On my HP laptop, whenever I enter the restore partition software screen by hitting F11 on the BIOS screen, it resets the boot partition to the Windows loader. No need to actually tell the restoration software to do anything, you can just enter it and exit straight away; it simply removes any bootloader installed automatically with no confirmation beforehand.
I actually found this "feature" useful when I wanted to remove a Linux installation gone bad, as it saved me the trouble of restoring the Windows bootloader.
Can anyone please explain to me why there's a need for completely new processes, as opposed to using threads? I'm curious as to what's the difference, and where the thread mechanism "fails" here.
Well, it might not be the reason stereo was invented for, but it is definitely a side effect of stereo's existence.
I've mixed a lot of recordings, and can say from experience that separating instruments into different speakers (not 100% panning, of course) will definitely reduce distortion.
Of course almost nothing is panned all the way to one speaker, but basically when you pan something 70% to one speaker, you reduce its volume on the other speaker significantly, thus allowing more sonic space for other sounds on that speaker.
It's something that can be easily comprehended when playing around with a recording's mix.
Plus, it's a good way to avoid "clipping" - a signal that goes over 0dB and gets distorted. You can separate the recording into different speakers, and thus the overall volume on one speaker is divided between the others, and neither speaker goes over 0dB, and you avoid clipping distortion.
the number of speakers, or surround do not determine the quality of music.
Actually, it has a potential to make things sound much more clear.
Stereo, for example, was invented to create more space for sounds in a recording. If you have too many things going on at once on the same speaker, you'll get distortion and generally unpleasant sounds because too many waveforms are cramped together on the same output.
That's why it helps to split recordings into different speakers, so you get a more clear sound. On this logic, I can definitely see how 5.1 might help to bring better sound quality.
That actually sounds like a good idea to me.
How often do we get news about authorities using new technologies in a positive manner instead of taking a stance against them?
That's the work of a badly used compressor.
It gets two signal inputs, and lowers one whenever the other reaches a certain volume level, basically.
Someone misused it in this recording, apparently.
Actually, you're wrong. As I said, I do electronic music, that means, using synthesizers and not recorded instruments. When you modify a waveform that was initially created by use of computer algorithms, it doesn't necessarily mean you harm it. Some synths have built-in compression modules in them, as well as gain/limiting. In the realm of electronic music (and by that I mean the genre of electronic, not digitized audio), compression has much less negative impact than it does in recorded instrument mixing. You see, a synthesized waveform usually does not have all the fine details that are lost when compressed, as opposed to a recorded band playing.
It's like talking about enlarging a vector graphics-based image as opposed to enlarging a pixel based image. The former will keep being high res, while the latter will show pixels as you zoom in.
It is true that you can lose quality even when working with synths, but it is much less likely to happen, and even if it does, it does not have the same effect as losing quality form band recordings.
As a hobbyist electronic music composer, I would just like to point out that sometimes, compression/limiting is actually a very important tool. Basically, people often don't realize that compression/limiting started as a handy tool for the mixing engineer. Sometimes you need a good way of making something sound louder while increasing its harmonic content, and a limiter can do just that. Also, when done in proper amounts, compression of the entire track can cause the recording to sound more unified.
The fact that these tools are used for destroying recordings these days is rather disturbing though. I recently got Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Stadium Arcadium" album, and I simply cannot stand listening to it because of the clipping and lack of dynamic range. It's rather sad, because the songs themselves are composed nicely, but are harmed by the doings of a producer. It all sounds lifeless and dull, simply lacking the finesse of a proper instrument recording.
When you think of all the times helicopters sent to deal with terrorists in Gaza accidentally killed/injured civilians from collateral damage, it really makes an invention like this important.
Also, remember that a large number of consumer technology started its way as military-only stuff.
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On my HP laptop, whenever I enter the restore partition software screen by hitting F11 on the BIOS screen, it resets the boot partition to the Windows loader.
No need to actually tell the restoration software to do anything, you can just enter it and exit straight away; it simply removes any bootloader installed automatically with no confirmation beforehand.
I actually found this "feature" useful when I wanted to remove a Linux installation gone bad, as it saved me the trouble of restoring the Windows bootloader.
