ipods in path residency

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[RyMcQ]

Whenever possible, I try to have music on when I review slides. Helps me concentrate better for some reason. I have used my PDA as an mp3 player, but since I have a computer at practically every place I review slides, I have burned my entire collection of music files to about 10 CDs, and I listen to them with the computer's media player. This might save you a few bucks.

Incidentally, there are many other digital media players out there that are just as good as the Ipod and cheaper. (Maybe not as cool, though). And depending on how much music you listen to at any given time, mp3 players with a fraction of the Ipod's memory are much much cheaper.

 

[yaah]

Truthfully I keep forgetting to bring my music in with me. I don't have an IPod and I don't plan on getting one. I have my Bose wave radio at home and that's good enough for me. I have a hard time having music on while doing things that require my brain. I start paying attention to the music. I tend to have an analytical mind about such things and start trying to analyze the structure and rhythms. When reviewing slides I like some music but I usually don't bother.

Lots of residents do have headphones on a lot when reviewing slides though.

 

[Mrbojangles]

Why have ipods become so trendy? I feel like I'm missing out on the next big thing. Is there some feature they have that other mp3 players don't? Also do you upload mp3s you have stored onto your computer with those things or do you upload those temporary mp3 files that prevent copyright infrignement? And do they interface only with Macs?

I can't listen to music when I study so I doubt I can do that when looking at slides. I haven't tried listening to Mozart or Bach which might work since their melody is somewhat mathematical and predictable without being too distracting especially for Bach.

 

[Doctor B.]

I'm like Yaah, I get distracted by the music. I start headbanging and singing metallica lyrics...it tends to disturb those around me and keeps me from getting my work done 🙂. Maybe I should try Puccini instead...

 

[yaah]

If you can study and listen to Puccini you are likely deaf. O soave fanciulla is marvelous, a duet which ends with the pair walking off stage...Good recordings will encorporate this.

Dammi il braccio, mia piccina.
Obbedisco, signor!
Che m'ami di'...
Io t'amo!
Amor! Amor! Amor!

The worst offender to me is Beethoven. I was in a restaurant where the ambient music was the last movement of the 9th symphony, and although I have heard it hundreds of times and can probably play it my head if I like, I sat there in stunned awe as it went on. Then they cut it off so some tool could play pseudo-jazz on his keyboard for happy hour. 🙁

 

[mosche]

Truthfully I keep forgetting to bring my music in with me. I don't have an IPod and I don't plan on getting one. I have my Bose wave radio at home and that's good enough for me. I have a hard time having music on while doing things that require my brain. I start paying attention to the music. I tend to have an analytical mind about such things and start trying to analyze the structure and rhythms. When reviewing slides I like some music but I usually don't bother.

Lots of residents do have headphones on a lot when reviewing slides though.

Okay, I know that this is fixin' to be off-topic, but I have to ask: Do you like your Bose? I've watched their commercials and often thought that, if it's as good as the commercials make it seem, I might like to have one. The thought of symphonic sound blareing in my apartment makes me smile 🙂 .

 

[yaah]

Well I'll tell you, it as good a radio as one could hope for, in my opinion. A lot of people like the sound of headphones, and this does a pretty good job of approximating headphones. The nice thing is that it can handle a very wide range of tones and volume levels without crapping out or minimizing some of the dynamic range like many other stereos. I should say, however, that a lot of newer stereos are quite good.

It just gives a great sound. It is not, however, quite the same as being in Symphony hall with a full orchestra. A lot of the subtleties of great recordings are brought out well.

I am not trying to sell it, merely offering my opinion. For a lot of music it is no better than an average stereo. Abba, for example, sounds the same. But Mahler is quite good. And if you have a great stereo it may not offer much - the attraction is that it is a somewhat small, moveable thing that doesn't require tons of wires and speaker units in order to sound great - it's a self contained little unit.

 

[deschutes]

Whenever possible, I try to have music on when I review slides. Helps me concentrate better for some reason. I have used my PDA as an mp3 player, but since I have a computer at practically every place I review slides, I have burned my entire collection of music files to about 10 CDs, and I listen to them with the computer's media player.

Only late in med school did I discover this. So many years of my life wasted!

I like earphones/headphones for concentrating on work. Partly because I find people talk to me less when I have them on.

I don't have a PDA or MP3 player, and have only limited access to a CD burner. Like RyMcQ I contemplated transferring my entire collection of music files onto CD - but then decided it was worth lugging the laptop around if I still had the option of listening to the tracks in whatever permutation I happened to wish for that day.

My laptop has JBL speakers on board - not your usual tinny sound. It's going on 5 years old now, but the speakers are part of the reason I'm hanging on to it.

 

[cytotech27]

Why have ipods become so trendy? I feel like I'm missing out on the next big thing. Is there some feature they have that other mp3 players don't? Also do you upload mp3s you have stored onto your computer with those things or do you upload those temporary mp3 files that prevent copyright infrignement? And do they interface only with Macs?

I can't listen to music when I study so I doubt I can do that when looking at slides. I haven't tried listening to Mozart or Bach which might work since their melody is somewhat mathematical and predictable without being too distracting especially for Bach.

I have an ipod because it came with my new beetle (I guess if you buy a $20,000 car, they throw that in!). The great thing about them is that they will hold your entire music library and organize it very well. Also books on tape, a calender, games (like the old atari superbreakout, love it!) can be loaded in . It interfaces with PCs as well as Macs. You can load mp3s and it is not against the law. They also give you the program to convert your regulary CDs to mp3s. Music is constantly going in the cytology world. We listen to books and all kinds of things too. In fact with the last three dang slides to go today I am going to pump up the dave matthews and crank out those suckers!

 

[RyMcQ]

Is there some feature [Ipods] have that other mp3 players don't?

People really like the Ipods. They seem to be feature-rich and easy to use. I will personally get another kind of player (like the Rio Karma) that will play more than just mp3s. My whole music collection is in Windows Media format (wma) which has better sound quality than mp3. I'm torn because I try not to support Microsoft whenever I can help it. I guess I could convert my stuff to mp3pro or ogg, but wma is the easiest to rip, play on my PDA, etc.

 

[yaah]

Darnit, when I start doing heavy slide previewing starting in march, I am going to have to get one of these mofos, aren't I? Crap. I think at that point I will be wanting company from Schubert or Brahms.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I think I will be getting an IPOD soon as well. Having to burn CDs and then play them on my discman in my car and have songs skip because my shocks are shot...this gets tiring.

I would put all my Rachmaninoff tracks I have on my computer onto my IPOD. Of course, since I'm a big electric guitar fan, I'd have to pollute my IPOD with Satriani, Vai, Malmsteen, Romeo tracks.

As for listening to music while previewing slides, I'm all for it. However, for me, classical music (or any type of music that doesn't have lyrics) would be compatible with that type of activity. Same goes for reading. I guess it's probably because I silently talk to myself while engaging in those type of activities and listening to someone else sing something would be truly distracting.

With all that said, isn't it a bit scary seeing how technology has advanced over the years?