicine. Am going back to the Mayo Clinic next month and will find out.
Hoping to get back to poling and exercise soon. Being part of the “over 40 group” atrophy sets in too quick. While a lot of “pains” may be minor, it can be important to get many inflammatory diseases diagnosed & treated early before they spread. -
Hate having my picture taken so do not use video much for myself. Have had a mirror can help with knowing if am in a particular position right. Sometimes it feels right but it looks totally wrong 🙂
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Glad to see you giving pole a go. For fitness, it will use muscles you barely touched in the gym and give flexibility. Hope you continue with the pole.
Hope you don’t miss much of your gym workout. You are young enough to be able to skip for a little while but better to maintain. Some suggestions I give to travelers (hopefully this is not dated):
1) Checkout the Key Clubs such as Anytime Fitness, Snap Fitness, 24 Fitness, etc. They each have locations all over and one membership lets you access all locations. You walk in whenever you want.
2) Check your current fitness center/gym. Some while not franchises are members of organizations like IPFA or IHRSA that allow you to access other member gyms at little or usually no cost. Many times their own employees never mention it to members. You have to ask!
3) A limited number of Truck Stops now have fitness centers such as Travel Centers of America and Pilot. Check their websites for locations.
4) Public parks. Don’t expect weight machines or ellipticals but many now have stationary equipment to work different muscles groups. And Free access! Good place to bring family members if they are traveling with you.
5) The Hotel Room workout: Remember its about resistance and not weights. Resistance bands are one of the handiest and take up little luggage space. They can be used to work nearly every muscle group. If traveling by vehicle, consider a dumbell set. They range from inexpensive sets with separate plate weights (keep in the original box for traveling) to individual dumbells (if you do not need many) to the newer adjustable dumbells. May not be the exact or maximum weight you require but will help you maintain a level while away from your gym.
6) For cardio any time of movement from the motel swimming pool, walk around the block, running at parks or anything you can find at your location. It’s all good when it comes to cardio and keeping the heart pumping. -
Just like Allyson, I have a chrome pole and temperature is important to grip. Both my hands and the pole/room. The past year I have had to keep the thermostat several degrees cooler (at 77°) and I have almost no grip at all. If I turn it up a few degrees (81°) or AC off I get more grip. Additionally I rub my hands together for a minute before starting. As the pole is being used, grip seems to improve also.
Could it also be pole diameter? Had someone over a couple of weeks ago to try pole for the first time. Her problem is my 50mm pole and her very small hands. Brought her to someone’s house (that was freezing to me so not temperature) with a smaller pole and she was able to use it because she could get her hands around it. Not the first time have seen that.
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Lucy:
I got mine through Amazon a few years ago when the price was lower:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AQ49OYI/
They come in 2″, 4″ & 5″ thickness. I have the 5″. So far its only been really “tested” once and not by me but they had a softer landing. The only issue I have and it might be because of how thick mine is, is that it can be a little difficult to walk on. Could also be my weight because I have had friends over who weigh 2/3 of me, who have no trouble at all walking on it.
What I like about crash mats in general is not the protection. Its the peace of mind and confidence it gives. One girl I was teaching a bit was scared to do anything more than inches off the ground. When I put the mat in place she started trying things, never really fell and got even more adventurous. Now she has taught me a few things including what I was afraid to try. My opinion for what its worth, is you more need a “confidence mat” than a “crash mat.” I myself would have ordered a 10″ thick mat for the added confidence!Have to admit after reading what Chem wrote. I have no problem climbing up on very tall ladders. Its climbing down that gets me scared. But once went to a place that had poles over 16′ (they claimed they were 20 so maybe) and had no trouble on it to the top and yes down. So I have to strongly agree with her that once your confident in your grips that fear goes away. I’d love to try those tall poles again but I still am uncomfortable on 10′ ladders. Go figure!
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Nope! No such experience myself. No fear. Well, since I bought my 5″ thick crash mat!
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hookedonpole:
I have AVS4you on one of my PC’s. Might be a slightly older version. It does Titles. When editing a video, look for the Text button to click on and then it should have a bunch of text buttons with the styles. I think you drag the button style you want into the timeline where you want it. Then just edit the text. Try that. If it doesn’t work let me know and sometime I can power on that PC. -
What I have done a couple of times is contacting the manufacturer and asking if an Amazon dealer was authorized to sell their products. Just did that last month for something.
I thought Lil’ Mynx themselves I had seen as an Amazon seller.NOTE TO MANUFACTURERS! (I have seen your posts on here) Why not offer this person a discount Total Price being the shipping is so much to Alaska? You get a customer and some goodwill I am sure would be posted on here.
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Other people have explained this stuff to me so I do not mind explaining to others if it helps. It was much easier & simpler when everything was on film. [Yes! I posted on the ‘Are you over 40’ discussion!]
You did not give details of what you are using. If you have Windows 7 or 8, you might want to upgrade to WMM 2012 which gives more options for saving including Youtube which uses MP4. You can see what you can upgrade to at:
http://windows.microsoft.com/sv-se/windows/get-movie-maker-download
for us in the US its:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-movie-maker-downloadIf you list your camera might be able to help further. Knowing what the raw video format from the camera helps.
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Would use the “Recommended for this project” (which is usually the computer setting) or “BURN a DVD” if you will be burning a DVD or you could use the Custom Settings (scroll down on the SAVE MOVIE menu) and use the settings from the original video.
The biggest issue with saving as HD if it is not HD is missing pixels. Example: If you take a still picture that is say 600×480 and enlarge it to 1024×768 you will notice it gets grainy because you are adding pixels that do not exist in the original. The same is in effect for video if you try to enlarge it. In WMM, if you ever try to set a video for widescreen aspect, you notice it usually just adds black bars on the side because there is No info/pixels. Some video apps will stretch the video and remove a little top & bottom for widescreen making it a little distorted.
There are a few apps that can convert to HD but to me the ones I tried I thought looked worse.When I watch videos on this website on my TV instead of my computer, I set it at 480p. Anything larger and it starts looking worse although its displaying full-screen with all settings. So even if you save your video to a smaller video format like “For COmputer”, it can display as well as it can based on the original video.
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If you can find the pole you want on Amazon, each seller sometimes adjusts their own shipping fees. Have a friend who spends part of the year in Hawaii and something they needed last year had three sellers. Two had shipping cost well over $100 but one charged less than $20 for the same item. It would have been free shipping to the lower 48 from all three but it came out less in the end than if I shipped it to them.
