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Manual Zombie – Ice from the sun
Aug 25th
www.manualzombie.com Clips from Deep Red – http Silent Night, Bloody Night – www.archive.org Dead People – www.archive.org Don’t look in the basement – www.archive.org 68 Vintage Fairlight VJ Loops by VJzoo- www.archive.org Mannequin Factory – www.archive.org VJ Clips of Bricks – by Carrie Gates www.archive.org VJ Lambency Free VJ Loops – www.archive.org Glitch paintings – www.archive.org Urban Animals – www.archive.org
Android – A new Operating System from Google
Aug 15th
Android is an open-source Software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications to allow developers to develop Internet style applications on the phone. The development of the android operating system takes place through the use of a software development kit provided by Google. Android is NOT Java technology even though it uses the Java programming language. It is based on the Linux OS and coded in a Java-like language.
The idea behind the platform is to combine technology companies with mobile companies to produce an open operating system that can be updated by any developer to improve the product for its users. Developers can use SDK kit to create applications that work with the android platform to gather other applications in addition to those included with the android operating system itself. The SDK includes an emulator that will help developers test their applications on the android operating system. The android operating system is also built under the phenomenon that each application is as good as the applications that are included.
Developers looking to create mobile experiences using the android operating system can do so using a standard Application Programming Interface (API) permitting them to use a series of procedure calls to control and access common elements within android. The API also permits items stored within the mobile environment, like contacts and appointments, to integrate with web services like online calendar and interaction services like email, groups etc.
Previous Surveys says that the mobile market is three times bigger than the Internet. Google purchased Android on July 2005. Currently LG, Sony Ericsson, HTC (Htc Magic — The latest Android Phone from HTC), ASUS, Samsung, Garmin, Huawei, Toshiba, & Motorola are creating gPhones – Phones that use Android software. There have been reports that a T-Mobile device and an HTC device might use the android operating system in the near future.
It will be interesting to watch which devices and carriers choose to support the android operating system. The deal that development is open to anyone who wish to use it, will also allow those with the need to create custom applications for a mobile device to do so, without requiring the purchase of special software and other items, which can sometimes be difficult to buy. Manufacturers like DELL, Sony Ericsson, LG, Huawei, Archos, Lenova and many others have also planned to release Android based Devices in the upcoming years. So there is a surprising fact prevailing around that the foot mark of Android may change the way mobile phones and other devices are used.
Effect generated from Pilgrim VJ software
Aug 14th
This cool effect is completely generated with Pilgrim.
convert/export to a MPG file from imovie .mov file on a Mac OS X?
Aug 7th
IMovie to MPG Converter
Does anyone know any way to export to a MPG file (or other software to convert it) from imovie on a Mac OS X?
Nonetheless its many shining features, the imovie series suffer from a frustrating drawback:hard to share with other common video formats.Many imovie users may have a heck of a time figuring out how to export to a .mpg file after editing from there. So, is there an easy way to go about this?
Apparently, MPG (inc.MPEG-1 and MPEG-2)has a quality nearly as good as any other standard definition video files.Apart from that,it has gained a distinction for its wide compatibility both on Mac and PCs.Indeed,it can be read easily by most video editing or playback tools.
How to export an iMovie .mov file as a mpg file on Mac OS?
But,what would be the best way to export either straight from iMovie or converting from .mov to an MPG or WMP format that Windows 7 users could view without have any codecs installed?
Convert imovie video files to mpg/avi/wmv on Mac and save imovie mov to mpg with Mac OS X.
Now, here is a tool- imovie to mpg converter that can save your headache.
If you have imovie to mpg converter downloaded you can turn your imovie file(.mov’s )into .mpg’s. Just add the movie into imovie to mpg converter and it will convert it.In fact,imovie to mpg converter could cover just about any format you throw into it,which will free you the trouble of gathering up all the assorted codecs separately. As I am aware,you can use its powerful editorial functions also like rotate, trim, crop and merge files to optimize it in line with your choice. I prefer imovie to mpg converter myself, which is quite user-friendly.
