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Although i t i s great fun, there's no escaping the fact that recording music on a home computer is a time-consuming activity. You have t o record each track individually. The usual sequence i s drums, bass, guitar, keyboard and then vocals. The order between the Ituitar and keyboard,

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accurate representation o f the scene. Considerably less. For the digital photographer, creating panoramic photos still requires some preparation and a little research, but it's much simpler than other options, especially with the increasing popularity of photo stitching software. Photo stitching software takes a group o f prints in the order the user specifies and merges them together into a relatively seamless panoramic photo. However, the results out of these software packages depend on the quality o f the pictures they are given to work with. The following is a list of ways to get the most out o f your panoramic photo software. Use a tripod Handholding y o u r camera t o take shots to be stitched together later is possible, but is much less exact and, in the

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Don't split objects of focus It won't always be possible not to split objects over more than one exposure. However, i f an object i n the picture is going to be a focal point, people viewing your finished panoramic print will be more likely to notice stitching marks, if any, on a key object i f it was split between exposures. To avoid headaches toying to get the picture to look seamless later, toy to think ahead where the joins in the pictures will be, and organize the exposures so that joints are made without having to piece together key objects in the picture. Essentially, try to do as much of the work in camera, before take-

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Choose your software There arc a number o f commercial packages available, specifically designed to make panoramic photos. These range from completely automated to completely manual, and personal preference is what will make the decision. See the More Info box for some possibilities most offer a free trial download.

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Until A k t o d y n e "ime around. this ,sas i m p o s s i b l e ith audio files. When y o u open a n audio f i l e i n ale/odyne. you get a graph that is similar to the Piano Roll in a MIDI software package. Instead o f having lifeless blocks describing the notes, there arc dynamic forms that describe the volume and pitch changes o f the note. ( I f you listen t o a note played o r sung i t i s rarely flat but has inner dynamics.) If you sang a note wrong. you simply grab the errant note and move i t t o where it should be. You will not be able to tell that the note was sung wrong. The transition between notes i s constructed by Afeladyne so that it makes sense musically. You can, and probably will, stretch the credibility of the human voice by moving notes drastically from one extreme t o another. This sounds weird but still retains the essence o f your voice. But correcting your errant notes isjust one thing this amazing program will do. Afrlodyne works great with either voice or instruments. I tested i t with voice. guitar (acoustic and electric), bass. vio-

lin and harmonica. I f you have sung or played a piece of music in one key and now you would like to switch keys - no problem. This is an easy fix. Slowing down or speeding up what you recanted is also just a few clicks away. I f you think t h a t t h e singer has t o o much vibrato in the voice, you can take it out. If there's not enough, you can add some. A v e r y cool t o o l i s t h e Formant Shaping tool. This alters the shape or timbre of the audio. This can be used to add wonderful colour t o the altered audio. You can make the male voice sound like a female voice and vice versa. This is still not perfect, but when applied t o a violin you can make i t sound like a viola and even arctic) given the right octave. All this coolness comes a t a price: $1,243 for a standalone version, called Studio Edition, that has unlimited tracks and works with audio at sample rates of up to 192 kHz and at 32-bits. This version has 500 levels o f undo. More affordable is the Cre8 version (get it -

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Based on a graphic novel of the same name. XIII is a cel-shaded (read: Looks like a cartoon) first-person shooter that follows the exploits of a man with amnesia who is being hunted as the prime suspect in the assassination of the president. From what we saw of the playable levels available at the show, X/// is a stylish game with typical FPS gameplay. What sets it apart is the attempt by the developers to make it feel like garners arc playing within a graphic novel. For instance, comic book-style words will float by on screen (i.e. -N00000!) when an NPC gets fragged. Environments will be interactive and destructible. Best of all, the game will be multiplayer over LAN and the Internet. and it will ship in October with a multiplayer level editor. Tron 2.0 Fans of Trott. the early 1980s Disney flick about the creator of the Tron program getting digitized and stuck in his own computer program. will soon have a sequel in the form of a video game (no word lately on the sequel movie, Tron: Killer App). Announced last year, Trot 2.0 will take place 20 years after the events of the film and will follow the adventures of Jet Bradley, the son of the Tron program's creator (Alan Bradley). The story will involve corrupted systems and a megalomaniacal madman at the centre of the plot, but the singleplayer element isn't the most attractive part of this game. PC gamers will be able to take Tron

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