![]() ![]() These very special instruments and tools are now often available from specialist dealers all over Europe and can be purchased directly from our webshop SCHNEIDERSLADEN worldwide. Products were shown online, in our showrooms and at the original SUPERBOOTH – workshops and countless reviews have been featured in magazines all over Europe. Herr Schneider started in 1999 with SCHNEIDERSBUERO as a sales and marketing platform for the smallest manufacturers and inventors of electronic musical instruments. I record some more experimental and abstract content for the purpose of cutting out unique sounds to make beats with. Here I’m exploring the Freesound Reels you can freely download and use with the Morphagene. Also on this site you will find lots of videos from SUPERBOOTH – the world’s largest trade fair for electronic musical instruments, news about events and workshops at SCHNEIDERSLADEN. Here’s video 9 in my MorphageneMondays series on the Make Noise and Soundhack Morphagene. Supposedly there’s some way to save the buffers in non-volatile memory, but we don’t know how yet, or what it buys us. Sharing reels (e.g., Freesound) seems not to be a thing. The audio can be Granularized and Layered for thick textures. Designed in conjunction with Tom Erbe (Soundhack), the Make Noise Morphagene uses Reels, Splices, and Genes to morph existing sounds into new sonic visions. One big difference is that Lubadh does not seem to embrace anything like Morphagene’s reels. ![]() Recorded audio can be spliced and re-arranged, as well as directionally switched, playing forward and backward. It is a whole new way to deal with sampling and audio processing. You can find all kinds of events related to these topic in our EVENT CALENDAR. Morphagene, from Make Noise, is not just an upgrade of their iconic Phonogene. Stretch and squash sound with Clock input.STROMKULT is our platform for updates and news on SCHNEIDERSLADEN and SUPERBOOTH, selected electronic musical instruments and events related to modular synthesizers, sequencers, competent drum machines, analog modular systems, midi tools, controllers, converters and related products of all kinds. ![]() Utilize envelope following CV OUT and EOSG Trigger to engage Morphagene in conversation with the rest of your modular system. Process sound in real time using Time Lag Accumulation. Undertake iterative music processes by recording manipulations and overdubs into new Splices, like having two machines (one for Playback and modulations, one for Record). This manual is available in the following languages: English. This manual comes under the category Not categorized and has been rated by 1 people with an average of a 7.5. ![]() Manipulate playback speed and direction with Vari-Speed. View the manual for the Make Noise Morphagene here, for free. Some of the Morphagene's most basic uses: Splice recorded audio and jumble it using ORGANIZE. Search between the notes to find the unfound sounds. The Make Noise - Morphagene is a next generation tape and microsound music module that uses Reels, Splices, and Genes to create new sounds from those that already exist. The Make Noise - Morphagene levels up the already game-chaning features of the neo-classical Phonogene from the same manufacturer: multiple channels, morphing signals, more ease with recording and stereo signal path will keep you busy for quite a long time. ![]()
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There's no shortage of options, as Trudograd's crafting system offers a range of homemade guns, knives, and bombs, and perk points given upon each new level can be put into mostly combat-oriented special attacks, powers, or bonuses (these apply retroactively, so a "1% per level" bonus will give a full 20% if taken for the first time at level 20). Getting stunned on a critical hit is a death sentence, totally skipping multiple turns, and I've no idea who, if anyone, was a recruitable meat shield. ![]() Real time movement switches to turn-based grid action when someone throws down, with move order determined by initiative, range by up to 10 action points (depending on a character's stats and perks), two active weapon/item slots, and the ability to aim at specific body parts for special effects.ĭamages are a bit uneven, and while everything works, it lacked the solid, punchy satisfaction of some of its peers. It works, again, much like Fallout's did. I wasn't exactly sorry that was possible, because combat is its weak spot, although the first of two caveats to that is the obvious "it's in early access and needs balancing" one. I felt a little bit bad kicking them to death, but I needed the screenshots. My stealth and survival skills would fail, but then the actual map for the fight would load, and the wolves mostly stood around at random spots on the map until I used a side alley to avoid them and recommence my journey. I was able to skip the humans ones with a Speechcraft check, but was repeatedly attacked by wolves, sometimes several times in a row. Those random encounters can be avoided with the right skills, or faced head on for a fight and some combat XP and resources. There are five city districts are far as I can tell, which work like the named locations in Fallout: you move between them on a functionally flat world map, and appear in a top-down 3D area when you reach one, or a random encounter along the way triggers a fight. AtomTeam estimate that about 30% of the game's stories and side jobs are in, and the rest will be done in six months or so. That's not to say it's exactly overflowing at the moment. It's a solid hook, and as this expansion is confined to one city, the condensed space makes the main plot thread feel closer, and more connected to everything else you're doing. Your character from the base game (or a new one you create, who will start at level 15 and answer a few questions in a dream sequence to determine the outcome of earlier events) is sent to the city of Trudograd to track down an experimental pre-war weapon that your bosses think can shoot down an Earthbound asteroid. Rejoice! You can scale the UI up instead of hunching over the screen like a diseased gremlin.