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  1. Back on topic by koona · · Score: 1 · on How Do You Manage the Information In Your Life?

    I have field notes on plants, animals, weather etc from 55 years ago. I don't have to rely on my memory if I want to cogitate on climate change or any number of other questions that might puzzle me. So remembering to forget as a philosophy has its limitations in my opinion. I use several tools such as Advanced Diary, Linkman, etc. http://www.csoftlab.com/Diary.html The one most useful to me though is ZuluPadPro, a real simple wiki notepad. Raw format is Readable in ASCII for safety. My index page has about 30 - 40 categories and as it is searchable I don't lose anything for long. My dailyshit file is renewed yearly to keep the size managable, but all years are a click away. And yes I backup...... http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/ douglas (___) {O,O} /)__) -"-"-

  2. Zulupad for the details by koona · · Score: 1 · on Tools & Surprises For a Tech Book Author?

    Textmaker, Oo, LaTeX, Adobe, for the big picture, yes. But none of those are adequate for the smaller scales. Try ZuluPad by Tom GERSIC to keep your minutae all in one file and organised. http://gersic.com/zulupad/ Nothing else I have found bridges the gap so well between the neccessary artificial hierarchical framework we require to grasp complex things, and the actual nodular homogeny so inherant in real life. I use this app for expository prose but I'm sure it would be adequate for even, fiction. I have seen the truth, and it makes no sense

  3. Re:So... by omeomi · · Score: 5, Informative · on A Computer Composing and Playing Jazz

    "can take any recorded sound as input and split it into a number of very short sound particles that can last for between 1 and 10 milliseconds."

    Yeah, that's called granular synthesis, and it's been around for awhile. There are a number of free and inexpensive grain cloud generators available...I wrote one myself, actually (http://atomiccloud.gersic.com/).

  4. Domo Arigato Mr. Rubato by toddhisattva · · Score: 1 · on ASIMO to Conduct Symphony Orchestra
    I, too, think this is a good thing.

    Because material that can better be directed and performed by robots, should be performed by robots.

    When it comes to contemporary repertoire, the more "robotic" the conductor, the better the performance. This is because usually composers try to write exactly how their music should sound, extending the notation if necessary, instead of leaving it up to the judgement of the conductor, who might come up with something completely different. I can imagine the micromanagement - "trumpets with Schilke 14A4A mouthpiece" and "cellos with Appaloosa-hair bows, downstrokes to be executed 3 inches from the bridge and upstrokes 2 and 2/3 inches to rehearsal letter seven, then switch to Cleveland Bay bows and the metric system."

    Husa with a 'tude!

    If this is how they compose, they should give up on people entirely and start using AU & VST softsynths. They can make their own softsynths and control every blessed sample.

    Instead of spending so much effort trying to make humans sound like robots, they could spend it making robots sound more human -- if this is why they bother with humans at all. I suspect these composers have severe control freak issues heavily laced with masochism, and removing the humans would remove their reason for composing.

    I know, I'm a relict with a soft spot for Solti. Solti couldn't even control his principal trumpet player! It's the interaction that makes it rock.

    ----

    My proggy compositions.
    My modern softsynths.

    Tom Gersic's Giant Free Audio Plug-In Site.
    KVR Audio Plug-In Clearinghouse.

    BTW, I've used a bored-out 14A4A while being conducted by Husa (the mouthpiece choice was my own). I know nothing about which horses make good bow hair and wood glue.
  5. Re:A personal wiki? by AlHunt · · Score: 1 · on How Do You Keep Track of Your Web-Based Research?

    Zulupad, I think. It's a windows and mac application only. http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/

  6. Try ZuluPad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting · on Useful Apps for First-Time Windows Users?

    I don't know if it's a can't-live-without sort of app, but it's a personal/desktop wiki application that comes in handy for jotting down notes:

    http://www.gersic.com/zulupad/

  7. Re:Well by omeomi · · Score: 1 · on New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs

    I've been considering setting up a audio search website where you actually just hum, sing, or do whatever into a microphone and it'll match up the closest audio file

    Something similar to this (pdf link at top of page)?

    http://www.gersic.com/static.php?page=static050315 -041917

    and this?

    http://www.gersic.com/static.php?page=static050327 -010011

    It's actually not too hard to do with a small data set, but it gets really difficult to give accurate results quickly with a big dataset (especially since many songs have similar melodies).

  8. Re:Well by omeomi · · Score: 1 · on New Phone Service Promises to ID Songs

    I've been considering setting up a audio search website where you actually just hum, sing, or do whatever into a microphone and it'll match up the closest audio file

    Something similar to this (pdf link at top of page)?

    http://www.gersic.com/static.php?page=static050315 -041917

    and this?

    http://www.gersic.com/static.php?page=static050327 -010011

    It's actually not too hard to do with a small data set, but it gets really difficult to give accurate results quickly with a big dataset (especially since many songs have similar melodies).