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by mr swim
Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:34 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: simplest laptop synth
Replies: 9
Views: 1684

Bome's midi keyboard is perfect. Simple and simply great - I'll never have the excuse of forgetting a tune while at work again.

And I love the idea of postcard ware ! he he

Thanks for all your help

Will.
by mr swim
Tue Aug 30, 2005 5:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: simplest laptop synth
Replies: 9
Views: 1684

thanks people ... will definitely follow up on some of these links ...

Will.
by mr swim
Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: simplest laptop synth
Replies: 9
Views: 1684

Hello ! Could anyone recommend a completely basic synth that I could play just using the standard keyboard of my laptop ? I never think of tunes when I'm actually at my music computer, but always when I'm daydreaming in front of my laptop. So it would really just be for getting my note bearings to w...
by mr swim
Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:20 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Halleluja - In Guns We Trust!
Replies: 32
Views: 3384

I'm certainly no expert on things American, but isn't the right to bear arms written into the constitution ? Try to ammend that and the nutty Militias will know it's time for the great rising. There's a law in the UK which states that any able bodied man over the age of 6 (or something like that) m...
by mr swim
Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:18 am
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: intel d865perl motherboard in the UK?
Replies: 3
Views: 2055

also try http://www.ebuyer.com

that's where I got mine

(I'm very happy with it, by the way)

Will.
by mr swim
Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:55 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

interesting, shocking, but sadly not surprising ... the CIA (amongst other intelligence agencies) have been nuts for years. Chomsky is good on all these matters. Also a couple of documentaries you might be interested in: 'The Power of Nightmares' (3 parts) charting the rise of neo-conservativism and...
by mr swim
Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:34 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Pulsar 2 periodically completely stops working.
Replies: 28
Views: 4067

in terms of standard mode, I did manage to do this. I notice no difference in the day-to-day running of the machine except that it is more stable. Now, how the hell did I do it ? It was not obvious you are right ... here we go (from here - http://www.musicxp.net) Firstly, the entry Plug and Play OS ...
by mr swim
Mon Mar 28, 2005 9:24 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: anyone familiar with audio cognition or ecological psychoaco
Replies: 12
Views: 1511

On 2005-03-28 11:12, kensuguro wrote: cognitive science has a model for how people "think" (problem solving, planning, learning, etc) in visual images bear in mind that this model itself is going to be quite metaphorical ... we don't have tv screens in our heads, nor do we have frame-by-f...
by mr swim
Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:50 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

On 2005-03-28 12:30, Spirit wrote: I certainly support the liberation of Afghanistan. Remember the Taliban ? Blowing up historical monuments, hosting terrorist training camps, banning music, movies and most books ? No education at all for females ? Now there is a president elected by Afghanis and m...
by mr swim
Mon Mar 28, 2005 8:29 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

On 2005-03-28 11:32, dArKr3zIn wrote: Speculating about what happened on 9/11 is something you can do all day and not get anywhere. It will only distract you from looking at what is happening now - American military and economic imperialism increasing. Whether they planned it or not, it's happening...
by mr swim
Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:24 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Illegitimate ...........Parents.........
Replies: 28
Views: 2453

No only to say that this statistic is not officially confined to australia :smile:

and to say that there are rumours that my mum's father was actually her 'father's' brother !

W
by mr swim
Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:36 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

On 2005-03-24 09:04, dArKr3zIn wrote: Yes, these facts were revealed in official papers released under the Official Secrets Act (which dictates that secret papers must be revealed after 30 years... I'm not sure for how much longer this law will still exist, due to the wholesale changes to the law i...
by mr swim
Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:01 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

After WW1 and WW2 the common people in Britain were pretty pissed at the upper classes, who sent them to their deaths by the millions, in an ignorant fashion. The authorities knew that this could lead to socialist revolt, so what did they do? They started to import immigrants - the official line is...
by mr swim
Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:23 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

@ Antar. I guess my thought was that leaving Iraq with no internal security force, lots of foreign fighters, and lots of beligerant and factionist Iraqis all armed to the teeth wouldn't be very good ! The main complaint by the 'average' Iraqi at the moment is not directly about the occupation (as fa...
by mr swim
Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:02 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The day against war
Replies: 255
Views: 26386

well, I don't really understand what it means to be 'against war'. For instance, I was against the invasion in Iraq (although I don't think it was as clear cut as the partisans on either side make out). But the march in London was called 'bring the troops home'. And this statement just seems crazy. ...
by mr swim
Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:45 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: virtual girlfriend
Replies: 20
Views: 2699

@ wayne

he he !

nasty business in general !

I'm glad i have a REAL girlfriend ...

W
by mr swim
Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:41 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: a game: a listening test for you
Replies: 2
Views: 758

Interesting, interesting idea.

I hope this test will prove fruitful for all of us

W

p.s. am downloading now
by mr swim
Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:01 am
Forum: Music
Topic: let go..... emotional hip hop
Replies: 8
Views: 1925

Hi, Like the track, this is definitely a good start ! Sort of 'streets' vibe but of course its own sound really Agree with a fellow poster that a very small amount of scratching might be good - maybe have it coming in later when the track gets to its climax (as it were) - maybe around the theme of s...
by mr swim
Wed Mar 09, 2005 6:44 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Z or Z?
Replies: 30
Views: 2783

Strange, being an englishman I should really say planet zed ...

But I've ALWAYS thought of it as planet zee.

And I'm not even anywhere near my 1000th post !

W
by mr swim
Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:49 pm
Forum: General Scope Discussion
Topic: Rack Mount Scope
Replies: 19
Views: 2632

I'm not sure about the specifics of rack-mount cases, but I'm sure that you could get away with a VERY limited computer if you're just using synths - all the hard work happens in the card. [edit] you just need enough pci bandwidth to transmit MIDI (i.e. hardly any) and to co-ordinate the GUI (i.e. a...