News / Technology Reviews
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Sprechen sie Ableton? Live release date March 5, 2013
Read more . . . →Ableton Live 9 release date has been announced for March 5 this year. I'm very excited to get my hands on the push controller as well as the newly redesigned Live. Particularly interesting will be the Max4Live scene. They are now building this into the highest end Ableton so more people will have their hands on this incredible tool.
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ABLETON LIVE 9
Read more . . . →Woah, go check yerself! Ableton Live 9 has just been announced, to be released in 2013. New improvements include a dedicated controller, Suite includes max for live (YES!) among dozens of other core-usability improvements. This is major news for the music making community. More to follow
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Music Mondays:Ableton Live User Gotye explains how they use Ableton Live live
Read more . . . →If you've visited the iTunes store any time in the last six months you've probably ran across the chart topping artist Walter “Wally” De Backer aka Gotye. If he wasn't "Somebody that you used to know" I'm sure you know him now. What you might not have known is how Ableton Live plays a pivotal role in his bands live performance. In this video, from the Ableton website, he goes into details explaining how the software has enabled him to do more with his live performance. This is one of the primary reasons I have settled with it as my...
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iCloud transition extended for mobileme troopers
Read more . . . →If you, like me, were a subscriber to the paid MobileMe service when Apple switched to their free iCloud service you probably already know what I am about to write about. Users of the original MobileMe service will have their extra-large iCloud space extended for another year. Earlier last week I got an email that said the following: When you moved your MobileMe account to iCloud, we provided you with a complimentary storage upgrade beyond the standard 5GB that comes with an iCloud account to help you with the transition. Originally, this storage upgrade was set to expire on September...
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The Aug EP, and new ways to (re)market music within the iTunes Music Store
Read more . . . →This week Apple announces their iOS 6 operating system, which will probably be the OS that's on the iPhone 5. I have been using the OS for a little while now and I noticed an interesting feature in the redesigned iPod app. Basically when you're listening to a song that's part of an album available on the iTunes Music Store a small box appears at the bottom like this: From there you can click the button and you get offered to complete the rest of the album as if you were in the iTunes Store App. This is great news...
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Apple vs. Samsung
Read more . . . →We hedged our bets with Apple at ColdplaySucks.com, not because of some fan-boy obsession but because we were guessing that Apple would win this modern-day Goliath vs David given the technologies and patents that were being infringed. Earlier this week the jury in the case between Apple and Samsung in the United States revealed their decision. This could result in Samsung paying around $1 billion (that's billion, not Bitcoins ;-) in damages to Apple (unless additional litigation changes these figures) I have been a long believer that certain Samsung devices have been designed to duplicate the features in iOS, and...
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Earbud Review: Klipsch S4i vs S4i Reference
Read more . . . →[caption id="attachment_1506" align="alignleft" width="260"] Detail view of the S4i Reference capsule I am using today[/caption] Over the course of the last two years I have used over a dozen different headphones and earbuds with my iPhone 4 and now with my iPhone 4s. My first set was the included white earbuds by Apple. My first upgraded set was some über-cheap in-ear earbuds from CanadaComputers. The price was right and at $8 I decided to buy 2 pair. A month later I got another three, as my first 2 stopped producing sound out of one side and the connection became weakened...
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Siri feature request: continuous listening
Read more . . . →Apple's new Siri voice assistant is a really useful feature but a few improvements could be made. I have read several forums with users requesting continuous listening and I can hear the privacy critics howling already and it goes something like this: "Coninuously listen??! But then Siri will know all about my planned defection to the Communists! Unacceptable." All jokes aside, one of the biggest hurdles to using the assistant is getting Siri to begin listening. In order to signal to Siri that you want to give it a command you need to hold down the hold button for almost...
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Goodbye epic back ache, or the end of the 17 inch MacBook Pro era
Read more . . . →Hidden away within a torrent of updates and announcements at Apple's WWDC 2012 was the news that they are discontinuing the 17-inch MacBook Pro (a machine which I am writing this post on!) I am a lover and user of this desktop replacement laptop. Do you realize what this discontinuation means? If the logic board fries on this laptop while writing this post it will never even exist! All joking aside the 17-inch MacBook Pro's disappearance is a little more than a personal problem, its a community problem. While the laptop has traditionally been unpopular with consumers, professionals and special...
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The nitty gritty on how to use a DI box aka "Direct Injection Box"
Read more . . . →A DI box, or a direct injection box is an audio device that allows you to plug instruments into an audio system. I was going to create a video to cover the basics but I came across a very good description that gets into the nitty gritty details about how the direct injection box would work. This video goes into describing the differences between Active and Passive DI boxes, why you would choose one or the other, and also the basic setup for the device. I often use my DI box in the thru mode in order to record my...