[Science] Die Geschichte der Welt vom Urknall bis heute

Für alle, die genauso begeistert davon sind, dass vor gut vier Wochen erstmals Gravitationswellen nachgewiesen werden konnten, aber im Physikunterricht qua Pubertät nie richtig aufgepasst haben, für die könnte auch diese kleine Dokumentation was sein, um mal die Grundlagen nachzulegen…

[Bitwig] The Platform-Independent DAW Is Out NOW

bitwig-logo-screen2One of the most promising tools of the last view years – the platform independent DAW Bitwig Studio has eventually been released yesterday. It is available for MacOS, Windows and Linux. Bitwig is a Berlin based company, originally founded by former Ableton developers. The relation to Ableton is something that put the expectations of Bitwig to a comparative high level in the field of DAWs.

We’re gonna check out Bitwig in depth during the next few days and let you know what we think. In the meantime: get yourself a demo run for free. Since the save and export feature is disabled in the normal demo version, we recommend to go for a trial license, which requires registration. Head over to https://www.bitwig.com/en/account/register.html and give the next generation of platform independent DAWs a serious go.

[Society] Wildfremde Menschen küssen sich zum ersten Mal

Bei Ronny im Kraftfuttermischwerk haben wir heute dieses wunderbare zum Frühling passende Video gefunden. Schon witzig, welche Koinzidenzen es manchmal so gibt ;-) Hintergrund ist wohl, dass die Filmemacherin Tatia Pilieva 20 Menschen ins Studio eingeladen hat, die sich vorher nicht kannten und dann knutschen durften. Das interessante ist wohl, dass Knutschen so aus dem Stehgreif doch nicht geht, weil Vertrauen, Nähe wissenschon etc. dann doch irgendwie erforderlich ist. Schaut mal rein. Wir fanden es jedenfalls suuuuper :-)

<PS> und im Nachgang stellt sich dann raus, dass das ne konzertierte Aktion einer Werbebude ist und die Leute allesamt gecastet wurden… naja… viraler Konstruktivismus in Anwendung eben… </PS>

via Kraftfuttermischwerk

[DVB-S2] Tips & Tricks for the Cloud IBox II

 

Abstract

The Cloud Ibox II is a cheap affordable satellite receiver running Linux. It is priced between 90 and 130€. It features:

  • 2 x USB (although the case shows otherwise, it seems this is 1x USB 1.0 and 1 x USB 2.0)
  • Ethernet connection
  • DVB-S2 tuner
  • 1 x card reader
  • linux based
  • dreambox plugin compatible
  • price tag is between 90 and 130€ (often including a USB Wi-Fi Antenna)

It mostly comes pre-installed with a special version of the OpenPli 4.0 frontend. This is due to the situation that OpenPLI at this moment not yet supports the Cloud Ibox II. But I strongly hope this will come soon.

After tinkering with this device the whole weekend, we have some tips and tricks for the other users of this device. Continue reading

[Namm2014] Bitwig Studio Release Date Confirmed

bitwig-logo-screen2Bitwig‘s press division just released the official release date for Bitwig Studio: March 26, 2014…
It looks like Bitwig Studio will be available from the very beginning aswell for Windows, as for Mac, as for Linux.

Bitwig Studio will be supported by devices from Novation, Nektar and Livid Instruments… More news to come soon…

// Update // Detailed prices now released as well:
// Box: USD 399.99 / 329 EUR
// Download: USD 399 / 299 EUR Continue reading

[Namm2014] Roland to Reissue an updated Version of TR-808?

There are rumors, that Roland might be working on updated re-issues of their all-time-favs TB-303 Bass Synthesizer and TR-808 Drum-Machine.

The updated version of the TR-808 is currently going under the name AIRA TR-08. You may subscribe to their AIRA newsletter on their website.

 

 

The picture is courtesy Attackmagazine.You may head over to them to get some more details
Leaked image purporting to show the new Roland AIRA TR-08

[Ableton] Repairing Defective ALS Files Manually

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What happened?

  • many avoidable (stupid) situations arise from hectic rush: we for instance accidentally deleted an ableton set (.ALS file extension) from a local NAS server
  • without going too deep into detail: since we don’t have a RAID based NAS we could recover (some parts of) the desired .als file by putting the NAS’ drive into an old PC and restored the found data with UFS/XFS-Explorer (absolute recommendation) to an external USB drive
  • after loading the recovered ALS file, we encountered the corrupt file error from Ableton

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The following article is written by a Mac user, but many (if not all) things should most likely be able to be applied to Windows aswell. Continue reading