Here is my new Horror OC, Killer Clown Orgodemir, the horror form of Orgodemir who is a killer clown who scares, terrorizes, attacks, tortures and kills people. He is empowered by madness and chaos. He even has his original powers from Dragon Quest VII with some ghoulish abilities (flight, superhuman speed, superhuman agility, superhuman strength, superhuman durability, superhuman flexibility, high-level intellect, mastery of disguises, sleeplessness, weapon proficiency, improbable weapon proficiency, feral rage, tracking, stealth, telekinesis, teleportation, immortality, shapeshifting, mischief mastery, reality warping, mind control, size modulation, dream manipulation, illusion manipulation, phobia intuition, clown mimicry, demonic clown mimicry, horror villain mimicry, insanity empowerment, chaos empowerment, balloon creation, balloon manipulation, card generation, card manipulation, toy manipulation, pain suppression, regenerative healing factor, body separation, head liberation, head reattachment, limb liberation, limb reattachment, rocket fists, performance art intuition, juggling intuition, magicians intuition, prank intuition, cartoon physics, fourth wall breaking, gag weaponry, miming, rule bending, clown magic, circus skills, demonic magic, madness manipulation, madness magic, chaos manipulation, chaos magic, dark arts, night vision, power fists, megaton punch, cutting, enhanced combat, impale, multi-hit strike, multi slash, severing, photokinesis/light manipulation, light generation, light infusion, light ball projection, light beam emission, light bolt projection, light blast, light vision, light bullet projection, light pillar projection, light spike projection, light slash, umbrakinesis/darkness manipulation, darkness generation, darkness infusion, darkness ball projection, darkness beam emission, darkness bolt projection, darkness blast, dark vision, darkness bullet projection, darkness pillar projection, darkness spike projection, darkness slash, elemental mixture, photo-umbrakinesis/light-darkness manipulation, fear inducement, death inducement, insanity inducement, chaos inducement and killing intent). He is based on Pennwise the Dancing Clown from IT (both miniseries and movie), Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th), Harley Quinn, the Funtime Animatronics from Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location and various clown villains and serial killers from various media.

Dragon Quest (c) Square-Enix and Armor Project

Killer Clown Orgodemir, idea and artwork (c) me

I have jumped, with these new shots, into high JPEG definition (JPEG Fine - 4 Mo) because now (as I educate my eye and improve my gaze...) I can sense and perceive the differences with the previous shots in JPEG Normal (2 Mo). And indeed, the picture is (much) more vivid, crystal clear, profound and with rejoicing and soft/brilliant colours and light modulations. :))

Specification

Coach Model MAN 18.350 HOCL/R

Chassis Length 11,850 mm

Chassis Width 2,526 mm

GVW 18,200 kg

Engine Type

Vertical, Water Cooled 6-cylinder 4-stroke Diesel Engine

With Common Rail Injection,

Exhaust Turbocharger and Intercooler

ECR, Replaceable Cylinders Liners

Engine Model MAN D2066 LUH13 Euro 4

Displacement 10,518 c.c

Maximum Output 257 kW (350 hp) @ 1,700 rpm

Maximum Torque 1,750 Nm @ 1,000-1,400 rpm

Bore 120 mm

Stroke 155 mm

Fuel Capacity 300 dm³

Transmission ZF 6S 1900 BO 6-speed Synchromesh Manual Transmission

ZF 6 HP 504C 6-speed Automatic Transmission

Voith D864.5 4-speed Automatic Transmission

Drive Axle MAN HY-1336-B

Suspension Capacity 13,000 kg

Front Axle MAN V9-82 SL

Suspension Capacity 8,200 kg

Brake

Dual Circuit Air Brake System to ADR Directives by Wabco

Front and Rear Axle Disc Brakes

Electronic brake system EBS (ABS, TCS)

Auxiliary Brake Manual Transmission: Engine Brake Valve (EBV)

Automatic Transmission: Integrated Retarder and

Water Cooled with Electric Pressure Modulation

Suspension

Air suspension with 6 identical rolling seals

With Integrated Elastic Stroke Limiter

Electronically Controlled Constant Entrance Height

Suspension Characteristics Under All Load Conditions

Front Suspension 2 x Air Bellows

2 x Shock Absorbers

1 x Level Control Values

1 x Stabilizers

Rear Suspension 4 x Air Bellows

4 x Shock Absorbers

2 x Level Control Values

1 x Stabilizers

The title “Unitxt” could be read as “unit extended” referring to a unit of a rhythmic grid or universal text referring to a universal language, e.g. mathematics: units, constants, measurements, prefix-, SI-system of units and is represented in spoken word and by codes in sound itself.

In collaboration with derivative’s touch designer software the original visuals, which are based on real-time manipulation/modulation of software-generated test patterns, has been expanded to a multi-screen set-up with a highly elaborated visual outfit to form an installation of an almost immersive quality.

This special set-up has been developed for more large scale venues and festivals of high demand. So far it has had presentations at Transmediale Berlin, followed by shows at Mutek Montréal and Sonár Barcelona.

credit: rubra

Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.

Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization

Computational architecture and design course

amorphica.com/networked.html

www.facebook.com/amorphica

Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.

Instructors:

Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]

Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]

Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]

MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]

Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]

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Blue Aluminum Bluetooth (White Keyboard) Wireless Thinnest Slim Case Cover For iPad 2 3 Gen

Feather:

Blue Background Aluminum Faceplate (White Keyboard)

1.The Bluetooth keyboard of ipad is the world's thinnest, and it is just 16.5mm after the merger with ipad. single thickness of Bluetooth keyboard of ipad is only 11mm. The machine weighs just 280 grams, so that it is the world's best carry-on performance Bluetooth keyboard.

2.Maximum Scissor keyboard is designed for ipad, the keyboard pitch to 16.6mm. Chocolate-style keycap's design allows users to experience a more good sense compared to other Bluetooth keyboard. Undoubtedly, the experience of mobile Bluetooth keyboard is the best.

3.Enclosure made of aluminum alloys is used to make the machine more attractive, fashionable, and more integration with ipad native.

4.The Bluetooth keyboard of ipad can be used just by a movement to place ipad on the slot of machine, and is the world's most convenient to use

Description:

Function:

1.Bluetooth 2.0 interface standard

2.Operating Distance to 10 meters.

3.Modulation System:GFSK

4.Lithium Battery Capacity:160mA

5.Uninterrupted Working Time:55hours

6.Operatin Voltage:3.0-5.0V

7.Standby Time:60days

8.Charging Time:4-5hours

Material:Aluminum & Electronic Components

Package:1 x Wireless Keyboard (iPad 2/3 & Support is not include)

1 x USB Power Charger Cable

Compatible:

iPad 2/3 Gen

Heading: 1-2 business day

SELL $ 40.00

RETAIL PRICE $57.98

Speed and Range with Internet Security

•Good for surfing the Internet, email and online chat

•Simple and secure way to share your high-speed Internet connection

•Easy set-up with Smart Wizard® installation CD

•Works with computers with internal Wi-Fi adapter

•Automatically upgrades to the latest router firmware during installation

Features

•Internet sharing broadband router and 4-port switch

•Automatically upgrades to the latest router firmware during installation

•Configurable for private networks and public hotspots

•Double firewall protection from external hackers attacks

•Touchless WiFi Security makes securing your network easy

•Second internal antenna improves range

•Broadband (cable, DSL) Internet service and modem with Ethernet connection

•2.4 GHz wireless adapter or Ethernet adapter and cable for each computer

•Microsoft® Windows® Vista™, XP, 2000, NT, 98, Me, and any other operating system running a TCP/IP network

•Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 5.0 or Netscape® 7.0 or higher

Physical Specifications

•Dimensions: 28 x 175 x 118 mm (1.1 x 6.9 x 4.7 in)

•Weight: 0.26 kg (0.57 lb)

Routing Protocols

•Static routing with TCP/IP, VPN pass-through (IPsec, L2TP), NAT, PPTP, PPPoE, DHCP (client & server)

Application Support

•Works with most Internet gaming and instant messaging applications

Functions

•Automatically detects your ISP type, exposed host (DMZ), MAC address authentication, URL content filtering, logs of Internet activity

Physical Interfaces

•Internet/WAN: 10/100 Mbps (auto-sensing) Ethernet, RJ-45

•LAN: 4 ports 10/100 Mbps (auto-sensing) Ethernet, RJ-45

Wireless

•Network Speeds: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, & 54 Mbps (auto rate capable)

•Modulation Type: 802.11b: DSSS, CCK, DBPSK, DQPSK, 802.11g: BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

Features

•Parental control

•Double firewall protection

•Denial-of-service (DoS) attack prevention

•Wi-Fi Protected Access™ (WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK) and WEP

Antenna

•2 dBi

Power Adapter

•12.0V DC, 1.0A; plug is localized to country of sale

Warranty

•NETGEAR 1-year Warranty

Package Contents

•Wireless-G Router (WGR614v9)

•Smart Wizard installation CD

•Power adapter, localized to country of sale

•Ethernet cable

•Vertical stand

www.quizyourprofile.com/guessyournumber.swf

OK. Try this out. The computer knows what number you have chosen! Every time!

