Flex Time is likely to be the feature that will have the biggest impact on users, by making audio more malleable. Logic has been a big box of sound toys for some time, but I think what decides whether you really build a working relationship with software like Logic is whether you like editing in […]

Ed.: Many of Snow Leopard’s improvements – new, under-the-hood enhancements for 64-bit and multithreading – don’t impact visual creation right away. But significant changes to Quartz Composer could be the most useful, most immediate reasons to look at the latest version of Apple’s OS. Resident Mac guru Anton Marini looks at those changes for CDM. […]

JpFrenay writes: I wanted to send you my new experimental shortfilm “Artificial Paradise,inc”. It’s has already been selected for this year’s onedotzero festival in the WOW+FLUTTER 09 section. It’s also featuring in the Autodesk Siggraph 09 showreel. ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, Inc from Jp Frenay on Vimeo. Spectacular stuff! For those in or around the UK, onedotzero […]

JpFrenay writes: I wanted to send you my new experimental shortfilm “Artificial Paradise,inc”. It’s has already been selected for this year’s onedotzero festival in the WOW+FLUTTER 09 section. It’s also featuring in the Autodesk Siggraph 09 showreel. ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, Inc from Jp Frenay on Vimeo. Spectacular stuff! For those in or around the UK, onedotzero […]

We return to our normal, non-Snow Leopard-specific coverage next week. You can continue to follow https://cdm.link/snowleopard for updates. In the meantime, I offer this editorial. I’m going to make this as straightforward as possible: I recommend running the current Mac OS X 10.5 over other versions of the operating system, including 10.6 launched today. The […]

MOTU did not respond to CDM’s inquiry regarding Mac OS X 10.6 – but they have just posted the most interesting update I’ve seen yet. They have drivers ready for their hardware today, and (nearly) full compatibility for their entire product line. They also suggest that 64-bit support is in the works for their applications, […]

Okay, that’s technically not a snow leopard, but I came pretty close, right? Photo (CC) Mark Kenny. For the latest on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), be sure to check out our full round-up. It’ll be regularly updated through the coming days. We have updates from Propellerhead and Ableton. Basically, the message is what […]

Whoo! That’s three cat/leopard/dog photos in a roll! And now… I’ll stop. Photo (CC) csullens, who I hope doesn’t object – do you need model clearance for felines? What counts as really big news in my special technology world is, I’ll admit, a little different than everyone else. But it’s tough to really convey the […]

There’s a lot of hype around the latest schemes for changing how artists get their music to fans, but not actually a whole lot of news. (It always seems to boil down to a website with some unpronounceable name.) Well, this is news: Harmonix is opening up Rock Band to anyone who wants their music […]

When you’re testing, be like the snow leopard, stalking its prey, patient, silent… okay, I’m tired. Photo (CC) Ian Duffy. The changes may be subtle, and you may not notice a thing. But if you upgrade your OS – any OS – the day it comes out for the ever-delicate work of live music and […]