Laptop Power Settings
When you’re using your laptop in a live show, the last thing you want is for it to go to sleep on you. While you’re running cues or performing, it might seem wide awake, but if there’s a 10-minute gap...
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If you’re interested in experimenting with “machinima”–real-time animated performance using customized video games–a USD $25 shareware app called Machinimation, by Fountainhead Entertainment, is a good...
View ArticleInter-application MIDI
OS X has a neat built-in feature that lets two MIDI programs on the same machine talk to each other, making all kinds of interesting projects possible. It’s called the IAC Driver. Step 1. Find and...
View ArticleMIDI over a Network
OS X Tiger includes a useful new feature: you can now send MIDI between computers over an ordinary network. You don’t need any additional hardware, and the connection appears as just one more ordinary...
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