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For a while I tried to monetize this blog via ads from Google. First of all the adds ruined the content. Took over the screen. Misbehaved like a naughty child. Removing the ads was an easy choice.
How about the monetarization then? Well, the payment for the add-disturbance was lousy – a penny a month for hundreds of ads. I’m sorry – but unfortunately Google Ads was not a good experience for me.
The Boss GT-1 can emulate 27 different amps. They are named in a weird way, probably in order to avoid copyright issues. So far I have only found one list, that suggests the “real” names of the simulated amps. In this blog post Michael Rendon suggests what the names of the simulated ams could be.
The list is long – around 27 amps or so are listed. I have commented a few of the amps, and added links to articles about a few of them.
“NATRL CLN (NATURAL CLEAN)
An unembellished, clean sound that minimizes the amp’s idiosyncrasies, such as its trebly character and boomy low end.
FUL RANGE (FULL RANGE)
An amp with a broad frequency range and an extremely flat response. Good for acoustic guitar.
CB CRUNCH (COMBO CRUNCH)
Crunch sound that allows the nuances of your picking to be expressed even more faithfully than on conventional combo amps.
ST CRUNCH (STACK CRUNCH)
Great-feeling crunch sound that responds well to picking dynamics while retaining all the defining characteristics of a 4 x 12” speaker cabinet.
HiGAIN STK (HiGAIN STACK)
High-gain sound of a vintage Marshall specially revamped in a way that is possible only with COSM modeling technology.
POWER DRV (POWER DRIVE)
A straight drive sound that works well in a broad range of situations, from backing to lead. A sound like this cannot be obtained from any existing combo amp or stack amp.
XTREM LD (EXTREM LEAD)
A new type of sound that smoothes out the uneven frequency response that is typical of existing large stack amps.
CORE MTL (CORE METAL)
A large stack sound that has been tweaked extensively in the pursuit of the ultimate metal sound.
JC-120
This models the sound of the Roland JC-120.
CLEAN TWIN
This models a Fender Twin Reverb.
PR CRUNCH (PRO CRUNCH)
This models a Fender Pro Reverb.
TWEED
This models a Fender Bassman 4 x 10” Combo.
– Here I’d suggest that the modelled amp simulates the classic Fender Tweed (1948-1960). / petj
DxCRUNCH (DELUXE CRUNCH)
This models a Fender Deluxe Reverb.
VO DRIVE
This models the drive sound of a VOX AC-30TB. This is a sound that it suited to sixties-style British rock.
VO LEAD
This models the lead sound of the VOX AC-30TB.
MATCH DRV (MATCH DRIVE)
This models the sound input to left input on a Matchless D/C-30. A simulation of the latest tube amp widely used in styles from blues and rock.
BG LEAD
This models the lead sound of the MESA/ Boogie combo amp. The sound of a tube amp typical of the late ‘70s to ‘80s.
BG DRIVE
This models a MESA/Boogie with TREBLE SHIFT SW on.
MS1959 I
This models the sound input to Input I on a Marshall 1959. This is a trebly sound suited to hard rock.
MS1959 I+II
The sound of connecting inputs I and II of the guitar amp in parallel, creating a sound with a stronger low end than I.
R-FIER VTG (R-FIER VINTAGE)
Models the sound of the Channel 2 VINTAGE Mode on the MESA/Boogie DUAL Rectifier.
R-FIER MDN (R-FIER MODERN)
Models the sound of the Channel 2 MODERN Mode on the MESA/Boogie DUAL Rectifier.
T-AMP LD (T-AMP LEAD)
This models a Hughes & Kettner Triamp AMP3.
SLDN
This models a Soldano SLO-100. This is the typical sound of the eighties.
5150 DRV (5150 DRIVE)
This models the lead channel of a Peavey EVH 5150.
BGNR UB
This is a heavy distortion sound that models the high- gain channel of a Bogner Uberschall.
ORNG ROCK
This models the dirty channel of an ORANGE ROCKERVERB.”
– The sound emulates a “dirty” Orange sound experience. I guess that the emulation is a “general Orange experience”. But it cannot compete with a real amp. / petj
(here the very long quote ends)
In “real life” I use an Orange Crush 35 RT as my home practise amp. Mostly I like the sound directly from my amp – as in no effect pedals. Here the modelling amps cannot compete.
Among the modelling amps in the Boss GT-1 I prefer the simulated Vox Amps. Add a dash of sustain and some slap back echo. I tend to prefer a 4×12″ cabinet – that is in my headphones.
On rare occations I add the Boss GT-1 to the FX-loop on the Orange 35 RT. Here the simulated amps should be turned off, since the real amp is the Orange. But then you have a plethora of pedals, effects, wahs, flangers, tubescreamers, and …
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One of the new features on Github is code review. Here you can go in and add comments to specific code lines.
Do you want to fetch data from an API and use the data in your Adobe Animate CC creative work? Animate CC productions are made by JavaScript and HTML canvas. In theory getting data should work.
