PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring New iOS Hardware/Software plus Blackbird Studio, DPA, Focusrite & IsoAcoustics

May 10, 2013 Events Nashville Recording Workshop + Expo, presented by AES Nashville Section » 2013 Recording Industry Golf Tournament, Malibu CA » New Products Blackbird Studio's Blackbird Academy Studio Engineering/Live Sound Program » DPA d:dictate Recording Microphone Range » Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 and 6i6 USB 2.0 Audio Interfaces » IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R130 Small Studio Monitor Stands » Today's Product Review Aye, Oh Yes! New Audio Production Hardware & Software for iOS By Tony Ware for Pro Audio Review "Throughout the last year Pro Audio Review has highlighted the best from a continually burgeoning cadre of iOS music creation, control and multitrack recording apps. Synths, MIDI, mixing tools-in the past few months there has been rapid growth in terms of inputs and outputs. An entire ecosystem has emerged around the iPhone, iPad and peripherals—as Apple's technology evolves the suppliers evolve with it, be it through dedicated hardware or just firmware updates. Not long after the introduction of the iOS App Store in 2008 the sector's potential was recognized, but the initial apps and devices were primarily straightforward idea capture and MIDI interfaces. It was 2010's iOS 4.0, which introduced such APIs as Background Audio, that launched these units as arrangement and creative deconstruction tools. Since the subsequent debut of the iPad with its larger screen, functionality has multiplied exponentially." More » Today's Blog Forget “Cutting Wax” — Time To Cut Some Wood By Kelleigh Welch "While millions of people have turned music on vinyl records into MP3 files, Amanda Ghassaei gained notoriety a few months ago when she wrote online about her experiences doing the opposite—turning an digital audio file into a physical record by using a precision 3D printer. Now Ghassaei has followed up that project with instructions on how to use a laser cut machine to create records using a variety of materials, including wood, acrylic and paper. The laser cut records are an extension of the work I did with the 3D printer,” Ghassaei said. “This time I was hoping that others could replicate what I’ve done, as laser cutters are much easier to come by than precision 3D printers." More »

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