Brand new Charity Awards ceremony to recognise new businesses at Crowne Plaza

Written By: Mark Armstrong

Provided By: Switch Onto Business

Switch On To Business and the Business Development Club are introducing the inaugural Switch On To Business Charity Awards ceremony to recognise the efforts of new business start-ups, Future Talent and supporters within the Merseyside area.

The evening, which is being promoted in conjunction with several BDC members such as Wedding Planners Guild UK, will play host to the presentation of several prestigious charity honours.

Set to take place on Thursday October 6, the event will emanate from the well-established Crowne Plaza Hotel, which boasts great sight-lines overlooking the River Mersey. In addition, there will be a special charity auction to benefit Claire House Children’s Hospice.

The SOTB Charity Award evening will also include guest speakers, business showcases, a three-course dinner complete with wine and additional forms of entertainment, all in addition to the Reward and Recognition Ceremony.

The event will be televised on Bay TV Liverpool, the presentation of which will include interviews with sponsors and guests. All sponsors will receive advertising space in the Awards programme brochure and in the November edition of Switch On To Business Magazine.

Roz Gladden, Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and Gary Millar, the city’s former Lord Mayor, will be amongst the special guest speakers, with several more to be announced over the coming weeks.

Lin Boyd, founder of the Business Development Club and co-director of Switch Onto Business, commented: “This is a massive opportunity to demonstrate the power of collaboration. Businesses are coming together to utilise their skills, products and services, and the event is a platform to showcase. The ceremony will demonstrate how we can create opportunities for new and existing businesses within the City Region, utilising services such as event planning, production, photography, PR and offering experience to students and graduates – our future talent. It will be a fabulous evening of celebration and acknowledgement, and it will showcase Liverpool and the talent within.”

Jackie Lee, co-director of Switch Onto Business and partner of the Business Development Club, added: “This is what Switch Onto Business is all about: collaboration, building relationships, showcasing and celebrating success. Claire House is our nominated charity, and we are so pleased to be able to support them in this way. Here’s to a fabulous event!”

Yvonne Bennett, director at Wedding Planners Guild UK, said: "I am thrilled to be working with SOTB on this event. It will be such a prestigious event, and a great chance to recognise the efforts of so many people. The event will create plenty of opportunities for new businesses, and it will raise plenty of funds for Claire House. I'm really looking forward to this awards evening!"

Beth Pochin, Merseyside Corporate Fundraiser at Claire House Children’s Hospice, added: "We are so thrilled to be the chosen charity for this special awards ceremony. It means so much to everyone at Claire House to receive support from the amazing team at SOTB, and we can’t wait to celebrate the achievements of lots of remarkable local businesses and entrepreneurs on the night."

The SOTB Charity Awards ceremony will take place at Crowne Plaza Liverpool, Princes Dock on Thursday October 6, and begins at 18.30.

You can now purchase tickets for this event for £75.00 per head, or you can purchase a table of ten for £750.00. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or a title sponsor, you can purchase tables for £1,000.00 and £3,000.00 respectively.

To purchase tickets or for further information, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/switch-on-to-business-charity-awards-2016-tickets-26697976366.

New Level 4 Software from Active Music Joystick boasts enhanced features and depth

Written By: Mark Armstrong

Provided By: Active Music Joystick

Music Joystick Software Level 4 is now available from Active Music Joystick.

The fourth model builds upon the features of the first three levels and adds much more control and depth, serving as an open live sample processor and composer of music.

This programme contains 10 units of Ircam France objects, with five available in runtime within the main setting, whilst unit ten can only be used with the addition of a music box, and the remaining units can only be used with full programming.

These are the full details of the units:

Unit 1 shows the fundamentals of wave-processing, including loop and range settings (two sliders control these), sample rate haus-position (choose 0.5 for ½ rates with a low octave, 1 for a normal rate, -1 for a reverse rate and 2 for a double rate with a high octave); eight changes from the starting point; two regulations for the volume (which can be managed by both sliders and the main joystick); a selection of .aiff numbers along with a confirmation button that includes page changes; and a trigger play option with a reset button.

Unit 2 includes some motion changes, such as ten presets for MDSR curves. These are controlled by set-domain time frames, with X1 representing the duration of sound.

Unit 3 has filters and opens an extra page which boasts a cool Ircam visualisation of the frequency-with-gain system, and it has the option to add volume to lift the fundamental mains up. The particular stand-out aspect of Unit 3 is that you can use the right joystick to do all of the filtering manually as it is audio- and visual-controlled (the fourth model of software requires two joysticks for use on all units). In addition, there are 40 automatic ejies developments within the three parameters, where you can just find a number and play it.

Unit 4 has reverberation; you can open this unit by turning it on with a slight movement of the left slide, and from there you can decide the eight parameters.

Unit 5 involves transposing, as it gives you the option to transpose within the eight steps, and sounds can follow these changes of transposition.

Units 6-9 can only be used if you have access to the music box codes from Ircam, as these are of the highest quality and are DJ-compatible. You can look on Ircam’s official website at www.ircam.fr for more information on how to access these codes.

Unit 10 plays the samples in the same manner that they would be played in the first model of AMJ software; consider Unit 10 to be the basic setting to play tunes in model 1.

Music Joystick Software Level 4 is available for £20.00 at www.forumliverpool.net, and you can also purchase the Thrustmaster and MADCATZ joysticks here for £32.00 each.

To find out more about Active Music Joystick or to purchase any of the products, you can get in touch by calling 0151 280 1080 or by emailing fuchsjoystick@forumliverpool.net.