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  • Friday, May 03, 2013
    In The Studio: 30-Plus OS X Power User Shortcuts
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    Jon Tidey 05/03/13 11:28 AM,
    This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine.   Inspector—Use “Inspector” instead of “Get Info.”—RT-click finder item then hold alt, and “Show Inspector” will appear. Or use shortcut CMD+Option+i. This is like the “Get Info” window but it will not clutter up the screen and will show combined data for selections. Resizing Windows—Shift-drag will scale height and width of the window—Alt-drag will re-size opposite sides at once with same center point Cycle Options In Dialog Boxes It’s a pain in… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Digital Audio Workstations • Software • Studio

  • Tuesday, April 02, 2013
    Sonnet Announces Fully Featured Thunderbolt Dock
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    PSW Staff 04/02/13 10:35 AM,
    Sonnet has announced the Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock, a fully featured docking station for Mac and Windows computers with Thunderbolt ports. Sonnet’s latest Thunderbolt technology product features 15 ports: four USB 3.0, one Gigabit Ethernet, one FireWire 800, one headphone, one microphone, one speaker, one audio in, one pass-through Thunderbolt (for either another Thunderbolt device or an external display), two eSATA, and two internal SATA (one port for included optical disc drive and one 6 Gb/s port for a user-installable… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Production • News • Product • Production • Audio • Video • Digital • Sound Reinforcement • Studio

  • Friday, February 01, 2013
    Church Sound: Data Backups Aren’t Just About Backing Up
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    Brian Gowing 02/01/13 10:25 AM,
    This article is provided by Gowing Associates.   You’ve read all the stories about losing your valuable data on a computer. Maybe you’ve experienced a loss of data. Whatever the reason, you’ve been convinced that backing up your data is the best possible protection against data loss. You’ve set up a scheduled backup either locally on an external drive/CD/DVD or you’re using one of the many online backup services. You keep multiple versions of the most important files and you… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Business • Networking • Remote

  • Friday, October 12, 2012
    In The Studio: Optimizing OSX Lion For Audio
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    Jon Tidey 10/12/12 04:12 PM,
    This article is provided by Audio Geek Zine.   Apple computers are almost studio ready right out of the box. There is very little required from the user in terms of optimization. —Enable secondary click in Mouse Preferences —Disable Natural scrolling direction in Mouse Preferences —Set scrolling to without inertia in Universal Access>Mouse>Mouse Options —Change show spotlight from CMD+Space to Option+Space in Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcuts —Disable Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible in Energy Saver preferences These are just… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Digital Audio Workstations • Interconnect • Studio

  • Wednesday, October 03, 2012
    Finding the Optimum Playback Level Of Your Sound Card
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    Pat Brown 10/03/12 06:38 AM,
    The personal computer is frequently used as a program source for sound reinforcement systems. Internal sound cards can be pretty good and software wave file players abound. A common question is “Where do I set the output level of my PC for optimum results?” The answer can vary per PC, so here are some steps to help figure it out for yours. I will assume that WAV files are being used, but this applies to any audio file format. Sound… View this story
    Filed in: Church Sound • Feature • Blog • Study Hall • Digital • Interconnect • Signal • Software • Sound Reinforcement • System • Audio

  • Wednesday, March 14, 2012
    Rain Introduces Next Solstice Audio Workstation
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    PSW Staff 03/14/12 09:19 AM,
    Rain has announced the new Solstice A3 Audio Workstation, a high performance computer designed for audio design with popular apps like Pro Tools and Cubase. Rain Computers, designer of audio and video workstations for the likes of Conan O’Brien, Cirque du Soleil and the US Pentagon, among others, specializes in tireless testing and certification before the release of each new model ensuring a smooth and stable experience for creative pros and novices alike. Following their new naming convention, Rain has… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Recording • News • Poll • AV • Business • Concert • Sound Reinforcement • Studio • Audio

  • Wednesday, November 02, 2011
    Clear Path: The “Right” DI For Computers In Audio
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    Peter Janis 11/02/11 12:50 PM, 6 Comments
    Ready, brace yourself, this one is going to hurt: Computers are not made for audio. There, I finally said it! Computers are made for crunching numbers, and they also happen to be able to manage audio and video tasks really well because of their tremendous processing power. However, when it comes to best audio quality practices, they’re sometimes not ideal. Often we use computers to feed tracks to PA systems and as playback machines for things such as backing tracks.… View this story
    Filed in: Live Sound • Feature • Poll • Digital • Interconnect • Power • Signal

  • Monday, September 12, 2011
    Finding The Optimum Playback Level Of Your Sound Card
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    Pat Brown 09/12/11 06:36 AM,
    The personal computer is frequently used as a program source for sound reinforcement systems. Internal sound cards can be pretty good and software wave file players abound. A common question is “Where do I set the output level of my PC for optimum results?” The answer can vary per PC, so here are some steps to help figure it out for yours. I will assume that WAV files are being used, but this applies to any audio file format. Sound… View this story
    Filed in: AV • Feature • AV • Interconnect • Networking • Processor • Signal • Software • Audio

  • Tuesday, August 09, 2011
    Music Applications & The Apple iPad
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    Bobby Owsinski 08/09/11 02:21 PM, 1 Comment
    This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski.   Apple’s iPad is still relatively new, but already there are a number of great music related apps available as outlined in an article on createdigitalmusic.com. There were so many, in fact, that I would surely overlook a lot of worthy apps if I only posted some of them, so it’s best to read the entire article yourself. Here’s a summary of the iPad functions from the article. ————————————————————- Computing is enough a… View this story
    Filed in: Recording • Feature • Poll • Digital Audio Workstations • Software • Studio