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Friday, May 14, 2010
Green Energy: Plug Your Green Kodak Zi8 To A Solio
Probably my 1st video blog with my face on it. :)
Just sharing my little discovery about using Solio to power up the Zi8. Which means you can capture as much as you want in summer!! Well ok, depending on the size of your SDHC card. The catch though, you need the newer USB female adapter which is meant for the ihone 3GS attachment. If you, like me, have owned this Solio for the last 2 yrs then you'd need the newer adapter. (You can tell when you try charging the 3GS with the older connector) It would not charge with the black one.
If you got the white Female USB adapter then you're good to go. Just plug in the USB cable that's provided by Kodak into the Solio adapter and you're good to go!
Just sharing my little discovery about using Solio to power up the Zi8. Which means you can capture as much as you want in summer!! Well ok, depending on the size of your SDHC card. The catch though, you need the newer USB female adapter which is meant for the ihone 3GS attachment. If you, like me, have owned this Solio for the last 2 yrs then you'd need the newer adapter. (You can tell when you try charging the 3GS with the older connector) It would not charge with the black one.
If you got the white Female USB adapter then you're good to go. Just plug in the USB cable that's provided by Kodak into the Solio adapter and you're good to go!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
550D / T2i + Wireless Lavalier
Excuse the imperfect focus of my cute little talent. But it shows how / why an external hi-res / HD monitor is almost compulsory to get good focus on this new breed of HD-DSLR. My previous JVC HD cam has a focus-assist function which highlights the focussed points. OR the option to switch the monitoring LCD to black and white making it easier to focus on your chosen subjects. Fact that the LCDs are not swivel-able like regular camcorders make it awkward at times if the came is set - like for this - at knee level.
Which means.. necessary next purchase.. an LCD View Finder. Or just stop shooting video with it. :) More trial and error for sure. And its not that difficult if I just turn the AF on. :))
Friday, May 7, 2010
IK MULTIMEDIA gatecrashes the Apple App store with iRig
Not often that I get this excited of an iPhone plugin. Does it show? OK OK its also for you peeps with iPod Touch and iPad. But I think for those guitar geeks who's had enough carrying their pedals and also audio producers who wants something new, here's iRig from IK Multimedia.
I don't know what you guys use with your guitar rig. I have a couple of BOSS pedals, Boss GT8, Dunlop Cry Baby, Koch Twintone, Marshall 4x12 Greenback, a vintage Rane Bass cab, KORG Toneport... well you know how the list goes. But when I started working behind the glass as an audio engineer, I've been trying to travel light taking my laptop and digital mixer with me. Most times, the sound you capture of the mic or the guitar fx the gutarist use just don't cut the cake. Often us folks will be out seeking for better reverbs or compressors. But never would I thought we'd be presented with iRig™.
I'd assume you know how a guitar FX works; what each of the stomp box does, how the cab or various microphone selected will affect the overall sound. But to have it all fit in your pocket is just purely insane. BUT what I'm more excited for is its other use behind the desk as an external insert. In short I would love to try this thing. Its out of the future, its out of your pocket!
PRESET
Save and recall up to 36 presets for the entire AmpliTube rig, including all effects, amplifiers, cabinets and microphone settings. Tap on these large pads to immediately recall a preset or hold to store.
SONG
Tranfer via Wi-Fi any song you want to learn or play along from a computer to AmpliTube for iPhone. You'll play mixing your sound with the songs, allowing you to practice, learn or just have fun!
TOOLS
Tune your guitar, bass or any other instrument with the built-in precision chromatic tuner. Practice with the integrated metronome, you can enter a BPM tempo or just TAP it by following a song. When you need to play and experiment with AmpliTube sounds but can't connect a guitar just start the included audio demos and start tweaking the stomp effects and the amps.
SETUP
Setup how AmpliTube for iPhone performs here. You can control latency, enable Feedback control, and set if the Application can set the iPhone or iPod to sleep when playing for long time.
WHO WANTS THIS?
Without a doubt, I want to get my hands on this 21st century iRig. Curious really. I see that there is a FREE plugin coming to the iPhone app soon. But you won't be able to do much with it until you get the audio interface which would cost you $39.99 / EU29.99 which is on Pre-Order now. What this interface does is pretty clear. It provides the 1/4" instrument input, channelling the signal into the iRig (plugin / insert / app) and the 1/8" headphone out as your Mixed or FX Return. *Note that its not limited to just guitars, but works with any line level signals from synthesizers, keyboards, mixers... there's the HINT. Mixers.