Īll that carries over to Trudograd. Character levelling works similarly, with a high emphasis on core attributes like strength and intelligence, which are directly tested in dialogue, and skills like medicine, lockpicking, and crafting having a drastic effect on what your options are when it comes to resolving fights and subplots. You'll wander a dusty geigerworld fighting mutants and grumpy men in makeshift armour, visiting settlements and talking to many people, discovering a sinister plot along the way. America and the USSR nuked each other, and the remnant of a semi-legitimate military/scientific organisation sends you out into the wasteland many years later to explore. ![]() The setup of ATOM, and in fact an awful lot of what it does, will be familiar to anyone who's played the original Fallout games. I have a feeling it'll be worth the wait. It entered Steam Early Access on Monday (or you can get it on GOG, if you prefer).If you've not played ATOM, Trudograd is a surprisingly welcoming place to start, but my advice is to give it a while longer in the oven. Happily its developers, AtomTeam, have just released a standalone expansion called Trudograd. The heavily Fallout-inspired ATOM RPG has been on my "play more" list for almost a year, since I enjoyed a few hours of it but was distracted by something else. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you like this app, the full version is available as a separate app and offers thousands of the most useful phrases and words in Spanish. 11 Best Apps to Learn Spanish (INFOGRAPHIC) 1. You get useful key phrases, browse and search functions, 200 audio flashcards ordered from most foundational to most complex, and ongoing feedback, visualization tools, and stats to help track your progress. The different learning modes include Detailed Mode, Brilliance Mode, Quiz Mode, and Examine Mode. 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This video sums up my thoughts and experiences very well.Īpple have completely redefined what is possible and totally humiliated Intel and AMD in the process, who now need to take a good long look at themselves in the mirror.įor me there is no way back to the past and it's obsolete technology. This is how all mobile devices should be Battery life is so good that I have started to forget about it while working Significantly more responsive than my Intel i9 MBP 16 I don't miss those Intel i9 MBP 16 fans constantly spinning at 2-4k RPM Bottom panel and case section above keyboard rarely even gets warm to the touch To see how disappointing my experience was with the the MBP 16, here are a few of my initial posts in this thread and my letter to Tim Cook. Below are my initial impressions after 1 week with it ![]() SUPPORTING I had enough and sold my $3200 2019 Intel i9 MacBook Pro 16 and bought the cheapest $1040 2020 M1 MacBook Air. Total schoolboy error and rookie mistake to miss such a glaring problem. This is a very fundamental issue which would have been quickly identified by any user after several minutes connected to an external monitor. I am happy to answer any questions or participate in user testing Thank you for working to solve the GPU issue As a long-time Apple fan and loyal customer, I trust that Apple and AMD can solve this problem and restore my confidence in Apple products Customers should not need to hack a $ 3000 MacBook in order to simply get it to run at a reasonable temperature and volume, but whilst there is no solution or ownership from Apple or AMD we are forced to seek our own solutions This Mac was supposed to be better than my 2015 Mac in every way, but instead I am sad to say it simply makes me want my old 2015 Mac back again Such stress cannot be sustained over time and I am concerned about the longevity of this computer Unfortunately it does not and indeed shows clear audible and thermal signs of significant stress. I had hoped that this CHF 3000 Core i9 MacBook pro would power through my light tasks effortlessly and without showing any stress (like my 2015 Mac did). This Dec 2019 MacBook 16 needs to be silent, otherwise it is unsuitable for my work and not fit for purpose My old 2015 MacBook Pro was silent and cool when connected to the exact same external display doing the same light work MacBook very hot to touch above Touch Bar, at lower part of screen and underside close to hinge CPU temperatures often reach 90+ deg c with external monitor connected (usb-c to displayport) Loud fans and high temperatures are experienced even during light work (only Chrome browser running with 2 tabs open) MacBook cooling fans are very loud and distracting when MacBook is connected to external display (2500 - 5500rpm) even with light loading (only Chrome with 2 tabs open) Please fix the GPU issue as this gives AMD a very bad image in the Apple community.įeel free to ask me any questions or contact me if you need any logs dumps or reports. This probably can be addressed with drivers being released as from other people's reports this does not happen on the same machine running Windows. General temperature also rises to above 65 degrees Celsius.