Blog Archives - Synth and Software

Blog

UK Parliament Makes Recommendations for Music-Streaming Royalty Payments

After a lengthy investigation, they recommend that artists and record companies split the revenue evenly. But what about the minuscule...

Blog4 months ago

More Upgrade Fever: Surviving the Computer Replacement Cycle of Late 2021

Part 2: How the Metric Halo audio interface brain transplant fits into that cycle (whether or not you own one of their interfaces) We established in...
Blog4 months ago

Upgrade Fever: The great Computer Replacement Cycle of Late 2021

Part 1: The background to a shocking story about why I decided to give my Metric Halo audio interface a brain transplant This is a 2-parter...
Blog5 months ago

Is 10 Gigabit Ethernet Worth It for Music Applications?

For $100 you can configure current Macs with faster networking, and PC cards now cost about the same. Should you? It looks like a no-brainer: “only”...
Blog6 months ago

Software Dongle Wars – A Quick Follow-up

Here’s another issue to ponder when you decide to store your iLok software licenses in the cloud or on a dongle Whether to use an iLok...
Blog6 months ago

Congratulations to Chick Corea for Posthumous Grammys

Corea wins Grammys for Best Jazz Instrumental Album: “Trilogy 2,” and Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “All Blues,” his 22nd and 23rd (on top of 67 nominations)...
Blog1 year ago

Nick Batzdorf to Lead Content Production at Synth and Software

Synth and Software has hired experienced industry magazine editor/publisher/writer Nick Batzdorf to direct its content, taking over for retiring founding editor Geary Yelton. Under Yelton’s direction, SynthAndSoftware.com quickly...