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is FMOD categorized as audio production software?
FMOD Designer
One of my friend who studies game programming introduced FMOD to me about a year ago. It’s a middleware for audio integration into game, something to bridge the gap between sound designer and audio programmer for game. Once I knew it, I installed all FMOD products (Ex, Designer, Sandbox) into my Windows PC but hardly open them so far since I don’t quite understand its concept and how to use it. Anyway, I’m trying to learn it soon, little by little.
Even though I’ve been audio-related news addict for years, I’ve never heard of FMOD until my friend introduced it to me. In my understanding, it’s not categorized as audio production software. But when FMOD released the latest update for Ex and Designer early this month. I knew about this update from many websites those are mainly related to audio production tools, such as KVR and Rekkerd.org. Especially on KVR, FMOD was added into KVR database. This must be a sign to show how popular a Audio for Game is.
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Inspired by Life as an Ableton Developer
Life as an Ableton Developer, this video shows up in the right time when I need inspiration. I’ve never thought that I’d be inspired by a job vacancy announcement. I’ve just watched this video via Sonicstate.com. It’s made by Ableton for seeking developer to work with them.
I’ve heard for a long time that Ableton is a good place to work with. Check out this video and you’ll see their working philosophy. The point that touched me is some developers were not graduated in computer engineering. But they’re now working what they are passionate about.
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is Akismet having problem?
I’ve been a WordPress user for a few years. The very first plugin I always install in every WordPress blog I make is Akismet. It’s a simple yet powerful spam blocker. It helps my blog free from spam.
By the way, I noticed a week ago. Tons of spam hit my blog, and about hundred of them could pass through the wall of Akismet into my blog comment. This is not normal situation. Moreover, it happened in the same time as all my 3 current WordPress blog got slower. It bother me with the dame slow of loading & saving. I presume there are 3 points those would be the weakest link.
- I’ve just update to WordPress 2.8
- The hosting service has problem
- Akismet have problem
Saying now I’ve 2 separated issues; slow down & spam. I don’t think the hosting service is a cause of spam problem but It might causes slowing down issue. Or, these two issues might be a bug of WP2.8 which firstly impress me with much faster than the previous version.
How comes these issues? I don’t want to waste my time fixing them. These have never happened to me before.
fix get-the-image plugin problem in Blog Happens theme
Blog Happens: Free WordPress Theme
The WordPress theme I use with this blog is Blog Happens, created by Chris Happens (aka iMenn). It requires Get-the-image plugin to make the theme work perfectly. For easy installation, iMenn included this plugin into the same package (zip file) with the theme, so there’s no need to download the plugin separately.
Get-the-image plugin included in Blog Happens theme package is version 0.2 which work perfectly with the theme. But, Now this plugin is updated to version 0.3.2. I (and my friend, @ohm4u) updated it and encounter a big bug.
ohm4u
Normally, Get-the-image plugin takes image in the post and make it as thumbnail in index page. For the post which has no image, the plugin uses default image as thumbnail. After I updated the plugin to v0.3.2, there’s no thumbnail showing for the post which has no image. This bug annoy ohm4u and he decides to fix it.
Here is how he fix it. I’ve applied this method with this blog already. It works!
in the file “index.php” of Blog Happens theme, Line 11 is showing like this.
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php if(function_exists(‘get_the_image’)) {echo get_the_image(array(‘Thumbnail’,’My Thumbnail’),’thumbnail’,get_bloginfo(‘template_directory’).’/images/thumb.jpg’);} ?></a>
Replace Line11 with this code
<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php if ( function_exists( ‘get_the_image’ ) ) { get_the_image(array( ‘custom_key’ => array( ‘Thumbnail’, ‘thumbnail’ ),’default_image’ => get_bloginfo(‘template_directory’).’/images/thumb.jpg’ )); } ?></a>
If you use “page-blog” page template, do the same thing in “page-blog.php” Line 23.
Thanks @ohm4u for this helpful solution.
Blog Happens theme : http://www.chrishappens.com/sharing/bloghappens/
Chris Happens : http://www.chrishappens.com/
iMenn : http://www.imenn.com/
Get-the-image plugin : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-the-image/
Ohm4u on Twitter : http://twitter.com/ohm4u
Ohm4u as Sonarboy : http://www.sonarboy.com/
A new book to help me get started using Pd
I knew Pure Data (Pd) for a while and faced the same problem as many people who try to get started using Pd did, we don’t know where to start. Today, Peter Kirn of CDM writes about the new book, Programming Electronic Music in Pd, by Johannes Kreidler. Here’s what Johannes explains about his book.
Loadbang is designed for self-study, principally for composers. It begins with explanations of basic programming and acoustic principles then gradually builds up to the most advanced electronic music processing techniques. The book’s teaching approach is focused primarily on hearing, which we consider a faster and more enjoyable way to absorb new concepts than through abstract formulas.
Actually I’ve Peter Kirn’s Real World Digital Audio waiting in my read-list, but this book make me hesitate which one to read first 🙂
via Create Digital Music
more info : http://www.wolke-verlag.de/musik_u_t/loadbang.html
Pure Data : http://puredata.info/
Pd-Tutorial : http://www.pd-tutorial.com/
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