![]() ![]() To the left of the keyboard are two control wheels: one is a standard pitch wheel, and the other, mysteriously labelled 'A', is a programmable mod wheel (more of which later). In a departure from traditional styling, the CMS 61 is a 5‑octave C‑to‑C, non‑splittable keyboard, built in a cream‑coloured plastic casing, with a large flat recess behind the playing surface on which to accommodate a computer keyboard and mouse mat. Their new offerings, the CMS 61 and Studio 610, are not quite as grand, but should find favour with the fiscally‑challenged, or the player who doesn't require an authentic piano feel. More recently, they have built something of a reputation for their own products - particularly their range of weighted, hammer‑action master keyboards, which simulate the feel and action of a conventional acoustic piano. Italian firm Fatar started out manufacturing keyboards for companies producing organs and synths, and their past client list includes major players such as Roland and Ensoniq. They are normally sparsely populated with buttons, and disappointing in the flashing lights department, but in a world where more synths come in modules than in keyboards, they have a place both in the studio and on stage. ![]() Andy Davies casts his eyes, and fingers, over Fatar's latest low‑cost master keyboards.Īlong with power amps and patchbays, master keyboards have something of a reputation for being a little uninteresting. ![]()
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![]() ![]() There’s currently 5 million people living in Sydney and 25 million in the whole of Australia. Best affordable Sydney suburbs to live in close to the city?.Best Sydney suburbs for trendy alternative vibe?.Best Sydney suburbs for healthy living?.Best places to rent in Sydney for families.Best places to rent in Sydney for couples.Best place to rent in Sydney for single people.Are there any unsafe areas to rent in Sydney?.Best Sydney suburb closest to the city?.Most expensive and cheapest area to live in Sydney.Best Sydney suburbs ferry commute into the CBD.Where to rent in Inner Western Sydney Suburbs What’s the average rent in Sydney cost?.Don’t expect English quality housing in Sydney.Be very careful of mould in Sydney houses.View the property before the open inspection.Firstly, how many people live in Sydney?.If you’re thinking about moving to other cities, read our Where To Live In Melbourne guide and our Where To Live In Brisbane guide, both written by locals in these cities. ![]() This guide is coming from what we’ve experienced, so we hope we can be of help to your search in finding your new Sydney home! Make sure you familiarise yourself before deciding on where to live in Sydney. We try to mention the best suburbs in Sydney and how they could be comparable (very loosely) to somewhere in London, just so you can have an idea of what to expect. Use this more like a first timers guide on where to live in Sydney. The average house price in Sydney is apparently $1 million dollars! ![]() We’re not going to talk about where to buy a house in Sydney because you’ll be looking at living further out because of the astronomical prices. One thing I can definitely admit is, renting in Sydney isn’t cheap. We personally started off in the Southern Suburbs near Hurstville (to be near Steve’s family) and ended up in the Lower North Shore. This includes cheap rent in Sydney, apartments for rent in Sydney, as well as rooms to rent in Sydney. 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Information on listed products and services, including Covid-safe accreditations, are provided by the third-party operator on their website or as published on Australian Tourism Data Warehouse where applicable. *Product Disclaimer: Tourism Australia is not the owner, operator, advertiser or promoter of the listed products and services. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sword of the Necromancer launches on Kickstarter on April 8th, and later this year on steam in 2020, to keep up with the latest news on the game follow and join the official, Discord, Twitter for the game. Local co-op play: Use the Flask of Homunculus to create a copy of the playable character and play with a friend in local co-op game.Learn the truth: Discover Tama and Koko’s past as you advance through the dungeon.Also, you can choose to exit the dungeon at some moments, losing all your level progress but maintaining all your equipment. You will lose all your equipped weapons and monsters, but you will retain half the level you achieved in your run. Death is not the end: Each try gets you closer to the Necromancer.Improve your summoned monsters by fighting alongside them. Level up: enhance your character by fighting enemies and upgrade your stats.Fight with all your might: defeat your enemies using a variety of weapons and objects and dominating the fluid head-to-head battle system.Gather weapons and relics: each weapon is different from the others thanks to the procedural weapon generation system, which gives them various effects and attributes.Turn your foes into allies: use the Sword of the Necromancer to revive defeated monsters and make them fight alongside you. Have 4 different types of weapons equipped at once 9.4 Can't touch this Clear a dungeon floor without taking damage 8.1 Dwarf in the Flask Use the Flask of Homunculus 7.4 No matter the cost Resurrect Koko 7.3 Useless Useless Evade an enemy attack with a dodge 6.2 Relic Hunter Have 3 different relics