Teach Yourself Visually Flash MX 2004

Teach Yourself Visually Flash MX 2004 reviewed by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi in The Technofile“Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something and skip the long winded explanations? If so then this book is for you,” claim the publishers…and as it turns out, they are right…not that I have an objection to long winded explanations…after all…I am a rabbi…long winded explanations are part of my religion…though not a part of The Technofile…but if you like me are sick of having to read hundreds of pages of text every time you want to learn how to use a new application, then this book is definitely the answer. Continue reading “Teach Yourself Visually Flash MX 2004”

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Macromedia Flash MX2004 Bible

Macromedia Flash MX2004 Bible reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping RabbiAt 1177 pages, The Flash MX 2004 Bible is longer than the bibles of some religions…the difference is that no one has ever gone to war over it…although give it a thousand years or so and who knows…

In the meantime, all you need to know is that when it comes to learning and using Flash, as well as having a comprehensive source of reference on hand, this book is definitive. That said, it’s not the easiest read in the world…and not just because you need to be in training to be able to lift the thing…which is heavier than a sandwich from a Jewish deli… Continue reading “Macromedia Flash MX2004 Bible”

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Native Instruments Battery 2

I was expecting Battery 2 to be a beatbox on steroids, but actually, it’s da beatz without da box…in other wordz, it’s a drum sampler.

Native Instruments Battery 2 reviewed in The Technofile by MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi

At its heart is a drum/sample matrix selectably viewable as either 12 or 9 columns by 6 rows, giving a total of 72 or 54 cells reeeespectively. Right click on one of these cells, choose ‘add sample’ and a browser window opens, allowing you to audition samples before loading them. The list of files supported is extensive and includes Kontakt, Battery, wav, aiff, HALion, Samplecell, LM4, Gigasampler, REX/REX2 & Akai S1000/3000…amongst others…and you can load a total of 128 (which don’t necessarily have to be drum/rrrhythmic samples)…into each cell! Continue reading “Native Instruments Battery 2”

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Core Blimey

MC Rebbe The Rapping Rabbi June Editorial in The Technofile - Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Apple & Dual Core ProcessorsEver since Apple introduced 64 bit…or as they would have it ‘super’ computing to the desktop, Microsoft, Intel and AMD have been playing catch up.

Put simply, 64 bit processors offer an exponential increase in computing power over the 32 bit processors most of us have been using for the past few years and are particularly relevant to creatives, who need this extra power for photo editing, running virtual studios, rendering 3D animation & real time video FX. Continue reading “Core Blimey”

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