-MONITOR- The Mac Audio Guy Podcast

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #49 How To Start Your Own LEGAL Internet Radio Station

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Wed, 15 APR 2009 11:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I explain how you can sart your own legal Internet radio station. Using Loudcity.com legal licensing and Nicecast and Shoutcast broadcasting software.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #48.Auto-Tune®, Good or Evil?

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I discuss the good, bad and the ugly sides of using auto-tune. Auto-Tune® is a product from Antares that corrects pitch in music performances. I also discuss GarageBands built-in enhance tuning feature. And I take a quick look at the new Melodyne Studio plug-n, which can correct individual notes with-in a chord.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #47.Audio For Video Basics

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I discuss recording audio for video or location sound. I talk about the different sound elements of dialog, narration,ambience,room tone and effects. I also talk about location recording equipment including the differences between shotgun, lavaliere, stereo condenser and hand held microphones and balanced vs. unbalanced systems. Finally I discuss wired, wireless and second-system sound and time code.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #46.Interface Face-Off

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 11:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I give an overview of audio interfaces and help you pick the right interface for your needs.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #45.Automation Man!

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, as part of series of audio basics, I explain Audio and MIDI Automation and why it will make you a rock star.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #44. dB Jeebies, Understandin Decibels

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Tues, 01 Jul 2008 09:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, as part of series of audio basics, I explain decibels and their importance in recording digital audio. Decibels play an impotant role in measure sound levels fo motion pictures, broadcast and musical recording.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #43. ZOOM ZOOM, The Zoom H4 Recorder

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 1 Jul 2008 16:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, as part of series on audio basics, I explain decibels and their importance in recording digital audio. Decibels play an impotant role in measure sound levels fo motion pictures, broadcast and musical recording.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #42. First Look: Steinberg's Sequel

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:20:10 -0700

In this Episode of Monitor, I take a first look at Sequel, Steinberg's new entry level digital audio workstation software.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #41. The Amazing $1000 Mac Audio Guy Studio

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thur, 27 Mar 2008 14:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I put together a gear list to build a Mac music studio for under a thousand dollars.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #40. The DLS General MIDI Trick

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:20:10 -0700

In this episode of Monitor, I show how to map a General Midi file in GarageBand using the DLSMusic Device.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #39. DJ Software Shootout

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:20:10 -0700

This week I look at digital DJ software

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #38. Soundtrack Pro 2.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:20:10 -0700

This week I look at Apple's Soundtrack Pro 2 Application

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #37. Getting your music on the iTunes Music Store.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 28 Jan 2008 12:20:10 -0700

This week I look at digital music distribution. And how to get your music on the iTunes Music Store, emusic and Amazon using services like TuneCore, CD Baby and Snocap.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #36. Starting Your Own Internet Radio Station.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:30:10 -0700

This week I explain how to use your Mac to launch you own Shoutcast radio station.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #35. Do what I say, not what I do

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Fr, 11 Nov 2007 14:30:10 -0700

This week I talk about the perils of upgrading and how NOT to organize your Music.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #34. Be Reasonable, Propellorheads Reason V4 First Look

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Fr, 19 Oct 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week I take a look at Propellorhead Software's Reason version 4 audio workstation software.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #33. Logic Express 8 and Logic Pro Studio

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week I take a look at the new features in the recently updated Logic Express 8 and Logic Pro Studio audio workstation software from Apple.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #32. GarageBand '08 First Look

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week I take a first Look at the newest version Of GarageBand.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #31. Microphone preamps

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week I talk about Microphone preamps

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #30. Top Ten Essential Microphones

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 3 Jun 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week I talk about my top ten essential microphones, and the Lightsnake USB microphone cable.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #29. 3 Free Synths

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 6 May 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week we look at theSnowball Microphone, Three free Sythesisers, and How to output MP3 files from GarageBand.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #28. USB Headsets

