Since Apple hasn’t come forward with an updated Mac Pro, there are a lot of MacOS-based professionals looking to jump ship to a Window’s-based solution. With several options, you can either look at na ...
March 14, 2017
Recently, I was offered an opportunity to submit a piece of sound design to a well-accomplished director, who is working on a new short film. I was asked to design a five-minute segment on a rough cut ...
November 29, 2016
During the initial push to crossover from analog to digital, many audio users were faced with an awkward new experience. Staring at a computer screen to “hear” audio rather than just using one’s ears. ...
October 25, 2016
Ok, it's just a keyboard, right? Not quite! While Logickeyboard may not be the first out of the gate to offer a backlit keyboard for post production, to my mind the brand-new Astra offers a ton of ban ...
July 22, 2016
For a company that’s been facing turbulent times, both financially and competitively, Avid sure is constantly updating its venerable flagship editing program (with 19 releases since May 2014). With th ...
July 7, 2016
I am no stranger to Dell’s line of mobile workstations. My first review of one was in 2002, when I looked at the M50, in what seems like a lifetime ago. That was a 7.5-pound, black plastic hulk that b ...
June 8, 2016
I have to admit, I actually did not have very high expectations for MOTU’s Digital Performer 9 (DP9). After all, having used Digital Performer since Version 2, and currently operating DP8 as a princip ...
March 7, 2016
Having a 15.6-inch 4K laptop, I’ve come to appreciate the crispness of Windows 10 and my apps, but decry the super small icons and menus when I’m working inside Maya and 3DS Max, which don’t really sc ...
January 14, 2016
The Eizo ColorEdge CG318-4K monitor is well-designed, sleek, easy to set up, and easy to look at. In fact, after I set it up, I called my most trusted colleague (an editor with an unbelievable eye for ...
September 14, 2015
Over two years ago, I reviewed the HP z820 Red Edition workstation. It was incredible, to say the least, and it made me rethink the possibilities in post production. With 4K becoming a serious contend ...
August 14, 2015