![]() Updated the preset system to install read-only factory presets to root directories and write user presets to the user documents directory.Fixed issue that caused the currently selected preset name to be cleared when the Nectar UI was closed and reopened.Fixed invisible inline edit text field boxes in AAX instances within Pro Tools on Big Sur (Intel & Apple Silicon Rosetta). ![]()
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![]() ![]() In the meantime, if you have a capable drive, then say hello to MakeMKV (more on this program in a bit). That’s a whole lot of trouble to back up a disc, but there might be a workaround coming soon for all BDXL drives, including newer types that support AACS 2.0. MakeMKV will copy Blu-ray movies to your hard drive in MKV format. And in some cases, you’ll need to remove an external drive from its case and attach the bare drive to your PC’s SATA bus. ![]() This might also require a hacked or third-party utility. Additionally, buying one of these new might require a firmware downgrade to work. We had two models of this type in our lab, but both had the wrong firmware. There are quite a few of these devices, but they’re of a certain age and firmware revision. These are basically drives that read the more capacious BDXL discs, support AACS 1.0, but counterintuitively don’t support AACS 2.0. I won’t list them all here, but they’re easy to find online (just search on the phrase “ultra hd blu-ray friendly drive”). To begin with you need to own or buy one of the few drives that support the process. You can copy (rip, in the more common vernacular) an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc, but doing it is more of a hassle compared to other types of media. ![]() Hah! Will I ever learn? Mentioned in this article To be honest, it had been so long since I paid attention to the subject of ripping, that at the onset of this writing, I was still under the impression that Ultra HD Blu-ray’s AACS 2.0 copy protection was still unbreakable. Not just any model will do, and some the firmware on some drives that reportedly work have been updated to prevent them from continuing to work. AsusĪt the moment, to rip Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, you need a ripping-friendly drive. With all that in mind, here’s a practical guide to backing up the digital movies and shows you own. Start sharing that content en masse on the internet, on the other hand, and all bets are off. That said, it is extremely unlikely that the FBI will show up on your doorstep if you start archiving the discs you own (disclaimer: I am not a lawyer do not take that as legal advice). It’s a conundrum: To do something legal, you must first do something that’s illegal. The law in question being the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA). You will want to be aware, however, that while it is perfectly legal to make copies of your digital media, the letter of the law states that it is illegal to defeat encryption to do so. Not as easily as the rest, but it’s doable. The good news for consumers is that despite the enormous resources the industry has invested in DRM (digital rights management), every copyright scheme to date has been cracked or bypassed, including the latest: AACS 2.0. It’s great to see the industry responding to consumer demand, and there is no additional fee to use Movies Anywhere, but there is also no guarantee the service will be available in perpetuity. UltraViolet was launched to render ripping unnecessary, but the service is being discontinued. ĭisney likewise shut down its Disney Movies Anywhere service for DVD and Blu-ray discs in 2018, but it then partnered with various other movie studios to create the Movies Anywhere service that lets you watch digital movies you’ve purchased online or on disc (provided the discs came with an UltraViolet or Disney Movies Anywhere access code) on a variety of online services and devices, such as Roku set-top boxes. If you bought a Blu-ray disc and redeemed the UltraViolet code that came with it, for example, you’ll lose access to that digital locker system on July 31. We’ll show you how to relieve the pain in a moment, but Hollywood would have you believe it’s unnecessary.Īnd Hollywood has come up with various systems to satisfy consumers’ legitimate expectations to be able to back up, stream, and otherwise make use the digital movies and TV shows they’ve paid for, but they have tended to fall by the wayside. Especially as storing all your movies on a hard drive or NAS box running a media server such as Plex make them far easier to access on all your devices from wherever you happen to be. Copy protection has also been known to create interoperability issues.