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Behringer mixers hold iPad inside

by Mike Schramm (Jan 21st, 2012)

The audio mixer company Behringer has announced three new units set for release, and this company has borrowed a little bit of hardware from Apple: they use the iPad as an interface. As you can see above, the new Behringer mixers make full use of both the standard mixer console controls, as well ...

Audio workarounds in iMovie for iOS

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2012)

While iMovie for iOS is a technological tour-de-force that somehow crams a complete video editor into the limited real estate of an iOS app, it does have its Achilles Heel -- a less-than-stellar ability to work with audio. Macworld author, TidBits Editor, and all-around nice guy Jeff Carlson, who ...

Moshi releases Clarus headphones at CES

by Kelly Guimont (Jan 13th, 2012)

Moshi, makers of a variety of accessories for your Mac and iPhone, have announced a new set of headphones at CES called Clarus. They have two interesting characteristics, one inside the headphones, and one outside. Outside they are a little different than a number of in-ear style headphones in ...

IK Multimedia introduces new iRig mic, mixer, and stompbox at CES

by Mike Schramm (Jan 13th, 2012)

IK Multimedia is showing off new products in the North Hall of CES 2012 in Las Vegas this week, and they were one of our first stops around the Las Vegas Convention Center. IK Multimedia is behind the popular Amplitube software, and has seen a lot of success with the iRig guitar port for iOS, ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I silence my iPhone?

by Erica Sadun (Jan 13th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, There is an article in the WSJ about how an iPhone disrupted a performance of the New York Philharmonic. I have experienced the same problem where it is impossible to turn the alarm off once it goes on. If you set up a calendar alert and change your reminder sounds with the ...

Griffin's Twenty audio amp gives AirPlay 20 watts per channel

by Chris Rawson (Jan 9th, 2012)

Griffin has announced an accessory called Twenty, a small audio amplifier that will accept audio from an AirPort Express to drive unpowered speakers. The Twenty includes a TOSLINK cable to deliver pure digital audio from the AirPort Express to the unit, and additional connectors in the back ...

Mac 101: Encode media from Automator or the command line in Lion

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 22nd, 2011)

There's an easy way in OS X 10.7 Lion to convert video or audio from one format to another, using a fixed suite of conversion settings. One approach uses Automator and can be launched from the Finder. The other uses the Terminal application and the afconvert (for audio) or avconvert (for video) ...

Six iPhone 4S features you may have missed

by Chris Rawson (Nov 15th, 2011)

Despite its superficial similarity to the iPhone 4, three landmark features set the iPhone 4S apart from its predecessor: Siri, the new 8 megapixel camera, and the much more powerful A5 processor. The iPhone 4S also comes with a few more subtle design tweaks that differentiate it from the ...

Our exclusive preview of djay 4 for Mac - Now available

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 15th, 2011)

Updated: djay 4 is now available from the Algoriddim site or Mac App Store. Introductory pricing is just $19.99 (normally the app is $50). I know we've covered djay quite a bit this year but this update, coming soon, is a pretty huge one. We were lucky enough to get a sneak peek at djay 4. I ...

Native Instruments debuts first iOS app, iMaschine

by Matt Tinsley (Nov 4th, 2011)

For some time I've wondered when and if Native Instruments would enter the iOS music-making market. Being that they have such a respected presence with their awesome music software and audio interfaces in studios and with musicians around the world, it was irresistible to think of Native ...

Apple's ALAC codec is now open source

by Chris Rawson (Oct 27th, 2011)

Apple Lossless, also known as ALAC, is a lossless audio codec Apple developed some time ago for digital music. The codec compresses music files anywhere from 40-60 percent of their original size with no discernible loss in audio quality or fidelity. "A decoded ALAC stream is bit-for-bit identical ...

AirServer brings AirPlay streaming support to Lion, iOS 5

by Steven Sande (Oct 11th, 2011)

Streaming audio, video, photos, or slideshows from your iOS device to your Mac is now a lot easier. AirServer 3.0 for Mac (US$7.99) was released yesterday, and gives the popular streaming app Lion and iOS 5 compatibility. AirServer basically streams anything you can run on your iOS device to ...

Tweetspeaker is a fun diversion from your everyday Twitter app

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Oct 7th, 2011)

Maybe it's just me, but I love it when my machines talk to me. If my Mac could read the news when I woke up, tell me the temperature, and so on, wouldn't it be like a real personal assistant? Well, Tweet Speaker (US$2.99, App Cubby Software) is like your own little robotic reader for your ...

Sony introduces stereo systems for high-end iPhone audio without breaking up the dash

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2011)

Sony Mobile Audio today introduced a new car stereo system that brings high-quality sound to cars that aren't already equipped with the latest and greatest in car audio. The XDP-PK1000 (and its companion unit the MU110, whose only difference is that it requires a third-party subwoofer and ...

Apps in our lives: Audio Hijack Pro

by Erica Sadun (Jul 15th, 2011)

"Recording" is the phrase that many people think of when then hear Audio Hijack Pro. This venerable Mac app has been helping users record system audio for years. But if recording is all you think of, you're missing a large part of what AHP can do for you. Yesterday, I installed Spotify, the new ...