Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Having bought both the FLKey mini (for Laptop use) and FLkey 37 (Home Studio use) I finally got around to looking at the free instrument plugins! I was a little surprised that these plugins were not auto-linked up to the FLKey in the same way that the native instruments are but I have corrected that... Continue Reading →
Featured plugins: UH-E BazilleDmitry Sches ThornCable Guys CurveSeaweed Audio Fathom Just to recap, Computer Music covers the setup and use of these plugins in the magazine (with some great free downloads and videos available as well) - this post then covers hardware-based control of these plugins which I hope is of use to some :-)... Continue Reading →
One of the gems of this magazine is the great curated libraries of plugins that you get access to with every purchased magazine. The instruments are well-reviewed, both in the magazine and elsewhere on the web so I am not going to repeat that exercise (save for the odd comment that reflects my own experiences)... Continue Reading →
Corporate laptops may have their own bespoke login which, at first glance, can be difficult to utilise with a personal account. However, the following steps will route the laptop to a full setup with a personal (ie a non-corporate) local or if desired, a "fully online" account (usually by utilising your Microsoft account email address).... Continue Reading →
The VivoTab Smart is a tablet PC running full Windows 8 on an Intel Atom (Clover Trail) processor. It compares in size to a Microsoft Surface RT device although it is actually slightly smaller (same screen dimensions) and feels lighter in the hand (which I wasn’t expecting). The specs say that the Asus is 580g... Continue Reading →
Having received my Kindle Fire this morning I took a few pics of the packaging and began the setup process. Early days but everything has been very smooth so far. The Packaging Setup After connecting to my PC using the USB cable I proceeded to go through the setup screens which all went smoothly. I... Continue Reading →
Anyone that knows me appreciates that I am an all round geek, and have had an interest in 3d cameras, devices and paraphernalia for more time than I care to mention. So I was especially excited to get my hands on these devices, albeit only for a short period of time. It will come as... Continue Reading →
Followed up on this tweet and got a free dedicated virtual server from Fasthosts.! Up and running in half an hour: – Check it out – MultiTouch Spot the Difference Looks to be a nice operation with the call Centre running just down the road from me in Gloucester. How cool is that? http://FastHosts.co.uk Fasthosts... Continue Reading →
I thought it would be cool to use my silverlight hosting account to show some of the photos of the Remix event in Madrid. New to Silverlight I thought I would kick off with something pretty easy and I took the code for the 'Silverlight Surface' demo app and proceeded to modify the background to include thew... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 