So my wife is taking me to Ground Kontrol for our anniversary!!!!

[GaryMcT]

What else should I do while in Portland?

[Ginsu Victim]

You're going to Ground Kontrol.....what else do you need? 

[GaryMcT]

Yeah, no kidding!  She was going to surprise me, but finally had to tell me after I kept bugging her about going there.  I've never been there before.  Going to record some arcade ambience while I'm there too since a friend loaned me his little quadraphonic recorder thingy.

[telengard]

Yeah, no kidding!  She was going to surprise me, but finally had to tell me after I kept bugging her about going there.  I've never been there before.  Going to record some arcade ambience while I'm there too since a friend loaned me his little quadraphonic recorder thingy.

Very cool.  I like the arcade ambiance project but I would love to hear what you record.  IIRC the arcade ambience stuff was constructed.   I was thinking about doing the same when I go to funspot next week.

~telengard

[GaryMcT]

Yeah, no kidding!  She was going to surprise me, but finally had to tell me after I kept bugging her about going there.  I've never been there before.  Going to record some arcade ambience while I'm there too since a friend loaned me his little quadraphonic recorder thingy.

Very cool.  I like the arcade ambiance project but I would love to hear what you record.  IIRC the arcade ambience stuff was constructed.   I was thinking about doing the same when I go to funspot next week.

~telengard

Yes, it was constructed.  It's too artificial sounding and busy for my taste.

[Dazz]

Say hello to Major Tom for me!

[GaryMcT]

Say hello to Major Tom for me!

Nice Bowie reference!!!  Or, umm, is there someone there named that?

I love the Venture Bros episode with all the Major Tom stuff.

[Ginsu Victim]

Yes, it was constructed.  It's too artificial sounding and busy for my taste.

Yeah, it is a tad too busy. I've never been a huge fan of it, but I appreciate Andy's effort. I still use it in my frontend, since there really aren't any better alternatives that I'm aware of.

[GaryMcT]

Ground Kontrol was AWESOME!!!  If you ever get a chance, go.  It was nice when they kicked the kids out at 5PM and then stayed open until 2:30AM.

I did get quite a bit of audio from in there.  I'll have to go through it all at some point and edit out kids screaming, parts with overly loud music, etc.  I think there's quite a bit of good stuff there.  I have it as a quadraphonic recording. . I can keep it that way while editing and then mix down to a stereo version and possibly make a surround version too in case anyone is set up for that.  Will likely be a while before I get to this though.

Cool thing is that they were actually playing Andy's arcade ambiance tracks out the front door to entice people to come in!

[RayB]

What else should you do? ANYTHING the wife wants.

[Paladin]

My wife and I just went down to Portland yesterday to pick up my grail pinball machine - Eight Ball Deluxe.  We got a late start and didn't get home until 10:30.  We were way too hot and traffic stressed to stop by GK.  I've only been there once, but it was a blast.

[TheShanMan]

Paladin/Gary/anyone: LMK if you're making a trip to GK. I live 20-30 minutes from there and don't get over there often enough, so I need an excuse to go. Meeting up with people is always fun.

[SQrL]

All this talk about GK is making me realize I need to make some trips as well.  I work a few blocks from it, so I might do some lunch breaks there sometime soon.  I love all the pins upstairs!

[GaryMcT]

My wife and I just went down to Portland yesterday to pick up my grail pinball machine - Eight Ball Deluxe.  We got a late start and didn't get home until 10:30.  We were way too hot and traffic stressed to stop by GK.  I've only been there once, but it was a blast.

Cool that you got the pinball you were looking for!

Going to GK didn't help my wife's desire for a pinball machine at all.  It put Star Trek:TNG and the Lord of the Rings pinball machines up on the top of her wish list.