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  1. vitaminman

    Syntrillium acquired by Adobe

    Hey, Syntrillium, the makers of Cool Edit Pro, was just purchased by Adobe software last week. For those who don't know Adobe, they're the guys who make Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, etc. Read more here: http://forums.syntrillium.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12300...
  2. vitaminman

    Roland's new workstation

    Hey, Looks like Roland is trying to compete more seriously with the Triton: http://www.rolandus.com/products/details.asp?catid=8&subcatid=36&prodid=Fantom%2DS It even has MPC-style trigger pads on the right side!! Take care, Nick
  3. vitaminman

    Dr. Dre synth alert!!!

    Hey, There's a new Coors commercial where some rapper guy is on a tour bus, they're cruising around in some fields, and they pick up Dr. Dre who is hitchhiking.... If you look closely, you will see that one of the synths on the bus is none other than a Yamaha Motif!! Take care, Nick
  4. vitaminman

    Different types of synthesis

    Hey, More things to make you go 'what the hell is he talking about?!?!?' In a previous post we talked about different types of instruments: acoustic, analogue and digital. Most of us have a pretty good grasp of what an acoustic sound source is: anything that vibrates and causes the...
  5. vitaminman

    Yamaha a4000/5000 sampler blowout

    Hey, Samash in the US is blowing out their A4000 and A5000 samplers for $400 and $500 respectively. These samplers are frigging amazing, they've got all sorts of neat beat mangling and effects processors. They read Akai 1000/3000 format programs, so you can load your MPC stuff into them if...
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    Acoustic, analogue and digital

    Hey, Let's test your knowledge: What is the difference between acoustic audio, analogue audio and digital audio, and what are some of the different devices that can produce them? Nick PS: This is REALLY REALLY easy, don't let scientific words fool you...
  7. vitaminman

    I'm writing this message from a Mac...

    Hey, I'm writing this message from a Mac 733mhz PowerPC G4 512mb RAM running OSX 10.2.4 (build 6132). Do you notice how much better I wrote it, and how much easier it is for everyone to read it? Take care, Nick
  8. vitaminman

    Easter egg in CEP2.x

    Hey, A little fun for Easter!! 1. Run CEP2.x 2. Help>About Cool Edit Pro to open the About dialogue 3. In the upper left corner on the big CEP logo, click and drag the little silver balls on the 'e' and 'p' to release the bouncing balls. 4. Right click anywhere in the dialogue to add...
  9. vitaminman

    Switch to Mac

    Hey, This is HILLARIOUS!!! http://www.lickmysweaty.com/truth/ Nick
  10. vitaminman

    Aaaawwwwww Yyeeeaahh!!!!

    Hey, http://stuntaz.cjb.net/ Nick
  11. vitaminman

    Ohmygodpassthekleenex!!!

    You MUST check this out!!!! http://rollerator.freewebspace.com/photo.html There are some hot babes from NAMM on some of the other pages... Nick
  12. vitaminman

    News that YOU can understand...

    Hey, Check out this link: http://www.stormandbirdsey.com/images/Logo's/IraqHeadline.jpg Nick
  13. vitaminman

    Public Enemy and Cubase

    Hey, I know they probably use a TON of other stuff as well, but I found this interesting: http://www.steinberg.net/en/ps/community/artist_lounge/media_production/pe/index.php?sid=db9df447acb5ae2eb03757010c8bf316 Take care, Nick
  14. vitaminman

    A hardware alternative to the MPC

    Hey, I was checking out the specs on this guy: http://www.yamahasynth.com/pro/rs7000/index.html I'll make some comparisons: Akai: ships with 2mb RAM, expandable to 32mb Yamaha: ships with 4mb RAM, expandable to 64mb Akai: Max 32 voices polyphony Yamaha: Max 64 voices...
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    Kicking it VIP

    Check this out: http://www.geocities.com/incognito_abbie/index.html Nick
  16. vitaminman

    The difference between PC's and samplers....

    Hey, There aren't any! And as soon as I figure out how to attach images, I'll show you... Nick
  17. vitaminman

    Breakbeat links

    Hey, I was looking for software to transfer audio from my PC into my sampler and came across this link: http://hem.passagen.se/rikarde/?noframe It has snippets of a lot of of breakbeats made famous over the years in hip hop music, and tells you where they were sampled from...very useful...
  18. vitaminman

    Some stuff to drool over...

    Hey, For all you MIDI users out there, here is a list of nice links to different MIDI controllers/fader boxes to control the parameters of your hardware and software synths, samplers, sequencers, etc. http://www.evolution.co.uk/moreinfo/hardware/pro49c.htm...
  19. vitaminman

    Blade Runner

    Hey, I noticed that Fade's avatar is Rutger Hauer, he was the 'bad guy' in the sci-fi classic from 1982, Blade Runner, with Harrison Ford. If you haven't seen this movie, it should be watched; the special effects look fresh even by today's standards. No cgi, just clever props and...
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    Does anyone have an Emu ultra sampler?

    Hey, I just got an Emu e6400 Ultra, I'm curious about how to set it up with my computer. I gather that you can control its parameters with either Sound Diver or EOS Link and transfer samples to and from your PC through a scsi connection... Has anyone done this before? I would like to...
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