NOTE: If your imovie files are 16:9 widescreen then you could use imovie to mpg converter to convert them to 4:3 or whatever,you decides.
Guide: How to convert imovie to mpg,wmv,avi on Mac OS X?
Step 1: Free download imovie to mpg converter and install it.
The interface can be seen like this:
Step2: Click ‘Add file’button to load imovie files.
Under Profile option, choose mpg Format (*.mpg) as output video format.
Under Desternation option, click ‘Browse” to choose the folder you want the converted mpg file to store.
Now is the time for you to set the ratio aspect to your satisfaction,just click’Edit’ on the main pannel and choose the relevent option.
Click ‘convert’button to start convert imovie files to mpg format with fast conversion speed!
Ok, we have already finished the process of converting imovie to mpg, why not download it now and try it by yourself with this imovie to mpg converter to convert imovie files to mpg and enjoy it on your Mac!
http://www.iorgsoft.com/Xmas/Christmas-2009/
Enjoy a discount during Christmas seasons!
iOrgsoft Video Converter for Christmas gifts
iOrgsoft Video Converter is a powerful program that helps you convert among all popular video formats like AVI, MP4, MOV, VOB, MPEG, etc., convert video or audio to audio MP3, AAC, etc. It can also allow Mac OS users to customize the output video by cropping, editing and adding effects, etc.
Top 25 Transfer Music From Ipod To Computer Links
Aug 6th
Transferring music from your iPod to your computer is easy to do if you have the tools. Unfortunately, the iPod is designed to prevent us from sharing our music. Which is understandable, because the music industry is reeling from the technology which allows us to copy music CDs, and reducing their profits.
But the problem is longstanding, ever since the old cassette tape players were used to record music, straight from the radio.
So, what should you do if your computer with all your iTunes goes on the bum, or even worse, just breaks. You’re stuck, without any way to transfer your tunes to your new computer.
Until now!
As technology goes, there are always folks who will find a way to beat the system, and this article will outline 25 options for transferring your tunes from your beloved iPod to your computer. Some are either freeware or shareware and the others of course, come with a nominal price tag.
A couple of the links are actually for transferring photos from your iPod to your computer so I included the link below as an extra. It allows you to transfer tunes and videos between iPods. Lots of folks have more than one iPod and would like to simply copy thier favorites from one iPod to the other or thier friend’s iPod.
iPod 2 iPod
http://www.topshareware.com/iPod-2-iPod-download-39933.htm
Many people own more than one iPod. iPod 2 iPod is an application that allows you to transfer your music and video between them.
Macintosh Operating System
iLinkPod
http://www.ilinkpod.com/
iLinkPod is first of all a unique tool that creates a permanent and direct access from your Desktop (and your iPod or wherever you want) to the hidden folders in which iPod stores your audio files. So you don’t need iLinkPod or any other utility to access your hidden audio files on the iPod, you’ll have access to them through a common folder on your Desktop (and iPod too).
iPod Viewer 3.0.1
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15864
Transfer songs to and from your iPod.
Expod0.3
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30994
With Expod you can copy any or all of your songs (or videos) off your iPod, using whatever file naming convention you like.
PodView 1.5
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/29287
Play music, movies, photos at full screen and import content from your iPod.
iPodDisk
http://ipoddisk.ourbiti.com/index.php/download/
iPodDisk is a tool designed to make it easy and intuitive to copy music from your iPod. You copy music off your iPod in the Finder, like a regular disk drive.
Senuti
http://www.fadingred.org/senuti/
Get music off of your iPod onto any computer.
PodUp 1.0.0
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31475
PodUp is an application which copies all your music files from your iPod to a folder of your choosing, without having anything to do with iTunes.
Mac and Windows Operating System
iPodRip
http://www.thelittleappfactory.com/application.php?app=iPodRip
iPodRip supports recovering your songs and playlists, playback of audio files and much more. iPodRip is compatible with Mac OS X 10.2 and later, and Windows XP and 2000. Trial version available.
