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  • Apple officially acquired NeXT 23 years ago, changing everything

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    It is often mentioned that Apple was 6 months from bankruptcy when they acquired Next. What was the deal for Next? What would have happened if Apple did go bankrupt? Would Next be able to continue on it’s own? Seems like a kind of stupid idea to sell to Apple at that time. If Steve Jobs wasn’t their boss, would they ever had agreed?
    We were three months from bankruptcy before Steve laid off 5,000 [half the employees with one-third ready to go on twelve weeks paid sabbaticals] and then took twenty-three marketing departments and converged them into one. Then the hardware gutting down to a two by two matrix with a few products yet to be achieved--one being the iPod. Those changes occurred during 1997, and by early May of 1998 the iMac was released.

    We were about to have an IPO at NeXT but believe me it was not a multi-billion dollar IPO and with the fact the world was embracing Java instead of WebObjects/EOF/NeXTSTEP would have meant a very short-lived IPO or eventually become another Java Service Provider. Everyone of my fellow NeXT colleagues were either psyched about the merger or psyched that their phones were ringing off the hook for double and triple their current salary offers. I wish more had come along with the merger because we lost some exceptional people due to short-term greed. I have yet to know one who did not regret not taking their shares to Apple.
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  • Neil Young rails against 'Fisher-Price' MacBook Pro audio for music production

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    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/headphones

    But if you really want a reliable true to the original recording set up you need this: https://www.sonarworks.com/reference


    It 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.

    GeorgeBMacfastasleep

  • Leak suggests Apple may replace Midnight Green with Navy Blue in iPhone 12

    mdriftmeyermdriftmeyer
    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.
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  • Lawsuit alleges Apple Music streams songs without proper license

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    You lost me here: ``PMR is a for-profit performing rights organization founded by Jake P. Noch, a 20-year-old "musical prodigy" who serves as the firm's sole member.''
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  • Ex-Apple executives take aim at datacenter processor market

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    jd_in_sb said:
    Good luck navigating the gauntlet of processor patents 
    Whether PowerPC, x86/x86_64 ISA, or ARM patents already this is DOA.
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