Category Archives: Tech Tips

When I come across something new, and I want to share it, then I am going to post it here. It might be a tip, or a technique, or something that I learned to do, and I want to share it with you.

Udemy – Modulating Drums and Synths with Ableton Live (Full Version)

This video is a promotion for a Udemy Course. In this course I go in depth about creating a EDM track from scratch. This is a how to course, for everyone who wants to get into EDM, and electronic music, this shows you the real capabilities of how to get a great professional track, quickly and efficiently. The methods in the course are fast and simple to implements, and I go step by step so that you can see everything I do.

I start with a drum track, and then add a synth bass line, and then I go and modulate the synthesizer and effects. This track is taken to completion with multiple methods of variation, I teach you step by step how to assemble the entire track.

Check out the udemy course here:
https://www.udemy.com/modulating-drums-and-synths-with-ableton-live/learn/

I also have a longer promotional video which is -full-video- which includes a sneak peak of a course that will be available soon

 

 

https://youtu.be/r1RCEG5VpUM

Udemy Promo Video Synth And Drums

This video is a promotion for a Udemy Course. In this course I go in depth about creating a EDM track from scratch.

I start with a drum track, and then add a synth bass line, and then I go and modulate the synthesizer and effects. This track is taken to completion with multiple methods of variation, I teach you step by step how to assemble the entire track.

Check out the udemy course here:
https://www.udemy.com/modulating-drums-and-synths-with-ableton-live/learn/

I also have a longer promotional video which is -full-video- which includes a sneak peak of a course that will be available soon.

Youtube promo:

https://youtu.be/KOrQa5lk8y4

Udemy course:

Modulating Drums and Synths with Ableton Live

Udemy – Arranging with Ableton Live.

This is a promo video for my Arranging with Ableton Live 9 Udemy course.

https://www.udemy.com/professional-arranging-techniques-for-ableton-live/learn/

In my course Professional arranging techniques for Ableton Live, I teach a method of arranging, that is useful for many compositions and songs. It is based on classical music genre. I teach you about this method, and then how to apply it to your own compositions.

The promo video is available here:

https://youtu.be/EA-PU8qFWLw

iPhone Backup and Restore Help!

I wanted to share this with anyone who is frustrated and runs into the problem that I had.

My scenario was that I had an iPhone 5, that the screen bubbled up, and the phone was failing to function properly. I contacted the warranty support group, and received a new phone.

I backed up my iPhone with iTunes, and had a complete backup on my computer. Then I plugged in the new phone, and things did not work.

It started because the phone I had was upgraded to iOS 8.4, and the new iPhone came with iOS 7.x, so it could not restore.

I had to setup the new iPhone as a new device on iTunes, and then I had to upgrade it to iOS 8.x. Once it was upgraded I started a restore but to my frustration, it did not restore anything from my previous phone. In fact when I clicked restore, iTunes told me it would only take a few seconds to restore. I knew that was not correct, since I was expecting iTunes to restore 55GB of data, and that should take longer than 5 seconds.

In this video, I show you exactly what buttons to click and where to look. At the end of the video, you will be able to restore your entire phone, as a COPY, with EVERYTHING intact, as it was.

Mind you, that when you do the full restore, you will have to reenter the passwords for all email accounts, and you will have to enter info for websites or apps that require usernames and passwords, but how the home screen looks, all the apps you have installed, and how everything is arranged will come back 100%.

I read many articles that said this was not possible, and I am here to say that if you follow this video, you will see how you can have the same results that I had, as I ran across this problem on my own. The video is 10 min, and I take the time to explain this, the cause, and the resolution.

Watch the video, and get the tips and tricks you need to go and restore your iPhone, and hopefully, I will save you the 3+ hours of frustration, plus the lost day and a 1/2 that I spent trying to just transfer the contents of my phone, to the new phone.

Please comment, like, and subscribe if you enjoyed this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEvjfkt4fJo

Fix your PS3 YLOD

How to fix your PS3 YLOD (Yellow Light of Death). Fix a PS3 that overheated. Fix a PS3 that turns off, as soon as you turn it on.

I had an older PS3 (Playstation 3), the 60G one that plays PS2 (Playstation 2) games ( it is backwards compatible ). I had left it out next to a fireplace, and one morning when I woke up to play it, it stopped working. I experienced the YLOD.

It sat for a year, before I discovered how to fix the unit. First off, if you buy a unit, check your warranty. If you have a warranty use that first. My warranty ran out, and so I decided to try and fix it myself.

While I was researching the internet I tried a few suggestions, and some of them met with minimal success, but I still did not understand why it broke in the first place, and what I was really fixing.

In this video, I explain what actually happens, and how you may be able to fix your unit as well. I assume that this would work for any of the thick units. Those are the ones that are black, look like the pictures, and have a slot for an SD Card, and Compact Flash flip open cover, on the left top front.

I felt that this information was worth sharing, not only how to fix it, but why it broke in the first place. The technique that I use in the video, I explain exactly what to do, however if you look in the comments, I explain that you may need to repeat the technique a few times, if it only works for a short while, or does not work, just try it again.

I had another unit, that stopped working, and I fixed it in a different way. It had different symptoms. If you think your PS3 might suffer from that problem, then write a comment, and I’ll see about getting a video up to show you how to fix that problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsrizBuccXw

How to spread Diatomaceous Earth

How to apply, and inexpensively spread and treat areas of your house using Diatomaceous Earth. Also can be used to treat the outside of your house. For ridding your house of small insects, such as fleas, bed bugs, ants, chiggers, silverfish, and other hard to rid pests.

When I went to Home Depot to buy Diatomaceous Earth, I had a hard time finding a way to actually spread or treat parts of my house.

After one time I trying to coat the back yard with a layer of what seems like flour or snow, I decided that there must be a better way to spread this great product.

After learning a way to spread Diatomaceous Earth more efficiently inside my house, I talked to a friend of mine, who had used a different method. What we said, was that after a few days there was still a plume of smoke and cloud from the Diatomaceous Earth.

It was then I decided that I would share my solution in a video, so that more people looking to work with Diatomaceous Earth might find a way to spread it, so that it is much more enjoyable and pleasant to use.

After watching this video, you will know and understand how to follow exactly what I did, and then you will be able to treat the inside of your house without the plume of smoke and dust in your house, as my friend experienced.

If you benefitted from this video, please comment, like, and or subscribe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqv2iihmSfE

How to fix your shark steam mop (green or purple model)

How to fix a shark steam mop (1) powers on (2) heats up (3) pump is working (4) no steam.

I had bought a Shark Steam mop, and had been using it a few times, when all of a sudden it stopped working.

I happened to buy this model at Target, and found that I had owned it for three months, and would have to go to the manufacturer for any resolution.

After reading the warranty card, I had little faith in the manufacturer honoring the warranty. In the way that the warranty is written, it is written in a way, in which the manufacturer can escape fulfilling the warranty work in a multitude of ways.

After deciding that I felt I could fix the unit if I tried, and returns and the manufacturer were ruled out, I began to take the unit apart.

In my life, I have decided that I want to contribute and give back, the knowledge that was freely given to me, in my ability to tinker and understand mechanical things, as well as understand the way a unit was designed, so while I took apart my unit, I decided to take a video of all that I did, and how you may have a way to fix your unit as well.

My hope is that you are benefitted from this video. I tried to make it as clear as possible. If you like the video, feel free to comment, and subscribe to my youtube channel. I will be adding more videos, as I come across ways which I feel led to share. Be well, and take care my friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skcTThIRwjg