Vintage Circuit Boards Create Stunning Sculptures - Artist Theo Kamecke has taken vintage circuit boards and transformed them to adorn furniture and sculpture that can be used in homes and galleries.
GardenBot Brings Geek Power to Green Thumbs - For less than $200, a graphic designer has created a garden automation system called GardenBot that uses open source hardware to monitor humidity, temperature and soil conditions. The data is then poured into charts so you can view the world as the plants see it.
Droid 2 Teardown Reveals Beefed-Up Processor - The Motorola Droid 2 looks a lot like the original Droid, and a teardown reveals that similarities go more than skin-deep. In fact, the internal layout and most of the Droid 2’s components are nearly identical to those of the original Droid, iFixit found.
Everyone Should Do the Jelly Mouse-and-Keyboard Prank - Somewhere in Finland, Tom’s office colleagues decided to welcome him with the most delicious office prank this side of stuffing your monitor in a giant doughnut: A mouse and keyboard keys stuffed in jelly.
Young Engineer Uses Webcam, Laser to Build Budget 3-D Scanner - Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3-D scanner that dovetails perfectly with the Makerbot and other desktop fabricators. It could be used as part of a copying system that would allow hobbyists to duplicate solid objects at home.
DIY Wearable Computer Turns You Into a Cyborg - A Swedish researcher and entrepreneur has taken the first step toward becoming a cyborg by creating a wearable computer that can be slung across the body.
Oil Leak Could Transform Repairmen Into Superheroes - For the first time in our nation's history, our hopes and dreams and economic fate rest, not on a warrior or a politician or an astronaut, but on a team of repairmen. The effort to seal the ruptured oil well in the Gulf is the grandest and highest-profile repair job since the Apollo 13 duct-tape fix.
Why Arduino Is a Hit With Hardware Hackers - Here are five reasons why the relatively underpowered 8-bit microcontroller Arduino is more popular than another powerful open source chipset, the BeagleBoard.
Audio Regions in Event List? - Hello, all -
Is it possible to view Audio Regions in the Event List? This seems like it should be possible as Audio Regions do appear (one at a...
Spirit 328 as Logic Control Surface - Hello, all -
I would like to set up the Spirit 328 as a control surface for Logic 9. What is the best way to do this? Can one use one of the...
Patch Names and LOGIC 8 - STATS: OSX Leopard, Midiman 4x4 MAC, JV1080 * JV2080 with expansion cards.
ISSUES: I have manually put in patch names for modules in the...
Assigning Outputs from Logic 8 - STATS: OSX Leopard, Logic 8, MOTU 828 MKII (USB).
QUESTION: How can I assign outputs in Logic to my MOTU 828 MKII?
ISSUE: I can successfully...
Opening Logic7 songs in Logic9 - PlugIn Anomalies - Hi, ive just updated to a new MacPro running Logic9 and I want to access all of my old projects done on Logic 7.
and have come up with a couple of...
Can I quickly drop aiff files into exs24? - How do I drop aiff files into exs24.. I have a ton of drum hits i want to bulk drop into exs24..Can and how do I do this without doing them in...
Problem using Axiom with Logic 8 - Equipment: Mac 2.33 Laptop; GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; 2Gig Memory; Apogee Duet; M-Audio Axiom 61
As promised, when I connected my Axiom to my mac...
Can't Install Logic 8 on New Mac - I recently bought a new, second hand imac 27 i5 to replace my older imac 24.
I bought Logic 8 a few years back so had it installed with serial on...
Accidentally deleted channel strip setting - Hey guys. I'm new to the forum. I was wondering if anybody could post the channel strip setting called "enhance deepness". I don't really use it...
salsa bass - I am working on a salsa project and have bumped into a problem with the bass.
It's acoustic upright, and I'm finding that I can't get it to sound...
Removing a loop from a mix - Hi Luggers,
I have a good one for you: I require a way to remove a know loop from a mix using phase cancellation. Here is an example:
Take a...
Logic Audio 6 crash when i try to save a song - hi everybody,
Logic Audio 6 crash when i try to save a song.
i checked all preferences in system folder, it's a problem i never seen before.
can...
MS 2.1.1 bug - backout to 2.1? How? - I have the unpredictable behavior with snap to "wait for marker" which is a show stopper for me (back to Live :confused:)
I need to back out MS to...
