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payouthelper.com

Let’s say you’re a promoter who put on a show and now it’s the end of the night. Time to pay the bands or the DJs or the jugglers. But how should you split up the dough? You could use a pen and paper but that would require math and you’ve had a few adult beverages. Try payouthelper.com.…

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Configuring EZDrummer note names in Ableton Live

I do my “serious” recording using Cakewalk Sonar, but I write most of my songs in Ableton Live. I find it really easy to work out parts and figure out arrangements in Live, even if it’s a tool more associated with loop based dance music and DJing than songwriting. Live includes a nice set of rhythm instruments, but I tend to use Toontrack EZDrummer for my actual drums sounds. The two work well together, except for the fact that there’s no automatic way AFAICT to have the Live piano roll show names like “Kick” or “Snare Left” instead of “C1” and “A0”.…

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Cool, I’m a Java programmer…

…or at least I finished the Eclipse and Java for Total Beginners lesson. I’m going to write some apps for my new Motorola Droid (swoon), so I figured it was best if I ran through something that would help me get comfortable with the new IDE and Java syntax. The tutorial was pretty slow for someone with decent OO programming skills, but I definitely feel much more comfortable with Eclipse after having worked through the tutorial.…

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