My first thought was that the government had progressed to being able to listen in to our conversations via computer....so I did the exercise using a silent count.....to my amazement the machine was able to predict my number......so...i knew something was up.....I knew that in order for the government to be able to use our computers in this way (without a simple listening device) they had to have an outside source which would bombard us with microwaves...out computers alone could not bring about the results that I was seeing, so what was the source of these waves?

of course, with an RF signal detector I knew I would probably be able to find the signal that the government was using in conjunction with a home computer, in order to either read our minds or cause us to do or think certain things....sxo i made some phone calls.....

Using a microwave signal strength meter, I borrowed from W.P.I. I have made several objective observations about these signals:

1. they tend to be beamed through the window of a room where one spends the most time, usually the window facing the front street

2. they are specifically directed to target and track a person inside his home

3. the tracking speed is slow, and when the target moves, the signal takes several seconds or minutes to search and find the target at his new location.

4. when the target enters an area in his home that the signal cannot reach, the signal goes on a wide search mode, thinking the target has left his home and is traveling about town.

5. when the primary window is blocked off, within days the signal finds another window or thin wall to penetrate

6. one can feel the effects of this signal, which may induce a dull headache or pressure in the temples

I now believe cell phone towers are used to generate these signals by triangulating hotspots on selected tracked targets. our own home computers perform the calculations necessary to alter the signal of each of three cell phone towers so as to triangulate a hotspot of signal at the target’s location. When the target moves, new calculations have to be made, which takes several seconds. Maybe something else generates the beams, like satellites.

These signals must consist of microwave carriers with ELF modulation, and perhaps with audio or text encoded messages. Some possibilities:

1. the microwaves resonate with DNA, can penetrate flesh and bone, pass through some walls and windows, and are already in use by cell phones.

2. these signals entrain brainwaves into a high-beta state, which causes aggression and stress, or an alpha level that induces hypnotic states and can induce one to think of a specific number.

3. besides the ELF waves that entrain brain states, the carrier may also convey audio messages. I have not verified what these messages are, but they could be something along the lines of “You are angry, You cannot think, You give up, You have no energy, or of course pick number 8…” These audio messages could be modulated into the microwave carrier via frequency modulation, while the ELF brain-entrainment signals could be amplitude modulated.

4. there may also be emotional signatures frequency-modulated into the carrier. These can induce anger, frustration, sadness, or essentially any human emotion into susceptible targets

so after much consideration there are two things I believe you can do. First, you can learn to better cope with these signals. The more you are in control of your own mind and emotions, and the more observant you are about your own behavior, the less influence these signals have upon your thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Knowing is half the battle.

Second, you can take additional steps to reduce the level of EM radiation in your home, by blocking these signals.Standard methods of blocking microwave mind programming signals consist of Faraday cages, but Faraday cages are difficult and expensive to build.

but by using this simple to construct hat you can block most but not all of the signals.....If you need assistance I can help you construct a hat of the right height. When using the hat the machine was only able to predict my number 3 out of the ten tries. One of the times the hat had slid down on my head so we can discount that as a false positive....

So,there you have it! Anybody need a hat?

architecture.arqhys.com/architects/antoniobonet-biography...

ANTONIO BONET. In 1942, Bonet participates in the constitution of the Organization of the Integral House in the Argentine Republic. The idea of the formation of its work ties it with the ideas suggested by Him Corbusier throughout the process of preparation of the Plan of Buenos Aires. "the routine servitude of conception submissive the outsider does not exist any worthy of consideration argument seriously nor even in that some Argentineans live" So that the initial note of a universal modulation does not take place in our country, whose hope appears in the immediate perspective of the world: on the area in catastrophe of the cities martyred by the war, the genius of the man already begins to project the new forms of the human coexistence. On the contrary, the essential circumstance of our historical youth and the one of our adventurous peace, locate to us in the moral obligation to create new forms of life anticipating us to whatever of project and of dream it even subsists in a world of towns in flames and ruins. This thought of Bonet, is taken from the N° Notebook 1 of OVRA, titled Study of the Contemporary Problems for the organization of the integral house in the Argentine Republic. Without a doubt, the text gathers part of the optimism of the Austral Group. But while this one was directed to the architects and its problems, in the OVRA manifesto the horizon is ampler, next to certain discovered nonfree of messianism of the American, coincident with other similar initiatives in other places of the continent.

Reflections of Antonio Bonet on the architecture: "the architectonic elements that will form the new city will be formed by a series, numerous, of structures little systematized. Those structures will be able to arrive to the maximum from their aesthetic, technical perfection and economic, since besides to be placed in free lands, its study must be based on the progressive improvement of such types, so as it has become in the great architectures of the past. Within those structures, that will be the expression of the effort of the social man, to obtain the order and the harmony of its time, never will be obtained to a freedom reached after the development of the life of the man like individual, and the one of its institutions. It is well certain that we are even far from that stage, But does not fit doubt that once demonstrated that the modern buildings can be developed in simple structures, more and more seemed to each other, it will make the importance powerful of this system. Those buildings will be used and the equipped for but diverse uses, without aging with it, although they will have to work at a time whose social programs, industrial, etc., are in permanent evolution. I am going to finish with the confession of my conviction of which to group the programs for the unification of the structures, is something enormously difficult, but some is no doubt that it is the way that will take us forms to the true architectonic of our time. in that the diverse social programs will be developed freely, cultural hygienic, etc., that must form the structure of the new society.

This triangle wave is the residual PWM signal (originally a square wave) after filtering through a simple RC network. The resistor is 1kΩ and the capacitor is 68nF. Amplitude of the 31.25kHz signal is about 0.6V. This seems a bit much to me, so I propose to try a more sophisticated active filter circuit. The scope is a rather beaten-up Philips PM3335.

UPDATE: This is the type of filter that I'm thinking of:

interface.khm.de/index.php/lab/experiments/arduino-dds-si...

Basically, the Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. As well as being capable of creating sound in itself, you can of course also play sound through the springs like a regular spring reverb - this makes for happy-fun-time finger-modulation of the reverb on whatever audio that's going through it. On top of this there's an analog multimode filter that can be used to attenuate or exaggerate certain frequencies in the sound, this is real handy while playing the springs as you can - for instance - cut all the highs and just make thunderous doomy sounds or do the opposite; cut all the lows and make that ear piercing high frequency special love. Also, it incorporates an LFO that's internally routable to the filter and that also has some external routing-stuff. The Ekdahl Moisturizer has tons of CV / Expression pedal options on the back for even more hillarious moments. The Moisturizer is a mono unit.

The Moisturizer was developed with the help of Jason Willett (Half Japanese, Leperchaun Catering), Martin Schmidt (Matmos, Instant Coffee), Joshua Atkins (Polygons, Major Powers), mom & dad and many more

www.knasmusic.com/products/moisturizer/moisturizer.php

Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.

Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization

Computational architecture and design course

amorphica.com/networked.html

www.facebook.com/amorphica

Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.

Instructors:

Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]

Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]

Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]

MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]

Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]

Chrome TG Gristleism LFO mod, pitch modulation and loop trigger.

www.facebook.com/AntiSocialMusikOrder

Some color modulation and washes. Still lots of work to do.

The top word is "fascists" - anyone know what the bottom word is?

Cheap ass way to create an analog signal from digital output. Pulse width modulation from Arduino used to control the brightness of the led.

