October 2011
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September 2011
16 posts
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Akai MPK Mini
Recently I learned a truth that I long suspected: The Korg Nano series of USB controllers are crap. Mostly, anyway. I used all three for a few shows, and occasionally plugged them in to do tracking work (most DAWs that aren’t called Ableton are notoriously bad with controller mapping though), all in all pretty light use. But the only one still chugging is the nanoKontrol. The nanoKey was...
The past and the future of famous logos →
alexrudloff:
Great stuff.
The Gap one especially is pretty funny.
WatchOne of the best things I ever saw on Tim and Eric. Like the best T&E sketches, I can’t quite figure out whether these guys are for real.
Do users change their settings? ยป UIE Brain Sparks →
Is the takeaway that users don’t change their settings or that large-scale software projects always leave something unfinished (ha)? Another neat study by Spool.
Mastered for iTunes - meaningless hype ? →
A little of his usual dynamic range zealotry (which is the kind of zealotry we probably need) and a little information from the mastering guy on what this actually means. Interesting that iTunes is focusing so hard on sound quality when the average customer isn’t listening on equipment that will accurately reproduce the difference.
“There are moments when melodies so infinitely, incomprehensibly sublime are...”
– Super Trouper reissue review on The Quietus
This article humorously gets across the internal struggle of listening to an ABBA record. On one side, there is this sublimely amazing pop music that you can enjoy on a simply “holy crap that’s catchy” level, or as deeply as a...
Gibson vs. Federal Government
This Gibson stuff is crazy.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/News/gibson-0825-2011/
Apparently the issue is not using endangered woods (although they were raided two years ago for just that, and according to the company still have not been charged), but for violation of the US Lacey Act which requires companies dealing with foreign nations to comply with those nations’ laws. The law...
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Cohdoo: Icon Grids →
cohdoo:
Our mission at Cohdoo is bringing ideas to life. To help us bring our ideas to life we are frequently create little tools enabling us to work more effectively and produce higher quality results. One such tool is our icon grids.
There are a lot of good templates available for creating iOS and OS…
