![]() That’s the provenance of the mainstream sports: baseball (“home run,” “touch base,” “strike out,” “getting to first base”),įootball (“Hail Mary,” “punt”), golf (“teed off,” “par for the course,” “Mulligan,”),īasketball (“slam dunk CIA directors are stronglyĪ lover of language and some if not all sports, I live with the irony that myįavorite slang originated in my least favorite sport: boxing. ![]() Throws his or her hat into the ring so you can give friends a blow-by-blow account Of your inability to roll with the punches or find someone to be in yourĬorner if you’ve ever wanted a ringside seat as your favorite politician If you’ve ever felt on the ropes, like you wanted to throw in the towel because You’ve ever felt down and out because some lightweight beat you to the punch Terms from this brutal activity have made it into everyday American English. It, these terms fit the contentious nature of daily life and elevate our What does it mean that a sport in which the participants intentionally injureĮach other has such a constant presence in the common language? The way I see Of what happened, and make them punch-drunk with happiness - you can thank theīoxing glossary for all your muscular phrasing. Mundane little tiffs into the macho world of sport. Late with the quarterly report.” And, like “Mohawk,” they crystallize a more Today” sounds so much more glamorous than “Mr. ![]() That I think about it, the scarcity of figure skating terminology in common language is probablyĪppropriate to its relationship to life off the ice: there is nothing inĮveryday existence like zooming along at 20 miles per hour attached to theĮarth by nothing but a 1/8-inch strip of steel. How Brad and Angelina's marriage fell apart: ALISON BOSHOFF reveals where it all went wrong - from overindulged children to arguments over her brother Fine with me if they go - but let's keep the slang.Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are seen at Savannah hospital after his mom fell off their dock cutting her leg and was rushed to the hospital for stitches Long-term health problems, there’s recently been talk about banning certainīrain-endangering sports. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Creating new MIDI maps The Basic Concept Since the beginning of time (well, sometime early in the 2.X series), Ardour has had the concept of identifying each track and bus with a remote control ID. ![]() The editor allows native SMF editing with unlimited undo/redo capacity. Ardour will retain your selection after you choose one. Ardour allows either editing MIDI (or audio) regions, or MIDI region content (the notes), but never both at the same time. MIDI regions behave like audio regions: they can be moved, trimmed, copied (cloned), or deleted. The browser quickly displays the most significant information about MIDI files. Key features of Ardour MIDI handling MIDI, just like audio, exists in regions. I have not tried to control multiple parameters or use multiple controller CC’s, so I don’t know what the best way to do that would be. MidiKit is a MIDI file browser/editor and batch processor. Previously I had to use a hardware controller to get the MIDI Learn to take. The real key is the Generic MIDI Control Input/Output.ħ.) Now you can do MIDI Learn to map the CC that your LFO Control is outputting to your effect parameter just by hitting play or record. I REALLY don’t know much about MIDI, so this may not be the “proper” way of doing things. ![]() Hardware/MIDI Through → Ardour Misc/Generic MIDI Control In Hardware/MIDI Through → Ardour Tracks/Guitar in (or your audio track name) If the signal coming into the hardware inputs is active, the meters on Ardour's master channel should move. USB microphones combined with your builtin audio) is generally discouraged, though it can be done. Ardour tries to set things up in a sane manner by automatically connecting the hardware inputs of the computer to its master input and the hardware outputs to the master output. In the MIDI Connection Manager (Alt-Shift-M) connect these Sources to these Destinations:Īrdour Tracks/LFO Control out → Hardware/MIDI Through Ardour (and all advanced digital audio software) will work better if you use a professional or semi-professional audio interface that is capable of simultaneous playback and recording. GxWahwah (where I’d like to control the Wah parameter)Ħ.) Now this is the part where I’ve done things about 10 different ways, but I think this seems to work best. Download QMidi 2.9.9 for Mac - A light and use-oriented MIDI and Karaoke player for your Mac that enables you to organize and continuously play a wide variety of multimedia files SOFTPEDIA®. 5.) To the Audio Track add and effect whose parameter you’d like to control, e.g. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lucky for all of us, math is pretty much never required when figuring out which aspect ratio we should go with for our videos. This is different than a program such as photoshop which uses the crop tool as a way to adjust the aspect ratio of the photo. Video cropping just cuts off portions of the video clip while keeping it inside of the sequence of the aspect ratio. This comes in handy when you want to change the resolution of your image while still yielding the right aspect ratio.