Ableton Vs Maschine – Which One is Best?
We stumbled upon a bit of a debate while looking into how to deal with some upcoming tutorials. Apparently, a very hot topic of debate out there is being approached as “should I get Ableton or Maschine?” In other cases it manifests as just, “Ableton vs. Maschine.” I think this is an interesting approach to the topic. I’m not going to say this is the wrong way to approach these kind of decisions. I do, however, want to suggest that this mentality suffers from some critical issues that often make the discussion derail itself early on in a forum context.
Forums
Forums are a blessing and a curse. Some forums are extraordinarily helpful and even have policies in place about not having “flame wars” and generally being polite to one another. Other forums are less worried about this and the admins don’t intervene until the last… Read the rest
The Keith McMillen QuNeo 3D Multi-touch Pad Controller
A little while ago a company called Keith McMillen Instruments proposed an idea for something called a QuNeo 3D Multi-touch Pad Controller on Kickstarter.com. If you don’t know it, Kickstarter is a place where proposals for creative endeavors can confirm public interest in the form of donations and even pre-orders. Once a project’s proposed goal is met and the end of the proposed funding deadline met, the project is green lit and all of the donations are actually accepted. If a project fails to meet its goal, the project does not go forward, no money is collected and the creative making the pitch is not left trying to finish their project under funded. So far Kickstarter has brought a lot of wonderful things to life, and gear related projects have been among them.
When Keith McMillen Instruments proposed the QuNeo, they figured they could get their project underway for around 15,000… Read the rest
Artist Spotlight: 3LAU
Justin Blau, aka 3LAU, is doing it all right about now. He is producing top notch remixes and mash-ups. He is touring in support of his music and live performances. He is a full time student on the dean’s list. Yup, and he just signed with PGA management group. We first ran into 3LAU when we were on location at the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim almost a year ago. We were shooting our vids and he recognized that we were from UniqueSquared and mentioned that he won one of our contests and we sent him NI Maschine. We were stoked and captured that very moment here. Since then 3LAU has been destroying the blogosphere with delicious remixes, performing nation wide, all the while maintaining his GPA. We caught up with him in Atlanta at our studios before his gig at Georgia Tech
How did you
Pro Tools 10 Announced: First Look
So, in a surprise move, AVID have managed to jump ahead of other things in the queue and made themselves the subject of my first real post for the UniqueSquared blog. How did they do this? By dropping Pro Tools version 10, seemingly hot on the heels of last year’s release of version 9. From what I’m looking at, it appears November is AVID’s decided month of choice for dropping upgrades . I’m only looking at the release information we’ve been given, so I’ll tell you what I know so far.
Price
It appears the standalone purchase price of Pro Tools is going up to $699 from the current $599. Well, that’s the standard price, as opposed to our current price. That said, it looks as though you can save money on Pro Tools 10 by picking up a copy of Pro Tools 9. You’ll definitely… Read the rest
New Blog Author: Lonely Paul
Hi guys! Since I am jumping into the mix to do some writing on the blog with Scott, Taylor and the gang here, I thought it would be good to take a moment to introduce myself:
My name is Paul Nunn. I have been playing and touring in bands for the better part of the last two decades and recording/sequencing for the better part of that as well. A large part of my career in the field was spent calling Athens, GA “home,” but I presently reside in the Atlanta area.
Most recently, I have been serving as the touring guitarist/multi-instrumentalist for Yip Deceiver. In fact, I am writing this column as we return from a show at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn, NY. If you are familiar with us at all, you likely know us as an “of Montreal side project.” As long as I’m talking about of Montreal,… Read the rest
