Roflcopter
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Don't use vista, but I thought I'd give that a google - and guess what: there isn't any. Vista does everything per application these days. I found one little program that does output volume system wide on vista, but not mike levels. That should be done by your application, anyway - there is no systemwide microphone setting in Vista anymore. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/CoreAudio.aspx
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Later this week I'll start work on the final version of the video for John's Awaken song (it's on his myspace). John liked the 'demo version', so to speak - so it's now time to work out those ideas and turn them into more convincing animations etc. Since there's been a few requests about storyboards and how it all works from scratch I will be going through the steps one by one, frow sketching the storyboard and using those scanned pictures as dummies in a project, bringing in each sequence from its workbench once finally rendered. Will keep you guys posted.
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In for a recording challenge? http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/record-deerhoof.html
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I think the common denominator between those social networks and lotteries is that some people can strike it big, but usually it's the owners that benefit most. Is it a marketing tool or for social chat? For the first, the less competition the better, for the latter, the reverse. Hmm. It will probably go the way all those hyped networks go, and mostly become some stock toy. Can be fun, but just speaking for me personally, I find hypes always pretty yawn-evoking. Just my two eurocents.
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Did you check all the micophone volume settings in Windows itself - sometimes they are nearly shut by default, can be a real bugger.
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I was looking for something recently and found that due to the nature of the item, all search phrases returned only junk. Hopeless. So I just brute-forced it by typing a very generic searchterm in google, switch to images and eyeball it. Took only 8 pages to find the right picture, from there the right page, and done. That was after 2 days of searching already. I was lucky, I guess, but typing 'Yamaha synthesizer' and leaf through even a hundred pages *can* be faster.
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Thanks Nightwolf! I find it very handy to scan the pictures to .jpg, and then put those in my project file in Premiere as placeholders on the track, and drag them to the planned length already as if they were the final clip.. I put them in chronological order of course, but on several tracks, one for clips that need special FX, one for stills, one for indoor stuff etc. This keeps everything very manageable. It's quite a drag inserting a scene smack into the middle of a project, and this way you have all your lines worked out, so the chance of that happening are pretty slim. Our mind is still the best thing when it comes to imagining, but when it comes to sorting and remembering every loose end, it usually falls short of what we'd hope.
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Any movie project should start out with a storyboard. This is just like a comic, with pictures showing what you see from scene to scene. This is a great help in organising your thoughts. There is software for it too, but that's more for really big projects, and can take more time to learn that is maybe worth for small projects. Just a sketchbook and a pencil will do brilliantly.
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I think it will work out the same as with those e-bows. You hear them on quite a few songs, but listening to a solid hour *only* e-bow could get a little tedious. Lou might make one though, not looking forward really - but I might be wrong. Think it will be used to create a certain atmosphere, and I think for some things they could be perfect. Wouldn't spend 6.5K on it though.
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Well, too bad It's funny - I've seen a few pages listing and discussing them in chronological order as they were released, and no DX50 in any of them. Only DX100, with this one close by in the time-frame, hence my assumption about the V. Ach, well - good luck.
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I think because you're mistaken about the DX part of the name - can only find a V50? [edit added link] http://www.asbro.com/blogger/neatgadgets/2...amaha-v-50.html [edit 2] They do go on sale apparently once in a while, and you should expect to pay 400-450 US$. Another site I saw said 419 as 'going price', so I guess that's correct. http://soft.com.sg/forum/keyboard-buy-sell...syth-cheap.html Found someone who could supply you with any missing manuals/software etc for a song: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Yamaha-V50-Sound-Librar...L080719091a2640
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Weeeeelllll, you still have to type it into the search box, so that's another 1.85 secs.... as for the rest, check your PM
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I think everyone can find the pgmusic site via google in 2 secs, neo. If that's not what you mean, I wouldn't advertise it here.
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Anybody mention the Amen break already? That wins the prize for most recognisable. As in: it's everywhere, even if you don't know the name.
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If you haven't seen/heard this one yet, it's a treat.
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Sorr for being a bit late, but cool find, typo!
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You mean a buzz-word?
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Looks like a strange mix of things indeed. Bit of early Jacksons, bit of Kramer Striker. Could well be a local copy, or a mutt. This did give me a splendid idea for a new website BTW - thanks.
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Hivemind is like a colony of insects 'thinking' as a colony, not as individuals, a group mind. Term very popular in Science Fiction and mysticism, but not in biology. They don't really use it, because they don't like to use the word 'mind' to begin with.
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It's like Steve says, it's not the cable. That would have to get like over 30 meters to start adding noticeable return time delays. It's the crappy onboard. Think anywhere between 15 and 50 milliseconds - enough to throw off any serious playing. If you sing into a mike and you hear yourself over the cups you will probably even begin to stutter, they used to do that in tv shows in the past for fun, just let someone hear his own voice with a delay, and off goes your timing. With playing keyboard - same thing, really. Horror, and you thought you upgraded. That's why you sometimes have to take it one step further than the immediate problem, and invest your way out of the whole thing properly. I got me an Edirol FA-66 firewire external box for music, and use a Soundblaster for games. I *also* have an onboard - but that's turned off in the BIOS, so it can never get close to my stuff. Ever. [edit for double word]
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It should work, but with most onboard soundsytems you get pretty bad latency (delay) - another reason why I suggested a different soundcard, internal or external. You'd have hardly any latency, and *much* better sound usually. Those older Realtek onboards are semi-decent for a videogame or dvd, at best - not the best idea for music production. Just my 2 cents.
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I have about a dozen picks for special jobs, but I use stubbies mostly for lead picking. I usually hold it very tight (you'd need a pair of plyers to take it from me) and am always surprised when strings *don't* break (ofcourse they never do while I play, but I often think they should have). Angle and force used, and exactly how you use palm mutes, are all very important. Can't whisper into a microphone either and expect a bellow I remember reading Stevie Ray Vaughn even cut off part of the calluses on one of his feet and superglued that to a ravaged finger, so he could play. He played steel cables BTW, not strings. (.013) Currently working on my circle picking: http://www.cleverjoe.com/articles/circle_picking.html
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Think the latter is the better advice - don't think his Dell even has a gameport? That's onboard audio IANM, and not a SB or something.
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Essentially a soundcard in a separate box - since PCI is on the way out, and PCI-E cards are pretty rare and expensive, at least what I've seen. There's ones made by Edirol and M-Audio that use USB or Firewire, depending on your preferences. Edirol UA-25 or FA 66, and as I said M-Audio should have something cheaper maybe. Those type of units (but do check) usually have every type of port you could wish for. http://www.roland.com/products/en/ua-25/
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Hey neo, your computer has dandruff. Honestly, I dunno about how reliable those USB to midi converters are in practice - and if you're using the onboard Dell that could be a real problem all by itself. I'd consider checking out the cheaper external sound devices and plug *that* into the USB, have 2 real 5-pin midi ports, and loads better sound to boot - and probably costs not much more than a converter. Last time I saw one I was appalled at the price. Anyway, do the math - but if the difference is small, go for the better sound device.
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