Reinstalling Windows or switching computer doesn’t mean loosing all your Ableton Live clips, templates, etc. You should not have to start from scratch in VSTs such as ROLI Studio Player or Arturia’s Analog Lab. Even worse is loosing not only your favorites but also custom patches. All of this is stored in files that can… Poursuivre la lecture How to transfer ROLI and Ableton Live settings to a new machine?
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The broken ROLI dashboard
ROLI Dashboard is used to control certain aspects of ROLI instruments such as the Seaboard and Lightpad. In particular, it can be used to change the Lightpad’s mode, going from the drum pad to the RISE controller. Unfortunately, sometimes, apparently more and more often, the Dashboard won’t work at all, showing the following error. This… Poursuivre la lecture The broken ROLI dashboard
JAXB puzzles with Java 11
JAXB, which means Java Architecture for XML Binding, is a library that can be used to persist Java objects as XML documents. XML is a text-based format that can be used to represent complex and hierarchical data. JAXB can unmarshal a XML document directly into objects whose classes are defined by the developer, rather than… Poursuivre la lecture JAXB puzzles with Java 11
Many ways to create the same thing
One important issue of software development is that problems can be resolved many ways and not all solutions are equal. Some solutions cannot be maintained because some developers cannot grasp how it works and insist on switching to something else. Some solutions cannot be deployed because the chosen providers don’t support it. Some solutions don’t… Poursuivre la lecture Many ways to create the same thing
The down side of a NAS
Recently, I almost lost a bunch of ripped blu-rays, DVDs and downloaded movies and TV series. I thought a RAID5 would preserve that reasonably well, but I didn’t consider carefully enough recovery scenarios in case the whole NAS dies. I learned how a NAS can be expensive and paint myself in a corner, but I… Poursuivre la lecture The down side of a NAS
An intricate sounding puzzle
All this story started on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. When I turned on my subwoofer, I found out it was producing a constant noise, even without audio source playing. I verified the connector at both ends, everything was fine. My first reaction was to think the subwoofer was broken. It was too big for me… Poursuivre la lecture An intricate sounding puzzle
Not all USB C ports are equal
I kind of already knew but not realized it, until I got my new Flex 15 from Lenovo. This laptop comes with one USB C port. Lenovo proposes a travel hub as an accessory. That hub fits into the USB C port, offering one USB 3.1 port, one HDMI output and one Ethernet port. Unfortunately,… Poursuivre la lecture Not all USB C ports are equal
Misleading broken connector
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019, while troubleshooting an issue with my subwoofer, I discovered that one of my S/PDIF optical cable was disconnected; I found out the loose cable near my A/V receiver. This was previously used to send audio from my HTPC to my A/V receiver, before I got HDMI I/O on my new Yamaha… Poursuivre la lecture Misleading broken connector
A dying laptop
My Lenovo Ideapad Yoga 15 is dying. It happened the second time today, and that’s quite concerning. Suddenly, the machine freezes, keyboard is not responding, the mouse is moving but clicking does nothing. There is no way out other than rebooting, and when I did it, the screen became black with an error message displayed… Poursuivre la lecture A dying laptop
Ubuntu 18.10: a silent release
Usually, upgrading Ubuntu goes well. I run the Upgrade tool which downloads new packages, installs them and then asks me to reboot. Some new versions had minor issues, for example Wayland not fully compatible with my NVIDIA card or an old version of MATE preventing the dist-upgrade, but nothing major, nothing that couldn’t be worked… Poursuivre la lecture Ubuntu 18.10: a silent release