Who ever was in the music industry in the eighties has bumped into Tascam’s Portastudio. Believe it or not, modern times see the introduction of Tascam’s Portastudio on iPad. Reproducing the look and feel of the Porta One cassette based multitrack recorder that revolutionized recording in 1984, the Portastudio app records up to four tracks. [...]

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I don’t know how they sound but the Sony Soutina glass speakers really look awesome. They feature a transparent organic glass tube which vibrates and expands sound to 360 degrees. A short glance at the specs: Frequency response of 50Hz – 20,000Hz Input line, coaxial, and optical connectivity (means active speakers) Subwoofer (13cm) Medium speaker [...]

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In the world of radio automation, here is a product that will probably announce some changes to come. Google Radio Automation is an all-in-one radio automation system that seems to include everything needed for modern broadcasting including podcasting. The Google Radio Automation user interface is widget based for easy customization of the workspace. Google Radio [...]

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Part of the Queen Mary University of London, Departement of Electronic Engineering, the Centre for Digital Music works on Automatic Mixing Tools. Let’s see how they describe their project: The Automatic Mixing Tools project aims to implement several independent systems that when combined together can generate an automatic sound mix out of an unknown set [...]

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And the winner is… Blu-Ray!!! It was just another battle between formats, remember the BetaMax vs VHS war. Since Toshiba, the main driving force behind HD DVD, recently announced it would no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players, we’re settled for Blu-Ray. OK! But is it really the end? Is Blu-Ray really the [...]

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We had the Audacity project for a powerful audio recording and editing environment. We now have the ardour project for a true audio workstation that targets to compete the major options available. According to the Ardour project web site: “Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, [...]

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