AudioBus for iOS: The Future of Music Creation Has Arrived
The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are no longer toys when it comes to serious music production. No more will your "crippled" iOS devices be restricted to GarageBand when it comes to laying down a rough mix, and GarageBand itself is no longer the fluffy, family-friendly workstation it once was after a recent update which added support for AudioBus. AudioBus is serious music production technology that acts like an unending set of cables.
Switched: The Convert's Guide to the Mac and OS X
Thinking of switching from your Windows-based PC to a Mac? Learn everything you need to know in order to make that transition painless.
iPad Therefore I Rock: 8 Best Sub-$10 iOS Music Making Apps
The iPad is often perceived as a fun yet altogether unnecessary gadget, and that leaves many wondering whether they can justify the purchase when their existing equipment will probably do. Despite being a great eBook and magazine reader, a games console and quite possibly a productive accessory too, the iPad really excels when it comes to making music. This might just be the excuse you need to drop next month's wages on Apple's flagship device.
Ridiculous Fishing: Way More Than Just a Cloned Game [iOS]
Ridiculous Fishing is a brilliant game, regardless of how many mistakes the developers made and how long it took to arrive on iOS. I can tell you right now it's an altogether better game than Ninja Fishing - it seems that Vlambeer took the time to pack in as much as they could despite their inevitable disappointment about being cloned.
Setting Up A Blog Part 2: Tumblr, Blogger, And Other Services
The hardest thing you'll have to do if you opt to not host your own blog is decide on the service you want to use. A few years ago this was easy - LiveJournal and Blogger dominated, providing a generation of teenagers with a place to moan about the wrong in the world but these days there are more services to choose from than ever before, each with a niche.
Setting Up A Blog Part 1: The DIY Self-Hosting Method
There are an abundance of quality free "sign-up" blogging services scattered across the Web, with big names like Tumblr, WordPress.com, Blogger and Posterous getting increasingly popular as their numbers grow. It wasn't always this way, and a few years ago the go-to platform for bloggers was the humble standalone WordPress blog. The open source blogging engine is still massively popular.
Don't Try This At Home! Extreme Science Experiments With Photonicinduction [Stuff to Watch]
The combination of YouTube, scientists and the quest for rating often makes for explosive results, whether it's a running joke about being terrible at science or zero-gravity experiments that look incredible. This week's Stuff to Watch features YouTube channel Photonicinduction, two very capable scientists conducting experiments that no scientist ever would recommend you try yourself.
Finder for the Cloud? Collections Brings Online Services To Your Mac Desktop
Love it or hate it, the OS X Finder is a capable tool when it comes to browsing local files, previewing media and connecting to network shares. There are actually a good number of Finder replacements out there, but for most people Apple's stock offering does the job just fine. One thing Finder doesn't (yet) do is integrate with online services, email or Twitter.
Real Racing 3: The Best Mobile Racing Game Goes Free
The original Real Racing was a very playable yet basic racing game that got the fundamentals right and earned itself a following among mobile gamers for being the Gran Turismo or Forza of the platform. Real Racing 2 improved on the graphics, gameplay and included content in every way but stuck with the same standalone price point, also earning well-deserved praise.
Haze for iPhone: The First Weather App I Actually Bought (And It's Totally Worth It)
I've never bought a weather app before, and that's because I'm pretty pleased with the one Apple bundled with iOS. It's not going to win awards, but it's simple and it works. So why then, did I buy a weather app called Haze the other day? It's probably got something to do with the rather unique approach Haze takes to telling you what the weather is like. This is to weather apps what Clear is to note-taking apps.
Echograph iPhone Review: Can This Cinemagraph App Steal The Throne From Cinemagram?
Cinemagraphs blend selective animation and a static image to create a unique looping scene, popularised using Photoshop to adapt famous film scenes into contemplative GIFs a few years ago. Since the concept is so promising, app developers have pounced on the idea after the original release of Cinemagram. There's now a new contender for the throne in the form of Echograph, an app which on first glance is remarkably similar.
Kickstarter For iPhone: Discover & Touch Creative Projects On The Go
Kickstarter is the world's largest meeting place for individuals looking to fund a project and those who would like to invest in a good idea. It has spawned plenty of success stories, as well as its own problems, thanks in part to its popularity. The service has done just fine until now without an iOS app for iPhone users to peruse and fund on the go. That's all changed with the release of a new app.
Quality Sound On The Cheap - Buying Vintage Audio Equipment
For the money you put in, an old amp has the potential to provide way more bang for your buck than a modern active speaker system.