Īs stated before, choosing an aspect ratio for your video is different than cropping though. If you divide the 1920 pixels by 120 and then divide the 1080 pixels by 120, you’re left with 16:9. The width and height of the pixels in your image are what determine the aspect ratio.įor example, a video with a width of 1920 pixels and a height of 1080 pixels (the most common resolution type) yields a 16:9 aspect ratio. ![]() ![]() In other words, it’s essentially the frame size of your video. Aspect ratio is defined as the “ratio of the width to the height of an image or screen”. Understanding aspect ratios in Premiere Proįirst, let’s go over aspect ratios since it’s easy to confuse this term with cropping. With Simon Says, you can quickly add captions to your content directly in Premiere Pro. Note: Adding captions to your videos is another great way to make your social media content stand out, given that many viewers watch videos without audio. In this post, we’ll walk you through some Now, cropping a video clip can be done right in post-production.Ĭropping can be a great way to create split-screen videos or create content for social media platforms. In the past, cropping in on a subject would have to be done in the production phases, entirely in-camera based on the aspect ratio. This opened up the door to simplifying video editing techniques that were once incredibly complicated.Īmong these is the cropping of videos. Video editors were finally able to do things digitally that they weren’t able to do on film. The introduction of NLEs was something of a renaissance for the post-production industry. ![]() ![]() ![]() The entire orchestra ‘shouts’ back in response and the entire ensemble rallies into an anthem that embodies the struggles and triumph of humanity. The ostinato patterns here are laid down by the bass section, allowing the English horn and strings to float over it, gradually building up to that moment at 7pm, when cheers, claps, clangings of pots and pans, and shouts ring through the air of cities around the world! The trumpets drive a infectious rhythm, layered with a traditional Son clave rhythm, while solo trombone boldly rings out an anthem within a traditional African call and response style. One of the devices used to address this is the usage of Ostinato, which is a rhythmic motif that repeats itself to generate forward motion and in this case, groove. ![]() ![]() It was suggested that a short work for a debut by multi-track recording could account for the ensemble performing together as if they were in the same room. Later, to continue tradition from the first commission the composer received from the orchestra, a piccolo solo dedicated to Erica Peel dances with joy. One such moment is dedicated to humanity and grace, as a clarinet solo written for Ricardo Morales, followed by a flute solo with both Jeffrey Khaner and Patrick Williams in mind, providing a transition into a new upbeat segment. When a composer has the rare opportunity to create for musicians they have gotten to know, the act of composing becomes an embrace tailored to the personality and capabilities of the musicians with elements of both challenge and appreciation. The fanfare blossoms into a lushly dense landscape of nature, symbolizing both the caregiving acts of nurses and doctors as they try to save lives, while nature is transforming and healing herself during a time of self-isolation. The work begins with a distant and solitary solo between two trumpets in fanfare fashion to commemorate the isolation forced upon human kind, and the need to reach out to one another. Seven O'Clock Shout is an anthem inspired by the tireless frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the heartwarming ritual of evening serenades that brings people together amidst isolation to celebrate life and the sacrifices of heroes. The virtual premiere was held on July 6th, 2020 at the direction of Maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin. ![]() ![]() ![]() Personally, I like it way more thanĬomment-dwim, as it’s simpler and more consistent. It will comment/uncomment the current line (or region) - nothing more, nothing less. comment-lineĬomment-line is a newer command that was added in Emacs 25.1, as a simplerĪlternative to comment-dwim. Invocations of the command handled this somehow. Select the commented region (in this case the current line) and invokeĬommend-dwim on it, but I think it would have been nice if repeated One thing that’s somewhat annoying about comment-dwim is that it’s not veryĬonvenient to uncomment the current line. This versatile command is bound to M- by default. Else, call comment-indent, which simply indents the comment.C-u), callĬomment-kill (this command kills the first comment on the line, if any). If a prefix argument is specified (e.g.If the region is active it calls comment-region (unless it onlyĬonsists of comments, in which case it calls uncomment-region).