Your Own Loops

So what makes an ACID loop an ACID Loop ACID loops are simply audio files available from Sonic Foundry that have had beat, pitch, and tempo information added to them. As mentioned previously, this information is useful only to ACID (and perhaps some other Sonic Foundry projects in the future). At this time, only loops from Sonic Foundry have this additional information, but this is not some carefully guarded secret. Anyone can create ACIDized loops. Information about a media file as it pertains to ACID can be found in the Explorer window and in the Track Properties window for files that have already been inserted into ACID, as shown in Figure 9.2. See the section later in this chapter about ACIDizing your own loops. 

If your "y" goes straight down with no loop whatsoever, it means that you have a tendency to want to be alone. You can be a loner. It doesn t mean you don t like people, but it does mean you will want to make it on your own, you will like to work alone, and you ll probably like some private time. For a complete discussion of the lower loops and the "sex drives" revealed in handwriting, read Chapter 8 of my first book The Secrets To Making Love Happen. 

You can buy a bottle of soap bubble mix in toy stores and in many grocery stores, or you can mix dishwashing liquid with water to make your own soap bubble mix. Soap bubble kits come with a ring to blow bubbles. You can make your own ring from a piece of wire. Bend the wire to make a small loop. 

To specify the range of cells to use as data labels, we ll use the InputBox method. We ll define the range as an object variable, so that we can use a For...Each...Next loop. For a code example, see "You Can Define Your Own Objects" in Chapter 14. To convert SeriesCollection(l) into the general case, remember that a specific item in a collection can be referred to by its index number or by its name. We ll use the code... 

Explain in your own words that by opening a feedback loop we place the controller in a manual operation, whereas by closing it we place the controller in the automatic mode. 

Explain in your own words the interaction among the control loops of a flash drum (Figure 23.1b). Do the same for the loops of a distillation column (Figure 5.6). 

Check the automatic identification of the tear streams. Check the feasibility of the calculation sequence, the interaction between recycle loops, particularly between design-specifications and process recycles. If necessary, define your own sequence. Minimise the number of recycle loops by using the transmission of information. 

No one likes to deal with accidents, yet they are inevitable. Chapter 11 provides useful information about how to set up your own investigation board, create a closed-loop reporting system, and learn from the accident. 

The timeline forms the hulk of the AQD workspace. This is the area where the project is laid out, left to right, in chronological order. The various sounds or loops that are used to create a song are mixed together in tracks from top to bottom. There is no hierarchy to the tracks all loops that overlap vertically are mixed together to form the audio that is played back from ACID. Track order is therefore left entirely up to you and is for your own benefit. The timeline is made up of many separate parts (see Figure 1.3). 

Hits— Hits are musical blasts or crashes that emphasize the beat very strongly. Sometimes called verbs, hits may be labeled as such in loop names (for example, Horn Hit Loop.wav). Look for one-shot drum loops and crashes as well. You can also create your own hits from a loop file by carefully splitting it to isolate a single note or chord. 

There are literally dozens of places where you can get more media files to use as loops. The rest of this chapter is devoted to various sources for more loops, both commercial loops for sale and loops available for free on the Web. In all cases, you need to carefully read the license agreements to determine if you can use the loops legally in your own projects. In almost all cases, when you purchase loops from a loop library, you are also purchasing the rights to use these loops as well. This is often described as royalty-free, which means you can use them without paying additional royalties. It may be more difficult to assess the licensing and royalty situation of loops that are available for download from the Web. 

Different players accept and may require different parameters and may allow you to create your own play buttons, sliders, and frames (skins) or set the file to loop continuously. The simple example presented above will start playing automatically when tbe page loads, but scripting can be used to interact with the media, playing back or pausing in response to user input. 

My conclusion is that the preheat exchanger (E-1), the circulating reflux loop (E-2), and trays 33-40 serve no real chemical engineering purpose. But don t take my word for this. Try it on your own unit, as I did in Mumbai, India last week. 

Once you have completed the steady-state design, use the results to size all the valves in the system. Add the control loops (two) determined from the steady-state design, with the set points which allow the control objectives to be met at all times. Inventory and pressure control will be available automatically, but you can add your own control loops if desired. Solve the column in dynamic mode. You are free to change set points or create disturbances to the system to examine how the control system performs. A good starting point would be to see how the column responds to step disturbances in the feed between the expected feed cases. You may need to tune the control loops in order to produce an adequate response. 

The next chart. Diagram 5-1, reveals various ways people can make the letter y-loop. Choose which examples best fit your writing. Don t be surprised to find more than one match. We are not robots. We often have contradictions and paradoxes in our own personality. 

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