Ways to stop spam with Wordpress

I’ll be looking for ways to stop the spam on my site once and for all. Its getting insane. Especially “trackbacks.” This blog is run on Wordpress 2.0ish so i need to find some plugins. I do have kismet installed, but its just not good enough. If anyone has any suggestions I would listen!!

Thanks, and sorry for all the spam thats been in my comments. I don’t know how to stop it or have the time to delete it.

Hopefully I can find something.

Tutorial: Pitch Correction in Adobe Audtion

Check out Transit of Venus to learn about pitch correction in adobe audion and get tips. Included are audio examples.

A link to how to do pitch correction on her blog.

She has a great voice! (if thats really her singing).
And that may have been the first time using a smiley on this blog.

Updated: Yes its really her!

Fibra’s Custom Laser-Cut x0×0b0x

TB-303 emulation!

Fibra has many other custom synthesizer works on his Flickr stream.

Also check out his upcoming Divius (TR-808 clone)!

Divius - Roland TR808 clone

Adobe Soundbooth CS4 Beta

Beta! You must have a CS3 serial number to use it longer than two days.

Using a speech-to-text engine that Adobe declined to name, Soundbooth attempts to turn spoken words into text.

As with the original Soundbooth, the Soundbooth CS4 beta lets you add AutoCompose scores.

Looks like it has some cool new features. I wasnt quite impressed with soundbooth when I first started using it. It was buggy as hell. It seemed to do a little too little and the interface wasn’t my favourite for doing simple edits. BUT we will see how this one goes, I am sure its much better.

Link to the Macworld Article

Integrated Wireless Midi/Audio Standard to be the future?

Yes of course. But the question is…Why don’t we have this yet?

Imagine being able to select and and play an external keyboard that has only just been switched on from another. This would be a new integration standard that uses downloadable voice banks lists, sort of like a playlist accessible from other instruments. No more flipping endlessly through voice banks and trying to guess what midi parameter (program change) they are.

The technology is readily and cheaply avaiable. Just look at the gaming industry. Please make this.

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Also Updated today: PlayLive!

Playlive is a wireless midi controller for Ableton Live that runs on the Sony PSP.

From QJ.Net

Space Invaders Studio

From Nuorogg on Flickr and Synthopia

Hey, no dust.

Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67623368@N00/2492143015/

Digidesign and M-audio Drivers Lacking with Latest Operating System

From Create Digital Music

if you’re a user of Digidesign and M-Audio products and looking to use current operating systems, very often you’re out of luck.

Link to the article

I think that totally sucks. I’ve had this happen to me with an m-audio USB midi interface. They just never updated the driver on the switch from OS9 to OS X. All it was is a USB midi module. I had to sell it and switch to an anchient MOTU unicorn midi interface. Just go with MOTU. Their support is way better than both of these companies that are basically releasing gobs of products and not paying any attention to them at a later date.

Be careful who you buy from when you are getting computer-specific gear, even if it is USB, or plug and play.

The Declining Quality of Apple, Synthmania 4 Year Anniversary

Many laptop-based Mac OS X users are experiencing significant audio issues on Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. On Tiger, the culprit appears to be the AirPort Extreme Update 2008-001 released earlier this spring. One workaround on Tiger is to simply turn off AirPort.

From CDM

Do you think that Apple’s software and hardware quality have gone way down?? Every update they release seems untested nowadays. Programs also seem to crash more often, even with an increased overall stability of the system. Airport giving audio problems is insane, and evidence that they aren’t paying attention.

Link From Emusic

Beat Bearing!!!

Controlling a TR-808 with ball bearings! Looks like alot of people saw this one already. Eh, I’m slow.

Keytars and Controllerism From Lx7

Come Celebrate Synthmania’s 4 year anniversary with a Visit to their page on the Electrix Filter Factory!!
Mp3 Demo

Do you need a kick start in your garden?

Features 5 encoders (with button), an additional button and a display. Software is customizable (by me, hahahaha)…..But I use it to command my machinedrum effects over sysex

RuinWesen Midi Command Link @ EM411

Resources: Making a Living Online as a Musician

There are some people who probably wish they could make a living online as a musician. Here are some resources to look at to get some ideas. Alot of people don’t take the steps to put their music out there.

Sometimes its as simple as putting a shopping cart on your site, or taking better myspace pictures.

Links:

Online Musicians
Making a Living online as a Musician

Selling your Music Online
A Comparison of Online Music Stores to Sell at
Online Store Guide
Mega List

Marketing:
A nice article about myspace from
Stephan Spencer Article******

Attracting Labels (popups):
http://public-relations.bestmanagementarticles.com/Article.aspx?id=9897

Check out EndPop for an example. Link

In the News: Korg on Nintendo DS, Roland Remix Contest, More Tenori.

Korg DS-10 soft synthesizer running on Nintendo DS. Actually, two synthesizers in one.

Release date, July 24, 2008, and only at Amazon Japan

Damn, only in japan? WHY!! When will we see a Wii version?

Link to CNET Article for the Korg on Nintendo DS

Roland Prizes In Remix Contest
Remix De/Vision’s Life is Suffering courtesy of digitalmusician.net and Roland

****Roland SH-102 Synthesizer home as Grand Prize***

AND

some guy calls tenori-on queer I guess.

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