Ĭomment-insert-comment-function if it is defined, otherwise insert a.Depending on the context in which it’s invoked it can comment-dwimĬomment-dwim 1 is the Swiss army knife of Emacs commentĬommands. In a similar vein - it’sĪ command you’d likely never use directly. Like comment-region it’s not bound to any key by default. uncomment-regionĪs the name implies it simply uncomments each line in the active region. ![]() There are at least two more capable commands that render comment-region useless. The comment-region command is not bound to any key by default. I’ll admit I never felt the need to change the default value of comment-style ( indent). If they look okay, then see teaching emacs how to find M2-init.el, teaching emacs how to find M2, and teaching your shell how to find M2.(( plain nil nil nil nil "Start in column 0 (do not indent), as in Emacs-20" ) ( indent-or-triple nil nil nil multi-char "Start in column 0, but only for single-char starters" ) ( indent nil nil nil t "Full comment per line, ends not aligned" ) ( aligned nil t nil t "Full comment per line, ends aligned" ) ( box nil t t t "Full comment per line, ends aligned, + top and bottom" ) ( extra-line t nil t t "One comment for all lines, end on a line by itself" ) ( multi-line t nil nil t "One comment for all lines, end on last commented line" ) ( box-multi t t t t "One comment for all lines, + top and bottom" )) If Macaulay2 doesn't start up (in a buffer named *M2*), check that you typed in the above lines correctly into. emacs file, or you should disable the systems use of the f12 key. On MacOS X systems, f12 is usurped by either DashBoard, SpotLight, or something else, so either you must change the f12 to some other key, e.g., f8, in the. Start Macaulay2 by pressing the f12 function key. if you want to use your f12 key for something elseĪfter saving your. comment out the following line with an initial semicolon Alternatively, and much simpler, run M2, and let the setupEmacs function do it for you.emacs file in your home directory Comments and reference documentations are intentionally inconspicuous and. ![]() emacs file in your home directory, creating the file if necessary. Build for Emacss terminal- and GUI mode with true colors and support for many. If not, then in order for emacs to be able to find these files, place the following lines in the. ![]() If you're lucky, then your system administrator has installed Macaulay2 so that directory ends up in the same place where emacs looks for its files, as listed by the emacs variable loadpath. The Macaulay2 emacs interface consists of several files in the directory share/emacs/site-lisp/Macaulay2/ in the Macaulay2 distribution tree. After running through that you will want to examine the online emacs manual that can be read with info mode you may enter or re-enter that mode with the keystrokes C-h i. (The notation C-h indicates that you should type Control-H, by holding down the control key, and pressing H.) The emacs tutorial will introduce you to the basic keystrokes useful with emacs. Start up emacs with the command emacs and then start up the emacs tutorial with the keystrokes C-h t. If you are a newcomer to emacs, you should spend a few minutes going through the emacs tutorial. ![]() ![]() ![]() The nations of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear and Malkuth have fought over the fragments of these tablets for generations, with the other uncovering them and hoping to discover the future before the other does. This prophecy of the future’s set path becomes known as the Score and is documented on fonstones scattered throughout the world. One such Seventh Fonist, Yulia Jue, puts in place a future for the world for thousands of years to come, with the promise of unlimited prosperity at its end. Its discovery brings great chaos: using this newest Seventh Fonon allowed one to read the future. For most of Auldrant’s history, only six fonons were known to exist, representing the elements of Shadow, Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Light however, a seventh fonon, Sound, is a fairly recent discovery. The game takes place on Auldrant, a planet composed of elementary particles called fonons. It was released in 2005 for the PS2 and later remastered for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011. The 8th Tales game published and developed by Bandai Namco was considered one of the best in terms of both as a game and anime. Many fans, including myself, continue to beg BANDAI NAMCO to make a remastered version for the PS4 and PS5. The game has received a lot of high praise, especially for the many fans, and has proven to be one of the most commemorative of the Tales series. However, by feeding the orbs using elemental energy through a mana-absorbing spyrix, they become functional once again, albeit differently. The explosion causes the