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Garage Keys
What is Garage Keys?
Where did you get the idea
for it?
How much does it cost?
Where can I get more
instruments?
How do I make my own
instruments?
What happened to GBlite? D:
What is Garage Keys?
Garage Keys is a free app that lets you type on your keyboard to play
various instruments such as a piano, guitar, and many others. No, not a
fancy MIDI keyboard--your PC keyboard that you use to type words on. That
one.
Where did you get the
idea for it?
It is directly based on the Musical Typing feature of GarageBand on
the Mac. But of course, not a lot of people can afford a Mac and
GarageBand, so they're out of luck for musical typing. Unless, of course,
they get Garage Keys.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. It's free! Just download and play!
Where can I get more
instruments?
mstr.ca/instruments
How do I make my own
instruments?
It takes some time but isn't too complicated--you just need to
make a bunch of sounds and rename them to the following:
C1 Cs1 D1 Ds1 E1 F1 Fs1 G1 Gs1 A2 As2 B2 C2 Cs2 D2 Ds2 E2 F2
That's 18 sounds--they must all be in WAV format. Place them all in one
folder, then click on the arrow in Garage Keys and 'Instruments'. Click on
the E, and then 'Add New From File'. Select that folder, and you're done!
It's that simple.
What happened to GBlite? D:
This is GBlite, silly! Only it's much better and has a much
better name.
Skybox
What is Skybox?
Where can I get
Skype? I want to try Skybox.
What's everything that it can do?
My settings are
lost when I close Skybox.
It's not letting me start it...missing .NET or something...
Will I get banned for using the Responses tab?
What is Skybox?
Skybox is an app that helps you manage Skype. It can do many things
such as auto-respond to certain messages, auto-block spammers, auto-leave
pointless convos, and so on.
Where can I
get Skype? I want to try Skybox.
I appreciate that you really want to try the app, but you'll most
likely get a much better opinion of it if you get used to Skype
first. Don't just fire up Skybox as soon as you get it. Give it time.
What's everything it can do?
List of all tabs:
 | General Various options such as decline all calls, accept
all contact requests |
| Responses Make it so that if you get a certain message,
you'll auto-respond with another |
| Mass Messaging Send a message to all your contacts |
| Profile Manage what your info looks like on Skype |
| Mood Set your mood message and read others' |
| Whois Look up info on your contacts |
| Stats Get info on how much you use Skype |
| Links Make hyperlinks to call, chat, or add you and others |
| Block Block people, nuff said |
| Console Geeky way of using Skybox |
| About / Updates Check for updates |
With much more to come in future updates. Check out the Updates tab
every so often and make sure you're up to date!
My settings
are lost when I close Skybox :<
Yeah, sorry. Hoping to get file-saving in C# working soon. The current
fix is just to not close Skybox. :>
You
said MSTR Bot got banned for sending messages without permission. Will I
get banned for using the Responses tab?
Actually, I think Skype was referring to the announcements it sent to
all its contacts on occasion, which would actually be the Mass
Messaging tab. Careful!
7 Essentials
What is 7 Essentials?
Can I use this on Windows XP?
I'm on Windows Vista--what should I install from the pack?
Why should I use 7 Essentials?
What is 7 Essentials?
7 Essentials is a suite of seven applications that were completely changed
(one removed) in Windows Vista and Windows 7. Those applications are:
| Calculator |
| Minesweeper |
| Paint |
| Pinball |
| Sound Recorder |
| Spider Solitaire |
| WordPad |
They are all ripped right from Windows XP and ready for use on Vista/7.
Can I use this on Windows XP?
It would be completely idiotic, but you could if you really wanted to.
I'm on Windows Vista--what should I install from the pack?
The following applications were changed in Windows Vista, and are the only
ones worth installing if you're on Vista:
| Pinball |
| Sound Recorder |
| Spider Solitaire |
Why should I use 7
Essentals?
If you're on Windows 7 and use any of the apps in that big list up there,
consider these changes that were made to them in Windows Vista/7:
| Calculator: New skin |
| Minesweeper: New skin and sound effects |
| Paint: Ribbon interface |
| Pinball: Removed |
| Sound Recorder: No voice effects, speed changes, echo-effect, .wma
only, etc. |
| Spider Solitaire: New skin |
| WordPad: Ribbon interface |
You may actually like some of these changes, such as the new skin for
Calculator. And if you want to use the new versions of them, they
will still be there. Installing 7 Essentials places "XP"
versions next to them. ex. You can launch either "Calculator" or
"Calculator XP"
Randomizer
How do I use Randomizer?
It's not letting me start it...missing .NET or something...
How do I use Randomizer?
Use the two tabs on top to swap between modes.
In List Mode, type text into the little box on top, then press Add
to list. Keep doing this to add options to the list, then press Generate
and the "Generate" text will turn into one of the random
options.
In Numbers Mode, set a minimum and maximum number range, then press
Generate and the "Generate" text will turn into a random
number in that range.
It's not letting me start it...missing .NET or something...
You need this
official download from Microsoft.
MSTR Bot
What is MSTR Bot?
What happened?
How do you make Skype bots?
Make a new
account for the bot!
What is MSTR Bot?
MSTR Bot is (well, was) a Skype chat bot that you could add to your
contacts. You could then send it commands like '!help' or '!reverse umad'
and it would perform them. Exactly like an IRC chat bot (MSTR Bot was
originally an IRC bot before being ported to Skype)
What happened?
TLDR - It was banned for "sending unsolicited
communications"
Full Story - I woke up early on Saturday, September 24, 2011. I
opened up the bot's laptop to see that it had been logged out--tried
logging back in, no luck. Tried resetting my password, no luck. It had
either been hacked or banned.
I emailed Skype to ask, and got a response back stating that it
breached paragraph 6.3(c) of the Skype Terms of Use, which prohibits the
use of the Skype software to send unsolicited communications.
And that was it, it was over. MSTR Bot had been thrown out by Skype.
Sad, but shit happens. I didn't cry or anything, don't worry :)
How do you make Skype bots?
Even with the banning of MSTR Bot, I will still most likely make part
2 of How
to make Skype apps. The original video did not cover events (ex.
message received!), which the bot relied on. Events took approximately
forever to figure out how to do, and with the knowledge of them, you can
still make Skype apps.
Stop
crying and make a new account for the bot!
And get IP-banned? OKAY!
Other
When are
the Mac/iOS versions of apps coming out?
Why do you keep saying "we" or "us"? How many people
work there?
When are
the Mac/iOS versions of apps coming out?
Very soon, I've got Xcode figured out finally. However, you probably
won't be seeing versions of MSTR's apps on Mac/iOS--instead you'll be
seeing completely different apps. Reasoning:
| Garage Keys: Mac and iOS already have GarageBand. It's way
better, although it does cost money. Lods of it. |
| Skybox: Skype don't give a shit about the Skype API on Mac.
And even if they wanted to, it could never be done on iOS. |
| 7 Essentials: Most of it works on Wine for Mac. Besides, the
mindset of 7 Essentials is to allow XP apps to run on 7, not XP apps
to be ported off everywhere |
Why
do you keep saying "we" or "us"? How many people work
there?
We at MSTR take pride in our massive member count of...1.
Really though, doesn't it sound way more pro to say "we" instead
of "I"? So please don't mind if I say it. Especially if we jump
between the two like I just did.
Alright, being srsly though, usually when I'm writing a personal note like
this I'll say "I" and when describing an MSTR product I'll say
"we" made it. Why do I do this? Cause I can, and if I can, there
be haters. And if there be haters, haters gonna hate. Deal with it. |
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