Custom Italian Sub-Miniature Tube Overdrive

www.customanalogpedals.com/the-italian-tube-overdrive/

With bivalve flange compression ratings heretofore unthinkable, this low-cost reengineering of the workhorse Tremulant Coraline TX12 is guaranteed to provide the ultimate in steam sequestration and harmonic regulation, providing superior memetic boost and reduced Blaylock emissions. And with the new Rosencranz-Hugyens Mach V zero-point phase-shift gasket locks, modulation breakdown is a relic of the past!

320x480@160 for iphone wallpaper goodness!

Sarah Perkins | Springfield MO

"Black Open Bowl" (2010)

copper, enamel

As a maker of hollowware, I use properties of the metal: the plasticity, the permanence and the dimensionality. As an enameler, I use properties of the glass: the preciousness, the surface qualities and the color. In my work these properties function together to make a whole, with the two materials complementing and completing each other, rather than one being visually more important than the other.

My work reflects my emotional response to my environment, often referring to landscape, body part or natural object. Some of the forms are based directly on plants, fruits, rock formations and other natural objects. The colors and enamel imagery are derived from natural objects as well because I find the natural modulations of color, texture and surface very appealing and very intimate.

This is a side view of the model R/C tank I am designing on a gearbox + Tracks & wheels from Tamiya. The radio is Hitec and two receiver servo outputs feed my microcontroller-based Pulse Position Modulation to PWM converter power output to the two motors.

Full details at www.5volt.eu

Evil Twin : Circuit Bent Twin Neck Toy Guitar.

Each neck has a range of sounds, top one are leads, bottom one, riffs and rhythms.

The 2 necks can be pitched independently of each other and have their own volume controls and an LFO for modulation, with speed and depth controls. The original toy was a hideous orange colour with tiger stripes so I gave it a nice hazard warning stripes paint job.

youtu.be/66EEzqLL6EM

Inner panel: the famous 24db filters.

Designed by Robert Moog in 1970, the Minimoog Model D synthesizer is still regarded as the Rolls Royce equivalent for analog keyboard-based synthesizers. Specifically designed for touring musicians, the minimoog exported electronic music experiments from university labs out to the masses - and her deep farting bass-sounds (think of Kraftwerk's Autobahn), lead and space bleeps and sweeps have become HUGELY popular over the last 38 years.

There were originally 13,000 minimoogs produced between 1970 and 1981. After a brief hiatus during the digital-synth craze in the 1980s, the minimoog enjoyed a resurgence of interest among musicians since the 1990s...and yes, it's becoming harder to get a hold on one.

I obtained this Mini from a studio garage sale back in 1989 for US$ 150 (in prime condition - save the crackling external input knob). After lying dormant for 7 years now, it's time to bring life back into this 1973 model D mini. Tropical humidity heavily damaged the furnishing. It needs re-tuning of the oscillators, cleaning of the electronic board, new switches for filter modulation, and thinking about a new base panel.

Equipped with sophisticated Enhanced Capture/Compare/PWM (ECCP) peripheral the Microchip PIC18F14K50 microcontroller could produce up to four PWM channel outputs. The enhanced PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) mode in ECCP peripheral is capable to drive the full bridge DC Motor circuit directly both in forward or reverse direction. It also could generate single PWM output on the selectable PIC18F14K50 pins when it configured in pulse steering mode. For more information you could visit www.ermicro.com/blog/?p=1461

"Architecture is a chained and fettered art. Far from being "frozen music," it is an art constantly attempting to realize in solid, stable form those effects which music is able to conjure up in an instant—effects which succeed each other rapidly during the progress of a musical work. Music can attain the colossal in a way which, in architecture, only the rarest opportunities render even remotely possible. Music can, in a few moments, admit us through vast portals into avenues, courts and halls of infinite extent and variety. Music can suddenly raise up an entire structure and, by the device of modulation, lift it on to a podium, abruptly recess its facades and turn them bodily into the sunshine. Music can etch silhouettes ten times more intricate than those of Dresden or London City, repeat them, increase or reduce them, hurl them into the distance or bring them before us in precise detail. Most of the essentials of architecture—mass, rhythm, texture, outline—are within music's power. Almost, the two arts are the same art, the one able to express nearly everything which the imagination is capable of conceiving, the other bound by the rigours of economy and use."

~ John Newenham Summerson, Heavenly Mansions and Other Essays on Architecture, ch. 5, AMS Press (1949)

So we definately have a special beast on our hands here.

At first glance 3 things about this controller stand out.

A. It's big

B Its's sexy

C ...And something's missing. Or should i say no more jog wheels.

Indeed removing the jog wheels is a bold step in a different direction that will not please all. Instantly I think of the #REALDJING campain launched recently by allstar DJs such as A-Trak, DJ Craze, Shifty and friends... who aim to bring back value to battle DJ techniques. Think scratching, mary go rounds, back spins, etc... paired with a modern flare of cue point juggling, finger drumming and manual beatmatching. In a nutshell the #REALDJING crew really seems to be promoting the idea of turntable gymnasts with rugged attitudes. Which means that removing the jogwheels from the flagship NI S8 controller places them at odds with practically all of the above.

So who is the Kontrol S8 for?

Although one could make the point that the S8 is a solid and very capable machine that will inevitably be used to play all types of music. It's energy is more closely alligned with the style of house, minimal, techno, and electronic music. This controller pratically begs it's users to start layering songs, samples, loops and effects together. As if each sound is a different brush strokes on canvass adding richness, character, and depth, the S8 will excell in the details, seemlessness, modulations, and the combination of individual instrument lines. This is great news for producers, as they will be able to deconstruct their original songs by seperating all the instruments to re-arrange and/or enhance them into brand new compostions and remixes LIVE. Not suprisingly this live aspect of creativity and performance is the direction Native Instruments have been pushing towards for many years now as they chant their battle cry: #FUTUREOFDJING.

Many will say that ideally you would want a controller that could progress in both worlds. Like Jack Nicholson said, "Why can't we just all ...get along?". But as of now, it seems that lines have been drawn in the sand #REALDJING on one side and #FUTUREOFDJING on the other.

But let's move past they hype and the hashtag wars. Here's my Traktor Kontrol S8 Pros & Cons Breakdown:

Pros:

1. DESIGN

Visually it's a killer straight out of the box and even more so once all the lights are on.

2. BUILD QUALITY

Superior build quality then all their previous controlers with full metal facing, glossy displays, and improved knobs and faders.

3. LESS "COMPUTER FACE" TIME

This is due largly to the addition of the two beautiful, clear, and vivid screens. It's not very exciting to watch an artist with his nose constantly tucked in his laptop screen. (something I'm also guilty of doing). But that's the good news. This feature will lead you into minimizing that time to concentrate on performing the instrument in a similar way that the the CDJs do.

4. EXTRA FX PLAYABILITY

Forge your singnature style with FX.

With the the extra knobs and buttons placed on the S8 will finally be able to take advantage of the 4 assignable FX units (with 3 fx in each). So theoretically you could have 12 fx at your fingertips routed to Deck A! But I know for me assigning 6 FX to Deck A and 6 FX to deck B will probably be more suiting and practical for a healthy workflow.

5. EXTRA HEADPHONE VOLUME

It's loud & Clear. For those who struggled with the S2's and the S4's headphone gain for cueing mixes in loud bars & clubs, struggle no more!

6. REMIX DECK CONTROL

Unleash your creative remix potential it's like having two F1s incorporated directly in your main controller.

7. EXTRA CONNECTIVITY

The most notable is the full 4 track mixer's

4 Ins (1 Line / Phono input corresponding to each deck)

Pairing it with turntables, CDJs, Effects Processors, Synths etc.. is simpler than ever.

2 Microphone inputs (XLR & 1/4" jack)

2 Headphone Inputs (1/8" and 1/4" jack)

2 Main Outs (RCA, XLR)

1 Booth Out (1/4" jack)

1 Midi In and 1 Midi Out

CONS:

1. NOT MIDI CUSTOMIZABLE.. YET.

So this seems to be the #1 concern as of now. I'm sure this will be fixed with software / firmware updates in the future but for now you must use the default settings. If you were one of those who liked to swap out the filter to get a Xone 4 band EQ you'll just have to shine it on for a little bit longer.