įor those who would never consider stealing the stuff, this is just a pain in the derrière. The entertainment industry has spent an untold amount of money creating and implementing copyright protection for its content. Because copy protection prevents casual copying to other media, such as a hard drive, NAS box, or USB stick it makes it difficult to make legal back-up copies of the digital media we purchase (not rent) and it raises the price of disc players, streaming devices, and TVs. ![]() ![]() ![]() As a result, the episodes have a faster timing and the characters seem much busier compared with the TV specials. This TV series expanded tremendously of Bear Country which includes many characters, economy, and government. The characters no longer talk in rhyme, and the TV series has the updated appearance and no longer has the rustic design of the earliest books. The program was produced by Southern Star Productions/Hanna Barbera Australia with new voice actors. While they no longer break out in song, the theme music (matching part of Stars and Stripes Forever) resembles the song lyrics from the specials. Elliott Lawrence continued to score music for the episodes which were based on his compositions from the five specials, although faster-paced. ![]() Joe Cates and Buzz Potamkin produced this TV series as well. They stopped making holiday specials after "The Berenstain Bears Play Ball" and began making a TV series based on the books and to a lesser extent, the same TV specials produced. They continued to make one holiday special each year for five years. Stan & Jan contracted with independent producer Joe Cates in 1979 to make a Christmas Special. Frank Welker as Raffish Ralph, Weasel McGreed, Grizzly Gramps, Farmer Ben, and others.Ruth Buzzi as Mama Bear, Grizzly Gran, Scout Leader Jane, Queen Nectar, and others.Main article: List of The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series) episodes Season To a lesser extent, Too Tall Grizzly is another antagonist, again serving as the school bully. The main antagonists of the series are the swindler Raffish Ralph and occasionally Weasel McGreed, seen in six episodes. There are many other background characters that live in the nearby forest land The bears live among the forest and nature just as they did in the television specials. Sister Bear plays with many of the forest animals such as Frog & Butterfly. Queen Nectar and Jake are not bears but they do talk and interact with the humanoid bears. Characters also introduced are Officer Marguerete, Queen Nectar, and Jake. Honeypot, Farmer Ben, and Grizzly Gramps & Gran. Other characters are Actual Factual, Big Paw, Mayor Horace J. The characters and setting are from various books written by Stan & Jan Berenstain as well as from several television specials by Joe Cates. It states that Brother Bear is in 2nd Grade then in 3rd Grade while Sister Bear is in kindergarten then in 1st Grade. Bear's attempts of honey gathering, interaction with forest creatures, and attempts by villains to take over Bear Country. Other episodes involve "The Bear Detectives and their sniffer hound Snuff", Papa Q. Each episode follows the struggles of the family, mainly the cubs. ![]() The series teaches lessons, continues from the TV specials, and expands Bear Country as well as character development. The Berenstain Bears are a family residing in the rural community of Bear Country consisting of Mama Bear, Papa Q. The series is set in a world populated only by anthropomorphic bears and primarily centers around the Berenstain Bears. Ī second cartoon series aired on PBS Kids in 2003–2004. In addition to creating the original books, Stan and Jan Berenstain were producers on the show, and wrote some of the scripts. The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show. Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story. It aired in the United States from September 14, 1985, to September 5, 1987, on CBS with 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced. The Berenstain Bears is an animated comedy television series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain, produced by Southern Star Productions/Hanna Barbera Australia. ![]() ![]() ![]() There are few things that can compare with the cool factor of putting a tire iron in the spokes of an opponent's motorcycle. This gives the game a sense of life and infinite possibilities that make you feel like you're experiencing something new rather than just viewing the same identical moments as every other player. They aren't quick-time events like when you decapitate an Ogre by pressing triangle, circle, triangle, square in God of War.