Miscellaneous Tech Notes

Impulse Tracker and Windows 2000

Many of my old tracks (all of Exorage, in fact) were made in Impulse Tracker.  (I've since switched to Fruity Loops.)  I wanted to upgrade to Windows 2000 for the extra stability (especially onstage), however, IT technically doesn't work in Win2K.

Solution: VDMSound emulates a Sound Blaster (16/Pro) in DOS boxes in Windows 2000.
Works very well for me, your mileage may vary.

MIDI with a Palm Pilot (Palm Pilot Kaos Pad)

Kaos Pads are extremely cool, but expensive. 

You can approximate their X/Y MIDI capabilities on a Palm Pilot pretty easily though.

1. Hardware: For MIDI Out only, build this.  You can buy the parts from Radio Shack for less than $20.
For MIDI In/Out, build or buy this.

2. Software: Download (and register) Theremini.

I hope someone finds these useful.  Contact me if you have any questions.

-Leif Bloomquist