June 2019 – Winko Erades

Batch convert TIFF to JPG

After years of following courses and workshops I ended up with piles of books and papers, so reducing valuable storage space I found myself scanning them all. The result was a large collection of TIFF files. And for some reason, I needed a JPG or JPEG version of several of them. This is how I did that in Ubuntu.

How to find the Key of a song

Getting the key to a song might seem difficult… But really, it is NOT! You can of course use some (expensive) software tool, but there is no need for as you can easily do it yourself.

Gverb presets

Gverb is a great reverb tool for adding reverberation to your audio. Just like many other people, I was looking for some great Gverb settings. I’ve found several and listed them below for you.

How to install Ableton Live on Ubuntu

Ubuntu is my OS of choice, for more than one reason. With one of my hardware purchases (Korg Kaossilator 2s), I got a copy of Ableton Live 9 Lite. Running Qtractor, Sequencer64, and Harrison MixBus 5 on Ubuntu, I was wondering whether it was possible to run a beautiful product like Ableton Live 9 on Ubuntu. After some fiddling around I’ve found a way to get it working. In this article, I’ll explain how you can install Ableton Live on Ubuntu.

Batch convert M4A to MP3

M4A, is an audio coding format developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music. Late 2011 Apple made the codec available open-source and royalty-free. In this article, I’ll explain how you can easily convert M4A audio files to MP3 files from the terminal window.