Īll of Road Rash's incredible moments are the result of a physics engine combined with unpredictable AI, and an even less predictable player. They aren't scripted setpiece moments like when a giant monster blows through a wall in Gears of War or when a helicopter gets shot down in Call of Duty. Road Rash's spectacular moments all occur through the natural course of the game. This brings me to my next point.ģ.Because the "Wow" moments happen naturally And when they do the results are often spectacular. ![]() A good player will take advantage of the buildings, cars, mailboxes, street fixtures, and the changes in the road itself as they present themselves. The constant changes in the landscape require you to constantly modify your tactics. But you can only rely on this tactic when there's a telephone pole in the road. Kick him just right and you'll have one less opponenant to worry about. Kick him too early and he'll have time to avoid it. Kick him too late and the pole will pass by. A typical tactic in Road Rash is to force your opponent to one side of the road and then kick his bike as you approach a telephone pole. You're always fighting on a flat surface.īut in Road Rash, the environment is integral to the combat. You can use the same strategy on an enemy type over and over because the playspace never changes. Positioning your character is important relative to the locations of your enemies, but not relative to the physical environment itself. The combat arena in those games is basically a giant cube. Being on the right platform can mean the difference between life and death.Ĭompare this to modern action games such as God of War, Prince of Persia, Ninja Gaiden, or Zelda Twilight Princess. If you take a look at your average boss fight in a game like Megaman or Castlevania, positioning your character in the right place relative to the environment is a huge part of your success. This is an element that modern action games lack, but that 2d action games are based on. So if Road Rash is really an action game and not a racing game, what makes it stand out as an action game? The answer is that in Road Rash, the environment is fundamental to the combat. The speed of the race and the occasional object in the road are there to make the combat more interesting.Ģ.Because Road Rash makes the environment relevant again This differentiates it from every racing game on the market. ![]() The competing drivers are an ancillary threat.īut in Road Rash the combat with the other drivers is the focus. The majority of the challenge in other racing games, even those with combat elements such as Burnout and Grand Theft Auto, is traversing the track at maximum speed without crashing into the walls. But Road Rash is different because it doesn't test your driving ability. Afterall, in multiple Grand Theft Auto's you race a single lap on a motorcycle, and you can get thrown off your bike. ![]() Also the player can get thrown from his cycle (in some of the versions) and be forced to traverse on foot until he regains his ride.Īt this point you might be thinking that it sounds pretty similar to the Grand Theft Auto series. For one thing, each course consists of a single lap rather than multiple laps. But Road Rash is actually more of an action game that it is a racing game. And here's why:ġ.Because there's no racing game like Road RashĪ lot of people would put Road Rash in the racing genre because the goal is to be the first to cross the finish line. Unfortunately that's also where the series ended.ĭeveloper Bottlerocket was working on a prototype for a modern Road Rash when the studio closed a few months ago.Ī new Road Rash isn't just a cool idea it's something we need. The series reached its technical peak with Road Rash 64 on the Nintendo 64. It's a series that started on the Sega Genesis, and only improved when it moved to 3DO in 1994. It's also about fighting other racers and police with clubs, chains, brass knuckles, tire irons, and when the occasion calls for it, well placed kicks. The Road Rash series is about motorcycle racing. ![]() ![]() WiFi Adapter for Kali Linux – Compatible Chipsets. ![]()
![]() ![]() When assigning these songs in SoundCue, choose the right tab button named “SoundCue Library” to see these tracks. You can drag and drop files into this window from anywhere on your computer directly into SoundCue. Scroll down to find the “iTunes File Sharing” section on the right and choose SoundCue. Choose the small icon of an iPad in the top left of iTunes. Connect your iPad to iTunes using a USB cable.