2. TOO BIG?

Depending on what you're used to, it might be too big to fit comfortably in many of todays small dj booths.

3. LESS SENSITIVE PADS

I've noticed the main pads are less sensitive than the S2 & S4 making them less conviniant for cue point juggling or finger drumming with out using more force (simply touching the pads is not enough they have to click)

4. NO MORE SCRATCHING AND BACK SPINS

As i write this the only scratching you can do with this controller is if the track is stoped using the touch strip. Awkward. So guess what, if you want to scratch, you'll have to hook up a turntable. Yet you know they could have added just a small button to switch from scratch mode to needle droop mode for the touch strip, but why didn't they do this? Which brings us to our next point.

5. QUESTIONABLE USE OF REAL-ESTATE

I feel like this 30% percent larger controller than the S4 could have easily packed in more functions. For instance they took away 1 of the 2 encoders previously used to loop, navigate songs in beatgrid increments, and beatmashing (in flux mode). These tasks become more demanding with a single encoder where where you constantly use your second hand to press the SHIFT botton. So if i want to simultaneously throw in a filter or another stylistic effect at that moment it becomes complicated. Again they could have easily kept the second encoder. Or they could have pusitioned the SHIFT key so it was close enough to the encoder to do both with one hand. Maybe the S16 will solve this problem. Next I can think of the assignement of the fx pannels to decks. They could have placed 4 buttons on the mixer one for each fx pannel. But yet again you have to use the evil SHIFT button to do the proper routing to fx pannel 3 and 4.

And i could go on about the use of the space things lacking and things awkwardly placed... But obviously it's probably not a deal breaker. It's just me thinking of how this could have been a better more perfect controller for my purposes.

In conclusion NI have made an impressive new DJing tool that will surely inspire producers and DJs alike to blur the lines between DJ sets and a Live sets. Is it perfect? No. Is it the best DJ controller by N.I. yet? Without a doubt! When it's all said and done the S8 will go down in history as the first serious DJ controller to lose the jog wheels marking a paragdim shift in Djing. Where DJs without vinyl and turntables will stop pretending to be mixing on turntables and allow themselves to sync tracks in order to concentrate more energy and creativity into their DJ sets. So keep mixing in the free world and doot-dola doot doo... doot doot.

13 Nov 2014

Prague Castle (Pražský hrad)

For more than a thousand years, has the Prague Castle been an important symbol of the Czech state. Founded in the 9th century, it became the permanent seat of the Czech rulers and, most recently, also of the Presidents. One of the largest castle complexes in the world consists of palaces, offices, churches and fortification buildings, gardens and picturesque corners. The castle covers an area of ​​45 hectares. The unique view to the Prague Castle is one of the most amazing panorama views in the world.

Prague Castle is the most important folk-cultural and historical monument, and is the symbol of the more than one thousand years of development of the Czech and all-Czech states. It is a monumental symbol of the palace, church, fortification, official and residential buildings which represent very valuable monuments, included in all style epochs. It covers an area of ​​45 hectares, was the seat of the Bohemian princes, kings and emperors, and since the Republic was founded in 1918, it was also the residence of the presidents. Since 1962, the Prague Castle has been known for its archaeological discoveries.

History

The initial phases of the Prague Castle are connected with the first historically documented Přemyslid Bořivoj (Bořivoj I (Czech pronunciation: [ˈbɔr̝ɪvɔj], Latin: Borzivogius, c. 852 – c. 889) was the first historically documented Duke of Bohemia from about 870 and progenitor of the Přemyslid dynasty.] The Duchy of Bohemia was at those times subordinated to Great Moravia.). This one transferred in the 80s of the 9th century his original seat from Levý Hradec to the place where on the raised spot above the river Vltava/Moldau already existed a Slavic castle and was very well situated.

The first princely palace apparently only consisted of wood. The first stone building and the oldest Christian sanctuary was the Virgin Mary Church. Its remains have been found between the Second Courtyard and the Bastion garden (original name of the garden: Na Baště). This Bořivoj church was soon reconstructed by the prince Spytihněv I, who was buried here in 915. The second church in the castle was the St. George Basilica founded by Prince Vratislaus I. The next Přemyslide, Prince Wenceslas (Saint), the third sanctuary - the St Veit Rotunda - in the twenties of the 10th century nearby had built which in the 11th century by Prince Spytihnev II was transformed into a huge basilica.

In 973, when the bishopric was established in Prague, the castle was not only the seat of the head of state, but also the seat of the Prague bishop, the highest representative of the church. At the same time arose the first monastery in Bohemia at St. George's basilica.

In the 10th century the castle occupied an area of ​​about 6 ha. In the Romanesque epoch the former fortress, especially after the year 1135 thanks to Soběslaus I, as the stony princely palace and the new masonry fortified with some towers were erected, was turned into a fortified medieval castle. Of the towers is the eastern blacktower best preserved.

Very significantly the Gothic period in the appearance of Prague Castle intervened, most of all Charles IV (1346 - 1378), who, with his father, John of Luxemburg (1310 - 1346), obtained from the pope the promotion of the Prague bishopric to the archbishopric and laid the foundations for the construction of St. Vitus Cathedral. Under Charles IV, the castle for the first time was turned into the imperial residence. Charles IV the defense of the Prague Castle had consolidated, the Royal Palace with the Chapel of All Saints he rebuilt generously. The roofs he had covered with gilded plates, which were the foundation for the binding of words "Golden Prague". Since 1382, Bohemian rulers ceased to occupy the Prague Castle for more than 100 years. The royal court was moved to the place of today's Community hall and back to the Prague castle it came only in 1483 under Wladislaus from the Jagiellonian dynasty.

Although the ruler already in 1490 moved to Ofen (Buda), he had the Prague castle renovated in the late Gothic style under the supervision of Benedikt Ried. He was the master builder of the magnificent Vladislav Hall, the largest secular vaulted room of the then Europe, with which the first Renaissance signs came to Prague. He carried out major construction works, including the construction of a new masonry, the defensive towers and the expansion of the Royal Palace. At his time, the Gothic died away and a new architectural style, the Renaissance, gradually prevailed.

The direct influence of the Italian art on the new style was most frequently observed in Prague under the reign of Ferdinand I (von Habsburg) and after his departure from Prague under the influence of the governor Ferdinand of Tyrol. At that time, the medieval castle was converted into a comfortable Renaissance castle with gardens. The typical Italian architecture of the Royal Pleasure palace arose in the northern King's garden.

For a large building activity in 1541 contributed a fire devastating the castle objects as well as the surrounding area quite a lot. Within the framework of the restoration, both the housing estates and the church buildings were rebuilt. Under the reign of the first Habsburgs, nobility palaces were added to the castle grounds (for example, the Pernstein Palace - later Lobkowicz Palace, Rosenberg Palace and others). Horse stable buildings were built in the north-west.

Under the reign of the Emperor Rudolph II (1576 - 1611), the Renaissance and Mannerism transformation of the castle, which for the second time became the center of the empire, and especially the center of European culture and science, reached its peak. On the second courtyard, new rooms were built for the collections of Rudolph - the new (now Spanish) hall and the Rudolph gallery. Also arose the connection tract between the northwestern and the southwestern part of the castle. Just here the famous Kunstkammer (Art chamber) and other rooms for Rudolph's collective activities were located. Additionally further horse stable properties were built for his rare Spanish horses. During the Rudolph times also the foundation stone of the famous Golden Alley was laid. Laboratories of the Rudolph-Alchymists were supposed to have been in the Powder tower above the Hirschgraben (Deer's ditch). The castle suffered again considerable damages when it was occupied by the Saxon army in 1631 and by the Swedes in 1648 not only was occupied but also plundered. After the Thirty Years' War, the Habsburgs did not care too much about the Prague royal seat.

Only Maria Theresia carried out an extensive reconstruction of the Prague Castle from 1755 - 1775 into a representative castle complex. The reason for the massive construction action were war damages, caused by the intense bombing of the castle during war conflicts at the beginning of her reign. The reconstruction was designed by the Viennese architect Nicolo Pacassi, who also planned the first courtyard with the monumental entrance gate. From the time of the Theresian reconstruction stems also the chapel of the Holy Cross on the 2nd castle forecourt and other buildings, especially the noblewomen institute. The south wing he imprinted the uniform monumental late Baroque facade of a representative seat. His plans influenced by Viennese Rococo and French Classicism the builders Anselmo Lurago, Anton Kunz and Anton Haffenecker brought into life.

