macOS 

Apple & Alchemy in GarageBand!

Apple haben Camel Audios Alchemy in einer Preset-Version offenbar bereits in Garage Band verbaut.  Das findet man in deren video bereits auf deren Site. GB ist nicht kostenlos. Generell ist Apple vom iApp-Konzept abgerückt – es ist aber nicht teuer. Aber für Profis und Leser dieses Blogs ist sicher Logic X wichtiger… Apple have implemented sort of  a light version of Alchemy with Morphing Functions in Garage Band – to be found in this video showing exactly that morph while playing a little nice melody. Maybe we need to wait…

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App macOS 

µTutorial: iCloud OS X / iOS – kein Geld reinstecken/trotzdem läuft alles – how to set it up w/o sending money to Apple

iCloud – how to set it up and never use money on Apple and it „simply works“ as you want it to – English: see below! Wer 1-4 Apple OS X / iOS Geräte hat oder mehr, der muss und sollte sich überlegen, wie man die iCloud-Sachen einstellen muss. Erstmal: iCloud Drive aus! Das frisst schnell alles weg. Dann auf iPhone / iPad Cloud-Backups ausschalten, denn dafür reicht es nicht sobald man mehr als ein iOS Gerät hat! Alles andere kann man einschalten, damit das System überhaupt funktioniert, sonst bekommt…

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macOS Windows 

Korg Volca Sampler – Editor: SampleRobot

Sample Robot is originally made for mass-sample synths, but it can also send Samples to the Volca without the need for an iPad from your Mac/PC. what it does:   slice loops, makes them single samples, upload and manage those samples and send it to the volca – all in one software. WaveRobot is an addition: Sample Editor -Loop Creation – multiple Loop positions etc. here’s a demo video – little bit ad’ish but easy to understand how it works – SampleRobot Volca-X Overview EnglishDieses Video auf YouTube ansehen __…

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macOS 

Apple New 12″ Macbook – no fan(s), USB C & audio jacks (only), Retina Display, but expensive as hell

(deutscher Text unten / German text see below) Apple just have released quite cost intensive flat macs, without fans. That means they don’t get fans? No, it means – the put in a dual core processor that is almost optimized for mobile use at 5W of power – but it is running at 1.1, 1.2 or 1.3 GHz and can boost up to 2.4, 2.6 or 2.9 – depends on what you dare to add to the not so low price of more than 1400€. (the 512 GB SSD is…

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B-Step Sequencer – Major Update 2.1

Remember B-Step? it’s an all platform sequencer that can be controlled from controllers running on tablets and computers of all OS types incl. Linux. Audio Bus is added for iPads there id a management of loading chords and optical mods to it & im/exporting everything sort of cloud upload to a dedicated server keep settings and assignments of audio samples (!) design stuff added (colours) fixed bugs, updated to work with most recent OS versions (Yosemite etc), better performance – improvements there is some more changes in details as well..…

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App DAW macOS 

Camel Audio is now owned by Apple – Apple kauft Camel Audio

it’s now for sure – Camel Audio has been acquired by Apple. As a user we can refer to CA’s service until this Summer / July. So expect something to come in Logic / Garage Band 10.2 right? And Apps? Expect no Windows stuff anymore! New „formal“ Address is now Apple London / (Heather Joy Morrison), that’s why it is known now – not that Apple ever have posted something official ;) Ja, Camel Audio (Alchemy und diverse Plugins wie „Space“ und „Phat“..) gehören jetzt Apple, dh. wir können wohl…

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Affinity Photo – Photoshop CS Killer without subscription BS

Ok, you did your covers with Photoshop, right? You were searching for something to avoid that totally unacceptable 50€ model per month model of their cloud bullshit and ran into Pixelmator or Acorn, right? But the Pro-side of life wasn’t there – something that could do the Adobe CS Photoshop jobs? well you can do for 40€ with Serif Affinity. Looks like I’ve found it – I really was hoping for things like this to happen! Link to them: Affinity Photo – Professional image editing software for Mac. via Apples Shop…

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