Available on the iTunes App Store, 'Pro Remote' for iPhone and ProTools or Logic Audio.
The software duplicates the Pro Tools onscreen interface in a touchable interface on an iPod Touch or iPhone, complete with interactive feedback on channel settings, audio levels, etc. There's a Lite version at AUD$47.99 and a 'pro' edition at $189.99. Perhaps a bit pricey, but check out the feature set at www.folabs.com/proremotespecs.html and here in this video:
ProRemote uses a wireless network and remote server server software available at http://www.folabs.com/download.html. Looks like Far Out want to expand this to control a range of apps. Speaking of which, here's Telekenisis on an iPhone driving Ableton Live:
An inspirational address to the National Press Club in Canberra today, by the (new-ish) Australian Government and Senator the Hon Kim Carr.
Things are looking up . . . I'll just skip ahead to these concluding remarks from the speech:Why the humanities matter
As I said at the beginning, the humanities, arts and social sciences are critical to solving our most pressing real-world problems. These are problems so complex that our only hope of sorting them out is through a multidisciplinary effort.
We can’t improve Indigenous health without understanding the social and cultural circumstances of the people involved. We can’t build better cities without understanding how people live, how they want to live, and how the different parts of their lives fit together. We can’t adapt to global warming without understanding what people’s capacities are, how they interact, and what motivates them.
The humanities, arts and social sciences also have important political work to do. They can give a voice to people who might otherwise be silent. They can articulate the needs of people whose needs might otherwise be overlooked. They can defend the rights of people whose rights might otherwise be denied. Without them it would be impossible to create an innovation system that was truly inclusive, democratic and just.
Without them life would also be pretty dull.
My cultural activities are fairly restricted these days, but a couple of things I’ve enjoyed recently are:
* Peter Temple’s novel The Broken Shore; and
* the Bell Shakespeare Company’s production of Hamlet.
The first showed me a world similar enough to my own to feel familiar, but different enough to make me look at my own world with fresh eyes. The second reminded me where a great deal of our language comes from, and left me with a strong sense of the continuity between past and present.
Did the book and the play turn a dollar? I hope so. Did they add to the nation’s bottom line? No doubt, in a small way. Is that why I enjoyed them? No, it’s not.
I believe the creative arts – and the humanities and the social sciences – make a terrible mistake when they claim support on the basis of their commercial value.
Whatever they may be worth in the marketplace, it is their intrinsic value we should treasure them for. We should support these disciplines because they give us pleasure, knowledge, meaning, and inspiration.
No other pay-off is required.
The full transcript is well worth a full read, available here: http://minister.industry.gov.au/Carr/Pages/THEARTOFINNOVATION-ADDRESSTOTHENATIONALPRESSCLUB.aspx
Senator the Hon Kim Carr
03 Sep 2008 THE ART OF INNOVATION - ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
National Press Club Canberra, ACT
Nice piece from Barack Obama, speaking in Wallingford, PA about about reforming the education system and the importance of the arts. While he uses some of the usual rhetoric about the benefits of music and art tied to other positive outcomes in thinking, productivity and well-being – he also talks about the unintentional misuse of the US law around 'No job Left Behind' - school teaching measured by tests (reminiscent of Australia with Rudd's 'Education Revolution' - ie, no cultural curriculum? Why no painting in primary schools? ).
Obama not only articulates the need to fund arts through endowments and direct government funding, but also the bigger picture – the value of being creative, and learning “to see each other through each other's eyes".
The software duplicates the Pro Tools onscreen interface in a touchable interface on an iPod Touch or iPhone, complete with interactive feedback on channel settings, audio levels, etc. There's a Lite version at AUD$47.99 and a 'pro' edition at $189.99. Perhaps a bit pricey, but check out the feature set at www.folabs.com/proremotespecs.html and here in this video:
