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Johanek Family Poem
by kristyjo

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Submitted on: Aug 18, 2007 - 08:48:23 PM
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Keywords computer (12), singing computer (1), silliness (4), family fun (1), time wasting goodness. (1)

Description The 'Make Your Mac sing' discussion reminded me of this 'family poem' we wrote when the kids were little. We wrote it in Appleworks, then used the voices to 'perform' it in different ways. This was way back in 1996, when we got a beige 5260, and I was the first person in our neighborhood to get on the world wide web. Anyway, yes Macs could sing and speak back then, so when I read the Mac sing thread, I just rewrote the 'lyrics'in Appleworks, set speech prefs to 'pipe organ' and recorded it through QuickTime. Nothing fancy, but lots of fun. Oh, the melodic patterns are set by your use of punctuation and number of syllables in words. I actually changed this melody by using periods instead of commas in some places.

Lyrics Paul. Paul. melon ball.
Steven Wayne. candy cane.
Sarah Kristine, jelly bean.
Kristy Sue, chicken stew.
Bob. Bob. corn on the cob.

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Software: Appleworks, Voices, QuickTime

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	John Stebbe said 509 days ago
	Pretty neat That's pretty cool, Kristy. I didn't know you could use QuickTime to record things. (Maybe it's a "Pro" thing.) A very worthwhile family project! I'm sure your kids appreciate you involving them in your various tech-type enterprises.

kristyjo said 509 days ago

We have a week til school starts,
I should be finishing up summer projects, but instead, I'm messing around with stuff like this - On well.
Yeah, the QuickTime recording is a 'pro' function. I always get the pro upgrade, because I find it's useful for lots of little 'utility' tasks. I think Audio Hijack does the same thing, but I'm used to the QuickTime interface. I used to do my movie projects on QuickTime before iMovie came out. When they got rid of 'simple sound' as a mac utility, they added recording capabilities to Mac pro.
Hey - I am enjoying your new CD (actually digital download for me.) Some nice stuff there.

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John Stebbe said 509 days ago

Thanks, Kristy
So you downloaded my new CD? I really appreciate that. Thanks so much, you've made my Sunday!

I didn't know that about QTPro. Yes, I have used Audio Hijack too, and it's shareware, and works great. But it does seem to go through a lot of steps that do not appear very elegant. I would bet the QT Pro recording process is a lot slicker.

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drakonis said 509 days ago

me too
I too tended to play with these voices a lot, really raised eyebrows on fellow PC-users faces. There's a simple way to redirect the talking to an AIFF file *without* the QT Pro option, but you have to use the AppleScript Editor to write a script, and write it to an AIFF file... but if I gave away that secret, everybody would be doing it, and your cute recording here would lose some of its smirky uniqueness :-) Of course, then you'd show them, and write some choral fugue with the Macintalk voices, I know you :-)
ttfn,
Drakonis

	ledebutant said 508 days ago
	Kristy Sue, Chicken Stew Completely charming. I'm going to have Bob, Bob, corn on the cob stuck in my head all day, now. :_0

	Mcboy said 508 days ago
	how kool is this...very ...very....

	Macaudion said 508 days ago
	eh eh eh... fun, kristyjo! your computer is a knucklehead! that's funny... dion

	Doadars Uncle said 507 days ago
	Hey! What fun is that?! I want to make a family poem, now. Do your kids still recite this? It might be just the thing for those middle school blues! Doug

	echoroom said 506 days ago
	Great effect This is sweet and also kinda dark - that's a great effect - I think I'll file this for future use - great fun Steve

	timothy devine said 506 days ago
	cool Interesting. My 8 year old is sitting behind me and was very impressed. Shes gonna make me do a project now I'm sure. peace tim Her name is Emily and can be found singing a mothers day song Mommy around here

	said 504 days ago
	What tha? You really pulled the rug out from under me on this one Kristine! Very creative. Like a deleted nursery school scene from the movie THX-1138. At once sweet and somewhat chilling! Be well! (acoustic): http://www.macjams.com/song/34726

	Axgrinder said 503 days ago
	Interesting! Now that was humorously clever of you. If I made a family poem, I would have to rate it "explicit" Or is that extraplicit? You don't know my family.... ;-P I enjoyed this Kristy. I apologize for my scarcity.

	Enrique Gil said 495 days ago
	That was soooooo cool! it really made me laugh! I really like this stuff. Why dont you make it into a catchy children's melody? the words already have the longlasting quality of a true classic children's poem. I am waiting for a follow up on this!

	guitapick said 487 days ago
	Now... ...imagine this as the motif for a much larger piece centered around a cathedral organ in a huge space... Cool poem, Kristy. Voice is "unique"... BTW: my email notification system isn't working for some reason...so I'm not aware of when my faves are putting stuff out, lately. Sorry...

	estellie said 479 days ago
	LOL!!!!!!! Woo Hoo. This is a hoot. Cute!!!

	kristyjo said 503 days ago
	It's amazing - what you think is funny when the kids are little. Also, that I never thought about a double meaning for any of the vegetables before.

	ledebutant said 496 days ago
	OH! Neither had I until I read your reply! Trust me to zone in on that one. :-p

	kristyjo said 495 days ago
	Thanks for listening I'm not sure I could stand more than one recitation of it, but it is very...very... novel.

	kristyjo said 495 days ago
	Hey - nice to see you around, Dion. I haven't thought about subjecting people to this computer voice for a few years, but, sure enough, someone from MacJams dragged it out of me.

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