If you go to a concert and you are not wearing earplugs, you're on your way to being deaf and then you'll really have communications problems.

To paraphrase Bill and Ted, 'be excellent to each other'.

It's actually the other way around. When a photo is oversaturated, you have already lost the required details to get it back to normal. The negative is much easier to edit, since you have all the details and way more realistic colors. I very much doubt that kid was orange.

I'll keep that in mind.

I am an audio engineer and imo if anyone should be introduced to digital audio workstations, Cubase is not the first choice.

Also, be aware that a lot of virtual instruments require a lot more than just simply entering notes to create good sound. Strings, brass, and woodwinds, for instance, have so much variance in the playing that they will sound dull and very unrealistic without some shaping of the sound. Check the manual for the…

You can also use Reaper and any number of free instruments. Google "free vst instruments" - there are RAFTS of them. Computer Music magazine has a bunch that are free after you buy a magazine, and some of them are really nice. Limited largely to 16 bit, but that's plenty for most purposes.

At first I was like, "lolwut," but then I realized that it's not working for free. It's just working for something other than money.

I vote for the iGo as well. My mom and I each have one, and it was pretty helpful recently when we took our tablets when we'd visit my dad in a care center. I think it'll also be helpful when I go on bus rides to other cities (although how it'll fit in my pocket with the four or five other things I carry in there…

I was part of the music production course conducted by Loudon stearns and it was brilliant. excellent knowledge base for beginners like me. and I am glad that i completed the course with all the assignments etc.

Something else that would help with bad vocals is to have better mic placement and singing better in the first place. To often I hear vocalist ask if I can "just auto time them or fix it in the mix". Here is how I feel about that!

So sad that the Galaxy S3 did not made the top five. It still is amazingly capable and I will not be giving it up until an S5 arrives. Still it will be interesting how it manages to stand the test of time and (hopefully) mantain the high performance it already has.

The Grado SR series are awesome, and they are the poster-boy for ~$100 cans. Not everyone gets to make cans that sound that good, open or closed.

Closed cans makes me feel oppressed and open have often a better soundstage ( not always ! )

Saying "open headphones give the best song" isn't true. It's easier to get better fidelity with open headphones, but that's not the same as saying open headphones sound better than closed, and it's DEFINITELY not the same as saying you'll like open more then closed. If you listen to a lot of bass-heavy music like Drum…

I have. Wildly inconsistent. A pain to clean. Beautiful to look at, though

So these are like the "might pacs" by All. Currently $7.94 for 48 at walmart: http://www.walmart.com/ip/23756302

A few notes:

Although I'm working with Logic Pro 9 myself, if you're after music recording / production, I'd advise having a look at Studio One as well. It also has a 30 days demo of the "ultimate" version in case you want to see for yourself why you should spend money on it.