Compact and fast storage is a must for today's creative professional, but it's important to choose the right tools. Matt Vanacoro road tested the OWC Envoy Pro EX.
Don't let Logic's large sample libraries eat up all your hard drive space. Joe Albano shows you how to store them more effectively while still retaining easy access to all your sounds.
If you need more storage for your iPhone or iPad and are happy to use a separate wireless drive, then SanDisk's Connect Wireless stick could be what you're looking for. Hollin Jones tests it out.
If you're looking for excellent Thunderbolt 2 performance with estimated performance of over 1.3GB/s, then OWC's Thunderbay 4 (with SoftRAID) is worth checking out. Iain Anderson goes in fast.
There's external drives and there's external drives... Iain Anderson, always on the look out for superior performance, puts the OWC Thunderbay IV 12TB box to the test in this in-depth review.
Mastering is an essential part of the production process but many still remain in the dark about how to produce a professional sounding master at home. The truth is it's really not that difficult to g
It is typical for vocalists to perform each phrase and the individual words and syllables within them at a wide range of volumes. They move around and they express what they perform '" it's only human!
Daft Punk's synth sounds, simply rule (a comment I'd like to make about their music in general). Let's find out how to re-create the sound used in Robot Rock using Logic's ES2 analog synth plugin.
Virtual Analog synths aren't just great for creating bass patches and pads, they can also be put to work on drum and percussion sounds too. Creating these sorts of patches is...
Creating Dynamic Effects Busses This tutorial looks at a few different techniques you can use to make your effects returns live and breathe. I'm using Logic Pro here but
There are plenty of ways to create cool looking grunge effects in Photoshop; and if you have some textures or custom brushes handy, you can really achieve some spectacular results.