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Let’s make sense of Apple’s new iPad lineup – with charts!
The iPad isn’t just a gadget any more. There’s now enough of an app ecosystem that investing in an iPad is investing in a creative platform that turns into lots of other things. That is, it really is like another computer. For music, that means a lot. An iPad is a drum machine, or a […]
Read moreOctane Render Shows Awesome Power of GPU Rendering
Just how awesome is the GPU? So awesome. (That’s how we put it in highly technical jargon, anyway.) You’d be forgiven for being skeptical of what photorealistic rendering’s future might be. After all, we’ve been hearing about how raytracing and better-looking, more realistic renders would someday revolutionize 3D visuals, and that, thanks to the GPU, […]
Peter Kirn - May 12, 2010
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ArKaos GrandVJ to Support 50-60 fps, Framerate is Beautiful, Plus Why FRAPS Rocks
GrandVJ struts its stuff at the World Lighting Fair. Mmmm… light. Delicious light. Photo courtesy ArKaos. GrandVJ is the live visual world’s best secret at the moment. Maybe it’s the software’s streamlined feature set or simple-looking UI, or maybe hard-core visualists had come to associate the name “ArKaos” with the company’s previous product, which recently […]
Peter Kirn - August 24, 2009
Archive Motion Music tech
Updated MacBook Pro Performance Preview: Better Displays, Faster Visualist Apps, Better 3D
Peter Kirn - June 5, 2007
Archive Motion Music tech
MacBook Gets Core 2 Duo; Live Laptop Config; What’s Your Laptop Pick?
Peter Kirn - November 8, 2006
Music tech
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