Let’s try!
OpenWeatherMap
The data from OpenWeatherMap is only available when you have a token. The first step is to create a user profile, and then to create a token. Then you can create the URL to fetch the weathere data.
Above you see the API call. That’s the information we need in order to get data from the website. The data will be returned as JSON, but we can fetch the content and display it in Adobe Animate. You can create the string along these lines:
var weather = 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=YOUR-CITY-HERE&appid=ADD-YOUR-TOKEN-HERE';The url will fetch data from the API in the form of JSON. The URL for the weather data is formed in the variable weather.
The fetch() function will use the variable above, and that’s how we get the data for the JavaScript into the document:
fetch( weather ).then( ... etc ... );Dynamic Texts
Now we have the data. Then we want to use the data in the design. Here we will work with Dynamic Text Fields.
On the stage you see two Dynamic Textfields called theDescription and theCity. If you want to change the text of these fields you could do it like this:
_this.theCity.text = “Hello World”;
But we need the text from the API. If you check out the content of the weather data in the console, you can see, that the name of the city is:
data.name
The city name is added to the Dynamic Text Fiels like this:
_this.theCity.text = data.name;
If you use the Inspect Tool in the browsesr you will be able to create Dynamic text fields for all the data in the object from OpenWeatherMap.
The JavaScript
In the actions layer you can add your Vanilla Javascript. Here is the script I used:
/**
* OpenWeatherMap API Demo
* IMPORTANT
* Don't use the code beautifier. It will ruin the => in the Js.
**/
// get this as a global var
var _this = this;
// Openweather API string
var weather = 'https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Aarhus&appid=ADD-YOUR-TOKEN-HERE';
// get the weather data via query URI
fetch(weather).then( response=>{
return response.json();
}).then(data => {
// JSON data to the console for inspection
console.log(data);
// add the weadther description,texts or images to theDescription
_this.theDescription.text = data.weather[0].description;
_this.theCity.text = data.name;
}).
catch (err => {
// Do something for an error here
console.log('There was an error.');
});Now you can test the production. Use the inspection tool in order to use the data from the JSON object in Dynamic Text Fields.
So that’s what it takes if you want to create an Adobe Animate production that can display data from OpenWeatherMap’s API. Of course you can work in a similar manner with other API’s and JSON objects.
Display the Weather Forecast in WordPress
In order to show your work in WordPress, you can use an iframe. Upload your production to a folder on your server. Then add am iframe along these lines:
<iframe src="https://yoursite.net/yourFolder/weather.html" height="480" frameborder="0" style="overflow=hidden;"></iframe>When you upload your work you’ll need the HTML, JavaScript file and the images/ folder – of course with the images in the folder. You don’t need the .fla file, since it’s for production only, but I would recommend to put it there anyway. If you want to change anything, you’ll know where it is.
Here is the second part of my tutorial about Adobe Animate and the OpenWeatherMap API. In the previous article we got texts from the API. Now we want graphical symbols for the weather conditions. If we have a thunderstorm in Aarhus, then the app skould display a thunderstom symbol.
In this variation of my weather app the weather conditions are visualized in a movie. Each frame in the movie has a weather symbol inspired by the symbols from Openweathermap.
On the movie each frame is named after one of the weather conditions from OpenWeatherMap. The movie instance on the stage is named weatherConditions.
Each frame in the weather condition movie has a label. The API can return 18 weather conditions, here are the labels:
| Symbol | Day | Night |
| Clear Sky | 01d | 01n |
| Few Clouds | 02d | 02n |
| Scattered Clouds | 03d | 03n |
| Broken Clouds | 04n | 04n |
| Shower Rain | 09d | 09n |
| Rain | 10d | 10n |
| Thunderstorm | 11d | 11n |
| Snow | 13d | 13n |
| Mist | 50d | 50n |
The API could return something like “11n”. That would be a thunderstorm during the night, because the d and n after the numbers refer to day or night. Hence we have nine weather conditions with day and night graphics.
So we need a movie with 18 frames. Nine for the day. Nine for the night. Each frame shall have a label name. Then you can create JavaScript commands that will “go to a label and stop there”.
Since we know the name of the symbol, the weather condition will be displayed by a simple gotoAndStop command:
_this.weatherConditions.gotoAndStop( data.weather[0].icon );
// the api will return something like: 03dOf course each frame could be animated ad libitum. You could add a movie clip with proper weather conditions to each of the frames. But now we have the skeleton for either a weather forecasst supported by an API.
This sample will open doors to the fascinating world of APIs. Now you know how to use Adobe Animate with APIs – and you can create movies controlled by the data returned from your favorite APIs.
If you have created something similar – let me know, and share your link. Post a comment below.
Here are the symbols from OpenWeatherMaps’ pages.
Interactive animation made with Adobe CC. Transitions via the camera feature.
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