Logic Control - shift/Nudge doesn't stick - On my last version of Logic (5.5:redface:) holding down shift and hitting the nudge button put the Logic Control (and Mackie Extender) into Nudge...
Or so they say… 5/9-2010 - Definition of a golden age: when the desire of the creator is greater than the technology available.
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“If I press one of these 397 buttons on this synthesizer, maybe I get something out of it.” That moment the machinery is driving the creativity, and the creativity is not driving the machinery.
- David Caine from BBC Radiophonic [...]
Sonnox iPhone app - Have you iPhone/iPod Touch users checked out Sonnox iPhone app yet? It’s an interesting and alternative move from Sonnox to keep connected to the users. Inside the app you find news from the Sonnox Twitter feed, quick tips, a monthly contest and interviews with Sonnox users. Pretty much the same as you would get from [...]
What to expect from Avid at IBC 2010 - IBC 2010 in Amsterdam is 7 days away but Avid has already been clear about what we can expect to see from them.
Straight from the horse’s mouth…
The debut of ISIS 5000 and Pro Tools|HD Series Interfaces as well as the latest Avid Euphonix control surfaces running with support for some of the industry’s most [...]
NI releases new plug-ins, Komplete 7 and Komplete 7 Elements -
Native Instruments has finally released Komplete 7 and Komplete 7 Elements and with it introduced a total of five new effects and instruments.
The suggested retail prices are $559 / €499 for Komplete 7 and $119 / €99 for Komplete 7 Elements. Every copy also includes an NI Online Shop voucher worth $60 / €50. For [...]
Vocalizer, a new synth from Sonivox -
On October 1st Sonivox will release a new synthesizer called Vocalizer. If you think it’s another way to get those dreadfully overused vocal sounds we’re flooded with today then you’re right. It does seem to take it one step further though and when they get into sound design in the video above I’m actually a [...]
New Sonnox bundles: Post and Broadcast - Sonnox has introduced two new bundles, Sonnox Post and Sonnox Broadcast.
The Sonnox Post bundle includes Sonnox Restore, which in itself includes DeClicker, DeBuzzer and DeNoiser. Other plug-ins found in Sonnox Post are Oxford EQ, Dynamics, Limiter, Reverb and SuprEsser.
Sonnox Post is available with a 30% introductory discount for: £1,526 ($2,570) TDM or £1,093 ($1,835) Native.
Sonnox [...]
35% off Waves “supermodels” - Waves is offering you to buy the SSL4000 Collection, API Collection, Studio Series and/or Studio Collection at a 35% discount. Offer ends September 30th.
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EastWest Announces the Terapack trial program -
EastWest wants you to testdrive all of their virtual instruments for $129, they will even supply you with the drive for it. Good thing they do, $129 for a 10-day demo wouldn’t exactly be the deal of the century.
Now on the other hand, it seems like an interesting deal. The hard drive comes loaded with [...]
IK Multimedia DrummerTracks: full length backing tracks - IK Multimedia has realized that guitarists like to jam along to drum tracks and has released DrummerTracks, a new series of of drum backing tracks. “Unlike loops”, says IK Multimedia, “DrummerTracks are full song drum tracks, recorded in world class studios by sound powerhouse Sonic Reality”.
To me it looks like they’re most useful for jamming. [...]
Or so they say… 29/8-2010 - I don’t know why people keep making new [microphones], because they aren’t accomplishing anything.
- Bob Paquette
Although its AC30 is among the most iconic and historically important amps of all time, Vox isn’t the first company that comes to mind when one thinks of guitars.
Third in the series of trance and electro kits, the new Producer Loops collection, Progressive Trance & Electro Vol 3, offers five construction kits featuring drum beats, side-chained patterns, ris
Lee Harding of Echo Revolution wanted to be in The Beatles. Ok, perhaps not but John, Paul, George and Ringo (why do we all instinctively put Ringo last?
Just in time for football season, which for us means pep band and marching band season, Adams Concert Instruments has released its new Concert Bass Drums.
Rounding out the set of Komplete Effects and Instruments released by Native Instruments this week, the new Vintage Organs Komplete Instrument offers classic sounds from the likes of tone-wheel and
An introduction to Sony Vegas. Windows based users, this tutorial outlines how to get started using Sony Vegas. This great tutorial is for beginners just getting started.