Besides pranking my fellow peers and stressing over exams all day today, I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a presentation by none other than Stephen Elop (CEO, Nokia). In the presentation, the McMaster graduate discussed many topics (some quite controversial) including the future of mobile devices, Apple’s iPhone, Android OS and the recent strategic decisions made by his company (Nokia). It was interesting to see Elop’s own views on why partnership with Microsoft was essential to maintain competition in the mobile market. Anyhow, without further to do I have attached most of the presentation below in addition to a download link (just as a backup).
Tags Burning Platform, Cellular, Elop, McMaster, Mobile, N8, Nokia, Speech, Stephen, Symbian, Technology, University, Windows Phone 7
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January 14, 2011 – 3:36 pm
Over the christmas break, my sister was given a Keyboard as a gift from my parents. Since she has never played a music instrument before, it was nothing fancy. The Casio LK-110 was just like any other 61 key entry level keyboard with one exception: It was MIDI capable. For those unfamiliar, MIDI or Musical Instrument Digital Interface is a protocol that allows musical instruments to communicate with other electronic devices such as a computer. In turn, this allows one to do some pretty fancy stuff as shown in the video below. Through software such as Ableton Live, it is possible to change instruments, adjust variables such as pitch, and even record tracks without any distortion. If MIDI is paired with the correct software it can also be used reproduce realistic sounds achievable by only more expensive keyboard models.
Tags Ableton, Casio LK-110, Instrument, Keyboard, MIDI, Music, Production, Realistic Sound, Reason, Synthesizer, Tutorial
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November 28, 2010 – 7:52 pm
Just saw something interesting on my friend’s Facebook page today and thought I would share. In short, it’s a Google Translate trick that uses phonemes in the German language to produce an artificial (computer generated) beatboxing effect. For those interested, I have attached instructions in the post. Have fun and try editing the text to see if you can form your own rhythms!
What is Beatboxing?
According to Wikipedia (Best source ever), “Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion which primarily involves the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one’s mouth, lips, tongue and voice.”
