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  • Review of the Snowball USB Microphone from Blue

    Microphone maker Blue may have hit on the secret formula for success; create an easy-to-use product with a great design that also works really well. The first thing you notice about the Snowball is its physical design. It’s fun without being goofy—a white and chrome ball atop a shiny tripod (also available in brush metal and black). It’s professional without being intimidating. In fact, it looks friendly.

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  • Appletell reviews RingtoneStudio 2

    If you’re looking for a simpler alternative than GarageBand for making your own ringtones for your treasured iPhone, there’s no reason to look any further than PocketMac’s RingtoneStudio 2. It does it’s job well, with great design and simplicity.

  • Appletell reviews Radio Gaga

    Getting sick of your iTunes library in it’s current state? Radio Gaga brings free, quality internet radio to your Mac plus more.

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Apple updates Final Cut Studio with more than 100 new features

by Josh Holat on Jul 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Coming quietly in the night like a ninja, it appears as if Apple has updated much of their more expensive software. According to Phil Schiller, “The new Final Cut Studio includes more than 100 new features and dramatically expands Apple’s ProRes family of codecs so editors can work in the… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews IK Multimedia’s StealthPedal

by Jake Gaecke on Jul 14, 2009 at 01:05 PM

IK Multimedia has really done it this time; they’ve completed the circuit between guitar and computer with the StealthPedal. Now you can have the best of both worlds: the versatility of computerized effects and amps along with the feel of a real expression pedal between you and the computer. IK… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews ToonTrack’s Superior Drummer 2.0

by Jake Gaecke on Jun 10, 2009 at 02:42 PM

ToonTrack’s Superior Drummer is an appropriately named piece of software / sound generator plug-in. It will breathe life and warmth into the all too often cold world of digital music. You can use it to take your drum programming to the next level, or better yet, hook up a set… Continue Reading »

Adobe CS4 overview; an ongoing review

by Kirk Hiner on May 21, 2009 at 07:59 PM

Provides: Full suite of video/photo/image/web content creation and management Format: DVD Developer: Adobe Minimum System Requirements: Varies by product/package (see Adobe’s website for individual details) Processor Compatibility: Universal Price: Varies by product/package (see Adobe’s website for all suite and individual software normal and upgrade prices) Availability: Now This is the… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Toast 10 Titanium (standard and Pro)

by Kirk Hiner on Apr 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM

Sometimes when I observe the desperate struggle for relevance, it makes me sad. How can you watch a recent Madonna video, the latest Jim Carrey movie, or anything having to do with the Microsoft Zune and not be sympathetic to their plight? Don’t we all eventually come to fear that… Continue Reading »

Appletell reviews Plantronics Calisto Pro

by Jake Gaecke on Jan 28, 2009 at 09:59 AM

The Calisto Pro is the phone that does everything. It’s a cordless home handset/speakerphone with a bluetooth headset. If that wasn’t unique enough, it not only connects to your POTS (plain old telephone system) it also connects to your Mac via USB. But is it worth $279.95? Continue Reading »

Apple and Line6 don’t play well together

by Anthony Parkinson on Nov 14, 2008 at 09:58 PM

I am not the lead guitarist for Fall Out Boy. I do not have the resources to drop the thousands of dollars on Pro Tools software and hardware. What I do have resources for is a simple digital audio workstation (DAW) to use with my MaBook. Line 6 is a… Continue Reading »

Two locations, one podcast

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 14, 2008 at 09:37 AM

Want to record a podcast with high-quality audio with different people in multiple locations? Dan Benjamin of Hivelogic tells you how: We found early on that recording the output from Skype (or iChat) was less than reliable, even when using great software like Rogue Amoeba’s amazing Audio Hijack Pro. Initially,… Continue Reading »

Google + Amazon = mobile music store

by Bill Stiteler on Sep 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM

Online retailer Amazon has teamed up with the 800 lb. gorilla of search engines, Google, to announce a new online music store that will allow users to purchase MP3s from Amazon via mobile devices using Google’s new “Android” operating system. Apple immediately announced it would be discontinued, as it “replicates… Continue Reading »

Adobe introduces CS4 product family

by Kirk Hiner on Sep 23, 2008 at 07:21 AM

Adobe Systems officially announced this morning the Creative Suite 4 product family. The CS4 programs will feature a new workflow and “hundreds of feature innovations,” including tighter integration with Flash technology across the entire product line. The updates will be seen across Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design editions, Creative Suite… Continue Reading »

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