In the 19th century, the castle fell into ruin, in several objects after the Josephine reforms the army settled. In connection with the stay of Ferdinand I the Good in the castle after his abdication in 1848 and further in connection with the preparation for the coronation of Franz Joseph I in the sixties it came to building modifications of several objects. After 1859, when the community for the completion of St Veit cathedral emerged, began first the repair, and then, under the influence of the architect Joseph Mocker, the work on the actual completion of St Veit's cathedral was started, completed in 1929.

In the years 1920 - 35, carried out extensive regulations of the Prague Castle as the seat of the Czechoslovak President the great Slovenian architect Josip Plečnik, who masterfully combined the valuable historical space with modern civilization claims. His modifications mainly concerned the 1st and 3rd court, the southern gardens of the castle, the fourth forecourt with the Bastion garden as well as numerous interiors. He created e.g. the pillared hall, private rooms of the presidential residence, including the Masaryk workroom. His pupil, Otto Rothmayer, brought to an end the incomplete solutions of some castle interior spaces after the Second World War in comparable quality.

In 1936, Pavel Janák and after him, in 1959, Jaroslav Fragner became castle architect.

After the year of change of 1989, the Prague Castle was opened to the public in many places. During the term of President Havel, at the castle it came to modulations of the interiors and to the expansion of two new entrances into the second courtyard after the project of the creator and designer Bořek Šípek. The puncture through the rampart of the Powder bridge in Hirschgraben was rewarded with a significant prize (Arch. Josef Pleskot). Also interesting is the modern greenhouse of the world-famous architect Eva Jiřičná. The Georgian Square (Jiřské náměstí) was re-paved and modulated. The Mosaic of the Last Judgment was renovated in collaboration with the specialists from the Getti Institute. In 1990, the Prague Castle was solemnly illuminated and this situation lasts from dusk to midnight until today. In the main tourist season, the lighting time even lasts an hour longer until 1 o'clock. The tradition of electric lighting, but on a much smaller scale, began in 1928, when the lamps were installed for the 10th anniversary of the elevation to a Republic. A little bit the present daylight resembles of those from the end of the sixties, but today it is much more detailed and in communist times it was only switched on at solemn occasions. At that time, illuminative days were state holidays or significant day of republic, which, however, did not lack recognition from the communist point of view.

In recent years the reconstruction and renovation work has been developed in many buildings of the castle and a considerable attention has been devoted to the archaeological investigation, which has been going on since 1925 and has brought many insights into the history of the castle. The investigation as well as the renovation of the individual rooms and objects is motivated by the idea of ​​invigorating them as much as possible by making them accessible to the public.

Prager Burg (Pražský hrad)

Die Prager Burg ist seit über tausend Jahren ein bedeutendes Symbol des tschechischen Staates. Gegründet im 9. Jahrhundert wurde sie zum ständigen Sitz der tschechischen Herrscher und zuletzt auch der Präsidenten. Einer der größten Burgkomplexe weltweit setzt sich aus Palästen, Amts-, Kirchen- und Fortifikationsgebäuden, aus Gärten und malerischen Ecken zusammen. Die Burg erstreckt sich auf einer Fläche von 45 Hektar. Der alleinige Blick auf die Prager Burg stellt einen der überwältigendsten Panoramablicke der Welt dar.

Die Prager Burg ist das bedeutendste Volkskultur- und Historiedenkmal, sie ist das Symbol der mehr als eintausendjährigen Entwicklung des böhmischen sowie gesamttschechischen Staats. Es ist ein monumentales Symbol der Palast-, Kirchen-, Fortifikations-, Amts- und Wohngebäude, die sehr wertvolle Denkmäler darstellen, einbezogen auf alle Stilepochen. Sie erstreckt sich auf einer Fläche von 45 ha, war der Sitz der böhmischen Fürsten, Könige und Kaiser und seit der Republikentstehung im Jahre 1918 war sie auch die Residenz der Präsidenten. Seit 1962 steht die Prager Burg mit ihren archäologischen Funden als bekanntester.

Geschichte

Die Anfangszeiten der Prager Burg sind mit dem ersten historisch belegten Přemysliden Bořivoj verbunden. Dieser übertrug in den 80er Jahren des 9. Jahrhunderts seinen ursprünglichen Sitz von Levý Hradec an den Ort, wo auf der erhabenen Stelle über der Moldau eine slawische Burgstätte bereits bestand und sehr gut gelegen war.

Der erste Fürstenpalast bestand offenbar aus Holz. Der erste Steinbau und das älteste christliche Heiligtum war die Jungfrau Maria Kirche. Ihre Reste wurden zwischen dem II. Vorhof und dem Basteigarten (Originalname des Gartens: Na Baště) gefunden. Diese Bořivoj-Kirche wurde durch den hier im Jahre 915 beigesetzten Fürsten Spytihněv I. bald umgebaut. Die zweite Kirche im Burgraum war die vom Fürsten Vratislaus I. gegründete St. Georg Basilika. Der nächste Přemyslide, der Fürst Wenzel (der Heilige), ließ in der Nähe in den 20er Jahren des 10. Jahrhunderts das dritte Heiligtum - die St. Veit Rotunde - bauen, die im 11. Jahrhundert vom Fürsten Spytihněv II. zu einer gewaltigen Basilika umgebaut wurde.

Im Jahre 973, als in Prag das Bistum gegründet wurde, war die Burg nicht nur der Sitz des Staatsoberhaupts, sondern auch der Sitz des Prager Bischofs, des höchsten Repräsentanten der Kirche. Zu demselben Zeitpunkt entstand an der St. Georg Basilika das erste Kloster in Böhmen.

Im 10. Jahrhundert nahm die Burg eine Fläche von ca. 6 ha in Anspruch. In der romanischen Epoche wurde die einstige Burgstätte, insbesondere nach dem Jahr 1135 dank Soběslaus I., als der steinige Fürstenpalast und das neue mit einigen Türmen verstärkte Mauerwerk aufgebaut wurden, zu einer festen mittelalterlichen Burg umgebaut. Von den Türmen ist der östliche Schwarzturm am besten erhalten.

Sehr bedeutend griff ins Aussehen der Prager Burg die Gotikzeit ein, insbesondere Karl IV. (1346 - 1378), der mit seinem Vater Johann von Luxemburg (1310 - 1346) vom Papst die Beförderung des Prager Bistums zum Erzbistum erwirkte und den Grundstein für den Bau der St. Veit Kathedrale legte. Unter Karl IV. wurde die Burg zum ersten Mal zur Kaiserlichen Residenz. Karl IV. ließ die Verschanzung der Prager Burg festigen, den Königspalast mit der Kapelle Aller Heiligen baute er großzügig um. Die Dächer ließ er mit vergoldeten Blechen decken, die das Fundament für die Wörterbindung „Goldenes Prag“ darstellten. Seit 1382 hörten böhmische Herrscher auf, die Prager Burg für mehr als 100 Jahre zu bewohnen. Der Königshof wurde an den Ort des heutigen Gemeindehauses umgezogen und zurück auf die Prager Burg kehrte er erst im Jahre 1483 unter Wladislaus aus der Jagiellonen-Dynastie.

Obwohl der Herrscher bereits 1490 nach Ofen (Buda) umsiedelte, ließ er die Prager Burg im spätgotischen Stil unter der Bauleitung von Benedikt Ried umbauen. Er war der Baumeister des großartigen Wladislaus-Saals, des größten weltlichen gewölbten Raums des damaligen Europas, mit dem die ersten Renaissancezeichen nach Prag kamen. Er führte großartige Bauregelungen einschließlich des Ausbaus eines neuen Mauerwerks, der Wehrtürme und der Erweiterung des Königspalastes durch. Zu seiner Zeit klang die Gotik aus und es setzte sich allmählich ein neuer Baustil durch, die Renaissance.