Lilium Orbs to overload with mana and stop working. After the events of the prequel, a large sum of mana explodes due to the destruction of the Schism, a barrier that separates Elympios and Rieze Maxia. Going so far as calling them “monsters” due to their ability to use Spirit Artes, which are rare skills in Elympios. The residents of Elympios continue to fear the people of Rieze Maxia. Elympios is a highly technological world where its residents live in prosperity. However, due to the two world’s differences in culture and terms of opinion, they also remain in opposition. Set in Elympios, which currently remains in harmony with Rieze Maxia. This game is the 14th in the Tales series. The sequel to Tales of Xillia that was released on Novemin Japan and later on Augfor the West in the PS3. Because of this, the game quickly received a sequel that took fans by surprise. Due to the amount of sales, Sony awarded Tales of Xillia the Gold Prize during the PlayStation Awards and also received the User’s Choice award from the PlayStation Awards online poll. The Tales of Xillia was one of the biggest games that Tales has to offer considering its scale and it being unexpectedly unique from its predecessors. Auj Oule is a developing country whose power is derived from the control of monsters and the might of its military. Rashugal is an empire with a long history whose free use of spirit power has granted it incredible majesty and prosperity. ![]() In Rieze Maxia, there are two main countries vying for supremacy. The most powerful of these spirits is a being called Maxwell, though its true nature is unknown. The spirits support human civilization by granting wishes, such as the ability to channel mana as spirit power, and in turn, are protected by those wishes. It is set on Rieze Maxia, a world where humans and monsters coexist with spirits. This is the 13th game of the Tales series that was released on September 8th, 2011 in Japan and later released for the West on August 6th, 2013 for the Playstation 3. ![]() ![]() Strain into Old Fashioned glass filled with ice.
![]() ![]() Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor developed by Google. Show your photos some extra love and grab this from the Play Store now. Snapseed also includes the standard publishing outlets like Facebook and Google+ or other sharing portals. One other major feature I appreciated was the ability to quickly compare a before and after setting, thanks to a button on the bottom panel. Snapseed is a complete and professional photo editor developed by Google. That means photos will retain their original quality from when shot, giving you the max amount of wiggle room with making adjustments without destroying your photos to the point of utter nonrecognition. Snapseed for PC is a tool that comes with unlimited photo editing features that can be easily utilized by both the newbie users as well as the professionals. When you're editing photos on Snapseed, you're also working with the original photo itself, contrary to Instagram's compressed approach. It's probably not going to appeal much to the average, impatient tween who is condition to the click-and-go process of photo filters, but for those who enjoy touching up their photos will find Snapseed's workflow attractive, or at least I sure did. Snapseed comes with under a dozen or so basic filters that can more or less duplicate Instagram's presets, but again with more customized looks. Common gestures like pinching will define areas of effect, and swiping left to right will adjust how light or intense you want the applied filter to look. However, Snapseed's gesture based controls makes manipulating photos much more accurate, and is an essential application for any mobile photographer who wants more out of their pictures.Īfter downloading and installing the app, Snapseed will guide you through a quick tutorial of how to use their editing suite. However, if your laptop is a chromebook or has a chrome OS, it can be installed. Snapseed is a free photo editing app that comes loaded with image manipulation tools and. Snapseed is not natively supported on a PC. Snapseed is a powerful photo editor that lets users adjust photos with an impressive arsenal of tools and settings. Google Snapseed Review: Free Photo Editing Software Worth the Hype. ![]() ![]() ![]() Create, convert, and export PDFs: The most fundamental function of a PDF editor is to make PDFs, either from scratch, scanned hard copies, or by converting digital documents. ![]() A good PDF editor should be able to transform a variety of file types-from Microsoft Office formats to images to HTML-and do so seamlessly, preserving the original formatting. It should also include OCR technology to make the PDF text searchable and editable. You can easily edit a scanned document in Microsoft Word by importing the image to Microsoft OneNote and then extracting the text from the image and pasting. It even has the ability to merge multiple PDF files. 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