January 22, 2011 – 3:08 am
One of my friends recently moved to a new house. Unfortunately, during the process some of his wii discs shattered after experiencing a head on collision with a wardrobe (at least that’s what he says). At this point, he was left with three options: either repurchase the games lost from the collection ($50 a game), forget about the games altogether or hack his wii using the homebrew channel and play backup versions of his game. Needless to say, he decided to go for option three. The process took about 2 hours and was moderate in difficulty (If you have ever reformatted a computer, you should be able to follow the steps in the guide attached to this post).
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
|
January 3, 2011 – 8:45 pm
If you took the time to read my “Must have University Software” post, you probably have a good idea of what Dropbox does. For those who haven’t read the article, Dropbox is a program that automatically backs up your files to a secure online server. In case of a hardware failure, restoring your documents, music and other content is as easy as downloading the client and logging into your Dropbox account. The program also allows invitational folder sharing which is quite useful when working on collaborative projects. Revisions of documents are automatically saved and can be restored with a click of a button. Additionally, Dropbox will also perform file syncing to ensure each member has the latest revision of a particular file.