equipped at once 6.Here is a full list of what to expect from Sword of the Necromancer. The game also features a head to head battle system, and several weapons and items throughout the game for players to find and use. Players will find several intriguing gameplay elements in Sword of the Necromancer, such as the ability to use an item called the Flask of Homunculus, that item will clone the player and allow friends to play with them. Sword Of The Necromancer’s Gameplay Features Local Co-Op Play: Use the Homunculus Flask to create a copy of the playable character so you can. Players will have to amass a small army of monsters while equipping several kinds of weapons and relics, In order to level up and take on bosses that stand in your way of bringing Kovo back to life. Flask of Homunculus IR Code for those who want to start playing 2 Player Mode right after the tutorial. Learn about Tama and Kokos past as you explore the dungeon. The game’s story revolves around the character Tama, who is on a quest to bring back a priestess called Kovo from the dead. Sword of the Necromancer is an exciting new a dungeon-crawler action RPG with rogue-like elements, where one of the main features is the ability to revive slain foes and make them fight for you. Along with this announcement, JanduSoft has released a teaser trailer on their youtube channel that will be linked below be sure to check it out, That said here is everything we know so far about the upcoming game Sword of the Necromancer. We have several surprises for the two-player mode, we can assure you the difference in the resurrection mechanic (which would be the only one! In every other way the players are exactly the same and can do the same things) doesn't make this mode any less fun.JanduSoft and Grimorio of Games have just announced their new game Sword of the Necromancer is coming to both Kickstarter in April and Steam later in 2020. We have showcased the game at several shows and fairs, and it's true that this is a concern most players express early, but once they start playing in the two player mode they quickly forget about it and start working together and having fun, each one specializing in different types of combat (one with summons, the other more head-to-head). I hope you can understand better our reasons for not letting the "Homunculus" player summon monsters. Lore-wise, the second player is a summon (a "clone" created using an item), and also there is only one Sword of the Necromancer so it would not make sense that the summon has it too (this is the weakest reason, but is also an important one to mantain coherence in the game's story). We cannot make the game harder in the 2 player mode by making the enemies harder, as those enemies can later be used as summons, so it would ironically make the game easier. Having an arbitrary limit (for example, just let each player summon one monster, or having 3 monsters tops at the same time regardless of who summoned them) would be too convoluted to understand quickly for the players and would make it frustrating. Second player already makes the game much easier, having 6 monsters at the same time (3 per player) would make it even easier to a point the game wouldn't be fun (you could just summon 6 monsters and let them do the work for you) The second player ("Homunculus") can't summon monsters for several reasons, the most important being game balance. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, instead of implementing traditional controls like edit buttons, the collaboration of developers behind Clear decided that you should be able to simply directly manipulate the text itself. Unlike paper, touch-screens offer the affordability of correcting mistakes and entering text onto a device that’s always in your pocket. You can reorder lists, correct misspellings, and delete unnecessary actions. The touchscreen opens up new doors when working with text. But even note takers who are accustomed to writing things down are looking for new ways to both secure and make convenient their important reminders. It’s for guys and gals who want todo lists and not todo systems. It’s for the paper-bred doers and the sticky note bound. It’s definitely not for OmniFocus advocates. It’s not for Things converts or ex Hit List users. Well it is, but at least not by David Allen’s book. And an honest interface can bring about some terrific ideas.Ĭlear isn’t for GTD. We’re used to switching views by tapping at back buttons or icons, but what happens when you take away these common navigational tools? You end up relying on your own honesty and the customer’s intuition. It makes you reconsider the necessity of navigation bars and tool bars and tab bars. Clear is delightful - it will make you smile. Some apps deliver a certain joy that simply comes from swiping and swooshing through the interface, poking at various elements, and pinching things onscreen. ![]() ![]() The Dead started the show on the 28th with a powerful 1st set that included “Iko Iko,” “Walkin Blues,” “Bird Song,” “Stuck Inside of Mobile” and “Jack Straw.” Jerry Garcia, rumored to have quit smoking, was in exceptional vocal shape. So much for the suggestions, let’s get to the meat and potatoes. That would greatly improve the dangerous crush of humanity that jammed the arena’s floor. If the Dead plan on playing this size venue in the Bay Area they should consider having reserved seats, as opposed to the mob scene called “festival seating” (seating?). Kaiser, the Coliseum