My quest for the perfect productivity mouse
When you buy a new laptop or PC, it’s easy to only focus on the big three: Processor, graphics and RAM (sorry storage fans, that’s a close fourth). It’s the little things that are simple to overlook. The rig I recently upgraded to is solid, and I had a nice…
The best mobile microphones for 2024
If you consider yourself a mobile creator and you’re not using some sort of dedicated microphone, you might be holding yourself back. We’re not judging, but your audience likely is. Audio, especially dialog, is often overlooked, but you need good sound quality if you want your content to stand out….
Ableton Live 12 can create MIDI riffs and has a new synth to play them
It was almost exactly three years ago that we were celebrating the relatively quick arrival of Ableton Live 11. Today, the company is unveiling Live 12, the next version of its popular digital audio workstation (DAW). In terms of release cycles, this is the shortest time between versions in recent…
Rode’s Wireless Pro mic kit lets you forget about ‘clipped’ audio
It might not be an overstatement to say Rode’s original Wireless GO microphone system changed how a lot of YouTubers work. It wasn’t the first wireless mic system, not by a long long shot, but its focus on creators made it incredibly popular. That success would inspire a lot of…
Amazon Amp is the under-the-radar app that’s trying to reinvent radio
Last spring, Amazon launched its long-rumored live audio-streaming platform, Amp. The pitch was to reinvent radio with “an infinite dial of shows.” Amp offers users access to a vast, built-in music library to create their own DJ sets with. No need to buy songs or flirt with the DMCA, just…
The NES at 40: Seven ways it changed the gaming world forever
Nothing will make you feel old like the anniversary of a much-loved gaming console. Perhaps none more so than the 40th birthday of the Nintendo Entertainment System (or the Famicom as it was known for its 1983 Japanese debut). Having launched in the very same year that the games industry…