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Best of Macworld/ iWorld Part II

by J.S. Gilbert
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Despite my remarking how disappointed I was with this past Macworld/ iWorld Expo I attended, I still managed to glean more than just a few worthy moments from my overall experience. In fact, I had to actually break it down into 2 blog posts. If you missed the first one, you can catch up by [...]

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Slide to Unlock

by J.S. Gilbert
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Slide to unlock – You may not actually be familiar with the term, but it’s something you unconsciously do all the time. Well, at least 20 – 30% of the folks in America do. It’s that little left to right swipe we make to get our smart phones to turn on. It’s the same motion [...]

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Nuwaste Studios Free Pocket Light Meter App for iPhone

by J.S. Gilbert
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This is currently a free app that is advertising supported that uses the iPhone’s camera as a spot meter, as well as an incident meter.  The app works with either the forward or backwards facing cameras on the iPhone. You can move the reading area around on the screen to take multiple readings or a [...]

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Swann Laptop Lock Alarm

by J.S. Gilbert
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For less than $30 or so comes a wonderful idea for just about anybody who works on a laptop. I’ve heard way too many stories of somebody just having their laptop grabbed from a table at a cafe, or taking their eye off their computer for 2 seconds in airport lounge, only to never see [...]

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A Nice Set of Headphones

by J.S. Gilbert
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Wow, it’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything new to this here blog and my faithful 3 followers are no doubt sorely upset. Add to that the fact that I promised I would speak a little about my experiences at AES, which was almost 2 months ago, and I’m seeming downright lazy. So, to get [...]

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Canon EOS Rebel T2i vs. Canon EOS 7D

by J.S. Gilbert
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DSLR’s are all the rage these days, in particular for videographers looking to get high quality results with a minimal outlay of dollars. There are lots of pluses and minuses and I would recommend anyone looking at making an investment of what is easily several thousand dollars, (no matter how you slice it) borrow, rent [...]

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Gadgets and Stuff

by J.S. Gilbert
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The Making of Play: Music Video shot entirely with an iPhone Play: Music Video shot entirely with an iPhone Accousticalsurfaces.com For those of you looking to upgrade project studios or home studios or are looking to build or retrofit studio space, www.acousticsurfaces.com is a treasure trove of information and products for almost any situation. From [...]

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Plural Eyes and Dual Eyes = Great Audio for Your Video

by J.S. Gilbert
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By now, many of us have either seen or heard about the incredible footage that was shot for the 2010 season finale of House. It was completely done using Canon 5D Mach II DSLR’s, which took advantage of the cameras small size and ability to film in low light to provide some dramatic and uncharacteristicly [...]

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Jake Ludington to the A/V Rescue

by J.S. Gilbert
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I was browsing the Web recently and came across a video in YouTube by a Mr. Jake Ludington, demonstrating how to make portable recording environment. It was simplicity at its best and would be quite helpful to many pod casters, broadcasters and v.o. folks. One big takeaway from this was that he used a serrated [...]

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Studio Six Digital audio apps and new pro mic/ audio interface for the iPhone

by J.S. Gilbert
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Newest Update now is 11-30-12 (feel free to read the entire piece, but to save you time and get to the meat of the matter, I will report my latest findings here) I attended AES (Audio Engineer’s Society) Annual event in San Francisco, several weeks ago and got to purchase the latest iaudioInterface 2 from [...]

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These Are A Few of My Favorite Things

by J.S. Gilbert
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More and more of my work seems to involve production, audio or video. Yes, I do own some pricy little gadgets, but sitting down and writing a blog about $4,000 microphones or $8,000 video upsamplers didn’t seem to make much sense. So instead, I’m going to talk about some of the very practical and relatively [...]

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