Arena was just too big. For those folks used to the hominess of the Henry J. Tapers crowded in front as well as behind the sound board and were partly to blame for the lack of access on the floor. Inside the Coliseum Arena on the 28th, we found that there was no access on the floor and in some parts of the stands. The Dead, for their part, played exceptionally well during this three day stand, sticking mostly to their tried and true repertoire. ![]() Many hung out in the parking lot where the vending and partying went on non-stop. Hundreds of Heads seemed content with the prospect of never actually seeing the band or hearing a note of music. At these shows tickets were as scarce as I’ve ever seen them, even for the shows on the 28th and 29th. One of the problems facing the Grateful Dead, especially in the last couple of years, is the influx of Deadheads that arrive at shows, without tickets. ![]() It seems with each passing year the hordes of hippie capitalists grows, as this veteran Deadhead has never seen more vendors, most with their own booths complete with lights and dressing rooms. ![]() The Oakland Coliseum parking lot was transformed into a huge campground as the Deadheads lined each aisle into their unique enclave, complete with marketplace. And with the gathering of the tribes comes the carnival atmosphere that surrounds the band and their fans each time they perform. For the Deadheads, attendance at the New Years Eve shows is the high point of their year. In San Francisco and other parts of the Bay Area, the group’s loyal legion of fans, the Deadheads, were very visible in their multi-colored buses and tie-dyed outfits, many of whom had traveled form the four corners of the world to share in the year end’s revelry with their favorite rock band. You had to be either deaf, dumb, or blind to not realize the Grateful Dead were back in town. “Some Rise, Some Fall, Some Climb, To Get To Terrapin.” _ – Robert Hunter ![]() ![]() A new bonus area opens with every ten medals the player collects, with the exception of the one on the Volcano Peak, which requires all 60 medals to open. Each of the game's locations has a bonus area full of useful items and equipment, but the character blocking the path will only move if the player has a certain number of medals. The third Epic Battle Fantasy game features three times as many medals as the previous one, and offers an in-game incentive to collect them. ![]() Washed away by waves of fire (Let a Nuke launch after being generated by Valkyrie) Steal a rare item from an enemy (steal a Max Ether or Water of Life)īring NoLegs to the battlefield (Have the Cat Warrior skill bonus activate) Slam foes with an earth-shaking skill (trigger the earthquake effect from either the Earthquake or Holy Quake skill bonuses) Get 10000 points in survival mode (Available from the main menu after playing the first minigame) Get 6000 points in the second minigame (Available after second checkpoint or from the main menu) Get 5000 points in the first minigame (Available after first checkpoint or from the main menu) Possible suicide from Mystery Potion doesn't count) Kill yourself (Is achieved only for having Natalie die to Meow Meow or Ion Cannon, even if the latter was fired by Lance. Survive with 1HP remaining (Must be done by Matt. Natalie's Normal Attack, will most likely require the Death Touch skill bonus) Use a fully-upgraded Cleaver Limit Break (use Cleaver after obtainting the Giga Cleaver skill bonus)ĭo over 35,000 damage with a staff bonk (i.e. See List of Foes in Epic Battle Fantasy 2 to identify any you might have missed)įire the Ion Cannon for the first time (Obtained after beating the Guardian. The starter sword isn't automatically considered tried out, be it a new game or a loaded save file)Ĭomplete the Bestiary by scanning all foes (27 in total, including both forms of the Giga Golem and every single part of the Valkyrie tank, whose turrets are generated at random. Try out all 11 swords ("Sword history" doesn't depend on nor is saved in a save file, and lasts for as long as the game is running. Try Unleash with Soul Eater, Sword Heart skill bonus and Attack buffed against a foe weak to Dark ( Giga Golem's Ice form, its Ice Bit, or Spirit) and with Defence debuffed) Hit the damage display limit of 99999 (Must be done in a single hit. Launch a powerful new missile weapon (use Air Strike's third bomb variant, unlocked with the Secret Weapon skill bonus) ![]() Keep killing it until it dies (Complete wave 19)ĭefeat the final boss and save the world (Complete the game)Ī poisonous plague spreads among foes (poison a foe through the effect of The Plague skill bonus) Smash up an elite sentry (Complete wave 8)Įat worms for breakfast (Complete wave 16)
