Evan Agee: Live from Richmond Indiana

A friend recently sent me a link to the video file below. It’s called the Melodyne Plugin and it’s from a company called Celemony and it’s amazing. Tuning enhancement is something that’s been around for some time, but this is something I never thought would be possible.

I purchased the current version of their plugin for my Logic Express setup and I plan on upgrading to 2.0 (the first version to include their Direct Note Access technology) when it’s released this fall.

Celemony Melodyne Direct Note Access

Enjoy!

For almost a year I’ve had a seldom updated Vidcast, the EvanAgee.com Vidcast. It has been mostly a video diary series but I’m hoping to change that soon to include videos related to the things that I’m interested in such as web development/design, graphic design, photography, music, etc. It’s now on iTunes so if you’d like to subscribe I’d greatly appreciate it.

The church I attend, First Baptist Church of Richmond Indiana is also now podcasting! We finally got a new computer in our sound booth (a 20″ iMac) so now we’re recording the services digitally and releasing the sermon portion of the service online. You can check that out on iTunes as well. I’m really enjoying working on our church’s podcast, not something I get to do often.

For work I’ve been getting into some video-related work as well. We’re adding a component for uploading video that will subsequently be streamed via our video streaming server. It’s something that’s hard to troubleshoot and requires a bit of time but it’s great fun.

Some other great news is that the band I played with a couple of years back, Unseen, is reforming with a slightly altered lineup. This time around we’re playing mostly original music that I’ve written and we’re in the process of writing more. My brother Mitchell is going to be our vocalist so I’m really excited about that. He can sing well and it’ll be great to have a chance to spend more time together.

A friend sent this video to me and I was quite amazed at this new technology. Anyone who has ever worked with images on the web can appreciate how amazing this is!!! More information available at Oh Giazmo!

The highly publicized interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is online in video form! I watched it last night and I have to say that it is wonderful. It’s nice to see these two men, who are usually seen by the public as enemies, talk about themselves, each other and the industry. There are some wonderful things in this interview.

The full video of the interview is available from All Things Digital. Note that there are 7 parts, so when the first part is over make sure and go on to the 2nd!

One of the not-so-strong compliants of Wintel users against the Mac has been the single-button mouse. Whether or not you see a 2-button mouse as necessary, it’s easy to see why this might be a problem for some people. However, Apple introduced today the Might Mouse, a reinvented multi-button mouse that has features never before seen on any mouse. This optical, touch-sensitive top, 360-degree scroll wheel mouse has received much attention and is sure to be a welcome peripheral to Mac and PC users.

Given that most USB multi-button mice are compatible with Macs already, I’m guessing that this is an attempt to remove another hurdle for the many would be "switchers" and bring them on board. Will it work? I certainly hope so.