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Transom Gear Guides – Archive (60)
Tascam DR-100mkII
December 2012Jeff Towne reviews two recent digital audio recorders we’ve been eyeing: the Tascam DR-100mkII and the Olympus LS-100. For the needs of radio producers, one recorder gets a very positive review. The other doesn’t. Jeff will give you the whole story, with photos, sound files, etc.
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Olympus LS-100
December 2012Jeff Towne reviews two recent digital audio recorders we’ve been eyeing: the Olympus LS-100 and the Tascam DR-100mkII. For the needs of radio producers, one recorder gets a very positive review. The other doesn’t. Jeff will give you the whole story, with photos, sound files, etc.
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Field Gear: Good, Better, Best
October 2012What you really want to know is: WHAT GEAR SHOULD I BUY… right? We have finally compiled our assessments into dollar-determined good, better, best-ness. There are links to our in-depth reviews and to actually buy the stuff, or at least put it in your Cart and dream. Check it out.
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Pro Tools 10
June 2012Jeff Towne has done his typically thorough job evaluating the latest version of Pro Tools —Pro Tools v10. It’s chock full of insider tips and tricks just for the radio crowd. Check it out.
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Setting Up a Small Recording Studio UPDATE
February 2012An update of one of our most popular features ever – Jeff Towne’s primer on setting up a small recording studio. It covers computer and software selection, the requisite hardware, along with equipment recommendations in various price ranges and pretty much everything you need on this topic, all in one place.
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Tascam DR-40
December 2011Transom is always searching for the ideal field recording devices at the lowest cost. Our TOOLS Editor Jeff Towne just reviewed the new Tascam DR-40 and says, “At last! The recorder we’ve been waiting for! Well, almost…” Read all about it.
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Sony PCM-M10
September 2011Transom is featuring another of Jeff’s ongoing series of affordable gear tests, this time, the Sony PCM-M10. It fills a niche somewhere between smartphone and professional recorder. Read on for a complete rundown on all the features, with photos, comparison chart, and audio tests.
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Hindenburg Journalist Update
September 2011The audio producing software, Hindenburg Journalist has a bunch of new features. Jeff Towne runs them down for you, complete with illustrations and his customary hand-holding. This is the application we’ll be using at our upcoming Transom Story Workshop, so we’ll have more to report after that, but right now, we’re liking it.
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File Recovery - by Jeff Towne and Samantha Broun
March 2011A couple of weeks ago, Transom's Samantha Broun had a major scare. After a long day of recording in the field, her flash card read zero files. Tools hero Jeff Towne led her to the file recovery software, Stellar Phoenix and eventually back to her audio files. Read all about it here.
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