![]() ![]() Well this isn’t just a minor bonus toy to play with once you’ve finished the game. We mentioned before how certain powerups become unlocked and available in previous levels. ![]() Strangely, most of the bosses in the game are big pushovers, requiring minimal effort or skill.Įven for those, like us, who experienced reams of frustration as the game approached its conclusion, something unexpected and really cool happens after finishing the game: it becomes more fun. After the traumatic crab-robot, the game gets in a worse mood and throws the same robot at you again, except this time with no checkpoints so if you die during an even longer chase sequence, you go minutes back to the beginning every time. This is what we were talking about when we said sometimes Sonic Colors hates your guts. So we did what the game told us to do, and died over and over. See, the side-to-side prompt is supposed to tell you what to do after successfully completing the dash, but just triggers anyway regardless of what happens. Turns out we had to hold the B button down for an arbitrary amount of time, even though a single tap of the button caused the prompt to disappear and triggered the next prompt (move side-to-side) which was in fact completely incorrect for the situation at hand. This happened over and over until we lost count. Four times in a row, dead, and back to the beginning of the level. Uh, what? Now the Navigator tells us to move from side to side. Now the Navigator informs us we must press B, which activates Sonic’s dash. At first, the frequency and variety of these powerups is limited, but as you complete levels and discover new forms, these powerups populate previously played levels, opening up new avenues for exploration. Sonic can become a cyan laser and reflect through certain crystals or antennae, or change into a yellow drill and plumb the depths beneath the surface of the world (our favorite), or become a pink ball of spikes and traverse any wall or ceiling. The colors aren’t just a reference to the game’s aesthetic, but also call out one of its best elements: powerups that transform Sonic into brightly-colored alien shapes. There’s a nice mix of the two perspectives, with a bit more emphasis on 2D, which fans will probably prefer. There are two main types of gameplay, often alternated within a single level: side-scrolling 2D racing and platforming, and a head-on running perspective that focuses mostly on just racing. It takes place in an orbital amusement park, and while the world map looks like an embarrassing copy of Mario Galaxy, the actual levels are very much Sonic. Forget about limitations of the Wii: this game just flat-out stuns with its huge backdrops, shiny platforms coated in a delicious candy-gloss, and of course, its palette of glittering colors. Sonic Colors, as befits its name, is a gorgeous game. ![]() ![]() ReZound -Aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system.(UPDATE: The project is now dead due to legal issues.) ReBorn is fully compatible with the ReBirth. Also thrown in are four audio effects, individual mixers and a programmable sequencer. ReBorn – A Linux version of the Windows/Mac program ReBirth, providing a software emulation of three of Roland Corporation’s most famous electronic musical instruments: the TB303 Bassline, the TR808 Rhythm Composer and the TR909 Rhythm Composer.Some of them, might actually need a helping hand to get further developed. However, let’s browse together these great audio apps that are available today. Linux still does not have something similar to Apple’s iMovie or personalStudio for simple users, or Adobe Premier, or Cinema4D/Bryce/etc or a really professional DTP system, or something with the power of Illustrator/FireWorks/Freehand. Unfortunately, with only 4-5 exceptions, the same do not apply for professional 3D/rendering/video/vector-imaging applications though. While ALSA, and especially OSS, still have some limitations, it seems that a number of great audio apps are emerging. Update: On a related multimedia notice, WinAMP 3.0 for Windows was released yesterday. ![]() It got me thinking as to how much more viable Linux is today as a professional (or semi-professional) audio platform than it used to be two years ago. Reborn, a Rebirth clone that will soon become open source according to the developer, provides a software emulation of three of Roland’s most famous electronic musical instruments. Browsing Freshmeat tonight, the premier online Linux software repository, I came across to these two great (and brand new) applications, ReBorn and ReZound. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2007, Digicel acquired U*Mobile in Guyana, and launched in Suriname in December. However, arguably the best feature of all is the price! Prices start as low as $78 for some of the versions, and all versions can come with a 50% discount if you meet their educational pricing criteria.A Digicel storefront in Castries, Saint Lucia, in 2012 ![]() Colleges across the nation realize how widespread this simple program is within the industry, which is why over 30 schools choose to include it in their curriculum.Īside from two free video tutorials on their Web site, DigiCel also has a free technical support phone line that operates from 9 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Almost every Disney movie you know can be found in their combined list of credits! Likewise, Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal Studios are some of the many animation studios included on the list of famous companies that use FlipBook. Customers and Supportĭon’t take my word for FlipBook’s effectiveness and success look through this long list of testimonials from industry veterans who praise the product. If you want to download the trial version, you should have at least 256 MB of RAM, 1024x768 resolution, and a Pentium computer, although a 2 GHz CPU with 2 GB RAM and a 1280x1024 resolution is recommended. Lastly, volume controls were added to make it easier to sync video to audio, with a master volume control that lets you target specific sound effects on different layers to your liking. Support for MP3 and AIFF sound files is also present now, so that users don’t have to use only WAV