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Articles from August 2008

Assign an Open Hihat so that it stops when Closed Hat is triggered

 

This is a simple how-to describing how you can assign an Open HiHat so that it stops when a Closed Hat is triggered. You could make this effect using any version of Battery and the same concept applies when using samplers like Kontakt.

SQL Injection Attacks - Parameterized Queries a simple solution

 

These are pretty basic security measures you need to add to all ASP.NET web applications, but nonetheless still worth talking about. This article exposes a simple technique about preventing SQL Injection Attacks attacks and it's based on ASP.NET Security Best Practices.

Vocal Removal Technique

 

This article describes techniques which on some stereo tracks may allow you to remove or isolate vocals (or other parts of a recording). There is no universal, reliable way of doing this unless you have the original multi-track recordings. You need to use whatever technique gives you the most attenuation or isolation on your particular track. This depends on where the vocals are positioned in the stereo field, and on the vocals' precise frequency content compared to the rest of the audio.

Right click image converter 2.2.0 utility

 

This is a cool utility I've found used to convert between image formats from the Windows shell. Supports JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, WBMP, ICON, TGA, and several other file formats. It is very useful and easy to use utility for your windows.

AFF Completed and counting

 

Al right I'm a Skydiver! I've completed the AFF course on Friday 8th of August. After that I've stayed all weekend at Évora so I did plenty of other jumps. Just what one needs before going to a music festival. Yep I haven't posted anything during the past week because I was assisting (on vacation) to a major Electronic Music Festival happening in Portugal.

Skydiving AFF Levels III, IV, V

 

These are the videos of my AFF levels 3, 4 and 5. It was time to go solo in the sky and so I did after the 3rd level, which by the way the video contains great pictures! It was at sunset and you can see major parts of the City of Évora (awesome city that hosts the Aerodrome) below me.