I was back home a few weeks ago cause my parents warnt I sell it. I was horrified to see my mom had tossed my dads collection of Bytes in the dumpster. One or two very specific articles had a deep and profound influence on my career. Loved the cover art too.
Sorry to break the news to you but most stuff running on VMs in the last few years is weitten JavaScript or Java. Not C++. Efficient binaries are decidedly not in favour
This is about dataflow through effect and envelopes and different oscillators to generate sounds. Much more complicated, and the actual signal path can change dynamically.
The problem with Skeumorphic design is that it keeps with physical constraints. Imagine a fairly typical VST Synth where you can add effect or modify the data flow and filters with buttons. It makes much more sense for the interface to adjust to the actual dataflow than to have a fixed interface where you have to figure it in your head. ADSR envelopes are easier if you simply edit the curve on a curve instead of with pseudo-virtual buttons.
A virtual GUI interfacecan morph itself. A skeumorphic interface cannot.
Zebra, in particular, is very good at this. NI Massive and Arturia's synths, for instance, are not. As for Apples fabled ES2, lets not even go there. You could do vector synthesis much better if the Envelope is visible.
Some of them have nice layouts showing the linear flow of the oscillators, filters and effects. Some of them have cables to set the dataflow. Some of them have NUMBERS to set the dataflow (Massive, I am looking at you), which is really dumb. Many of them simply copy the physical constraints of a 80s switchbox with patch cables in some pseudo-graphical form.
The best interfaces (Serum, Zebra) are great. The worst of them are just as bad as menu diving with buttons in the 80s.
If you think MP3 players are bad, try pro Audio stuff. VST synth Plugins, filters, compressors, stompbox emulators, all of them, to a tee are the same. Reason Actually have pictures of stuff tapes to a rack. The virtual cables swing around when you plug and unplug them. Omnisphere, while being a fantastic synth has this horrible blue interface from the 80s. The vintage emulators from Arturia look pretty much the same as the real equipment, scratches on the woodwork included. This is not a good thing, the user interfaces often suffer horribly for it.
Exception include some of the newest things from Native Instruments, Kontour and rounds for instance as well as Zebra and Serum, the hottest VST synth at the moment.
Curiously, there is a lot of innovation in designing advanced input devices to make music. Roger Linn, the guy who built the classic Linn Drum Machine in the early 80s is a big fan of this idea, bringing out the Linnstrument. Other things that are very innovative are the Roli Seaboard, Eigenharp, some of Keith McMillen's stuff, Reactable, Continuum and many of the buttony things such as the Ableton Push. It is also a cool place to play with Arduino and embedded electronics. Making Bluetooth Midi things that use your body to control synths is really fun.
On the hardware input side there is a lot of innovation. On the software side it is Retro, Retro and more Retro. When it comes to the newly active field of analogue or half-analogue synths anything that looks like a digital bit is screamed down by the purists. It really is a shame, there is a lot of innovation that looks and sounds very interesting.
I have a 2683v3 14 Core and cocked up the Fan mounting. I can report that it can run fanless, for about a second before the machine switches off. If you are lucky you can see the BIOS.
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Your grandma would love to hear from you
Actually I think the demise od Windows Phone is a tragedy. I like the UI a lot
Open Source software lets the customers cheat. Nothing new here.
Cool Story. Must have been an honor. Thanks for sharing.
Amen brother
I was back home a few weeks ago cause my parents warnt I sell it. I was horrified to see my mom had tossed my dads collection of Bytes in the dumpster. One or two very specific articles had a deep and profound influence on my career. Loved the cover art too.
WebASM will prett much eliminate that, unless you want to review assembler
Now if Chrome will leave the toilet seat down my wife will be all for it and then I would have to install it on her machine.
Sorry to break the news to you but most stuff running on VMs in the last few years is weitten JavaScript or Java. Not C++. Efficient binaries are decidedly not in favour
Ah, how do I miss my Old IMSAI
I have said that. After learning Java I seldomly programmed in C. C is terrible. Nowadays I avoid it like the plague
This is about dataflow through effect and envelopes and different oscillators to generate sounds. Much more complicated, and the actual signal path can change dynamically.
The problem with Skeumorphic design is that it keeps with physical constraints. Imagine a fairly typical VST Synth where you can add effect or modify the data flow and filters with buttons. It makes much more sense for the interface to adjust to the actual dataflow than to have a fixed interface where you have to figure it in your head. ADSR envelopes are easier if you simply edit the curve on a curve instead of with pseudo-virtual buttons.
A virtual GUI interfacecan morph itself. A skeumorphic interface cannot.
Zebra, in particular, is very good at this. NI Massive and Arturia's synths, for instance, are not. As for Apples fabled ES2, lets not even go there. You could do vector synthesis much better if the Envelope is visible.
Some of them have nice layouts showing the linear flow of the oscillators, filters and effects. Some of them have cables to set the dataflow. Some of them have NUMBERS to set the dataflow (Massive, I am looking at you), which is really dumb. Many of them simply copy the physical constraints of a 80s switchbox with patch cables in some pseudo-graphical form.
The best interfaces (Serum, Zebra) are great. The worst of them are just as bad as menu diving with buttons in the 80s.
If you think MP3 players are bad, try pro Audio stuff. VST synth Plugins, filters, compressors, stompbox emulators, all of them, to a tee are the same. Reason Actually have pictures of stuff tapes to a rack. The virtual cables swing around when you plug and unplug them. Omnisphere, while being a fantastic synth has this horrible blue interface from the 80s. The vintage emulators from Arturia look pretty much the same as the real equipment, scratches on the woodwork included. This is not a good thing, the user interfaces often suffer horribly for it.
Exception include some of the newest things from Native Instruments, Kontour and rounds for instance as well as Zebra and Serum, the hottest VST synth at the moment.
Curiously, there is a lot of innovation in designing advanced input devices to make music. Roger Linn, the guy who built the classic Linn Drum Machine in the early 80s is a big fan of this idea, bringing out the Linnstrument. Other things that are very innovative are the Roli Seaboard, Eigenharp, some of Keith McMillen's stuff, Reactable, Continuum and many of the buttony things such as the Ableton Push. It is also a cool place to play with Arduino and embedded electronics. Making Bluetooth Midi things that use your body to control synths is really fun.
On the hardware input side there is a lot of innovation. On the software side it is Retro, Retro and more Retro. When it comes to the newly active field of analogue or half-analogue synths anything that looks like a digital bit is screamed down by the purists. It really is a shame, there is a lot of innovation that looks and sounds very interesting.
It was heartbreaking when the modem crapped out right before they appeared
No but it is not actually used for anything either
Wow, a live one. Was Algol seriously ever implemented for real?
Send your test to basenotes.com
This. MacOS/X. Apple would probably gain by Open Sourcing it too.
I still have an old Pentium II IBM Laptop with 256 MB of RAM running that, for nostalgia reasons.
Seriously, no
I live in Europe. This is total BS. They are not.
I am pretty much about to send my current employer to hell because they REFUSE to provide any training.
I have a 2683v3 14 Core and cocked up the Fan mounting. I can report that it can run fanless, for about a second before the machine switches off. If you are lucky you can see the BIOS.
Who will get fired?
The ICBM for one