Archive for January, 2010

Finally something else worth talking about besides the iPad!!!
The imminent  os 4 upgrade will offer a mod matrix feature on all Virus TIs. The feature allows you to use an arpeggiator pattern as a source in the modulation matrix. To those of you not familiar with a mod matrix, I would describe it as a [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 03:11 | 1 comment
Categories: Music, Synth

Who needs flash? If you read the engadget & gizmodo forums, you would think flash is the oxygen of the interwebnet and the iPad’s lack of support was some sort of digital sacrilege. There are other voices in the blogosphere though and they chime a resounding NO to flash. Vimeo & Youtube both offer their [...]

Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 18:36 | 0 comments
Categories: Gizmo
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Enough clamoring for multitasking already!
What most people care about is fast application switching. Most people can only handle iTunes plus another app simultaneously and the iPad delivers on that front.
Guess what else doesn’t multitask?

Nikon D9000KZX w/ 1.0 – 9000 VR zoom lens.
Playstation 3.
Steinway Piano.
In car navigation system.
Xbox 360 elite.
Desk Lamps.
Nintento Wii/DS.
Movie Theatre. (Don’t count eating [...]

Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 13:13 | 3 comments
Categories: Gizmo
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All you whiners on gizmodo and engadget, please use your imagination people!!!
The iPad isn’t here to help you do things the same old way. You need to use your imagination a tad bit to appreciate it. I think its greatest attribute is the fact that it makes computing a lot more casual. One also has [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 01:22 | 3 comments
Categories: Gizmo
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I love it!!!
First, a bit of my background with beat machines/workstations. I’ve owned Akai mpc 1000/2000xl,  Yamaha Rm1x/RS7000/Motif Classic/ES/XS, e-mu MP7, Roland MV-8000, Korg Triton/M3.
I liked the MV8000. Very easy to use, great elastic audio, greate effects but it was too big, preset management was a bit quirky as well and saving took too much [...]

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 09:28 | 2 comments
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