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Multimedia

How To Stream Video from Your Mac to Apple TV with AirFlick

December 23, 2010

Enterprising developer Erica Sadun of TUAW fame has been reverse engineering Apple’s Airplay technology lately, and now she’s following up her successful Airplayer software for the Mac with AirFlick, a simple piece of Mac OS X software that streams any video or audio file to your second-generation Apple TV — no iTunes required. If you [...]

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Portastudio on iPad, with Faux Cassette, and Everything Old is New Again

December 8, 2010

If it’s an iconic piece of hardware or software, there’s at least a decent chance you could be seeing it in virtual iPad form soon. Tascam’s Portastudio, released today, is a particularly striking example. The famed, budget cassette multitrack recorder, the box on which countless demos and quick songwriter creations was forged, appears on Apple’s [...]

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Remembering John Lennon – 30 years

December 8, 2010

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles and, with Paul McCartney, formed one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved as [...]

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BBC Launching iPlayer iPad App Outside UK

December 2, 2010

Fans of BBC programming will appreciate this latest tidbit.  According to the Financial Times, the BBC is planning on launching its iPlayer app as a commercial subscription for iPad users outside the UK.  United States viewers are said to be the first target.  The report says that the news conglomerates plans are still being worked [...]

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3 ways to improve your guitar sounds in Logic’s Amp Designer

November 29, 2010

There are a lot of guitar simulation plug-ins available for digital musicians these days. Included with Logic 9 is Amp Designer and Pedal Board – a welcome departure from the older Guitar Amp Pro plug-in. They stack up very well against the competition and are versatile in tone, emulation and layout. In my opinion, the [...]

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Songbird – A Viable iTunes Alternative?

November 18, 2010

With the release of iTunes 10, many people suddenly realised that iTunes really wasn’t that great, and might be starting to suffer from a major case of feature bloat. The interface is starting to become messy and hard to navigate, the icon is atrocious, and Ping just clutters everything up further. But if your main [...]

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Love The Way You Lie

November 10, 2010

Gianni Luminati does a rendition of “Love The Way You Lie” with loop pedals, a kids xylophone, a drum set, and a ukulele. Even if you’re sick of this song you should really watch this Enjoyed this article?WebsiteWordPress themes!

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Adobe Audition Comes to the Mac

November 10, 2010

Adobe has announced that the public beta of Adobe Audition, its professional audio editing suite, is now available for Mac OS X. Adobe Audition has been available for Windows since 2003 (when Adobe acquired the Windows program, Cool Edit Pro) but this beta marks its first appearance on the Mac. Audition is a digital audio [...]

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