Der direkte Einfluss der italienischen Kunst des neuen Stils wurde in Prag unter der Regierung von Ferdinand I. (von Habsburg) und nach seinem Weggang von Prag unter der Wirkung des Statthalters Ferdinand von Tirol am meisten beobachtet. Damals wurde die mittelalterliche Burg in ein bequemes Renaissanceschloss mit Gärten umgewandelt. Im nördlichen Königsgarten entstand die typisch italienische Architektur des Königlichen Lustschlosses.

Zu einer großen Bauaktivität trug im Jahre 1541 ein Brand bei, der die Burgobjekte sowie die Umgebung ziemlich viel kaputt machte. Im Rahmen der Wiederherstellung wurden sowohl die Wohnräume als auch die Kirchenobjekte umgebaut. Unter der Regierung der ersten Habsburger kamen ins Burggelände auch Adelspaläste dazu (zum Beispiel der Pernstein-Palast - später Lobkowicz-Palast, Rosenberg-Palast und weitere). Im Nordwesten wurden Pferdestallgebäude erbaut.

Unter der Regierung des Kaisers Rudolph II. (1576 - 1611) erreichte der Renaissance- und Manierismusumbau der Burg, die zum zweiten Mal zum Zentrum des Reiches und insbesondere zum Zentrum der europäischen Kultur und Wissenschaft wurde, seinen Gipfel. Auf dem II. Vorhof wurden neue Räume für die Sammlungen Rudolphs erbaut - der Neue (heute Spanische) Saal und die Rudolph-Galerie. Es entstand auch der Verbindungstrakt zwischen dem Nordwest- und dem Südwestteil der Burg. Eben hier befanden sich die berühmte Kunstkammer und weitere Räume für die Sammeltätigkeit Rudolphs. Es wurden auch weitere Pferdestallobjekte für seine seltenen spanischen Pferde aufgebaut. Während der Rudolph-Zeiten wurde auch der Grundstein der berühmten Goldenen Gasse gelegt. Laboratorien der Rudolph-Alchymisten sollen im Pulverturm über dem Hirschgraben gewesen sein. Die Burg erlitt erneut erhebliche Schäden, als sie 1631 vom sächsischen Heer und 1648 von den Schweden besetzt und ausgeplündert wurde. Nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg kümmerten sich die Habsburger um den Prager königlichen Sitz nicht allzu sehr.

Erst Maria Theresia führte in den Jahren 1755 - 1775 einen umfangreichen Umbau der Prager Burg zu einem repräsentativen Schlosskomplex durch. Der Grund für die massive Bauaktion waren Kriegsschäden, verursacht durch die intensive Bombardierung der Burg bei Kriegskonflikten zu Beginn ihrer Regierung. Den Umbau entwarf der Wiener Architekt Nicolo Pacassi, der auch den I. Vorhof mit dem monumentalen Eingangstor projektierte. Aus der Zeit des theresianischen Umbaus stammt auch die Kapelle des Heiligen Kreuzes auf dem II. Burgvorhof und weitere Gebäude, insbesondere die Edeldamenanstalt. Dem Südflügel prägte er die einheitliche monumentale Spätbarockfassade eines Repräsentationssitzes ein. Seine durch das Wiener Rokoko und den französischen Klassizismus beeinflussten Pläne brachten die Baumeister Anselmo Lurago, Anton Kunz und Anton Haffenecker zustande.

Im 19. Jahrhundert verfiel die Burg, in mehreren Objekten ließ sich nach den josephinischen Reformen das Heer nieder. Zu Bauregelungen einiger Objekte kam es im Zusammenhang mit dem Aufenthalt von Ferdinand I. dem Guten auf der Burg nach seiner Abdikation im Jahre 1848 und weiter im Zusammenhang mit der Vorbereitung auf die vorgesehene Krönung von Franz Joseph I. in den 60er Jahren. Nach 1859, als die Gemeinde für die Fertigstellung der St. Veit Kathedrale entstand, begann zuerst die Reparatur und anschließend unter der Wirkung des Architekten Joseph Mocker wurde die Arbeit an der eigentlichen Fertigstellung der St. Veit Kathedrale aufgenommen, abgeschlossen im Jahre 1929.

In den Jahren 1920 - 35 führte ausgedehnte Regelungen der Prager Burg als des Sitzes des tschechoslowakischen Präsidenten der bedeutende slowenische Architekt Josip Plečnik durch, der den wertvollen historischen Raum mit modernen Zivilisationsansprüchen meisterlich zusammenfügte. Seine Regelungen betrafen vor allem den 1. und 3. Vorhof, die Südgärten der Burg, den 4. Vorhof mit dem Basteigarten sowie zahlreiche Innenräume. Er schuf z.B. die Säulenhalle, Privaträume der Präsidentenwohnung einschließlich des Arbeitszimmers Masaryks. Sein Schüler Otto Rothmayer brachte die unvollendeten Lösungen einiger Burginnenräume nach dem 2. Weltkrieg in vergleichbarer Qualität zu Ende.

Im Jahre 1936 ist Pavel Janák und nach ihm seit 1959 Jaroslav Fragner Burgarchitekt geworden.

Nach dem Wendejahr 1989 wurde die Prager Burg an vielen Stellen für die Öffentlichkeit geöffnet. Während der Amtszeit des Präsidenten Havel kam es auf der Burg zu Regelungen der Innenräume und zum Ausbau zweier neuer Eingänge in den 2. Vorhof nach dem Projekt des Bildners und Designers Bořek Šípek. Mit einem bedeutenden Preis wurde der Durchstich durch den Wall der Pulverbrücke im Hirschgraben belohnt (Arch. Josef Pleskot). Interessant ist auch das moderne Gewächshaus der weltberühmten Architektin Eva Jiřičná. Der Georg-Platz (Jiřské náměstí) wurde neu bepflastert und geregelt. In Zusammenarbeit mit den Fachleuten aus dem Getti-Institut wurde die Mosaik „des Letzten Gerichts“ renoviert. Im Jahre 1990 wurde die Prager Burg feierlich beleuchtet und dieser Zustand dauert von der Dämmerung bis zur Mitternacht bis heute. In der touristischen Hauptsaison dauert die Beleuchtungszeit sogar eine Stunde länger, bis 1 Uhr. Die Tradition der elektrischen Beleuchtung, jedoch im viel kleineren Umfang, begann im Jahre 1928, als die Lampen zum 10. Jubiläum der Republikentstehung installiert wurden. Ein wenig ähnelte die heutige feierliche Beleuchtung jener aus dem Ende der 60er Jahren, heute ist sie allerdings viel detaillierter und in den Kommunistenzeiten wurde sie nur bei feierlichen Gelegenheiten angemacht. Beleuchtungswürdige Tage waren damals Staatsfeiertage oder bedeutende Republiktage, denen allerdings aus der kommunistischen Sicht die Anerkennung nicht fehlte.

In den letzten Jahren entwickelte sich die Umbau- bzw. Renovierungstätigkeit in vielen Objekten der Burg und eine erhebliche Aufmerksamkeit wurde der archäologischen Untersuchung gewidmet, die bereits seit 1925 läuft und viele Erkenntnisse über die Burggeschichte brachte. Die Untersuchung sowie die Renovierung der einzelnen Räume und Objekte ist von der Idee motiviert, sie dadurch, dass sie der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden, möglichst viel zu beleben.

www.prague.eu/de/objekt/orte/31/prager-burg-prazsky-hrad

Orange Juice Drive is in a classical RAT type circuit and sounding topolgy. We add extra switch for select between symmetric or asymmetric clipping. Not operable with battery.

www.customanalogpedals.com/orange-juice-drive/

Notice the extra VCA-01 module in the middle row - this is wired to the modulation wheel, and the LFO-01 module feeds into the VCA, which in turn outputs to the CV input on the VCF-12 (filter). In practical terms: the mod wheel fades in a pulsing filtered vibrato effect - I'm pleased and relieved that it all worked first time (thanks to the Modular manual!).

How to control the intensity of some LEDs in PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).

/*

Fade

This example shows how to fade two LEDs on pin 9 and pin 10

using the analogWrite() function.

The analogWrite() function uses PWM, so if

you want to change the pin you're using, be

sure to use another PWM capable pin. On most

Arduino, the PWM pins are identified with

a "~" sign, like ~3, ~5, ~6, ~9, ~10 and ~11.

This example code is in the public domain.

