In this video Robert Murray Smith shows how you can make your own for next to nothing by recycling an old LCD projector.
The camera lucida performs an optical superimposition of the subject being viewed upon the surface upon which the artist is drawing. The artist sees both scene and drawing surface simultaneously, as in a photographic double exposure. This allows the artist to duplicate key points of the scene on the drawing surface, thus aiding in the accurate rendering of perspective.
‘We’re not backing down’, says Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. And who can blame him for wanting to shut down Australian news businesses? Wait! What is he doing? …
The new (2019) Boss SY-1 Guitar Synthesiser Pedal turns your guitar into a synthesizer! No need for a special MIDI pickup and no for an external keyboard or sound module. You just plug your guitar in and turn a knob to select a sound from 11 sound banks. Inside each sound bank there are 11 different sounds (voices). So that’s what the two knobs on the right do.
On the far left is a double knob. It allows you to set the volume of your guitar and the volume of the synth. The second knob in from the left allows you to alter the synthesised sound by changing the depth and rate, also on a double concentric knob.
Boss SY-1 Synthesiser Pedal
As you can see, below the input, there is an input jack for an expression controller. You can add this to alter the effects while you play.
It also has a send and return channel so you can easily connect other effects processing.
There is a switch on the back so that you can use this for bass guitar or 6 string guitar.
The Boss SY-1, like other Roland Boss effects pedals, is made of cast metal and is very robust. It runs on a 9-voltbattery and can also run from a 9-volt plug pack.
Boss SY-1 Synthesiser Pedal
When mine arrived recently I was surprised to discover that it came with a new 9-volt alkaline battery.
Thanks and well done Roland. The SY-1 gets 10 out of 10 from me!
I’ve had so much fun playing guitar with this pedal. If you’re going to be locked-down, be locked-down with this pedal.
Order one today, it’s a load of fun and gives you 121 sounds, plus variations, there are even some rhythm and percussive sounds and some arpeggio sequencer-type sounds to give your performance many more colours.
I recently purchased a pair of Edifier R1280DB 2.0 speakers for my . I bought them on eBay for around $140 AUD ($91 USD) with free delivery in Australia. They are impressive-sounding speakers and are quite small. The dimensions of the speaker boxes are 5.75in x 9.5in x 7in (WxHxD). They contain a 4-inch bass/woofer and 13mm silk dome tweeter. They have a claimed frequency response of 55Hz-20KHz, to my hear I’d say that’s accurate. The power output is 21 Watts per channel. With an excellent signal to noise ratio. I’m used to hearing hum and noise coming out of speakers when there is no music coming out of them, when they’re turned on, idle. But these speakers are perfectly silent at those times.
They have an infrared remote so you can change volume, switch between inputs conveniently or turn it on or off.
They can accept input from two separate stereo RCA line-in channels, Coax digital, Fibre Optic digital or Bluetooth. They come with a cable to convert from a 3.5-inch plug to RCA line input for smartphones. So they can be used to listen to just about anything from HiFi stereo systems, smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers and many other devices. I’ve been using them with my Microsoft Surface and my Android smartphone and they sound great. Good solid bass and crystal clear top end. And the boxes are decently heavy, in weight, for such a small box. They don’t cause any horrible vibration sounds that I’ve had with plastic PC computer speaker boxes in the past.
I bought them for the purpose of doing the mastering stage of my new album. Because I composed and recorded the album using a pair of PC speakers, that I bought second hand, and a pair of headphones. Neither if those give an accurate idea of how people will listen to it. You really need good speakers with good frequency response for mastering.
I bought the black ones but they are also available in a wood finish version…
Edifier speakers wooden look
They have controls to adjust EQ. A treble and bass control on the speaker box and can also be adjusted on the remote.
The very best part of the Edifier R1280DB 2.0 speakers is that they connect to your device via Bluetooth. So no cables, except for the mains power cable of course. There’s also the speaker cable that connects the main powered speaker to the passive one. Bluetooth makes it simple to switch the speakers to another input. In the situation when friends gather for a party they can easily connect their phones and play their songs.
There’s a lot of videos on Youtube showing you how to make your E-bike go faster.
Are they real? Does any of this work? I don’t know. I don’t have an E-bike to try it on.
Be warned that you may be breaking the law in your country by travelling more than 28 Km/H on an E-bike. You’ll definitively void your warranty by tampering with its electronics and who knows, you may completely wreck your E-Bike.
But if you’re one of those brave and adventurous types you may enjoy watching the following videos. Let me know about your experience.
