I have just finished doing a session away from my own studio, and I used Apple’s MainStage as the main sound source to lay down some organ (using the EVB3) and Mellotron (using 3rd party plug-in M-Tron), as well as a few other bits and bobs like (more…)
I currently have a Nord Stage on loan in my studio (thanks, Serge!), and I must admit, it is a beautiful beast. The pianos are, perhaps, an acquired taste, but once you get into them, you can’t stop playing them; the electric pianos are, maybe, the (more…)
http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/
Yes, it’s taken a while, but with a bit of a whimper after an unusual week over at Apple with the release of the new iPods and an iPhone price-drop, Logic has finally earned the Studio tag like its Final Cut brother. (more…)
You may not have heard of him, but Raymond Kurzweil is one of the most interesting people on the planet. He pioneered character recognition and flatbed scanning in the 70s, made some of the best synths through the 80s and 90s, and he is a leading light in the world of artificial intelligence and accessible education. He’s the reason that Stephen Hawking can (more…)