Putting the stew in studio
Justin Colletti at the always excellent Trust Me I’m a Scientist on appreciating the sonic golden age we’re living in:
While it’s true that low res MP3s, YouTube clips, and earbuds can sound worse than some of the best gear of years past, there are actually many cases in which they sound better.
Whaaaaa? Yes. You read that right. If you’re confused, you are not alone. Read on.
Marco Arment takes a close look at Intel chip prices and concludes:
I’d be very surprised to see the new Mac Pro’s entry price below $3,500, and for a CPU that makes the Mac Pro barrier worth crossing, I think we’re talking $5,000 and up.
Unless the major DAWs commit to harnessing the processing power of the new Mac Pro’s dual GPUs (which is likely highly dependent on how easy Apple makes it for developers to do so), it’s going to be very hard to convince many musicians and studio owners to shell out $5K for modest performance gains. Curious to see how this all shakes out.