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How to save money and work around Apple's aggravating iCloud limitations
Read your first sentence. Again. Then again. Then again.wizard69 said:If you need cross platform you really need to drop iPhone and think seriously about dropping iPhone. This from a long time iPhone user, I’m pretty much convinced that Apple doesn’t grasp life outside of working for Apple. The frustration with file handling is huge and the half assed attempts to fix it just make me angry.The length of this article kinda highlight that cross platform Is a big deal. The problem is that Android has its own more serious issues. That leaves close to zero viable options.
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Neil Young rails against 'Fisher-Price' MacBook Pro audio for music production
As a vocalist, aspiring pianist/keyboardist and bassist for a solo artist I can tell people don't really grasp how recording music is done.An example of how it is done and was way back in the early '70s is watching Queen record.On the track, Bohemian Rhapsody they cut 30 separate vocal tracks, saturated them and created that signature chorus sound that is Queen. Freddy and piano always cut a minimum of 3-6 tracks on any song he ever composed [ 3 lead vocals, 3 piano mixes]. Roger and Brian followed in with 3 [2 dups] and often pitch shifted to fill in the gaps, just as back up vocalists. They bounced several of these joint mixes and added them to the total number of tracks for vocals.Even live each mic has a reroute [one-to-many] output that is side-chained with various different F/X [Tape Delay Slap back -> Reverb], etc., while the original lead mono has the most dry mix to cut through the entire mix [it creates that diffuse spread] while the lead vocal comes in crystal clear.Properly treated recording room with a mix of traps and diffuse boards to a overhead cloud like GIKAcoustics offers [what I use] puts you 80% of the way into properly capturing one's vocal spread. My primary is a Blue Stage One Rocket and I'm soon going to the Neumann U87i. I specifically mentioned the Apogee Ensemble for their on-board DACs and with a quality XLR set up the Mic pres will produce a rich true spread of my vocal range. Adding proper Studio Monitors still requires an extra step for a flat field and that is Sonarworks Reference 4 software.
My KRK Rokit 6 paired with the KRK 10s is a great 2.1 combination. I'm adding the Neumann KH 810 sub for up to 7.1 mixing experience along with the KH 120/310 for skill building within cinematic genres.
Who will get the best experience of my recordings? Me.
Sonarworks: TrueFi shows a lot of work in progress for the listener: https://www.sonarworks.com/truefi/headphonesBut if you really want a reliable true to the original recording set up you need this: https://www.sonarworks.com/referenceWorth every penny: https://storeus.sonarworks.com/collections/reference-4/products/reference-4-studio-edition-with-micIt reveals how close or far from proper treatment your layout is from optimal. It's been a great purchase and changed my mixes the moment it was set up.That TrueFi I'm testing on the iPhone 8 PLUS with both they Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro and the Apple Earbuds. I've gotta say the Earbuds sound a lot better once their profile is activated. Not comparable to the DT 990 Pro and I suspect the Tesla DT 1990 Pro.What I enjoy is choosing the profile and output in CarPlay that profile while driving. Sure as hell improves the audio in-car experience considerably.
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Neil Young rails against 'Fisher-Price' MacBook Pro audio for music production
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C'mon you guys ridicule Samsung's specs being .001% slower than a comparable Apple spec, I am more likely to believe someone in the music industry over a tech nerd.beeble42 said:He's complaining about the DAC (Digital-Analog Converter). Basically he's confusing the capabilities of any software product manipulating digital audio with the quality of the headphone port. So Neil, we should put a $300 DAC in every MBP and push the price up for everyone so that people who still listen to music with wires can have marginally better quality? Both my MBPs are on mute 99.9% of the time. But both of us should pay more so that you don't have to plug in a separate device to listen with your wires? Exactly what does the DAC have to do with the rest of your comments on music production and software? How does the DAC have anything to do with recording since it's output only? If I use $10k worth of equipment to record and output audio and use Garageband for production, what specifically is wrong with that? Displaying ones ignorance in public is unbecoming. Go back to your guitar (something you are actually supremely good at). No one cares what you think about the new fangled computers.Nobody creating professional music, on any platform, relies on the internal DACs [nor can they] of the laptop/desktop/workstation they own.My upcoming Audio Interface to replace my Focusrite Clarett is the Apogee Digital Ensemble. If he wants the best listening experience perhaps he should whine even more that Macs don't come with Near Field Studio Monitors and quality Subwoofer to boot?And no amount of money will improve the tone of his vocal capabilities, at any time throughout his music career.
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Apple explored iPhones and iPads that dock inside larger devices like MacBooks
No, they're not planning on this invention. Like most inventions, they develop scenarios where products could be developed just to cover the basis of future ideas someone else might want to `patent' and sue them over.
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Leak suggests Apple may replace Midnight Green with Navy Blue in iPhone 12
That makes no sense. Adding Navy Blue makes sense. Midnight Green is a new color by Seiko that Tim raved about. It's part of the new direction of colors. I look forward to both of them as options.
