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Video: Loud music, lots of bass, dude is a quiet talker. I couldn't make out everything he was saying. Also: Touch typing on the full size iPad is extremely pl

by nsxwolf 14y ago

Video: Loud music, lots of bass, dude is a quiet talker. I couldn't make out everything he was saying. Also: Touch typing on the full size iPad is extremely pleasant, and not bad on the mini. Screen real estate is quickly reclaimed when you quit typing. It's nice to have the same text input interface between your laptop and tablet.

themstheones 14y ago
Video: silly beard, silly sweater, and typewriter. I couldn't focus on anything else.
- jholman 14y ago
  Video: crazy awesomeness starting at 1:30 blew my mind so hard I passed out, and due to unconsciousness did not hear the CTA at 2:10.
  - MarkNThompson 14y ago
    You are making me laugh. As Minuum's marketing guy, though, it hurts my feelings that you missed the "CTA." --Mark Thompson
leviathan 14y ago
They did not mix the audio correctly. So many people miss out on mixing and end up with all audio fighting to be heard. If you're not going to invest in a sound engineer to mix your audio, at least learn about using a simple compressor with side chain fed from the voice channel; it'll let people hear what you're trying to say even with loud music in the background.
- erikpukinskis 14y ago
  I really appreciate this comment.... I always wondered why it's so hard to make music quiet behind voice tracks. But the words you used don't make any sense to me and they're not that easy to Google. I did poke around a bit though, and I think what you're talking about is referred to as "ducking"? For those who want to apply this technique, it's built into GarageBand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfKubMdxPA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfKubMdxPA
MarkNThompson 14y ago
Yeah, dude (Will Walmsley, CEO and lead designer) mixed it around dawn. Next time we'll hire a sound person. --Mark Thompson
aik 14y ago
> Touch typing on the full size iPad is extremely pleasant. I don't find it especially pleasant. The keyboard takes up more than half of the screen, and typing quickly on it is much more difficult than any regular keyboard (though much better than any phone keyboard naturally). I hooked up on a Bluetooth keyboard to it once and felt an incredible relief at the effortlessness compared to on-screen typing. There's much that can be improved.

by nsxwolf 14y ago

themstheones 14y ago

Video: silly beard, silly sweater, and typewriter. I couldn't focus on anything else.

jholman 14y ago
Video: crazy awesomeness starting at 1:30 blew my mind so hard I passed out, and due to unconsciousness did not hear the CTA at 2:10.
- MarkNThompson 14y ago
  You are making me laugh. As Minuum's marketing guy, though, it hurts my feelings that you missed the "CTA." --Mark Thompson

leviathan 14y ago

They did not mix the audio correctly. So many people miss out on mixing and end up with all audio fighting to be heard. If you're not going to invest in a sound engineer to mix your audio, at least learn about using a simple compressor with side chain fed from the voice channel; it'll let people hear what you're trying to say even with loud music in the background.

erikpukinskis 14y ago
I really appreciate this comment.... I always wondered why it's so hard to make music quiet behind voice tracks. But the words you used don't make any sense to me and they're not that easy to Google. I did poke around a bit though, and I think what you're talking about is referred to as "ducking"? For those who want to apply this technique, it's built into GarageBand: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfKubMdxPA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfKubMdxPA

MarkNThompson 14y ago

Yeah, dude (Will Walmsley, CEO and lead designer) mixed it around dawn. Next time we'll hire a sound person. --Mark Thompson

aik 14y ago

> Touch typing on the full size iPad is extremely pleasant. I don't find it especially pleasant. The keyboard takes up more than half of the screen, and typing quickly on it is much more difficult than any regular keyboard (though much better than any phone keyboard naturally). I hooked up on a Bluetooth keyboard to it once and felt an incredible relief at the effortlessness compared to on-screen typing. There's much that can be improved.