From Ars Technica: Despite an apparent trend in positive reports about the iPhone, both from published reviews and firsthand accounts, there has been plenty of constructive criticism. Setting aside complaints related to hardware or the network (such as AT&T’s EDGE network), there have also been points made about software. John Gruber of Daring Fireball wrote [...]

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This is a continuation of a series of quick reviews and overviews of some of the audio applications available for Macs. You’ll remember from my previous article on the subject, some of the great features of Logic Pro 7– Apple’s pro-level audio and music production program. It includes the features pros expect, and more, including– [...]

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Welcome to the Mac MediaCast 005 Direct Download Link (QuickTime – iPod / Apple TV) Watch Video in a Pop-Up player (Flash) Subscribe in iTunes This episode: Sunburn. We’ll have a video on waiting in line for the iPhone on iDay. And then, your first-look iPhone review video. Send your iPhone-related videos to the Mac [...]

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Today we’re going to take a look at Apple’s 3 players in audio software– GarageBand, Soundtrack Pro, and Logic. Do you ever find yourself wondering what’s the difference between these apps? Which one should I buy? This is the first in a 3 part series– next time we’ll look at Logic as compared to some [...]

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Ok, I’m sold! I had heard Walt had had his hands on an iPhone for a few weeks and was wondering when the review would come out. Great timing! Glad to hear it’s a great product (as expected).Stay tuned to the Mac Mediacast for my hands on video review once I can get my hands [...]

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By Iljitsch van Beijnum, from Ars Technica : A few days ago, Ars reviewed the new 17″ MacBook Pro. Most of that review also applies to the new 15-inchers, but there is one aspect to the latest incarnation of the 15″ MacBook Pro that warrants another look: the LED-backlit screen. When I started up my [...]

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I got a couple of emails about all the programs in my OSX Dock that appeared in the Mac MediaCast episode 3 during the Final Cut Pro “Apple Reflection” tutorial. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the order (that’s how my brain works). Consider this my flavor-of-the-month “must have” software list (for [...]

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From Gina Fat-Saez at O’Reilly: I am a plugin addict. As a studio owner, I own many of the popular audio plugins such as the Waves Gold Bundle, the Bomb Factory plugins, and Line 6 Amp Farm. Though I routinely use all of these “utility” plugins, it’s the more esoteric plugs that I turn to [...]

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From pal and uberreviewer Tim Verpoorten: One of the things I quickly gravitated to after joining the world of Macintosh, was screencasts. In case you’ve never seen one, a screencast is essentially a moving screen capture. These are a sort of on-screen video where some generous soul walks you through the operation of a specific [...]

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From our friends at Ripple Training: Ripple Training has just released a series of online tutorials called Final Cut Pro 6 on 6. These tutorials cover mixed format editing, working with Motion templates, audio enhancements, the SmoothCam filter and integration with Motion, Soundtrack Pro and Color. The tutorials run just under an hour and are [...]

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