Mar 16, 2009

Altec Lansing’s SoundBlade is more than just an external Bluetooth amplifier/speaker for your mobile phone, it’s also a very usable hands free speaker phone. Its elegant and slim design will fit into many places, but you will need to provide a little bit of access space to the back to allow for the connection of the power cable Setup is dead easy:...

Mar 2, 2009

While researching home studio recording options, I happened across a suite of tools that comes all neatly packaged in a custom Linux distribution: 64 Studio. While I am of the belief that there is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all solution, 64 Studio provides a very comprehensive suite of home studio tools that should be more than adequate for most purposes...

Feb 27, 2009

A long time ago, in a land not so far away, the thought of taking your band into a recording studio was a big deal. A really big deal. Studio resources were thin on the ground, and expensive to use: you needed to pay for the resources, and the engineer, and then there needed to be mixdowns, mastering, and a lot of other stuff too. While most of that still holds...

Feb 9, 2009

I’ve always been a fan of Altec Lansing products. To me their products have always been of high quality, producing good sound, and at a reasonable price. In the tradition of Altec Lansing design and quality, the new T612 iPod dock does not disappoint. The T612 is a combination recharging and docking station for your iPhone or iPod Touch, with 60 Watt RMS...

Feb 4, 2009

Several years ago, Canon brought to the market the EOS 5D. This was a groundbreaking camera within the DSLR marketplace, as, for the first time, we were seeing a full frame (35mm equivalent) digital SLR camera being sold at an almost affordable price. While the camera proved to be popular, it was never one that I was particularly fond of. It felt plasticky, and...