*/

int led1 = 9; // the PWM pin the LED is attached to

int led2 = 10;

int brightness = 0; // how bright the LED is

int fadeAmount = 5; // how many points to fade the LED by

// the setup routine runs once when you press reset:

void setup() {

// declare pin 9 and 10 to be an output:

pinMode(led1, OUTPUT);

pinMode(led2, OUTPUT);

}

// the loop routine runs over and over again forever:

void loop() {

// set the brightness of pin 9:

analogWrite(led1, brightness);

analogWrite(led2, brightness);

// change the brightness for next time through the loop:

brightness = brightness + fadeAmount;

// reverse the direction of the fading at the ends of the fade:

if (brightness = 255) {

fadeAmount = -fadeAmount;

}

// wait for 30 milliseconds to see the dimming effect

delay(30);

}

Modulation pressure to be precise. Should be 2.9 bar at 50 km/h with no vacuum on the modulator.

Acrylic and tempera on canvas; 90.2 x 115.5 cm.

Julian Stanczak is an American painter and printmaker. The artist lives and works in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, the sculptor, Barbara Stanczak. He was born in eastern Poland in 1928. At the beginning of World War II, Stanczak was forced into a Siberian labor camp, where he permanently lost the use of his right arm. He had been right-handed. In 1942, aged thirteen, Stanczak escaped from Siberia to join the Polish army-in-exile in Persia. After deserting from the army, he spent his teenage years in a hut in a Polish refugee camp in Uganda. In Africa Stanczak learned to write and paint left-handed. He then spend some years in London, before moving to the United States in 1950. He settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Stanczak received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Ohio in 1954, and then trained under Josef Albers and Conrad Marca-Relli at the Yale University, School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, where he received his Master of Fine Arts in 1956.

In 2007, Stanczak was interviewed by Brian Sherwin for Myartspace. During the interview Stanczak recalled his experiences with war and the loss of his right arm and how both influenced his art. Stanczak explained, "The transition from using my left hand as my right, main hand, was very difficult. My youthful experiences with the atrocities of the Second World War are with me,- but I wanted to forget them and live a "normal" life and adapt into society more fully. In the search for Art, you have to separate what is emotional and what is logical. I did not want to be bombarded daily by the past,- I looked for anonymity of actions through non-referential, abstract art.

The Op Art movement was named for his first major show, Julian Stanczak: Optical Paintings, held at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1964. His work was included in the Museum of Modern Art's 1965 exhibition The Responsive Eye. In 1966 he was named a "New Talent" by Art in America magazine. In the early 1960s he began to make the surface plane of the painting vibrate through his use of wavy lines and contrasting colors in works such as Provocative Current (1965). These paintings gave way to more complex compositions constructed with geometric rigidity yet softened with varying degrees of color transparency such as Netted Green (1972). In addition to being an artist, Stanczak was also a teacher, having worked at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1957–64 and as Professor of Painting, at the Cleveland Institute of Art, 1964-1995. He was named "Outstanding American Educator" by the Educators of America in 1970.

Stanczak uses repeating forms to create compositions that are manifestations of his visual experiences. Stanczak's work is an art of experience, and is based upon structures of color. In the 1980s and 1990s Stanczak retained his geometric structure and created compositions with bright or muted colors, often creating pieces in a series such as Soft Continuum (1981; Johnson and Johnson Co. CT, see McClelland pl. 50). More recently, Stanczak has been creating large-scale series, consisting of square panels on which he examines variations of hue and chroma in illusionistic color modulations, an example of which is Windows to the Past (2000; 50 panels).

Built for Session guitarist extraordinaire Rob Piltch of the avant garde cabaret combo Nick Buzz, and The Art of Time Ensemble chamber orchestra.

Due to the super quiet stage volume of the chamber orchestra environment, the signal path and "noise floor" of the system had to be super quiet. Each effect pedal's mechanical switches had to be quiet as possible as well.

Mono Dynamic Effects into Stereo Modulation & Delay with Stereo Volume Control.

Buffered Split Dry line to Mixer for Parallel with 100% Wet Stereo Effects. Also buffered split to send signal to tuner constantly, provides a visual "cheat" for hitting certain intervals on a pitch bend, also allows for volume swelling a bent note while coming in on pitch with other players.

Clickless switching installed in Overdrives & Compressor. Clickless Switching "External" Effects loop between Dynamics and Post Effects for easy insertion of extra effects into signal path.

Switching Circuit to sum Stereo Effects to Mono for Single Amp gigs, no re-patching, no signal loss, no phase issues.

Latching In & Out Connection points for Signal & Power to the pedalboard. The Amplifier I/O box features Switchable Ground Isolation Transformers for the Left & Right Amp Outputs and Clickless Relays for silent switching to Mute.

Updated system PSU with no "wall warts" for Strymon pedals.

Sync'd Tap Tempo from Time Line to Mobius.

MIDI Integration point for connecting the Strymon pedals to an external sequence/recording.

Set up and tear down time -2 minutes.

First successful test of an improvement to the PWM synthesis code that allows user-defined envelope shapes. This one is a computed exponential decay, similar to a stringed instrument being plucked. The resolution is only 8 bits, but the result looks OK.

The upcoming Hertz Donut by The Harvestman. Its a dual oscillator design (primary/modulation), kinda like a digital Buchla 259. From the Harvestman site (www.theharvestman.org/9791.htm): "Voltage-controlled waveform discontinuity, internal pitch tracking with several lag settings. Dedicated square wave outputs, as well as the Cleanest Sine in Town." 17 HP in size, price to be announced, available sometime in May. LINK to mp3: soundcloud.com/harvestman/hzdfmtest1 .

Inner panel: the oscillators

Designed by Robert Moog in 1970, the Minimoog Model D synthesizer is still regarded as the Rolls Royce equivalent for analog keyboard-based synthesizers. Specifically designed for touring musicians, the minimoog exported electronic music experiments from university labs out to the masses - and her deep farting bass-sounds (think of Kraftwerk's Autobahn), lead and space bleeps and sweeps have become HUGELY popular over the last 38 years.

There were originally 13,000 minimoogs produced between 1970 and 1981. After a brief hiatus during the digital-synth craze in the 1980s, the minimoog enjoyed a resurgence of interest among musicians since the 1990s...and yes, it's becoming harder to get a hold on one.

I obtained this Mini from a studio garage sale back in 1989 for US$ 150 (in prime condition - save the crackling external input knob). After lying dormant for 7 years now, it's time to bring life back into this 1973 model D mini. Tropical humidity heavily damaged the furnishing. It needs re-tuning of the oscillators, cleaning of the electronic board, new switches for filter modulation, and thinking about a new base panel.

Generates 0.001 Hz - 5 MHz sine, triangle, square and pulse waveforms. Plus it has ext. FM modulation, sweep and crystal lock modes.

My fleamarket find this weekend. It's in immaculate shape, works perfectly, and it came w batteries and a "Rock On" ROM card w Listen to the Music (gay), Escape (the Pina Colada song, one of my fkn favorites), Ventura Highway (awesome) and Slow Hand (eh).

amorphica.com/networked.html

Group 4_

Aaron Onchi, Betty Sanchez, Roberto Gutierrez, Frank Durán , Belén Olaya García

Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.

Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization

Computational architecture and design course

Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.

Instructors:

Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]

Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]

Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]

MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]

Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]

Plaza Intersección Ryerson y Ruiz -

Ensenada, Baja California

Networked Fabrication for Urban Provocations.

Shifting Paradigms from Mass Production to Mass Customization

Computational architecture and design course

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Conventional construction methods all depart from the basic premises of mass production: standardization, modulation and a production line. What these systems developed during the last two centuries fail to take into account are the evolutionary leaps and bounds the manufacturing industry has taken over the last decades. With the introduction of CNC technologies and rapid prototyping machines have altered the paradigms of fabrication forever. It is due to these new tools that it is now possible to create (n) amount of completely unique and different pieces with the same amount of energy and material that is required to create (n) identical pieces. The possibilities for implementation of new forms, textures, materials and languages are infinite due to the versatility that these new tools offer a growing network of architects, designers, fabricators that are integrating them into their professional practices to generate unique and precise objects that respond to countless data and real-life conditions.

