With many people still at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s a great opportunity to either start a new podcast or take some simple steps to improve the quality of the audio you’re putting out into the world. In this installment of Pro Audio, we’ll cover some of the gear you’ll need to create high-quality podcast audio on a budget, with additional recommendations if you’re fortunate enough to have extra funds.
Yesterday, August 5, 2020, Apple made a major update to the 27-inch iMac -- probably the last update that the venerable big-screen Mac will receive in its current incarnation. Future iMacs may feature a new design and will most certainly use Apple Silicon rather than the Intel CPUs found in the current model.
OWC Senior Software Engineer, George Rath, shares his story about how a Mac 512K he pieced together in a refugee camp changed his life after fleeing Communist-controlled Hungary. At the age of 26-27, I used to be a known Russian...
On Monday, June 22, the 2020 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) launches with a bang with a keynote address at 10 AM PDT streamed worldwide from Apple Park. Today we'll take a look at what to expect at the week-long event.
Reverb is arguably the most effective weapon in the arsenal of a mixing engineer. From creating the ambiance of a small room to expansive, deep halls, reverb is used on most recorded music to create space, separation, and other effects....
For an impressive 8th time, OWC/MacSales.com has received the distinguished Bizrate Insights Circle of Excellence Award. This honor is a distinction earned by those retailers who go above and beyond to provide exceptional online service and experience to conscientious consumers.
In part one of this series, I recommended some essential tools for DIYers who want to explore building their own audio gear. If it sounds intimidating to build your own gear, let me quickly assuage those fears. There are a...
Hang around a group of Mac power users long enough, and eventually, you’ll hear the term eGPU. As you can probably surmise from this article’s headline, eGPU is an acronym for “external Graphics Processing Unit.” The acronym is pronounced “eee-gee-pee-you,” not “egg-poo.” It describes an external chassis that is connected to a laptop computer via a high-bandwidth connection cable and provides more graphics processing power than is available from the laptop’s internal graphics processing unit (GPU). Let’s get into some more detail!
If you've listened to my interview with Cirina Catania on the OWC RADiO podcast, you've heard me talk about my personal journey in learning to build and mod microphones. During my time stuck at home due to the NY Pause order, I've delved deeper into the world of DIY Audio projects and thought I would put together a mini-series of two articles to help get you started. In this article, I'll cover some of the tools you're likely to need to successfully pull off a DIY audio build, whether a microphone, DI box, or mic pre. In part two, I'll provide some excellent resources for anyone who wants to discover the joy of DIY audio gear builds.