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:30:10 -0600

This week we look at usb headsets, the Belkin TuneMix, and Alesis iMultimix8

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #27. Getting Converted

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:30:10 -0600

I talk about Audio file conversion using iTunes

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #26. Podcasting Mics

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:30:10 -0600

I talk about a couple of podcasting microphones

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #25. Belkin TuneTalk Stereo

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:45:10 -0600

I test the new Belkin TuneTalk Stereo iPod voice recorder.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #24. Going Intel

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 03 July 2006 11:45:10 -0600

I look at the Intel Mac line and rant about g5 iPod recorders.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #23. Firefly

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 30 May 2006 11:45:10 -0700

I look at the Flash Mic, Firefly 603 and answer a question

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #22. You Asked: Listener Questions

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 07 May 2006 11:45:10 -0700

This week I answer some mail

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #21. Pump it Up: loudspeakers and Monitoring

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 11:45:10 -0700

This week we look at using loudspeakers

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #20. Canned: Headphones and Monitoring

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 5 Mar 2006 11:45:10 -0700

This week we look at using headphones

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #19. CBGB3 Prepare to Podcast

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 12:45:10 -0700

This week we look closer at GarageBand 3

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #18. GarageBand 3- Podcast Nirvana

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:36:10 -0700

This week we do a quick and dirty podcast using GarageBand 3's new Podcasting features.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #17. A Fistful of Rumors

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 14:00:00 -0700

This week we speculate on products at the Mac World Expo.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #16. Mac Audio Guy's 12 Best Mac Audio Toys for Under $100

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:57:57 -0700

This week we look at 12 Mac Audio products for under $100.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #15. DLS and General MIDI part 2. GarageBand's Best Kept Secrets.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:00:14 -0700

This week we look at General MIDI in GarageBand, iMic2 and rant about iPod ripping.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #14. DLS and General MIDI part 1. GarageBand's Best Kept Secrets.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 10:01:11 -0700

This week we look at General MIDI in GarageBand, NanoLoop and rant about Slow (software) Drivers.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #13. Eyeing the new iPods

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:02:06 -0700

This week we look at the video iPod, G5 dual cores and rant about obsolesense.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #12. Wired, Using ReWire

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 10:03:04 -0600

This week we look at ReWire, some new products and rant about sample names.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #11. Quiet Please, Getting rid of Noise

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 10:04:33 -0600

This week we look at noise in digital audio, some new products and rant about plug-in formats.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #10. Home on the Range, Understanding digital audio dynamic range

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:06:11 -0600

This week we look at dynamic range in digital audio, some new products and rant about product demos.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #9. Apple Jam, Cooking your own Apple Loops

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:07:01 -0600

This week we look at Making your own Apple Loops, some new products and rant about Katrina.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #8. Need for Speed, Optimizing Mac Audio Performance

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:08:27 -0600

This week we look at Optimizing your Mac for speed, some new products, answer an e-mail and rant about making music.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #7. Holy Utilities Batman - 10 essential Mac audio utilities

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 10:09:18 -0600

This week we look at handy audio utilities, some new products, answer an e-mail and rant about Soundtrack Pro

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #6. Touchy Feely- Getting to know MIDI control surfaces

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:10:03 -0600

This week we look at MIDI Control surfaces, some new products, answer an e-mail and rant about appleloops

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #5. Dodging Torpedoes- what to do when things go bad

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:10:56 -0600

This week we talk about what to do when things go awry and and how to prevent problems when recording

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #4. Pro Tools - Resistance is Futile

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:11:30 -0600

This week we talk about Pro Tools Recording software

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #3. How Pro is Soundtrack Pro?

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:12:29 -0600

This week we Review Apple's Soundtrack Pro

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #2. Getting the Sound In.

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:13:39 -0600

Mac Audio Guy eplains which hardware you need to record audio with your Mac.

-Monitor-the MacAudioGuy Podcast #1. Tiger in your Tank?

mag@jayshaffer.com (Jay Shaffer Mac Audio Guy) — Mon, 02 May 2005 10:14:34 -0600

This is the first podcast from Mac Audio Guy. We dicuss Tiger, Apple's newest OS.