I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO STICK IT INTO ONE OF MY AUX INSERTS. THAT DELAY ALONE WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF!!
BUT WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE WHOLE DEAL... has nothing to do with the program... despite the fact that the Full version being so irresistably priced.... is the shipping cost to Europe.. EU15???!! I've got traceable package from eBay US for EU5. Why EU15?? Which would make the complete package for us in Europe to be EU65..
SO I'll leave this geeked out blog with the Intro video from iRig. Do write your comments about what you think about this crazy app. I'm having problem calling it an app.. I'll be dumb and call it a plugin as how I know Amplitubes to be in my ProTools or Logic Studio setup. Can't wait...
PROS:
Big choice of combinable guitar fx in your pocket
Import songs and jam along in app
36 savable presets
Handy tuner / metronome for practise
Same low-latency as Amplitude used on Mac / PC
CONS:
Nothing to say really except for that EU15 shipping to European countries. Which is a bit steep for such a small interface.
I don't know what you guys use with your guitar rig. I have a couple of BOSS pedals, Boss GT8, Dunlop Cry Baby, Koch Twintone, Marshall 4x12 Greenback, a vintage Rane Bass cab, KORG Toneport... well you know how the list goes. But when I started working behind the glass as an audio engineer, I've been trying to travel light taking my laptop and digital mixer with me. Most times, the sound you capture of the mic or the guitar fx the gutarist use just don't cut the cake. Often us folks will be out seeking for better reverbs or compressors. But never would I thought we'd be presented with iRig™.
I'd assume you know how a guitar FX works; what each of the stomp box does, how the cab or various microphone selected will affect the overall sound. But to have it all fit in your pocket is just purely insane. BUT what I'm more excited for is its other use behind the desk as an external insert. In short I would love to try this thing. Its out of the future, its out of your pocket!
PRESET
Save and recall up to 36 presets for the entire AmpliTube rig, including all effects, amplifiers, cabinets and microphone settings. Tap on these large pads to immediately recall a preset or hold to store.
SONG
Tranfer via Wi-Fi any song you want to learn or play along from a computer to AmpliTube for iPhone. You'll play mixing your sound with the songs, allowing you to practice, learn or just have fun!
TOOLS
Tune your guitar, bass or any other instrument with the built-in precision chromatic tuner. Practice with the integrated metronome, you can enter a BPM tempo or just TAP it by following a song. When you need to play and experiment with AmpliTube sounds but can't connect a guitar just start the included audio demos and start tweaking the stomp effects and the amps.
SETUP
Setup how AmpliTube for iPhone performs here. You can control latency, enable Feedback control, and set if the Application can set the iPhone or iPod to sleep when playing for long time.
WHO WANTS THIS?
Without a doubt, I want to get my hands on this 21st century iRig. Curious really. I see that there is a FREE plugin coming to the iPhone app soon. But you won't be able to do much with it until you get the audio interface which would cost you $39.99 / EU29.99 which is on Pre-Order now. What this interface does is pretty clear. It provides the 1/4" instrument input, channelling the signal into the iRig (plugin / insert / app) and the 1/8" headphone out as your Mixed or FX Return. *Note that its not limited to just guitars, but works with any line level signals from synthesizers, keyboards, mixers... there's the HINT. Mixers.
I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO STICK IT INTO ONE OF MY AUX INSERTS. THAT DELAY ALONE WOULD PAY FOR ITSELF!!
BUT WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE WHOLE DEAL... has nothing to do with the program... despite the fact that the Full version being so irresistably priced.... is the shipping cost to Europe.. EU15???!! I've got traceable package from eBay US for EU5. Why EU15?? Which would make the complete package for us in Europe to be EU65..
SO I'll leave this geeked out blog with the Intro video from iRig. Do write your comments about what you think about this crazy app. I'm having problem calling it an app.. I'll be dumb and call it a plugin as how I know Amplitubes to be in my ProTools or Logic Studio setup. Can't wait...
PROS:
Big choice of combinable guitar fx in your pocket
Import songs and jam along in app
36 savable presets
Handy tuner / metronome for practise
Same low-latency as Amplitude used on Mac / PC
CONS:
Nothing to say really except for that EU15 shipping to European countries. Which is a bit steep for such a small interface.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Think I need a few spare batteries.. :)
Zi8 with a 32GB SDHC card can record 4:42:00 @ 1080/304:24:00 @ 720/605:25:00 @ 720/308:48:00 @ WVGA
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