Every 25 years or so, the medium for the mass-production of audio gets upgraded to the next big thing. From the Phonograph which played tin cylinders (1877), to the Gramophone (1900) , which played glass, zinc, and eventually plastic flat discs/records; From Vinyl, which didn’t hit the scene until 1948, the cassette tape that made […]
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Become an Author: Create an ebook with Google Docs
Have you been sitting on your life biography, or are you just two chapters away from wrapping up that thriller detective novel you’ve been telling anyone “bits and pieces of the storyline who would listen? Did you know that you could have that finished draft in the proper format, and ready for masses? That’s right, Google’s word-processing challenger to Microsoft […]
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LG G7 ThinQ Hands On
If you hadn’t noticed by now,I have an affinity for LG’s flagship smartphones. From the camera lenses to the Audio recording features, LG has made professional-grade content creation tools the focus for the last two to three iterations of it’s G and models. As if the 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad-DAC wasn’t enough, a few new Audio […]
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Mobile DAW Showdown: FL Studio vs Garageband
Two of the most popular Music Making brands in software, FL Studio Mobile and Garageband (iOS), long regarded as “tools for beginners” at best,”toys” by the haters are two of the most powerful DAWs on the market. Today,they are used by every one from beginners to pros and they both have mobile apps that empower millions to create […]
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Caustic 3 Review – (Android/OS)
It’s not everyday that a mobile app comes along and matches it’s desktop rivals pound for pound,so when it does happen producers and fledgling beat-makers better sit up and take notice. Caustic 3 is one of those programs. Created by Single Cell software,which is a ‘sole-proprietorship’ company led by lone Developer Rejean Poirier. Caustic has […]
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Magix Samplitude X3 Review
Can Magix bring more than a one-trick pony to the show with Samplitude Pro X3? Dear Samplitude, You and your big sister Sequoia have been around before the word DAW was mainstream. The only other programs that can claim the seniority in this market that you can are Cubase, Logic , and Sonar. Not even […]
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Flying High with Beathawk for iOS (Video)
Beathawk, is a music production app for iOS is far from a toy. From none other than UVI, developer of software instruments and effects that have been used to produce the music in quite a few blockbuster movies and AAA games. Known for the impeccable sonic quality and sound libraries of critically acclaimed Falcon software […]
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LG G6 Quick Look
With the smartphone market being ate up by the two-headed monster better known as Ap-Sung – (or Sam-ple if you’re a hip-hop head like myself) it’s refreshing to see a popular manufacturer bring innovation to the forefront and not be Apple or Samsung. The 18:9 aspect ratio that has become the industry standard for displays […]
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LG V30+ ThinQ Review
LG V30+ released in October of last year (2017) isn’t exactly a brand new phone, hitting right at seven months since it’s release but that’s not at all old either by smartphone cycle standards. The February to mid-April update to Android Oreo has brought it (almost) up-to-standard in the latest Google-ly features, but LG has […]
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Make music anywhere with Open Labs’ Stagelight
Straight Outta Austin the Live MusicCapital of the World, come Open LabsTechnologies a company once knownfor their Neko 64 Workstations are hardat work getting the word out about theirflagship DAW, Stagelight. Stagelight is a flexible music production program for Android, Windows and ChromeOS. It has a dark, but colorful UI/UX thatoffers two main views […]