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As an RME hardware enthusiast since my days in a Toronto-based Nuendo audio studio, I’ve always admired the rugged and multifaceted design of their interfaces. Among their line of products, one that particularly stands out is the RME Fireface 800 – a veritable Swiss Army knife of audio interconnection. While the company has released more […]

Why Maintain Your Maschine MK2? The Maschine MK2 drum pad is an essential tool for filmmakers in audio production. However, like any equipment, it may require some upkeep over time. Dust accumulation and minor performance glitches can occur, especially if you’ve bought a second-hand unit or used yours for some time with this Maschine MK2 […]

The Maschine MK2 is a trustworthy drum pad but if you found a unit second hand or had yours for a while, chances are the Maschine has accumulated a fair share of dust residue. It’s pretty common for those things to build up over time and thankfully cleaning and disassembling the Maschine MK2 isn’t that […]

The QNAP line of NAS products is a great way to get an off the shelf network attached storage system that you can buy easily and just pack it with with disks to have your data stored in a RAID array the next day. They have tons of software to help you get into the […]

Pro Tools is the industry standard when working with audio in post. You will invariably need to work with it if you work in audio and should familiarize yourself with it’s workflows. I have tried out the non-Ultimate version of Pro Tools and it has some quirks for automating without a preview section. The non-Ultimate […]

I have been a big fan of RME hardware since I worked at a small Nuendo audio house in Toronto. The hardware is rugged, multifaceted in it’s approach to interface design and a Swiss Army of audio interconnection. They have even better interfaces these days, but what if you find yourself with a dead Fireface […]

Wi-fi has become a lifeline these days working from home so I thought it might be helpful to share how I managed to greatly improve wi-fi at home. For context, I moved from a small 1 bedroom 2 person apartment to a larger household with many more devices (especially now that we are working from […]

I was recently interested in the announcement of the release of the BBC sound effects library like many other sound people. It’s dated but it is a sizable library of well trodden sound for design and education. You can traverse the library using their website but I wanted to scrape the entire library so I […]

I recently wanted to dive into the world of OpenCore and see if I could get my PC running as a hackintosh again. OpenCore was interesting and I wanted to get into my PC and drop my own tables. You almost certainly want a supported GPU before you endeavour on creating the install key. Many […]