That’s a question many are asking, as some Mac-based musicians have become frustrated by the combination of stagnation with Intel’s CPU’s and Apple’s slowing schedule of computer updates.… Read More Has The Microsoft Surface Pro Leapfrogged Macbooks For Music Software?
Developer Graham Parks has released Touch Bar Piano – a free app that puts a piano into the 2016 MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar.… Read More Free App Puts A Piano In The 2016 MacBook Pro Touch Bar
It looks like the MacBook Pro is going to be losing its function keys – and gaining a touchscreen ‘Touch Bar’.… Read More New MacBook Pro Losing Function Keys, Gaining ‘Touch Bar’
Apple today updated MacBook Pro with Retina display, with fourth generation Intel Core processors, improved graphics performance, longer battery life, faster flash storage and next generation Wi-Fi. “We’ve made the world’s best pro notebook even better by adding more performance and even longer battery life,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing.… Read More New MacBook Pros Offer Faster Processors, Improved Graphics, Longer Battery Life & Lower Prices
Today Apple made a variety of introductions at an event at the California Theater in San Jose, Calif. The MacBook Pro 13″ with Retina Display Mac Mini updates; and A new iMac family. Here are the key points on each introduction:
http://vimeo.com/2197595 Transistorbass captured their gig at the Elektrostat festival in Oslo, Norway on the 7th of October 2008. Though this is low-budget and the sound quality is mediocre, Transistorbass does a good job of capturing their gig. “With regards to the sound: don’t worry about the severely distorted bass – it is on the recording side,… Read More Transistorbass Live At Elektrostat 2008
Eighth in an ongoing series of live sound & visual improvisations by Abre Ojos, using a modular synthesizer, Dave Smith Evolver, Nord Micro Modular and Quartz Composer on a MacBook Pro. You can preview satrae sant chugre below; check out the Abre Ojos site for more free music and experimental electronic music videos.
Apple has an interesting profile on DJ Paul Van Dyk. It looks at how he’s working now, and also provides a current look at the gear he uses: “I’ve developed the same passion I have for making music as I have for DJing over the last 15 years,” he says. “It’s the ultimate thing to… Read More Paul Van Dyk’s Gear List