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![]() ![]() It also includes plenty of room to record success rates and information about the growing conditions for each plant. It includes spots to record where you got your seeds, when you planted them, when they germinated and when you transplanted them. Use this worksheet to track the success of your indoor seed starts, so you can repeat the things that worked and avoid the things that didn’t. This worksheet will also help you to track the price of the things that you buy each year, so you’ll know whether or not you’re getting a good deal.Ĭreate a profile for each plant you grow, so it’ll be easy to keep up with their needs, growing habits, harvest instructions and other particulars. Use this worksheet to record your garden expenses, and at the end of the season you’ll be able to see just how much you spent on seeds, plants, mulch, etc. Have big plans for your garden that are going to take some time to accomplish? Use this garden project tracker to keep up with your progress over time. Fill it out once, and you’ll have a list you can refer to year after year. ![]() This monthly garden chore list makes it easy to set up a to-do list for each month. Make a list of the chores that you need to tackle each month, so you don’t forget to do anything important. Prefer to create your own list of seasonal garden chores? Use this seasonal garden chore list to do it. There’s one for each season, and room to add additional to-dos. Use these seasonal garden to-do lists to keep up with your progress on important garden chores. You can even indicate whether things need to be planted early, mid or late season. Prefer to plan your garden out seasonally? Use this worksheet to plan what you’ll plant each season. Have things that you need to plant more than once? This worksheet can handle that, too. Use this monthly planting planner to map out what needs to be planted each month, so you don’t overlook anything. It shows you which dibble you need to use for each plant, and how deep you need to plant them. If you made a set of my dibbles to speed up your square foot planting, this dibble planting guide is nice to have. Look up the vegetable, fruit or herb that you want to plant, and it’ll tell you how many to plant per square. If you’re a square foot gardener, this square foot planting guide is a must. If you want to do succession planting, just print a separate copy for each season. This planner makes it easy to plan what you’ll plant in each square. Make the most of your gardening space by planting a square foot garden. The plant key at the bottom will help to keep your designs need and organized. Use this gridded page to plan your garden beds. Just slip it into a binder, and you’re all set. I’ve included lots of pictures of my current planner set up.īut, before I show you how I decided to organize things, let’s get a garden planner started for you. Want to see how I have my garden planner organized? Then, be sure to read to the end of the post. Here’s everything you need to set up a garden planner, and it’s free! These are the printables that I used to set up my own garden planner years ago, and it’s still working great for me. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Installing VST plugins in Ableton for the first time might not be as straightforward as you would think. How To Install Plugins In Ableton Live 10 So make sure your VST plugins are in the right bit format and match your current DAW. Can you run 64-bit plugins in Ableton 9.7.7 and below? Nope, sorry. Can you run 32-bit plugins in Ableton Live 10 and above? No. And if you're running Live 10 and above – you need 64-bit plugins. So if you're running an older version of Live, your VST-plugins must be in 32-bits to run. Live 10 and above are 64-bit and can only run 64-bit VST plugins.Live 9.7.7 and below are 32-bit and can only run 32-bit VST plugins.The good news is that Ableton has discontinued its older 32-bit version, leaving only the new, improved 64-bit version: Live 10 (and above.) Ableton and bits: And once you reach that limit, Ableton crashes.Ħ4-bit, on the other hand, can load an almost unlimited number of tracks, plugins, and effects (within the limits of your computer, of course.) As a result, you get fewer crashes and more stable experience. Well, 4GB of memory isn't much when working on CPU and memory hungry projects and live sets. While a 32-bit version of a plugin (and a DAW) can only access 4GB of computer memory, a 64-bit version can access 1 exabyte – or in other words, 1 000 000 000 gigabytes of computer memory. Simply put, the difference between the two is how much computer memory the plugin can utilize. When you purchase or download a free VST, you will see mentions of 32-bit and 64-bit. What's the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit? Popular options for electronic music include Serum, Massive X, Sylenth1, and the mixing/mastering plugins from Waves and iZotope. Paid VST plugins are also in abundance online, both as instruments and as effects. Many websites offer free plugins for downloads, and the most popular one to date is KVRaudio. Today, there are thousands of VST plugins out there, for all kinds of sounds and purposes, both free and paid. External plugins can increase the functionality of your DAW by allowing you to use new or different instruments, effects, or meters than what your DAW offers. Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio-plugin that integrates a software synthesizer or effect with, most commonly, a digital audio workstation like Ableton. In this article, we'll show you how to install external VST plugins to take full advantage of free and paid synths, effects, and instruments in Ableton Live 9 and 10. The plugins will now be present in Live's Plug-Ins area.Are you looking for a straightforward method to install your VST plugins in Ableton Live on Windows? Then you've come to the right place. ***Note that Ableton Live 10 only supports 64-bit meaning the plug-in path should be set to where this content is located and not the path for 32-bit plug-ins*** Make sure that the VST Plug-In Custom Folder is set to the same file path where you installed the Plug Ins, C:\Program Files(x86)\VSTPlugins or C:\Program Files\VST Plugins (depending on if you're using 32/64 bit versions). Make sure 'Use VST Plug-In Custom Folder' is set to On. In Ableton Live, now go to Options > Preferences > Plug-Ins > Plug-In Sources (at the bottom). If you have multiple Focusrite or Novation Plug ins or plugins from any other brand we would recommend installing them all to the above directories for simplicity. .If they are all in different folders Ableton Live may not be able to locate them all without changing the Custom Folder. If there is anything after that like \Focusrite or \Steinberg just delete that from the end so you see the path above. Please use the regular Program Files folder C:\Program Files\VSTPlugins and install only the 32-bit versions*** ***Note that if you are using a 32bit version of Windows you will only have a Program Files folder and not Program Files(x86). Make sure it reads:Ĭ:\Program Files(x86)\VSTPlugins for 32-bit pluginsĬ:\Program Files\VSTPlugins for 64-bit plugins On the third screen in the installer you will see the path the files are being installed too. Run the installer file you have downloaded from our website here. To get your Focusrite/Novation plugins installed properly on your Windows computer please follow these steps. If you are having trouble with installing Plug Ins on a Mac please see this video. ![]() ![]() ![]() Short-term growth prospects remain fragile and will likely be affected by a resumption of rolling power outages and Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy that leaves the country vulnerable to new strains of infection and stricter lockdown measures. The recovery would have been stronger were it not for deadly riots and port stoppages that disrupted activity in the third quarter, it said. The central bank cut its economic growth forecast for 2021 to 5.2% from 5.3%. “I see the MPC quite happy to stop at 5.5%-6%,” he said, citing Kganyago’s repeated assertions that the model is merely a guide. While that could take the benchmark upto 6.75% by the end of 2024, that is “unlikely to actually happen,” said Peter Attard Montalto, head of capital markets research at Intellidex. The implied policy rate path of the central bank’s quarterly projection model now indicates one 25-basis point rate increase in each of the next 12 quarters. Headline consumer price growth is now seen averaging close to 4.5% - the midpoint of the bank’s target band at which it prefers to anchor inflation expectations - through 2023.Ĭore inflation, which excludes the prices of food, non-alcoholic drinks, fuel and electricity, is set to remain benign through the forecast period, suggesting there is little demand pressure in an economy that’s slowly recovering from its deepest contraction in at least 27 years. While the central bank continued to warn about upside risks to its inflation outlook, these are expected to remain transitory. “We took this move based on our assessment of the domestic and global economic conditions and our own forecast of what the growth and inflation outlook would look like,” he said. The central bank’s move should leave domestic markets less vulnerable to the prospect of more aggressive Federal Reserve tapering, though it wasn’t an attempt to preempt policy changes in advanced economies, Kganyago said in response to journalists’ questions. “This sets us apart from emerging market peers and shows a prudent and conservative Reserve Bank.” “We needed to send the right message to global financial markets, given what’s happening in Turkey,” said Gary Booysen, a portfolio manager at Johannesburg-based brokerage Rand Swiss. Read: Turkish Lira in Freefall After Central Bank Cuts Rates Again ![]() in Johannesburg, having earlier traded as much as 1.7% lower after the Turkish central bank’s decision to cut rates for the third time in as many months triggered a plunge in the lira. ![]() SARB REACT: Normalization Begins, Focus Now On 2022 Trajectory Eleven of the 21 economists that took part in a Bloomberg survey predicted the move with the remainder expecting an unchanged stance. Of the five members on the panel, three favored a 25-basis point hike and two preferred an unchanged stance, marking the first time since the MPC started giving a breakdown of voting in 2016 that the committee has changed the rate - up or down - in a meeting following a unanimous hold. That’s the first hike since November 2018 and follows 300 basis points of easing last year. The monetary policy committee increased the repurchase rate to 3.75% from a record-low 3.5%, Governor Lesetja Kganyago said Thursday in an online briefing. (Bloomberg) - South Africa’s central bank raised interest rates for the first time in three years, unwinding some of the extraordinary monetary policy stimulus aimed at shoring up an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. ![]() |
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