Nevertheless, this is outrageous.
Can anyone please explain to me why there's a need for completely new processes, as opposed to using threads?
I'm curious as to what's the difference, and where the thread mechanism "fails" here.
As a tx2500 owner myself, I can testify that the official documentation says it has 256 levels of sensitivity.
Definitely not 3, from personal experience, regardless of official papers.
So how will this differ from existing music stream services such as Deezer and Jiwa.fm?
Both offer free on-demand music streams online for quite a while now. Am I missing something here?
Well, it might not be the reason stereo was invented for, but it is definitely a side effect of stereo's existence.
I've mixed a lot of recordings, and can say from experience that separating instruments into different speakers (not 100% panning, of course) will definitely reduce distortion.
Of course almost nothing is panned all the way to one speaker, but basically when you pan something 70% to one speaker, you reduce its volume on the other speaker significantly, thus allowing more sonic space for other sounds on that speaker.
It's something that can be easily comprehended when playing around with a recording's mix.
Plus, it's a good way to avoid "clipping" - a signal that goes over 0dB and gets distorted. You can separate the recording into different speakers, and thus the overall volume on one speaker is divided between the others, and neither speaker goes over 0dB, and you avoid clipping distortion.
the number of speakers, or surround do not determine the quality of music.
Actually, it has a potential to make things sound much more clear. Stereo, for example, was invented to create more space for sounds in a recording. If you have too many things going on at once on the same speaker, you'll get distortion and generally unpleasant sounds because too many waveforms are cramped together on the same output. That's why it helps to split recordings into different speakers, so you get a more clear sound. On this logic, I can definitely see how 5.1 might help to bring better sound quality.
That actually sounds like a good idea to me. How often do we get news about authorities using new technologies in a positive manner instead of taking a stance against them?
Wait, I don't think you were clear about one point in particular. Should I or should I not set the preference...?
That's the work of a badly used compressor. It gets two signal inputs, and lowers one whenever the other reaches a certain volume level, basically. Someone misused it in this recording, apparently.
Not to be picky, but the quality of those drawings really leaves a lot to be desired...
Anyone else think that "Airborne Laser" (pic 19) looks like some of the robots on Half Life 2?
Oh no! How would we solve all those logarithmic equations then?!
Actually, you're wrong.
As I said, I do electronic music, that means, using synthesizers and not recorded instruments.
When you modify a waveform that was initially created by use of computer algorithms, it doesn't necessarily mean you harm it.
Some synths have built-in compression modules in them, as well as gain/limiting. In the realm of electronic music (and by that I mean the genre of electronic, not digitized audio), compression has much less negative impact than it does in recorded instrument mixing.
You see, a synthesized waveform usually does not have all the fine details that are lost when compressed, as opposed to a recorded band playing.
It's like talking about enlarging a vector graphics-based image as opposed to enlarging a pixel based image. The former will keep being high res, while the latter will show pixels as you zoom in.
It is true that you can lose quality even when working with synths, but it is much less likely to happen, and even if it does, it does not have the same effect as losing quality form band recordings.
As a hobbyist electronic music composer, I would just like to point out that sometimes, compression/limiting is actually a very important tool.
Basically, people often don't realize that compression/limiting started as a handy tool for the mixing engineer.
Sometimes you need a good way of making something sound louder while increasing its harmonic content, and a limiter can do just that.
Also, when done in proper amounts, compression of the entire track can cause the recording to sound more unified.
The fact that these tools are used for destroying recordings these days is rather disturbing though. I recently got Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Stadium Arcadium" album, and I simply cannot stand listening to it because of the clipping and lack of dynamic range. It's rather sad, because the songs themselves are composed nicely, but are harmed by the doings of a producer. It all sounds lifeless and dull, simply lacking the finesse of a proper instrument recording.
When you think of all the times helicopters sent to deal with terrorists in Gaza accidentally killed/injured civilians from collateral damage, it really makes an invention like this important. Also, remember that a large number of consumer technology started its way as military-only stuff.
Actually, it's E=MC^2
Actually, Nimrod is a fairly common Israeli name. It's from the Bible.