Audio
DIY Geek: Home Speakers
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Every so often, I like to get my hands dirty. I needed to replace the ceiling speakers in my bedroom and bathroom ceilings. I had been having issues with audio quality in the bathroom, and found the culprit when I removed [...]
Community Challenge: Put Words in my Mouth
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed It’s community challenge time again! Here’s your chance to put words in my mouth. Download the raw video, open it in your favorite video editor, remix the sucker, then re-upload your video as a response to this video so we can [...]
Community Challenge: You Create the Stormtrooper Dialogue
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you’re complaining that there’s no audio… that’s the whole point to this community challenge; YOU are being asked to provide the soundtrack / dialogue. Yes, it’s your task to download this video, remix it with your own audio, then upload [...]
Please Call It the iPod Touch
Look, I’m a tolerant man. When Pixie wakes me up and asks for a trip to the little doggy’s room at 3am, I don’t yell at her. If Wicket throws up on my MacBook Pro, I forgive him. Eventually. But seriously, I am out of forgiveness for people who can’t figure out the name of [...]
How To Optimize Sound Coming From Your Devices
I realized something last night: my iPad doesn’t have a perfect speaker setup. None of my devices do, for that matter. Unless you hold the speaker up against your ear, the sound is being pushed out in a direction other than where you need it to be. This is true of your phone, your iPad, [...]
Seeking Home Theater Advice
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Kevin called in the other night and wanted advice on setting up a home theater. The friend of his who is trying to set things up is wondering if an Xbox 360 is sufficient as a starting point. He also already [...]
DRM and You: How to Break the Cycle
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One person who called in to the live show the other night had some pretty tough questions for me about DRM. He asked my thoughts on the direction of DRM technologies and the perceived war on consumers by media giants… mostly [...]
Burson Headphone Amp Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I am by no means an audiophile. My ears don’t always even work properly. So, when Burson sent along the HA-160 Headamp to review, I knew that this was a job best done by someone like my friend Imei. She has [...]
iPod on the iPad
Using your iPad as a music device will let you see and touch your music in ways you can’t when using your iPod. The large screen makes it so much easier to view your library, and make changes as needed. You can browse through your entire collection by song, artist, album or genre. You’ll be [...]
FaceVsion TouchCam N1
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Facevsion. All opinions are 100% mine. You know it’s time to get a new webcam when people have to squint in order to see you. Most likely, you’re relying on [...]
Record Your Life with AudioBoo
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Brian Person was a Gnomedex attendee this past summer. During our open mic show-and-tell session, he wanted to share his favorite iPhone audio recording app with us. Not only does AudioBoo work on the iPhone, you can also use it from [...]
Wireless Mic Review
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed One of the most frequent questions I get asked is “What microphone do you use?”. If I’m recording something in my home office via the live stream, then I use the Audio-Technica AT2020 USB microphone. However, when I’m recording on the [...]
How to Convert Files Using Format Factory
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Trying to convert things from one file format to another can be a royal pain, as we all know. There are many programs out there that will do the job for us, but most of them will cost you an arm [...]
How to Stream Music to Your XBox with Vuze
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Vuze is a program that allows you to stream your music, videos and even photos through your XBox 360 console. Billy submitted this screencast, which details step-by-step how to set up Vuze and get started streaming your files. Once Vuze is [...]
Free Studio Pack
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Marques has contributed a few screencasts to our community in the past few weeks – and has done an excellent job. This week, he’s demonstrating for us a software bundle full of useful tools… all at no cost. With these tools, [...]
