Tag: Apple
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Need a mic? Find a Yeti.
In the last few years it’s gotten a bit easier to use a microphone to record audio on your home computer — USB headsets with quality microphones have been available for a while, but only recently have USB desktop microphones oved out of the niche and specialty retailers into the mainstream, driven mostly by the…
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I have a new blog! And a contest!
Over the last little while you may have noticed I’ve become a bit iPad centric. To be specific, I’ve been exploring using the iPad as a portable, digital darkroom. Yes, the iPad doesn’t have a camera (for now, maybe in version 2?), but that shouldn’t stop us from using it to manipulate images imported into…
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How to make Stairway to Heaven on iOS devices
Very cool video showing multitrack audio software and instrument apps recording Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven in multiple passes.
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The gauntlet has been thrown: HP’s webOS TouchPad
Yesterday Earlier today in San Francisco, HP revealed a few new products; the new Veer, the Pre 3, and the new TouchPad — a direct competitor to the Apple iPad. And the TouchPad is going to be a very cool device. My thoughts: Same weight as an iPad — I was hoping for lighter Cool…
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DOS on the iPad? There’s an app for that.
[UPDATE — looks like Apple has pulled it from the app store again] I’ve got a rather strange, yet family friendly habit — I tend to collect computer emulators; software written for hardware, that acts like older hardware in order to run older software. With me so far? Over the last few years, Apple has been slowly…
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Boppin’ with the BeBot!
iPad music and synth apps all seem to be trying to exactly replicate the experience of using a real synthesizer or instrument, like Virtuoso Piano 3 . Recently I discovered BeBot, an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad music app that breaks that stereotype. According to the developer, BeBot is: …Part synthesizer, part animated robot. Touching the screen causes the robot to…
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When is an iPad not an iPad?
Ok, perhaps it is actually “magical and revolutionary”. Or perhaps we’re just moving toward the day that yes, there really is an app for that. Smart phones and tablet computers are set to explode this year, but what will really move the hardware is innovative software created by developers who can see beyond the traditional fare…
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iPad synth app takes on Tron: Legacy tune [video]
Daft Punk’s track Derezzed as performed by the cool KORG iMS-20 app on the iPad. Show’s the power of these little pads:
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3 Awesome Photo apps for your iPad
Now I know what you're thinking -- Brad, the iPad doesn't have a camera so why would I want photography apps on it. Well, because the iPad is portable, has a great screen that presents photos better than any other mobile device, and lets you d...
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Discovering new apps on your device
One of the neatest things about owning a digital device is discovering new ways to use it. Got a spare 10 minutes? Look for a new app. Great way to kill time For example, when I bought my iPad Touch, I started monitoring websites and twitter feeds such as 148apps and appadvice.com. There’s an more than one…