Re: The new look Garage Band for Mac

2016-09-05 Thread Anders Holmberg 
Hi!
I have tried to play around with it for a year ago but didn’t had the strength 
to go through it.
I guess its time for me to take the plunge and get it.
But doesn’t it come with the new release of OSX Sierra?
/A
> On 2 Sep 2016, at 23:12, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> An exciting new look for the Garage Band App and its even more accessible 
> than I remember it being.
> The new Garage Band App is available from the Mac Apps store for about $8 I 
> think it is.
> Anyway connecting to my Casio Piano wasn’t a problem and the connection is 
> through USB.
> I was able to find all the tools I needed, new track, selecting instruments, 
> recording and so on.
> are there any other garage Band users out there?
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
>

Bluetooth Headset

2016-09-05 Thread Dane Trethowan 
 

 

 

 

I received a pair of Sehheiser MM550X cans today and I’m suitably impressed 
though everything isn’t roses with this system, there’s nothing much to 
complain about really as I regard the gripes I have as minor irritations to be 
aware of so as such they will be left to last.

The MM550 is a comfortable closed headset which is of a lightweight but sturdy 
build and can be folded up into a carry case supplied for travelling.

As such the user is provided with all manner of adapters for these cans 
including an adapter for connection to an inflight entertainment system via the 
use of the supplied cable that turns these cans into a very nice sounding pair 
of wired cans but the main attraction of the MM550 – apart from its build and 
travelling versatility – is the Bluetooth component without a doubt.

The MM550 come equipped with AptX decoding which is noticeable right away when 
paired to my Samsung Galaxy S6 and to me the aptX facility is the big sounding 
feature for these cans.

Naturally voic calls can be made and answered from the MM550 using Google Now 
or similar – SIRI on an iPhone – and the microphones on the MM550 give 
extremely good definition in phone calls particularly if you’re able to use HD 
Voice on your phone’s network.

I’ve not tried the active noise cancellation feature yet though for a closed 
set of cans I wonder why you’d need it?.

The MM550 also provides a “Talk Through” function, suppose you’re listening to 
your favourite tracks on a long flight and you wish to hear what’s going on 
around you, press the “Talk Through” button and you’ll hear! Without removing 
the cans from your ears.

Music sounds wonderful through these cans – whether using the direct cable 
connection of Bluetooth – but the Bluetooth experience is certainly made more 
worthwhile given the control you have over your music collection from the MM550 
system itself which is provided with track forward and back buttons as well as 
using the master button as a pause.

I haven’t listened to the MM550 for an extended period of time yet though I 
doubt I’ll encounter any problems with sore ears given the weight of this 
headset and its luxurious leather padding around the cuffs.

So to the couple of bad things about this headset and the first is annoying.

The lithium-ion battery can be charged either inside or outside the headset but 
if you’re charging inside the headset be sure to put your hand over the battery 
when you remove the USB charging cable or the battery will come too, that’s 
right, out of the headset itself and that’s a very poor design.

The MM550 has direct cable connection however in this mode the headphones are 
completely passive meaning that they rely on the amplifier of the system 
they’re wired to for volume and that’s fine in theory and really I have no 
argument on that score.

The problem is if you’re wanting to direct wire them to the headphones output 
of your Cell Phone or similar thinking that the microphones of the cans and the 
remote control buttons will work, they certainly will not., as I mentioned at 
the start of this review a minor gripe though I’m sure Senheiser could improve 
upon this if they really wanted to.

Now is the perfect time to buy the Senheiser MM550 headset as its been 
discontinued and you should be able to get it for a good price as I did.

So why didn’t I go for the replacement model? The replacement model has touch 
buttons which don’t appeal to me all that much though having said that the 
newer model does have an IOS and Android App which might be useful.

Re: need high quality recording app

2016-09-05 Thread Aidan 
rev recorder or audio memos. Or audio shair wich goes higher than 24
bit in wave.

On 03/09/2016, John Covici  wrote:
> Yep, if you upgrade you get that and so I did.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:04:06 -0400,
> ken wrote:
>>
>>yes you can, .
>> go in to settings and chose manual.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message- From: John Covici
>> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 12:00 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: need high quality recording app
>>
>> Do you know if you can adjust the gain in either of those apps?  I
>> have the free version and I didn't see any way to adjust the gain.
>>
>> On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:55:16 -0400,
>> ken wrote:
>> >
>> >try recorder hq , or recorder hq pro
>> >
>> >
>> > -Original Message- From: John Covici
>> > Sent: Friday, September 02, 2016 8:45 AM
>> > To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> > Subject: Re: need high quality recording app
>> >
>> > This app destroys vo if you try to record and seems not to have a way
>> > Thanks much for your suggestion.
>> > to access an external mic.
>> >
>> > On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:31:18 -0400,
>> > Chris Skarstad wrote:
>> > >
>> > > How about Hokasai, that's h. o. k. a. s. a. i.
>> > >
>> > > or if you have a few bucks, try boss jock studio. both are pretty
>> > > good.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 9/2/2016 5:25 AM, John Covici wrote:
>> > > > hmmm, nothing in the app storeby that name, could it be called
>> > > > something else?
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, 02 Sep 2016 04:00:49 -0400,
>> > > > Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> > > >> Have you tried Voxee? It records up to 48K and - last time I
>> > > tried it - >> the App was very accessible.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>> On 2 Sep 2016, at 4:58 PM, John Covici
>> >  > >>> wrote:
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Hi.  I am in urgent need of a high quality recording app
>> > -- one > >>> where
>> > > >>> I can have 44.100 sample rate or higher and works with
>> > voiceover on > >>> my
>> > > >>> iphone.  I have tried something called recorderplus which has the
>> > > >>> features, but is very unfriendly to vo, you push the buttons and
>> > > >>> sometimes nothing ahppens, amoung other things.  I bought a good
>> > > >>> external mic which uses usb audio, so for these live recordings,
>> > > >>> which are classical music, I need something which works
>> > well.  The > >>> mic
>> > > >>> (rode xyl) has an app, but it destroys voiceover till the
>> > next > >>> reboot.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>> -- >>> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.
>> > > The question is:
>> > > >>> How do
>> > > >>> you spend it?
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>  John Covici
>> > > >>>  cov...@ccs.covici.com
>> > > >>>
>> > > >> **
>> > > >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave
>> > > the rest of >> the halfwits in this world behind.
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
>> > How do
>> > you spend it?
>> >
>> > John Covici
>> > cov...@ccs.covici.com
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
>> How do
>> you spend it?
>>
>> John Covici
>> cov...@ccs.covici.com
>>
>
> --
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>  John Covici
>  cov...@ccs.covici.com
>
>


-- 
Facebook: m.facebook.com/aidan.maher92
Skype: andries4451
Twitter: smarttalk7
Audioboo: www.audioboo.com/DjSpotlight

test

2016-09-05 Thread Emanuel 
This is a test