The Greeks introduced horseshoes to Western culture in the fourth century, believing that its iron composition, and its cresent moon shape, brought good fortune. Throughout history these beliefs were carried forward to the Roman and Christian culture. With the fear of witchcraft peaking, the Christians endowed the horseshoe with even greater powers. In legend, witches traveled on broomstick instead of horsback because of their fear of the iron horseshoes on the horse's hoofs. Soon after, blacksmiths were credited with the ability to repel evil with the good spell of a horseshoe, instead of a Bible. A buried witch would often have an iron horseshoe nailed to her coffin .The configuration was always the same, from the witch's coffin to the house- door: the points were oriented upward so that none of the luck would drain out. As recently as 1805 the British hung a horse- shoe from the mast of their command ship in their battle against Napoleon's army. Sunglasses existed as early as the fifteenth century in China. At the time, howev- er, the purpose of these glasses had nothing to do with sun. Even before the inven- It would seem odd that a bank would be tion of corrective lenses in 1430, smoked named after a pig. After all, the pig is not the quartz lenses were devised to conceal a most likely candidate for an animal symbolizing judge's eyes so that his evaluation of evidence prudency. would not be disclosed until the conclusion of a trial. In fact the piggy bank was not named for the animal to which it bears a close resemblence, Later, corrective lenses were sometimes rather it was named after a type of clay jar. smoke tinted but they were still used mainly by judges - only rarely to block the sun. In the Middle Ages metal was so rare that most household utensils were manufactured The widespread use of tinted glasses to block from an orange clay called pygg. Then, as the sun gained popularity after the United now, prudent types often saved their cash in States Army Air Corps hired Bausch & Lomb these clay jars-which, by the eighteenth cen- to design glasses for Army air pilots to block tury in England, were called pygg jars or pygg dangerous high-altitude solar glare. They were banks. As time moved on, the name of the aptly named Ray-Ban for their ability to ban bank remained but its shape become more the sun's rays. appropriate to the name - it was cast in the shape Sunglasses as fashion became prevelant in the of the pig. 1960s wit…

Vocal Lab User Manual Vocal Lab helps you train to sing on key. It listens while you sing and displays the pitch of your voice on a graph, in real time. All you have to do is watch the graph while you sing and try to stay near the lines. With a little practice you can greatly improve your intonation. Vocal Lab can identify problem areas in your singing, and can also help improve your intonation on various instruments - Violin, Brass, and Woodwinds. Laidman & Katsura thank you for your interest in our products. We have an entire line of tuning products, and we hope that one will suit your needs. Requirements: Mac OS X 10.2 or later. Audio input device. GETTING STARTED Inspect the Volume Indicator Talk or play something while watching the volume indicator. Several lighted blue bars (4-7) should appear then vanish again. If no bars appear, too few bars, or the red bar appears often, please read the section entitled, 'Selecting the Microphone'. Inspect the Tracking Indicator Sing or play a note and hold it. The tracking indicator should advance steadily while you hold the note. The tracking indicator advances one (very small) unit every time a successful pitch determination is made. A smooth procession indicates great success. Now you're ready to begin. Your results should be nothing short of spectacular! If you're having trouble or feel your results are less than ideal, please read the sections entitled, 'Selecting the Microphone', and 'Best Results'. Microphone placement is very important for Vocal Lab. This topic is covered in 'Best Results'. SELECTING THE MICROPHONE Laidman & Katsura tuning programs work by 'listening' through your Microphone. Because your Mac may support more than one sound input device (Microphone, Line Input, etc.) you may need to choose one. From the Tuner Microphone Menu, select "Configure..." and then choose a device for sound input; generally this will be 'Internal microphone'. You may also be able to use 'Line In' for direct instrument connections, such as a guitar or keyboard. Verify that the Input level indicator is active. As you talk (or play) the bars should light up and vanish again. Adjust the Input volume slider so that most of the bars light up when you talk the loudest. (You don't want all the bars to light up, just most of them, then you know you have the Input level set correctly.) BEST RESULTS Once you're certain the Microphone is working, here is how you can obtain best results... Microphone placement Place the microphone near you, or position yourself near the microphone. The microphone should generally be located as near to the sound source as possible. However, singing too close too a microphone may create "popping" effects. A good starting point is about 2 feet distance. A little experimentation may improve results. Avoid handling the microphone because it introduces rattling noises. If you have an external microphone, try making con…

Voxengo Boogex User Guide Version 2.3 http://www.voxengo.com/product/boogex/ Voxengo Boogex User Guide Contents Introduction 3 Features 3 Compatibility 3 User Interface Elements 4 Emphasis EQ 4 Pre EQ 4 Amp 4 Cabinet Sim/Convolver 4 Reverb (OldSkoolVerb) 4 Credits 6 Copyright © 2005-2016 Aleksey Vaneev 2 Voxengo Boogex User Guide Introduction Boogex is a guitar amplifier plug-in with a variety of sound shaping features for professional music production applications. With Boogex it is possible to get a heavy distorted sound as well as slight “jazzy” saturation sound. Boogex is also able to apply any speaker cabinet impulse response (selection of built-in impulses is available). The processing latency is close to zero making it possible to use Boogex for real-time guitar processing. Boogex also includes gate module, and reverberation module derived from Voxengo OldSkoolVerb reverb. Features  Emphasis EQ  2 amplifier types  14 amplifier modes  61 built-in cabinet impulse responses  Gate module  Built-in reverb  Stereo processing  64-bit floating point processing  Preset manager  Undo/redo history  All sample rates support  Zero processing latency Compatibility This audio plug-in can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the AAX, AudioUnit, VST or VST3 plug-in specification. This plug-in is compatible with Windows (32- and 64-bit Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and later versions) and Mac OS X (10.6 and later versions, 32- and 64-bit, Intel processor-based) computers (2 GHz dual-core or faster processor with at least 2 GB of system RAM required). A separate binary distribution file is available for each target computer platform for each audio plug-in specification. Copyright © 2005-2016 Aleksey Vaneev 3 Voxengo Boogex User Guide User Interface Elements Note: All Voxengo plug-ins feature a highly consistent user interface. Most interface elements (buttons, labels) located on the top of the user interface are the same in all Voxengo plug-ins. For an in-depth description of these and other standard features and user interface elements please refer to the “Voxengo Primary User Guide”. Emphasis EQ Emphasis equalizer is used to shape the sound of the amplifier. This is a very powerful tone-shaping stage. Please refer to the “Voxengo Primary User Guide” for in-depth information about this control surface’s functions. Emphasis EQ allows you to overdrive certain areas of the spectrum heavier or lighter than the others. Note that low- and high-pass filters are applied both before and after the am…