![]() ![]() When the Class 66 appeared it was considered an engineering masterpiece, able to sew any thickness of fabric from fine silk to heavy canvas. The later 66’s (sub-version numbers -8 to -24) had a lever type stitch length adjuster, instead of the usual thumb screw. In the USA production continued until 1956. Surviving serial number records indicate British production of the 66K ran from 1907 until 1939. Because the 66K’s were full size machines weighing around 30lbs, they were usually sold in treadle tables or cabinets, although some hand cranked models, and later on some electric models, were also sold. The Singer class 66 models were heavy duty domestic sewing machines that set the standard for several decades, and indeed the Class 66 bobbin and the 66 style horizontal oscillating hook arrangement are still in use on many ‘new’ sewing machines today. Singer Sewing Machine Model 66 and 66K Singer Sewing Info
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All the drums for this instrument were specially recorded at Avatar Studios in New York. While the user interface is extremely simple, the samples are of the same quality and range as those in DFH Superior, but with a narrower choice of drum sounds. AU and VST plug-in formats are supported, and authorisation is via the familiar challenge-and-response system. EZ Drummer requires a minimum spec of an Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon 1.8GHz PC with 512MB RAM running Windows XP, or an Apple Mac 1GHz G4 running Mac OS 10.2.8 or higher with 512MB RAM. In the light of competition from the likes of FXpansion's BFD and the rather more abstract Stylus RMX from Spectrasonics, Toontrack set about developing a simpler, easier drum kit virtual instrument, and the result of their efforts is EZ Drummer. ![]() Since then they came up with DFH Superior, an excellent-sounding drum-sample-based virtual instrument that was probably less successful than it deserved to be, because its user interface was perceived as being rather complicated. Toontrack were amongst the first companies to provide really good multisampled acoustic drum-kit sample libraries (specifically Drum Kit From Hell), with both dry and ambient sounds that could be mixed to give the required degree of liveness. Toontrack's simplified version of their flagship DFH Superior offers fewer kits, but with the same sound quality and in a more user-friendly interface. ![]() Staring at a blue screen before bed, whether it be a phone, tablet or laptop, can shift your body's natural clock and make it difficult to get a good night's sleep. If dragging isn't your jam, click the button in the top-right to browse a list of your applications or search for the one you no longer want.ĭropbox is still a great way to upload files to the cloud and share them with others. You'll see the app and its associated files in the AppCleaner window, along with a Remove button. ![]() Just open up your Applications folder and drag the app you wish to remove. Launch AppCleaner and you'll see a small window, into which you can drag files for removal. There are a number of Mac uninstallers but I like AppCleaner because it's free and works fast. With MacOS still lacking a proper uninstaller, you'll need to turn to a third-party app to completely uninstall anything unwanted. If you simply drag an app to the trash, it doesn't remove all of its associated files. You may not have many - or any - third-party apps installed on your new MacBook, but sooner or later you'll add something that you'll then want to uninstall. Let's take them in alphabetical order: AppCleaner Here are six free apps that I installed on my new new MacBook Pro and use regularly, from an uninstaller to a word processor, with four useful apps in between. Apple outfits you with a bounty of preinstalled software, but it doesn't cover everything. |