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Symlink vs Alias

Created: 2017.07.11

Alias

Aliases are useful for organising the MacOS filesystem.

In Mac OS System 7 and later, an alias is a small file that represents another object in a local, remote, or removable1 file system. It is similar to the Unix symbolic link, but with the added benefit of working even if the target file moves to another location on the same disk - Alias (Mac OS)

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Exporting Korg Gadget (iPad) to Ableton Live (MacOS) - with samples!

Korg Gadget is a great tool for jamming ideas within a touch environment, with mixer automation and a capable sequencer. Its samplers, Bilbao and Vancouver, fall far short of the standard set by Beatmaker 3, particularly where sample length is concerned, but the app is far more mature and stable, meaning less lost work and stress!

As I prefer to edit tracks in Ableton Live, I purchased the KORG Gadget 2 Plugins for Mac/PC for USD 199 (NZD 318). This allows me to export a Gadget set in Ableton Live format, so I can continue developing my musical ideas within a more familiar DAW.

Unfortunately, there's a major hole in Gadget's export functionality - samples are not exported with the project! I find this suprising given the cost of the KORG Gadget 2 Plugins for Mac/PC, and my use case for them.

The steps below are my approach to saving samples w

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SelectedTrackLedStates.py

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Garmin e-trex 20 setup 2023

Create an Explore account

Garmin Basecamp is no longer supported.

Create an account on https://explore.garmin.com/ instead.

Tutorials

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Slice a long audio sample

1. Load a sample into Simpler
   1. Open Ableton Live, turn on Push2
   2. Add Track > MIDI track > Collections > Favourites > _Found Sound > (Select a sample) > Load
2. Choose a colour that's visible on Push2's screen
   1. Shift + (Track Name)
3. Save the set in the SAMPLE CHOPPING folder
4. Slice the sample
5. MODE > Slicing

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Old tour to TrackMyTour

1. Open Dropbox on iPad
2. Browse to a tour day
3. Tap the tick icon at top right of left hand pane
4. Tap to check each of the images
5. Choose share (?)
6. Save Images
7. Use Google and RideWithGPS to find image locations
8. Use Hashphotos to geotag images

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TrackMyTour to MapOut

TrackMyTour

1. On-demand manual addition of waypoints during or after a ride (current location / hand picked location / photo geotags)
2. Basic diary features (text/emoji, status icons) which supports some Markdown
3. Data can be exported as KML or CSV, including links to original photo uploads (geotags are stripped but could be re-embedded)
4. Offline map option

MapOut

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RideWithGPS to lat/long and timestamp

1. Open route in RWGPS web app, remember to get the Ride (ridden) not the Route (planned)
2. More > Export as file > GPX
3. If you have the Basic membership (USD 7.99/month, cancel when no longer requiring this feature as account and maps are retained) you can also export POIs you've added. For me it also seemed to export the whole route rather than just the segment to the nearest town
4. Open in Google Earth (macOS)
5. Places > Open the latest "GPS device" (at the bottom of the list)
6. Tracks item > Uncheck arrow icon
7. Points set > Leave as is
8. Preferences > Navigation > Check "Do not automatically til while zooming" > OK

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pip install uncompyle6

find . -name "*.pyc" -exec bash -c 'uncompyle6 $1 > $1.py' _ {} \;

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Setup instructions for the Maschine Mk1 controller with Maschine 2 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7

Background

I wanted to open my old Maschine projects created prior to travel in 2015. I picked up a second hand Maschine Mk1 for a good price.

There are compatability issues between Maschine Mk1 and macOS Catalina 10.15.7

Onboarding