įrom my research this seems related to AMD card locking higher memory clock speeds when 2 monitors are being used even if no demand is being required from them. Fans speed start increasing to between 2500-2800 while no activity is being done on the laptop. Open laptop screen, GPU draw rises to 18-20w idling (as in not running any applications), just staring at the screen. ![]() With laptop screen closed GPU draws 5-6w idling and fans stay at base speeds 1700-1800 and temps below 55 degrees Celsius (ambient temperature 25 degrees Celsius). ![]() External Monitor: LG 27UL850 (have tried with another different resolution monitor, 1080p, same results) ![]() ![]() ![]() The User Helper ClassĬreate a Helpers/Envato directory under app and create a User.php file with the following contents. routes/web.php: This is a pretty standard Laravel route file where we’ll actually test our helper.Īlthough you could place your helper files anywhere in your application, the more intuitive and standard way suggests that it should go under your app directory.config/app.php: In this file, we’ll declare our custom service provider, and it also helps us to define an alias to our helper so that we don’t have to use the fully qualified class name of our helper.app/Providers/EnvatoServiceProvider.php: It’s a custom service provider file that loads our custom helper file.app/Helpers/Envato/User.php: It’s our helper file that holds the logic of our helper.The Skeleton of a Laravel Helperīefore we move ahead and actually create the files, let’s have a quick look at the files that we’re going to create in the rest of the article. I assume that you have a users table in your database and it has at least two fields- userid and username. Of course, that doesn’t sound fancy, but I believe it’s enough to demonstrate the concept, and you could always extend it to fulfill more complex requirements. To keep things simple and easy to understand, it’ll be a pretty basic helper that takes a user id and returns a user name as a response. In this section, I’ll demonstrate how you can create your own custom helper that can be used globally in your Laravel application. Now you have a basic understanding of Laravel helpers and what they are used for. In the next section, we'll discuss how you can create a custom Laravel helper. $url should contain full path like " So that's how you can use Laravel helpers. You can call it as shown in the following snippet from anywhere within your application. The Str::ucfirst helper converts the first character of string to uppercase. We'll go through a couple of Laravel helpers to understand what they do and how you can use them. In this section, I'll demonstrate how you can call built-in Laravel helpers. This category contains helpers that provide a variety of functionalities, ranging from logging to debugging and many more.įor a complete reference of Laravel helpers, there's no better place than the official documentation. They are used to generate route, asset, and form action URLs. You'll find very few in this category, but they are used throughout the application. Although PHP itself provides plenty of string manipulation functions, you'll find a few more useful goodies in this section. String manipulation is something inevitable in your day-to-day application development. I bet you're using most of these helpers already in your Laravel application. They return the fully qualified path of different directories like app, storage, config, and the like. I find the helpers in this category most useful. So this is the place where you should look first to see if what you're looking for already exists. More often than not, you'll want to perform different operations on array elements. Helpers in this group provide functionality to manipulate array elements. ![]() They are grouped together based on the functionality they provide. Helpers in LaravelĪs we discussed earlier, there are plenty of helpers available in the core of the Laravel framework. You'll learn how to create a custom Laravel helper in this tutorial. If the helper you need isn't provided by the core framework, you can code your own helper classes. Many of these functions are used by the framework itself however, you are free to use them in your own applications if you find them convenient.īasically, helpers in Laravel are built-in utility functions that you can call from anywhere within your application. ![]() Laravel includes a variety of global "helper" PHP functions. Here's what the official Laravel site says about helpers. ![]() ![]() Google Drive is the most accessible PDF converter and PDF storage system. ![]() If you want to read and take notes on PDFs quickly, Javelin is probably the PDF reader for you. Since its download size is two MB and it doesn’t have extra features like editing, the PDF reader is fast with a simple and clean user interface. Javelin PDF Reader is a straightforward PDF reader that lets you launch and print standard and encrypted PDFs, annotate them, and bookmark them. Adobe’s free PDF reader is great for any busy professional who needs to annotate PDFs on the go or on their commute. Adobe Acrobat Reader DCĪdobe’s free PDF reader, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, connects to the Adobe Document cloud and other cloud storage systems like Box, Dropbox, and Microsoft OneDrive, letting you open, view, share, and comment on PDFs from anywhere and on any device you want.Īcrobat Reader DC coolest feature is that it can read text out loud, guiding you along any document that’s challenging to read. If you create PDFs regularly for your job and need a way to collaborate on the same file, Foxit would be a good option. If you want to collaborate with someone on a PDF, you can grant and revoke document access, track who opens your document and view their activity, edit, comment, and also notify readers about new updates to your PDF.