Korg padKONTROL – which MIDI ports to use for the Librarian

By MXWest • August 5, 2010 • No Comments

Just a quick note today, about the Korg padKONTROL. Just received in, so far very limited practice with it but did notice when I tried using it with GarageBand, the pads just didn’t line up (by default, anyway) with any known sensible GM drum kit configuration.

Figuring it must be some simple Scene configuration, I loaded the Librarian. Only to have the Librarian complain that there was a “Device Inquiry Error.” OK, so what did it want me to set the MIDI ports to? No clue. Manual was frightfully thin on information on this particular subject.

Luckily, over on the Abelton forums, I found this incredibly helpful and (in my case, at least) absolutely correct bit of advice:

For MIDI In choose “padKONTROL 1 PORT A” and for MIDI out choose “padKONTROL 1 CTRL”.

And, voila! I was able to set Scene 1 to General MIDI and had all the glorious roll, flam and other assorted pads working like a drum kit!

Thanks to this post: http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?t=51168&highlight=

That is all for now. I am so swamped with debugging at work – something has changed, and I don’t know what! – it’s nice to get the 2 minute break here to share this and spread the love.
Ta!,

M

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Magento System Admin Backup Error in “foreach” Loop

By MXWest • June 2, 2010 • No Comments

I just hit this on one of my installations, and finally got around to caring enough to look for a fix, which I found here: http://www.simplehelix.com/blog/2009/07/magento-backup-error/. What happens is you blow right up on line 234 of lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Filesystem.php and you can’t run backup.

I’m just expanding on the SimpleHelix fix with a little more context, to wit:

Open the file lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Filesystem.php for editing.

Around line 234, in the function _collectRecursive, you’ll find

        foreach ($dir as $folder) {
            foreach (glob($folder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*') as $node) {
                $collectedResult[] = $node;
            }
        }

You’ll want to cast the glob to an array, like this:

            foreach ((array)glob($folder . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '*') as $node) {
                $collectedResult[] = $node;
            }
        }

That’s it! You’re ready for backup. Thanks again to the folks at SimpleHelix for this particular cure.

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Bill Belichick Drops Off Recent Draft Picks In Middle Of Nowhere, Tells Them To Find Way Back

By MXWest • May 4, 2010 • No Comments

Interesting “Team-Building” Exercise. Andy Reid could learn a thing or two, especially given the youth factor on the Eagles this year.

“[T]he infamously Machiavellian coach told his draft picks that there was no potable surface water for “hundreds of miles”; that it would be in their best interests not to attempt to contact any locals who crossed their path; that only the fruit at the very center of the thornbushes would be edible; that most of the indigenous wildlife, especially the arachnids, was very, very poisonous; and that one of the things he had just told them was a lie. ”


http://www.theonion.com/articles/bill-belichick-drops-off-recent-draft-picks-in-mid,17352/

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Didinger speculates – Eagles switching to 3-4 defense?

By MXWest • May 2, 2010 • No Comments

I have to admit, the thought had occurred to me as well: are the Eagles planning to switch up to a 3-4 defense? They’ve certainly used the look in the past, but will we see more in 2010? The current draft crop would certainly indicate that they may be leaning that way, and Ray Didinger speculates at CSNPhilly that he’s wondered about just that himself – as have many a reader sending in emails.

Yes, but what of the Nose Tackle? Didinger opines :

Could Graham be rushing from an Outside Linebacker spot in a 3-4 Eagle defense?

The nose tackle? Bunkley perhaps or maybe Trevor Laws. Bunkley has been cast as a run-stuffer with the Eagles, but at Florida State, he was a one-gap penetrator who set a school record with 24 tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Given the chance, I think he could play the nose and provide pressure up the middle.

We shall see. I don’t think it’s the worst idea I’ve heard. A defense predicated on speed is served well by a 3-4 alignment.

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