Archive for March, 2004

FL for the Anal Retentive

Monday, March 8th, 2004

inconsistentFL Studio (Fruity Loops) has one of the most non-standard, inconsistent interfaces I have ever worked with. Functionality is duplicated but randomly different throughout the application. I wish I could tell you that these inconsistencies are worth their individual stress because of some wondersome flexibility but at least half of the inconsistencies are completely unjustified except, perhaps, as historical. (Which, of course, is not consolation.) Not having assignable keyboard and mouse actions locks you into someone else’s random decision process. No, individually, these inconsistencies are not worth the trouble. Collectively, however, that’s a different story.


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Build Your Own “Grey”

Thursday, March 4th, 2004

Unlike the Model-T, it turns out “Grey” was not the only color available (did you try brown, tan, silver?).

Ladies and gentelmen: The Jay-Z Construction Set.

Included in the preview is another compendium of links to masher resources.

March Remix Fight

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2004

fluffyporc.jpgThe March Remix Fight entries have been posted.

To be honest it took me a while to figure out the original song but I got to love it.

My favorites are by:
- Heuristics (really georgous)
- Prank Monkey (really original)
- Omnitechnomatrix (really funky)