Review: Apple's new Music Memos app makes songwriting simple Apple’s new app, Music Memos, is hands-down the best free music-creation app I’ve ever used on my iPhone. The amount of tech packed into this tiny little iOS app is nothing short of amazing, and it shows Apple’s continuing commitment to the creative community.

Labels: engineering, indie labels, producing, recording

Look inside Microsoft's anechoic chamber, officially the quietest place on Earth | VentureBeat | Media | by Jordan Novet Microsoft now holds the Guinness World Record for having the quietest place on the planet. It’s an anechoic chamber — a room that doesn’t allow for echoes — inside Building 87 on the sprawling Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. In a new video, the company provides a peek inside.

Labels: engineering

The Logic Pros: 6 powerful new features you may have missed in Logic 10.1 | 9to5Mac: "In this week’s edition of The Logic Pros, we will be diving into some of the most tucked away and over-looked features packed inside the release of Logic Pro X 10.1. "

Labels: apple logic, engineering, producing, recording

Review: Sennheiser’s ClipMic Digital is the perfect lavalier microphone for iPhone + Apple Watch (Video) | 9to5Mac
Back at NAB 2015, I had a chance to meet with Sennheiser and take a look at their new ClipMic Digital. This is a professional grade lavalier microphone that connects to an iOS device via its Lightning port, not to mention the the first of its kind. I know most audio accessories for iOS claim to be “professional” quality, but this thing is no joke.

Labels: engineering, indie filmmaking, producing

How to get all the awesome extra sounds for GarageBand 10 | Cult of Mac
When you download GarageBand from the Mac App Store, you get 50 sounds, 500 loops, 1 drummer, and 2 basic lessons for guitar and piano. Likely, though, you want the full package, though, which expands the content to 200 sounds, 2,000 loops, 15 drummers, and 40 basic lessons for guitar and piano.

Labels: engineering, producing

Sennheiser Headphones Win iF 2015 Design Awards - Magnetic Magazine
The International Forum is a decades-old institution in which products with outstanding development are awarded for their efforts in a range of categories (engines, vehicles, toothbrushes, etc.). Sennheiser received the coveted iF label in the “product design” category with their RS headphone series, URBANITE headphones, and the in-ear-canal CX series.

Labels: engineering

Apple hopes to turn up the volume on iPad sales with new music creation ad | VentureBeat | Media | by Chris O'Brien: "Sweden’s hipper-than-hip Elliphant writing and recording demos of a new song ‘All or Nothing’ on her iPad. The ad highlights a handful of apps, including Apple’s own GarageBand along with iMPC Pro and NanoStudio."

Labels: engineering, producing

Eric Schmidt: Europe's The Factory 'is perfect for the renaissance to come' | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by Elena Rueckert, VentureVillage
After two years of construction, the eagerly anticipated Factory held its grand opening yesterday. The startup campus will welcome 22 companies, including SoundCloud, Twitter, and 6Wunderkinder, to its 16.000 m2 space.

Labels: engineering, soundcloud

Feature: High-resolution audio - MacNN Forums
We recently attended a Sony launch event for its new high-resolution audio range and where Sony audio guru and Chief Sound Engineer Koji Nageno was on hand to explain the benefits of high-resolution audio. "

Labels: audio, engineering

Apple releases Logic Pro X 10.0.1 with fixes for Track Stacks, 24-bit audio files: "The release is recommended by Apple for all Logic Pro X customers. The $200 digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer was first unveiled and released last Tuesday, with new features like Drummer, Flex Pitch, and the accompanying Logic Remote for iPad."

Labels: electronic, engineering, experimental

Sony sounds call for pro audio editors with SpectraLayers Pro 2: "The new version of SpectraLayers Pro brings the same novel spectrum-based audio editing interface that was seen in its predecessor, but with a number of tweaks added to improve the application's usability. "

Labels: electronic, engineering

Logic Pro X adds Drummer, Flex Pitch, iPad remote control | MacNN
Apple has launched Logic Pro X, a long-delayed upgrade of the company's digital audio workstation software. X represents a major revision, adding several new features."

Labels: electronic, engineering, experimental, logic

Korg Introduces iPolysix App for iPad: "Korg has unveiled the latest in its series of musical instrument apps. The new, intuitive iPolysix app evokes Korg's legendary analog polyphonic synthesizer while taking full advantage of the iPad® interface. Up to eight instances of the synth can be used in conjunction with new features that include a sequencer, drum machine, multiple effects, Korg's acclaimed Kaoss touch functionality for intuitive note and controller entry, and a complete automated mixer."

Labels: electronic, engineering, producing, recording, retro

Rogue Amoeba outs Fission 2 audio editor with new UI | MacNN
Rogue Amoeba have updated their lossless (but basic) audio editor Fission to version 2.0, now with a refreshed user interface, expanded saving options (including new lossy and lossless formats), support for multiple windows, unified modes, an added batch converter tool and other new abilities"

Labels: audio, electronic, engineering, producing, recording, workstation