Killer Typography Tools and Free Font Downloads

Whether you’re putting together a resume, flyer, or web page, everyone needs to find and compare fonts some time. Here are some tools that can help you find the perfect font. In these times we all need a little help, and some extra fonts never hurt.

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Altoids Tin Projects – The Best of Instructables Volume 1

Most of us have old Altoid tins laying around. Here are some cool things you can do with them. Not all that useful but fun, especially if you have kids, make an Altoid guitar.

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4-Track Recording App for iPhone

There are plenty of Apps for iPhone that benefit musicians.  In this latest productSPOTLIGHT, HowAudio.com features on by Sonoma Wire Works called FourTrack.

FourTrack Features

• Track count: 4
• Track length: unlimited
• Recording quality: 16 bit, 44.1 kHz
• Calibrated meters: accurately monitor record and playback levels
• Recording clip lights: ensure input levels do not cause distortion
• Calibrated faders: accurately adjust playback level of each track
• Pan control: move tracks from left to right
• Timeline: seek to anywhere in your song instantly
• Shuttle wheel: accurately move within your song
• Slide-to-Record: prevents over-writing your tracks
• Latency compensation: accurate to within 1ms
• Compressor-limiter: automatically fattens sound of output mix
• Song list: unlimited song count
• WiFi sync: copy recordings to a desktop computer for use in any DAW or sync directly to RiffWorks recording software

Check out the Video of FourTrack

Logic 8 – The Environment WIndow

Logic 8 has an environment window which allows for patching of MIDI effects. Taken from the Apple Logic 8 video tutorial, taught by Patrick Copeland, this out-take shows you how to patch the Arpeggiator, Chord Memorizer, Virtual Patch Cables and Object List. This feature is really useful for heavily sequenced tracks. HowAudio.com

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Zildjian Pitch Black Cymbals

Zildjian Pitch Black Cymbals – is it a ploy to sell cymbals to posers or do they really sound good? Metal drummers will probably run to them, jazz drummer? Probably not. Paiste loyalist – NEVER. Have to admit though – the look sweet.

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At Old South, retuning a prized pipe organ

The 88-year-old Skinner organ at Old South Church, which has been silenced for three months because of concern about how the instrument’s vibrations might affect a sanctuary wall damaged during MBTA excavation work on Dartmouth Street, will be played again for the first time at the church’s Festival Worship Service at 11 a.m. Sunday. (03/17/09)

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Bob Dylan's neighbors sing outhouse blues -

Malibu residents say wind-borne odors from a portable toilet at the singer’s compound are making them ill. Geez, it’s not like he doesn’t have any money.

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Bob Dylan's neighbors sing outhouse blues -

Malibu residents say wind-borne odors from a portable toilet at the singer’s compound are making them ill. Geez, it’s not like he doesn’t have any money.

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Bob Dylan’s neighbors sing outhouse blues –

Malibu residents say wind-borne odors from a portable toilet at the singer’s compound are making them ill. Geez, it’s not like he doesn’t have any money.

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Behringer EURODESK SX4882 Update

The Behringer EURODESK SX4882, which you can see a video of at HowAudio.com, is scheduled for release in early summer, according to Behringer. They are excited about this console because it’s been a while “since there was an analog line-in console on the market.”