Music Rescue (Upgrade to the previously called PodUtil)
http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/software/podutil.php
Music Rescue is a shareware utility for copying songs from your iPod to your computer. PodUtil is compatible with Mac OS X and 9.x, and Windows XP and 2000.
iPod Music Liberator
http://www.zeleksoftware.com/products.htm
The iPod Music Liberator allows you to copy music, playlists, and ratings from your iPod to any computer, filling in a missing feature of iTunes. It supports Mac OS X and Windows XP, 2000, NT and 98.
TuneRanger 0.9.5 Build 270
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32865
TuneRanger connects iTunes-running computers over a network, allowing music, video, and playlists to be merged from one iTunes library to another seamlessly.
iPod Access Photo 1.2
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32383
iPod Access Photo allows you to select individual photos and albums to be moved back onto your Mac computer or an external hard drive.
iPod Access
http://www.ipodaccess.com/ipodaccess/upgradeofferWin.html
The premier application for copying music, videos and playlists from your iPod back to your Windows PC.
Microsoft Windows PC
Microsoft Windows PC
iPodCopy
http://www.topshareware.com/iPodCopy-download-42821.htm
iPodCopy allows you to copy music, video, podcasts and photos from your iPod back into iTunes or onto your PC hard disk. Also can copy playlists, artwork, ratings and play counts from your iPod into iTunes.
xPort
http://www.topshareware.com/xPort-transfer-19893.htm
xPort is the ultimate backup tool for your iPod. It enables you to easily transfer your all your songs from your iPod to your PC and it enables you to download lyrics, list your songs, create m3p playlists%u2026
CopyTrans (formerly CopyPod)
http://www.copytrans.net/
CopyTransTM is the ultimate backup and recovery tool for your iPod songs. It requires Windows XP or 2000.
CopyTrans Photo
http://www.topshareware.com/CopyPod-Photo-download-39841.htm
CopyTrans Photo allows you to transfer, backup, copy or download your photos from your iPod to your PC effortlessly.
xPodClone
http://www.topshareware.com/xPodClone-download-37702.htm
xPodClone is the ultimate backup tool for all your devices, it clone easily folders, dvds, cds, directories, ipod. You only have to drag and drop your files into the xPodclone window.
Xplay 2
http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay/
XPlay makes it possible to not only add music to your iPod but copy music back off the iPod. With XPlay you can use both Mac and PC formatted iPods.
iGadget (formerly iPod Agent)
http://www.ipodsoft.com/index.php?/software/ipodagent
You’ll be able to transfer all kinds of data to your iPod, including driving directions, contacts, appointments, email, notes, tasks, podcasts, RSS news feeds, weather forecasts, daily horoscopes, movie show times, gas prices and more! You will have the tools necessary to copy songs off your iPod and back onto your computer.
Tansee iPod to PC Transfer
http://www.topshareware.com/Tansee-iPod-to-PC-Transfer-download-45653.htm
Transfer music from iPod to computer.
Tansee iPod Photo Transfer
http://www.topshareware.com/Tansee-iPod-Photo-Transfer-download-45654.htm
Backup/transfer photos from iPod to computer.
Tansee iPod video to PC Transfer
http://www.topshareware.com/Tansee-iPod-video-to-PC-Transfer-download-45655.htm
Transfer video audio from iPod to computer.
iBack
http://www.topshareware.com/iBack-download-49338.htm
Copy your songs & videos from your iPod to any computer.
Kandalu X Cube
http://tc.versiontracker.com/product/redir/lid/1007753/sendform.php3
Kandalu X Cube is a user friendly utility that quickly and easily allows the transfer of music files from your iPod to the computer.
In Summary
There you have it, all the resources you need to get your tunes and pictures off your iPod. There are other more expensive options available, but these are a very good starting point, especially since most are either free or have a very nominal fee attached.
If I had to pick only one, I’d pick the iGadget because it’s a full featured utility with so many other useful functions in addition to the file transfer function.
One of the best iPod download sites and my favorite is QuickiPidDownloads For more info on iPod downloads please visit my blog at iPodSid.com where you’ll find numerous free iPod downloads.
