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Comment on MainStage Versus Nord Stage: Part II by Derek

Derek — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:56:16 +0000

Yes, I’ve used them together now, and they work great. This post is a little outdated though, as Mainstage 2 is out, offering more MIDI flexibility. But to be honest, I haven’t tried out Mainstage 2 yet though, so here’s a couple of observations.

I downloaded the latest version of the Nord Stage Operating System, which allows it to be used in conjunction with the Nord Stage Manager on my Mac. This means I can put the patches in whatever order I like on the Nord, which is nice, particularly if your setlist doesn’t change much from gig to gig. I then set the Nord patches in the order I like, and match them up on Mainstage, so when I switch to the correct patch on the Nord, voila! Mainstage changes too. I submix the two on my Roland Amp and use a simple M-Audio USB MIDI interface. I use various audio interfaces from M-Boxes to Apogees, depending on the gig. Quite often, I just use the audio out on the Mac! I even use Mainstage to display lyrics (I sing a lot of BVs), even when I’m not using any sounds from it. I also put instructions on the screen about songs I’m doing if I’m working with stuff I’m not familiar with (ie – key of song, tempo, maybe first lyric etc). So overall, it works very well.

Comment on MainStage Versus Nord Stage: Part II by Dathan

Dathan — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:38 +0000

Great observations. I now have both and am loving my new Nord.

Do you use them together? (ie, “…looking forward to my first gig with them both!”

If so how do you integrate them? Would you mind describing your setup?

Comment on Spotify in Ireland? Not Quite… by Adam

Adam — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:38:37 +0000

Yes I share an account with a London based friend and have no problem using spotify. It is delightful, though I think I will pay the tenner a month to ban the advertisments.

Comment on Spotify in Ireland? Not Quite… by Derek

Derek — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:08:27 +0000

Conor, that’s an inspired idea. Kinda like being an Irish tax exile in reverse! Will definitely try that out.

Comment on Spotify in Ireland? Not Quite… by Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:39:54 +0000

According to the Spotify site, even Spotify Premium “is not available in your country yet”. Bummer.

Comment on Spotify in Ireland? Not Quite… by Conor

Conor — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:18:40 +0000

Hello,
You can still use Spotify free in Ireland (or any other coutry probably).

Spotify allows you to travel with your free account for 2 weeks before restricting you. All you need is a friend physically in the UK to log-in once a fortnight. It instantly lets you continue listening!

Minor Snags… The account probably needs to be set up by your friend in the UK and they will need to know your username and pass to un-restrict your account every 2 weeks. Its not a problem for me as I see my mate on facebook chat all the time and tell him to do it. Its a 2 second job.

Hope this works for others!

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Comment on The Best Internet Radio iPhone App, Hands Down by detoxtechy

detoxtechy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:30:53 +0000

Internet Radios are cool. i listen to them most of the time aside from watching videos on youtube. i am also trying to learn how to put my own personal internet radio.

Comment on Spotify in Ireland? Not Quite… by Neil

Neil — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:07:48 +0000

Bad news people – I was having a great time with Spotify in Ireland by doing what Cell Man suggested until the other week I got an email from Spotify, the gist of which was:

While we are really happy that you are enthusiastically using Spotify, we are unfortunately going to have to restrict access to your free account. Spotify is currently available in six countries: Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Spain, France and the UK. We never intended to allow use of our service outside of those countries and we do not run any adverts on your account like we do in the launch countries.
For this reason we have to restrict your account, you will be able to log in to Spotify and view music and playlists but not listen to any music.