Earlier this year Japan’s Zoom announced its new F3 audio recorder. With a diminutive size, dual XLR inputs, and 32-bit float recording, it became one of the most anticipated new pieces of field recording kit in years. Originally only available in Japan, it has only recently had wider availability. Today’s post will look at the […]
Continue Reading Last week’s post announced that Avid had provided a limited window to reinstate expired Pro Tools perpetual licenses. Until December 31st, perpetual users on older versions of can buy back in to the software and receive current versions of the audio editing app. That’s not much time to decide, of course. What if you are […]
Continue Reading A quick note for Avid Pro Tools users: until December 31st, users with expired perpetual licenses can upgrade to the current version of the audio editing software. Why is this important? Well, to understand why this Pro Tools upgrade is compelling, we’ll need to know a bit of history.
Continue Reading Last week a compelling new field recorder was announced: Tascam’s Portacapture X8. It’s an 8-channel, 32-bit float handheld recorder with a touchscreen interface. This post will break down what the new portable recorder will have to offer and how it fits into the current handheld field recorder market.
Continue Reading About a month ago I set out updating the field recording buying guides here on the site. About 20 minutes into reviewing prices and models, I knew this year’s update would be full of surprises. Changes to field recoding gear typically occurs slowly. Microphones that debuted 30 years ago are still sold today. Audio recorders […]
Continue Reading In the last few weeks we’ve looked at updates to popular sound effects library manager apps: BaseHead Creator Edition and Soundly’s 2021 09 update. This week we’ll take a quick look at a relatively new entry into the field of sound management software: SoundQ by Pro Sound Effects.
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