Drumssette, Brilliantly Insane Tascam Tape-Based Drum Machine, More from Mike Walters
Jul 12th
Sometimes, DIY music boxes reach moments of mad genius. To me, they’re almost a kind of compositional conceptual art, executed as a set of circuitry and disguised as a piece of music gear. They assemble in series a set of solutions to design problems, but result in something – through the combination of invention and throwback, simplicity and absurdity – insane and wonderful.
At least that’s how I feel when I look at the Drumssette, the latest invention from musical instrument engineer Mike Walters. It’s a combination of the innards of a Tascam four-track cassette recorder with a push-button, gated sequencer, making a tape-based drum machine. (It makes sense coming from Mike Walters, who in the past demonstrated a Mellotron made from Sony Walkmans. The Drumssette is the drum machine equivalent of the earlier Melloman.)
The Drumssette, by Mike Walters
The trick to making a cassette tape into a drum machine is twofold: loop the drum sounds onto the tape itself, then route that audio output as the clock signal that drives the sequencer. With that done, you only have to push the buttons to turn the sounds on and off on the beats you want. There’s a bonus, too: what Walters calls the “focus” knob controls a delay line, allowing you to shift the position of the played-back sound forward or backward to control the sound’s attack.
In a way, it’s a reinvention of what the Tascam tape deck was – or, to look at from the opposite angle, a re-imagining of drum machines in a world in which digital recording was never invented. Its bright color scheme and throwback light-and-knob design underline the alternative-universe vision.
Tricks are treats
It’s the details of the path to this design solution that are daftly elegant.
For instance, there’s the “focus” knob, and the idea of using the delay line to control attacks:
Since the trigger for the sequencer clock is audio used in parallel with the actual sounds of the instrument, the triggered audio from each track might lose a bit of its attack when it gets to the output, especially if the sound has a slower attack. To solve this, I built a delay stage before the parallel audio gets to the sequencer. This audio does not go to the output of the Drumssette. Using a PT2399 digital delay chip, the parallel audio signal is treated with a simple, adjustable delay, with no feedback (repeat stages) and a clean output. Delaying the audio signal before it becomes the clock signal allows the the operator to apply an adjustable delay parameter to the sequencer, which allows the gating to scoot over and focus on the next drum sound on the tape before the loss of attack. This happens because the audio on the cassette is time constant, and the delayed signal is variable. The momentary unmuting (gating) is dictated by the delay signal. You can also focus between sounds, to create double time beats.
The innards of the Drumssette, and its cassette tape soul. (And they say drum machines have no soul.)
Then there’s the efficient, unexpected use of optocouplers and light sensitivity to produce a time-synced echo:
The analog method is different. When this mode is selected, the audio from the tape is passed through a photo-resistive circuit using optocouplers. Optocouplers are little capsules with photoresistors and LEDs inside. Photoresitors become less resistive with more light, so when the LED is on, they suddenly drop to a few ohms. When the LED is off, they go back to a couple mega ohms. The photo resistive material, Cadmium Sulfide, retains some light energy between stages. So, as opposed to a switch, the optocoupler fades in and out the signal much slower. This gives the sounds a synchronized echo (you can hear the next four or so drum steps on the tape as it fades out). This mode actually uses two optocouplers, and an inverter. These are wired in parallel to pass the signal when triggered, and then ground the signal when the gate is low. When the gate is low, the inverter changes the logic, switching optocoupler LED 1 on. When the gate is high, LED 1 turns off, and optocoupler LED 2 turns on. So, the signal is always passed or grounded in this configuration. If the signal is not grounded, there will be a little bit of signal bleeding to the output.
In Action
These videos really demonstrate that, aside from being a crazy design, the Drumssette is eminently usable as an electronic instrument. (It isn’t hard to imagine switching this on for a dancefloor, even.)
First, a look at how you can gate an external source using the sequencer for rhythmic external textures, in place of the “installed” drum sounds:
In this demo, I bypassed tracks 1 and 2 of the cassette by plugging in external sources – a Yamaha CS01 synth, and a turntable. The bass and snare come from the cassette tape. The rhythmic keyboard phrasing is completely controlled by the Drumssette. I was just holding notes down on the keyboard, and the states of the switches turned on and off the audio as the sequencer clocked. Same thing with the record on the other track.