įoxit reader also provides multiple security options to keep your PDFs safe and private, like passwords, digital signatures, and encryption. To create PDFs, you can upload scans, convert Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel sheets, and even combine multiple PDFs into a new file. ![]() You can create, share, and secure your PDFs all on the cloud. Foxit Readerįoxit Reader is like the Google Docs of PDF readers. The 15 Best Free PDF Readers The 5 Best Free PDF Readers for Windows and Mac 1. There are hundreds of PDF readers and some can cost you almost a thousand dollars per year, so we sifted through the internet to find the best free PDF readers that you can download online.īelow, we created a list of 15 of the best free PDF readers whose capabilities range from only viewing PDFs to creating, editing, and securing them. ![]() But to view these important documents, you need to download a PDF reader on your computer. Whether you’re trying to access your W-2, a contract, or an eBook, it’ll probably be in the form of a PDF. Even though they’re over 25 years old, PDFs are still one of the main types of documents on the internet. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lil Baby’s far from naive about the pace of change, but the protests did make him feel it was possible. The protests galvanized him (the video for “The Bigger Picture” in part used footage of him marching), and as the country’s politics laser in on Georgia’s two Senate runoff elections, Atlanta is once again the center of the world when it comes to the future of civil rights. That’s daily on my brain, so it’s easy to speak on the subject when I get in the booth. I’ve got six, seven people with lawyers I retain for them. It’s part of my life, and we talk on a daily basis. “I’ve got brothers in jail for life without parole. “If I didn’t go through all that, I wouldn’t be able to speak on it like this,” Baby said. But in some ways, in both songwriting and life, those prison gates are never that distant. He’s one of the most popular rappers on the planet. The experience changed him in ways he’s still reckoning with - in part inspiring his devotion to rap, but also instilling a deep cynicism about how money and connections grease the wheels of justice. In 2016, the rapper finished a two-year prison stint for a spate of gun and drug charges. I knew I was going to be involved.”īaby also has more personal reasons than many to be hitting the streets demanding reform. “I’d seen it in history books, and now I got the chance to see it firsthand. “I wanted to be a part of it,” said Baby. He saw his generation’s version of that happening in front of him, and he knew he could speak more credibly and more widely than almost anyone from his hometown, a birthplace of the civil rights movement. Baby’s a big reader of history and says he can spend hours poring over transcripts or deep-diving on YouTube to soak in old speeches from Malcolm X, the Rev. “If I do win, then I’ll have to go get 10 more Grammys.”īut such acclaim was far from the point when he wrote it. “Whatever comes, I’ll take it,” Baby said. The ambitious “My Turn” didn’t land an album of the year nomination, but “The Bigger Picture” is in strong contention alongside tracks from Roddy Ricch, DaBaby and Megan Thee Stallion, featuring Beyoncé. He’s also up for a pair of Grammy nominations, for rap performance and rap song, each for “The Bigger Picture,” his searingly immediate track that became a protest hit for Atlanta and the world during the uprisings after George Floyd’s killing.īaby is fairly neutral about its Grammy prospects. It’s riff-able enough for TikTok but layered with insight from inside prison and private jets alike. He’s now clocked 20 billion plays across platforms and counting.īaby’s hooky, introspective and deeply Southern hip-hop has become a defining sound of the year in lockdown. He’s had a fistful of hits since 2018 chart breakthroughs “ Yes Indeed” with Drake and “ Drip Too Hard” with Gunna (currently at more than 700 million streams on Spotify) and “My Turn” topped the Billboard 200 album charts in March and then again in June. It’s fared especially well on livestreams and streaming services, though, and Lil Baby is one of the most listened-to artists of this grim year. It felt like entering a laboratory working on something dangerous, or maybe a Scandinavian jail.įor 10 months, hip-hop, like every other genre, has been locked out of clubs, tours and festivals because of the pandemic. Members of Baby’s team nervously flitted from room to room - a manager, a designer, a few reps working with the rapper’s Quality Control label (the firm that helped break Migos and City Girls). Hands were sanitized, masks proffered and an assistant briskly dragged newcomers through a hallway and parked them in an all-white, furniture-less room where a HEPA air filter hummed at full speed. Guests signed a thick waiver stating that they haven’t had any COVID-19 symptoms, freeing the studio from liability if they catch the virus inside. ![]() Outside a recording studio on the southern edge of Hollywood, in the alley of a windowless concrete bunker of a building, a security guard in a black suit and earpiece first took a Times writer’s temperature behind a floor-to-ceiling wall of plexiglass. ![]() If you want to talk with Lil Baby in the pandemic-darkened winter of 2020, you have to go through some formidable security. ![]() |
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