http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/ Engadget Comments for The Engadget Show - 002: Steve Ballmer, Droid, Nook, and new Macs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
It seems to me they are just trying to give the impression that they are somehow making music on the fly with those... Clearly the music is pre-recorded]]>Oct 23rd 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
Just turn on the lights next show!]]>Oct 24th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
It's an understandable point of confusion for a lot of people. The music's not prerecorded, although the direct feed from the board (as opposed to a room recording) makes it sound a little like it could be. From a performance end, the music is pre-sequenced (like most electronic music), but the performance element involves on-the-fly pattern selection & queuing, and modifying other characteristics. A couple of examples: the portions of the first song that sound a little bit like a primitive "filter sweep" are done by manually cycling through different waveforms; the structure of the 2nd song (during the playout) is being modified on the fly (which of course wouldn't be obvious unless you happened to be familiar with the song's original version).

Back to Ballmer & Josh's pants!]]>Oct 24th 2009 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 24th 2009 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 25th 2009 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 25th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/IS ENGADGET LOSING ITS MIND!!!
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I think Steve Ballmer put on a better show on Today Show: On how he used MacBook Pro as a props background on promoting Windows 7 to the public: http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/nbcs-today-show-windows-7-featured-on-a-macbook-pro/

good job MS!]]>Oct 26th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
Just sayin']]>Oct 23rd 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 23rd 2009 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/]]>Oct 23rd 2009 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
Steve truly is approachable, and friendly, at least in my experience! I used to work for Starbucks just a couple of miles from Wal-Mart hq. I was new to the company, just learning the register, and who comes up to order coffee? Steve Ballmer! I said, "Are you who I think you are?" he said "Well, depends on who you think I am... Who do you think I am?" I was right. :) He was in town for a meeting with Wal-Mart. Anyway, being shocked to see him and get to meet him, and being new on the register, I kept messing up typing stuff in. (Not to mention he decided he wanted a couple of pastries...) Anyway, he was cool about it at all. I apologized for taking so long and he said, "No problem, take your time!"

So that was a pretty cool experience. Been a fan ever since.]]>Oct 24th 2009 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/Oct 24th 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/the-engadget-show-002-steve-ballmer-droid-nook-and-new-mac/
(Just venting.)
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