Here’s a similar example, this time using a lovely sound from the Polymoog:
In this demo, I bypassed track one and two of the cassette tape audio, and replaced track one with the output of my Polymoog 280A on Vox Humana. The bass drum and snare sounds are from the cassette tape, which is also clocking the sequencer (snare sound, track 4). I’m simply holding down chords on the Polymoog, and the Drumssette is chopping them up according to Track One’s switch mapping on the front panel.
More Mystery Circuits Creations
The Drumssette is the self-proclaimed sequel to the earlier Melloman, a series of Walkmans connected to a keyboard for Mellotron-style cassette tape sampling. It’s now a five-year-old project, but no less stunning today as a benchmark of bizarre, fantastic design. The wonderful Analog Suicide (Tara Busch) took a tour of the Mellotron in 2008:
And these are just two among many, many creations. The full list:
Mystery Circuits
Retro Thing: Mike Walters Does It Again: Yamaha Keyboard + Heathkit = Mike-O-Wave
GetLoFi: Mike Walters’ Blue Boing (for a more compact creation)
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How to Transfer Music From Ipod to Itunes and Pc
Jul 8th
Switch the ipod to manual update and enable disk use: This is the first and most basic step for how to transfer music from ipod to itunes.
1. Open itunes on your old computer.
2. Connect your ipod to your old computer and wait for it to appear in itunes.
3. Select your ipod in the Source pane under the Devices section to display your ipod preferences in the main library window.
4. Click the Summary tab in the main itunes window.
5. Click the Manually manage music button. Changing from automatic updating to manual puts a check mark by Enable disk use. A message says “Disabling automatic update requires manually unmounting the ipod before each disconnect.”
6. Click OK in the message window.
7. Click Apply in the ipod preferences section of the itunes window.
2. Is there enough room on the ipod? ipod shares its hard disk space between the songs that itunes puts on it and any files you’ve added when using its disk mode. To transfer music with your ipod, you need enough free space to hold a copy of all your music files in addition to any copies that may already have been placed by itunes (this is because non-purchased songs placed on the ipod by itunes cannot be copied off the ipod while in disk mode). To figure out how much space you have on your ipod:
1. Open itunes on your old computer.
2. Click on Music in the Source pane. The size of your library appears at the bottom of the itunes window.
3. Connect your ipod to your old computer and wait for it to appear in itunes.
4. Click the ipod under the Devices section of the Source pane. The amount of free space on the ipod appears near the bottom of the itunes window.
3. Copy itunes folder to ipod To copy all your music files (including the library file that holds all your playlists and other settings) to your ipod:
1. Quit itunes.
2. Locate your ipod:
? Mac OS X: On the desktop
? Windows: In My Computer
3. Locate your itunes folder:
? Mac OS X: /Users/username/Music
? Windows: Documents and SettingsusernameMy DocumentsMy Music
4. Drag the itunes folder to the ipod. This can take a while if you have a lot of songs.
5. When the copy completes open itunes.
6. Click on the ipod in the Source pane
7. Click the Eject button in the lower right corner of the itunes window.
8. Disconnect the ipod from the computer when the “Do not disconnect” message no longer appears on the ipod screen.
4. Get itunes ready on your new computer To get itunes ready to accept all your music on your new computer:
1. Download and install the latest version of itunes.
2. Open itunes on your new computer. If this is your first time to open itunes on your new computer you will need to choose your options in the itunes Setup Assistant.
3. Connect the ipod to your new computer.
5. Copy music from ipod to new computer To copy all your music files (including the library file that holds all your playlists and other settings) to your new computer:
1. Locate your Music folder (Mac OS X) or your My Music folder (Windows) on your new computer:
? Mac OS X: /Users/username/Music
? Windows: Documents and SettingsusernameMy DocumentsMy Music
2. Drag the itunes folder in this location out to the desktop.
3. Locate the ipod on the new computer:
? Mac OS X: On the desktop.
? Windows: In My Computer.