Instructors:

Monika Wittig [ LaN, IaaC ]

Shane Salisbury [ LaN, IaaC ]

Filippo Moroni [ SOLIDO, Politecnico di Milano ]

MS Josh Updyke [ Advanced Manufacturing Institute, KSU, Protei ]

Aaron Gutiérrez Cortes [ Amorphica ]

This is a view of the electronics inside the model R/C tank I am designing on a gearbox + Tracks & wheels from Tamiya. The radio is Hitec and two receiver servo outputs feed my microcontroller-based Pulse Position Modulation output into Pulse Width Modulated power output to the two motors. Full details at www.5volt.eu

Captured 5 May 2021, 23:00 hrs ET, Springfield, VA, USA. Bortle 8 skies, Mallincam DS10C camera, Celestron 8 inch SCT f/6.2, exposure 14 sec, gain 20, bin 1, stack of 50 light frames, dark and flat frames subtracted, no filter.

Clouds: clear

Seeing: 30, good

Transparency: 30, good

Moon phase: 33%

FOV: 44 x 34 arcmin before crop

Resolution: 0.8 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: Up is South

Apparent magnitude: +6.2

Apparent size: 18 arcmin

Appearance: Beautiful rich star cluster.

From Wikipedia:

Messier 3 (M3 or NGC 5272) is a globular cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. It was discovered on May 3, 1764, and was the first Messier object to be discovered by Charles Messier himself. Messier originally mistook the object for a nebula without stars. This mistake was corrected after the stars were resolved by William Herschel around 1784. Since then, it has become one of the best-studied globular clusters. Identification of the cluster's unusually large variable star population was begun in 1913 by American astronomer Solon Irving Bailey and new variable members continue to be identified up through 2004.

Many amateur astronomers consider it one of the finest northern globular clusters, following only Messier 13. M3 has an apparent magnitude of 6.2, making it a difficult naked eye target even with dark conditions. With a moderate-sized telescope, the cluster is fully defined. It can be found by looking almost exactly halfway along the north-west line that would join Arcturus (α Boötis) to Cor Caroli (α Canum Venaticorum). Using a telescope with a 25 cm (9.8 in) aperture, the cluster has a bright core with a diameter of about 6 arcminutes and spans a total of double that.

This cluster is one of the largest and brightest, and is made up of around 500,000 stars. It is estimated to be 11.4 billion years old. It is centered at 32,615.64 light-years (10 kpc) away from Earth.

Messier 3 is quite isolated as is 31.6 kly (9.7 kpc) above the Galactic plane and roughly 38.8 kly (11.9 kpc) from the center of the Milky Way. It contains 274 known variable stars, by far the most found in any globular cluster. These include 133 RR Lyrae variables, of which about a third display the Blazhko effect of long-period modulation. The overall abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium, what astronomers term the metallicity, is in the range of −1.34 to −1.50 dex. This value gives the logarithm of the abundance relative to the Sun; the actual proportion is 3.2–4.6% of the solar abundance. Messier 3 is the prototype for the Oosterhoff type I cluster, which is considered "metal-rich". That is, for a globular cluster, Messier 3 has a relatively high abundance of heavier elements.

Architect : Antonio Bonet

architecture.arqhys.com/architects/antoniobonet-biography...

ANTONIO BONET. In 1942, Bonet participates in the constitution of the Organization of the Integral House in the Argentine Republic. The idea of the formation of its work ties it with the ideas suggested by Him Corbusier throughout the process of preparation of the Plan of Buenos Aires. "the routine servitude of conception submissive the outsider does not exist any worthy of consideration argument seriously nor even in that some Argentineans live" So that the initial note of a universal modulation does not take place in our country, whose hope appears in the immediate perspective of the world: on the area in catastrophe of the cities martyred by the war, the genius of the man already begins to project the new forms of the human coexistence. On the contrary, the essential circumstance of our historical youth and the one of our adventurous peace, locate to us in the moral obligation to create new forms of life anticipating us to whatever of project and of dream it even subsists in a world of towns in flames and ruins. This thought of Bonet, is taken from the N° Notebook 1 of OVRA, titled Study of the Contemporary Problems for the organization of the integral house in the Argentine Republic. Without a doubt, the text gathers part of the optimism of the Austral Group. But while this one was directed to the architects and its problems, in the OVRA manifesto the horizon is ampler, next to certain discovered nonfree of messianism of the American, coincident with other similar initiatives in other places of the continent.

Reflections of Antonio Bonet on the architecture: "the architectonic elements that will form the new city will be formed by a series, numerous, of structures little systematized. Those structures will be able to arrive to the maximum from their aesthetic, technical perfection and economic, since besides to be placed in free lands, its study must be based on the progressive improvement of such types, so as it has become in the great architectures of the past. Within those structures, that will be the expression of the effort of the social man, to obtain the order and the harmony of its time, never will be obtained to a freedom reached after the development of the life of the man like individual, and the one of its institutions. It is well certain that we are even far from that stage, But does not fit doubt that once demonstrated that the modern buildings can be developed in simple structures, more and more seemed to each other, it will make the importance powerful of this system. Those buildings will be used and the equipped for but diverse uses, without aging with it, although they will have to work at a time whose social programs, industrial, etc., are in permanent evolution. I am going to finish with the confession of my conviction of which to group the programs for the unification of the structures, is something enormously difficult, but some is no doubt that it is the way that will take us forms to the true architectonic of our time. in that the diverse social programs will be developed freely, cultural hygienic, etc., that must form the structure of the new society.

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- Bluetooth 3.0 interface with AIROHA AB1108 as main control chip

- WIDCOMM BTW Bluetooth technology which is officially approved by Microsoft

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The layering corresponds to Milankovitch cycle

Unit: Morbiokalk (limestone), Lias

Graham P. Weedon:

"The 21 000 year (21 ka) precession cycle was detected in all three cases, the 100 ka eccentricity cycle in two cases and the 41 ka obliquity cycle in one. Filtering revealed that the supposed 21 ka sedimentary cycles are grouped into packets of four or five small and large amplitude cycles. The packets reflect the 100 ka modulation of the 21 ka precession cycle. Local disruption of the packaging can be used to locate hiatuses in pelagic strata."

source: jgs.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/ 146/1/133

int ledPin = 13; // LED connected to digital pin 13int h=1;

int h = 1;

int h2=0;

int h3=0;

int h4=0;

int h5=0;

int h6=0; // direction memory motor 1

int h7=0; // direction memory motor 2

void setup() // run once, when the sketch starts

{

pinMode(4, OUTPUT); // pwm motor 1

pinMode(6, OUTPUT); // pwm motor 2

pinMode(5, OUTPUT); // direction motor 1

pinMode(7, OUTPUT); // direction motor 2

pinMode(13, OUTPUT); // PWM INDICATOR LED

pinMode(2, INPUT); // direction motor 1 - input test switch

pinMode(3, INPUT); // direction motor 2 - input test switch

digitalWrite(4, LOW); // motor 1 off

digitalWrite(6, LOW); // motor 2 off

digitalWrite(5, LOW); // motor 1 direction L - low

digitalWrite(7, LOW); // motor 2 direction L - low

}

void loop() // run over and over again

{

h5 = digitalRead(2); // motor 1 direction

if (h5!=h6)

{

h6=h5;

digitalWrite(4, LOW); // motor 1 pwm low - stop

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(5, h5); //

delay(1000);

}

h5 = digitalRead(3); // motor 2 direction

if (h5!=h7)

{

h7=h5;

digitalWrite(6, LOW); // motor 2 pwm low - stop

delay(1000);

digitalWrite(7, h5); //

delay(1000);

}

digitalWrite(4, HIGH); // motor 1 2 pwm high

digitalWrite(6, HIGH); //

digitalWrite(13, HIGH); //

h5 = analogRead(0); // read the value from the sensor

while(h5>0){

h2 = analogRead(0); // read the value from the sensor

while(h2>0){

h2--;

}

h5--;

}

digitalWrite(4, LOW); // motor 1 2 pwm low

digitalWrite(6, LOW); //

digitalWrite(13, LOW); //

h4 = analogRead(1)*2; // read the value from the sensor

while(h4>0){

h3 = analogRead(1); // read the value from the sensor

while(h3>0){

h3--;

}

h4--;

}

}

Gryffin 98.