I’ve just edited and uploaded the Oder-Neisse-Cycleway in GPX track format. See its dedicated page for details and download.
Archive for July, 2011
Oder-Neisse-Cycleway available for download
Saturday, July 30th, 2011
»Wo geht’s hier zur Oder-Neiße-Linie?« III
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
The Oder near Frankfurt
As the last trip from Zittau to Frankfurt (Oder) (german language posting) was interrupted by bad weather conditions, I went to Frankfurt again to complete the trip. The trains partly were well crowded. In Sangerhausen the next train was delayed by half an hour, and the train in Magdeburg didn’t wait for 5 minutes, so I (and others) lost an hour waiting for the next one. Fortunately I left Karlsruhe quite early, so the delay did not show any impact.
Synths for sale – Waldorf Microwave I and microQ
Saturday, July 9th, 2011Due to time constraints, I decided to sell some of my classic synth gear.
This was my very first true synthesizer, the (in)famous Waldorf Microwave I. Unfortunately the corners have been damaged by the rack mount screws, which already was the case when I bought the device, which was the demo device at Musik-Service Aschaffenburg. The backlight of the display is fully operational, but the display appears a bit dark on the picture due to some underexposure.
I fired it up these days, and was still impressed by its sound. The envelopes are really fast, dedicating the device for lead, bass, and drum sounds. Thanks to its analogue filters, pads sound great as well. Contemporary synths can do much more than the Microwave, but this device is an easy to program and use workhorse with an absolutely individual sound.
Waldorf Microwave I synthesizer
The Digitech Studio Quad is a four in four out multi effects processor. The inputs can be routed to the outputs individually. In between, several effects can be applied. I used this device for some delay or a little reverb for the Microwave and as a digital rotary speaker (aka Leslie) for my old Viscount D9 organ (already sold).
Digitech Studio Quad multieffects processor
The Waldorf microQ more or less is the grandson of the Microwave, though its sound architecture is different. It’s similar to its successor, the Waldorf Blofeld, but AFAIK the Blofeld does not provide drum maps.
Waldorf microQ synthesizer
I prefer shipping within Germany. For other destinations, the price needs adjustment due to the extra traffic.
Subjugating the french god of wind
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
Though I do not want to complain about the weather this year, it often is accompanied by some light wind of about 15 kilometers per hour. Today it got even worse. Some heavy weather was brewing near Wissembourg. Heck, cyclists who rode the opposit direction had better luck :) .
»Return to Forever« live at Audi Forum, Neckarsulm
Monday, July 4th, 2011
»Return to Forever« probably is the most famous fusion band this planet has ever seen. I remember the days of my youth when I programmed my Waldorf Microwave synthesizer to get some Corea-like sounds and playing along their recordings.
Nokia N810 Mappingset abzugeben
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011
Das N810 hatte ich mir fast ausschließlich für Mappingaktivitäten geholt. Einerseits steht mit Maemo Mapper eine wirklich gute App zur Verfügung, um mit Karten von OSM (und anderen Quellen) auf Wander- und Radtouren zu gehen, andererseits steht mit osm2go ein Programm zur Verfügung, mittels dessen man live vor Ort Daten für Openstreetmap erfassen kann. Das Hochladen erfolgt anschießend direkt vom Gerät aus, sobald man ein Funknetz (WLAN) zur Verfügung hat. Somit entfällt das Nachbearbeiten der Daten am heimischen Rechner. Ich habe mit dem Gerät Wald- und Wanderwege genauso erfasst wie Hausnummern und halbe Ortschaften wie Oberkaufungen. Sehr schön ist das hochauflösende Display, das man auch im Freien gut ablesen kann – um Kartenmaterial anzusehen, kann man gar nicht genug Pixel zur Verfügung haben.