4. Double-click on the ipod to open it.
5. Drag the itunes folder from the ipod to the Music folder (Mac OS X) or My Music Folder (Windows) on your new computer. This can take a while if you have a lot of songs.
6. Open itunes.
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32 Famous People Born on Valentine’s Day – many from the NBA, NHL, And NFL!
Jul 2nd
Discover 32 famous people born on Valentine’s Day. Are any of these names familiar to you? Have fun, and learn a little bit of history right NOW!
I – 02/14/1956 – Ken Wahl, Chicago IL, actor (Wanderers)
II – 02/14/1957 – Alan Hunter, one of the original MTV VJs
III – 02/14/1959 – Renée Fleming, American soprano
IV – 02/14/1960 – Jim Kelly, NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills)
V – 02/14/1960 – Meg Tilly, [Margaret], LA Calif, actress (Big Chill, Impulse)
VI – 02/14/1961 – Phillip Hamilton, American author
VII – 02/14/1963 – Jeff Dellenbach, NFL center (NE Patriots, GB Packers-Superbowl 31)
VIII – 02/14/1963 – Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor
IX – 02/14/1965 – Jessie Tuggle, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
X – 02/14/1969 – Shana Zadrick, Grand Junction Colo, model (Guess Jeans)
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XII – 02/14/1970 – Sean Hill, Duluth, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
XIII – 02/14/1971 – Derrick Witherspoon, NFL running back (Phila Eagles)
XIV – 02/14/1971 – Gheorghe Muresan, NBA center (Washington Bullets/Wizards)
XV – 02/14/1971 – Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host
XVI – 02/14/1971 – Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
XVII – 02/14/1972 – Drew Bledsoe, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
XVIII – 02/14/1972 – Rob Thomas, lead singer of pop band Matchbox Twenty
XIX – 02/14/1972 – Erika Rachael Schwarz, Folsom La, Miss America (Louisiana-2nd-1997)
XX – 02/14/1972 – Big Daddy V, American professional wrestler
XXI – 02/14/1973 – George Hegamin, NFL/WLAF tail back (Dallas Cowboys, Frankfurt Galaxy)
XXII – 02/14/1973 – Steve McNair, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers)
XXIII – 02/14/1973 – Tyus Edney, NBA guard (Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings)
XXIV – 02/14/1974 – Michael Lowery, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears)
XXV – 02/14/1974 – Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
XXVI – 02/14/1975 – Yul Kwon, American Survivor contestant
XXVII – 02/14/1977 – Nathan Osmond, Utah, vocalist (Osmond Boys)
XXVIII – 02/14/1977 – Darren Purse, English footballer
XXIX – 02/14/1978 – Richard Hamilton, American basketball player
XXX – 02/14/1979 – Pablo Pallante, Uruguayan footballer
XXXI – 02/14/1988 – Ángel Di María, Argentine footballer
XXXII – 02/14/1988 – Asia Nitollano, American dancer, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll winner
And that’s a pretty big list of famous people born on Valentine’s Day
Data Recovery From Repartitioned Mac Os X Hard Drive
Jun 28th
Data Recovery From Repartitioned Mac OS X Hard Drive
Disk Utility is a tool that is created for performing disk-related operations and it comes equipped with Mac OS X. Visit here http://recovermyfilessoftware.blogspot.com
It is used for mounting hard drive, verifying disk integrity, disk formatting and partitioning, disabling or enabling journaling and creation of disk images.
Disk Utility is undoubtedly a useful utility, but in some version of Mac, it may not function properly. Particularly in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Disk Utility may show unexpected behavior when you try to change, delete or format a hard drive volume. This issue may lead to Mac Data Recovery solutions.
When you attempt to modify, remove or format a Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard volume, you might come across the below given error message:
“File system formatter failed”
This issue generally occurs when your try to change the file system of a particular Mac volume. The problem could be due to:
* This problem could be due to incompatibility of Mac OS X Leopard Disk Utility with the disk partitioning scheme, which is used by Leopard.
* If the Partition Table is corrupted, the Disk Utility might fail to change or format the Mac volumes.