files. As for sound feature updates, you can now have two soundtracks in FlipBook Studio and up to three soundtracks in FlipBook Pro. The most recent version of FlipBook added extra gradient color options, painting with textures or patterns, improved lip sync and eye blink features, better camera manipulation controls, and more tablet drawing settings. The major drawback trial mode users will face is that all project frames will be watermarked so that their animations can’t be used professionally. It’s downloaded as a trial version with the option for users to purchase a code to unlock the full version with all the features. The full version of FlipBook 6 is available for both Windows and Mac users. Bonus option of using software for stop motion animation as well!.Extensive compositing options with various import, export, and render file types.Default keyboard hotkeys are similar to Photoshop’s popular and industry known shortcuts.AutoMatte, rim light, shadows, & other highlight features available up to 10 per frame.Multi-level painting options and ability to use paint tools from other programs like Photoshop.For objects that won’t be animated much, Paint-By-Numbers auto colors it in the future for you.Stop Leak feature helps fine tune sketches to make painting process easier without rescanning.Drag & Fill allows for 100s of small areas to be filled with a paint color with just one quick click.Persist option lets selections remain active for next scanned layers to save even more time.Cursor preview mode shows what pixels will be affected before you click to save you undo time.Painting process includes palettes so you can adjust one color in 100s of frames instantly.Despeckle feature allows you to get rid of paper blemishes, lint, or erase other trouble spots.Lip sync XSheet makes syncing syllables incredibly easy and saves large amounts of time.XSheet layers allow you to only scan the background image once and overlay animations on top.Options to pan, zoom, or include one of several transition effects.Can add soundtrack to storyboard and slow down or speed up timing of frames.Also allows users to draw on the computer with a mouse or tablet.Easy to scan in storyboards and rearrange the order of frames on the fly.If you’re a 2D animator then you’re limiting your career and your creations if you don’t try FlipBook. While every other art program you’ve used over the years sees consistent annual updates that change every inch of the user interface, FlipBook still looks mostly the same as it did over a decade ago, which is pretty much like a media player with drawing, painting tools and camera tools. They firmly believe that if something isn’t broke, then there’s nothing to fix but you can make improvements. DigiCel has recently updated their website and they're still updating their software. ![]() ![]() ![]() Then the total linking number Lk(D) is obtained by taking half the sum, over all crossings, of contributions from each given by +1 ,1 if the two arcs involved in the crossing belong to di erent components of the link, and 0 if they belong to the same one. It is computed by using a diagram of the link, so we then have to use Reidemeister's theorem to prove that it is independent of this choice of diagram, and consequently really does depend only on the original link. One of the simplest invariants that can actually be computed easily is the linking number of an oriented link. De ne the human number (!) of a knot to be the minimal number of people it takes (holding hands in a chain) to make the knot - what is it for the trefoil and gure-eight? 3.2. Show that the only knots with 4 or 5 arcs are unknots, and show thus that the trefoil has stick number 6. De ne the stick number of a knot to be the minimal number of arc segments with which it can be built. The number of components (L) of a link L is an invariant (since wiggling via -moves does not change it, it does depend only on the equivalence class of link). This is an invariant by de nition, but at this stage the only crossing number we can actually compute is that of the unknot, namely zero! Example 3.1.7. The crossing number c(K) is the minimal number of crossings occurring in any diagram of the knot K. Link invariants, oriented link invariants, and so on (for all the di erent types of knotty things we might consider) are de ned and used similarly. As a trivial example, the function i which takes the value 0 on all knots is a valid invariant but which is totally useless! Better examples will be given below. Warning: the de nition does not work in reverse: if two knots have equal invariants then they are not necessarily equivalent. Therefore if i(K) 6= i(K 0 ) then K K 0 cannot be equivalent they have been distinguished by i. The de nition says that if K = K 0 then i(K) =i(K 0 ). The function of an invariant istodistinguish (i.e. ![]() The most common invariants are integer-valued, but they might havevalues in the rationals Q, a polynomial ring Z, a Laurent polynomial ring (negative powers of x allowed) Z, or even be functions which assign to any knot a group (thought of up to isomorphism). We have not yet speci ed what kind of values an invariant should take. A knot invariant is any function i of knots which depends only on their equivalence classes. ![]() Now that we have Reidemeister's theorem, we can at last construct some invariants and use them to prove that certain knots and links are inequivalent. ![]() |
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