This whole behavior of Mac OS X makes your hard drive volumes and critical data inaccessible and results into serious data loss situations. This situation requires Mac Recovery to be fixed.
Resolution
In order to fix this issue, Mac OS disk requires to be repartitioned using the Disk Utility. For repartitioning a hard drive using Disk Utility, go through the given steps:
* Open Disk Utility, select the disk which you want to partition and click Partition tab.
* From drop-down list, select number of partitions needed.
* Using ‘Options’ button, select partition type.
* Set required partition size and click ‘Partition’.
Although, this method is able to resolve the issue, but repartitioning also deletes all the hard drive volumes and data stored on them. In such cases, you should carry out Data Recovery Mac to get all your critical data back.
Recovery is best possible with the help of third party Mac Recovery software. This software is capable of systematically scanning entire Mac hard drive and recovers all of the data from it. This software is fairly easy to use and perform safe recovery.
Stellar Phoenix Macintosh Data Recovery is the most advanced tool to recover lost, missing or inaccessible Mac partitions and data. This software recovers data from all HFS, HFS+, HFSX, HFS Wrapper and FAT file system volumes. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5, 10.4 and 10.3.9.Visit here http://recovermyfilessoftware.blogspot.com
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Diego Stocco’s Bassoforte, an Incredible Instrument Made from a Dismantled Piano
Jun 20th
Diego Stocco – Bassoforte from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.
Odds are you don’t have a dismantled piano you keep in the garden, awaiting conversion to a fantastic, imaginative electro-acoustic instrument. But that’s unlikely to make you covet the instrument above any less.
Diego Stocco is a composer, instrumentalist, sound designer, and mad inventor. Among many recent accomplishments, he’s responsible, in collaboration with Hans Zimmer, for some of the imaginative sounds that populated Guy Ritchie’s “Sherlock Holmes.” In many ways, he’s a reminder that the expressive potential of digital music isn’t limited to the virtual. He couples raw acoustic materials from sand to modified instruments with recording and digital processes. In the case of the Bassoforte, that means the use of IK Multimedia’s tone-rich amp models and effects in their flagship AmpliTube software. Hold a mic to something, or add a pickup, and the sound takes on a new form.
The Bassoforte’s construction was an exploration, building resonance out atop the mechanical construction at its heart with unexpected additions like a chimney cap. Then, its musical realization, too, calls upon Diego’s unique talents as a player and composer. He explains some of the process to CDM:
I built this thing by combining a bunch of different parts, including cabinet handles as bridges : )
It came out fun to play because I can interact with it in different ways, but it’s also tricky to control, because the tuning is a thing on its own.
He explains the tuning idiosyncrasies on the gallery of the instrument:
The neck is slightly tilted, so when I press a key I can push all four strings at the same time. But because the piano keys are not perpendicular to the frets, the tuning is imprecise (which I like), and can also generate in-between semitones. How strong I push the keys also affects the tuning.
It can be a little tricky to play, but overall, I’m very happy about how it came out.
The software side: an AmpliTube effect chain and amp simulation, running inside Avid Pro Tools.
He also tells CDM about how he’s relating to the instrument now that it’s built:
I’m still discovering it because I just built it, but it sounds [as if] for each [note], there’s also a secondary note that gets produced by the other half of the strings (on the side of the bell), so the higher the pitch, the louder this secondary note is. It creates these bi-chords that can sound very interesting.
The idea for the track I created came to me exactly because of that; I was just pressing the keys randomly trying to figure out what to do and then I found one very nice bi-chord, then a second one, and from there I got the idea for the rest. It wasn’t really a conscius decision to create a “Western” tune, it just happened that way
If you’re loving the track as much as I am, you can grab it on Bandcamp for $.99 in various high-quality formats, along with other albums with self-explanatory names like “Music from a Tree” and “Music from Sand.”
And for more information, check out the gallery Diego has posted, which includes additional notes from behind the scenes:
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Bassoforte/535175
Previously:
Real for Reel: The Amazing Sherlock Holmes Experibass, and More Winter Cinema Sounds
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