These days we are often asked to step into more complex roles that have little to do with the actual craft of voice acting. While that's unlikely to cease, it brings with it opportunities. By continuing to recognize the next challenge to solve, coming up with solutions will likely help us to continue to be competitive.
An impulse purchase at Costco led to a much-needed organization. Newly-labeled containers of specific gear means some day in the future, I won't be diving into disorganized crates of undifferentiated equipment.
Backing up data remains one of those things we talk about but seem to never actually do. Setting up a simple, automated system is vital.
When to update your OS? How long should you hang on, using duct tape and baling wire to keep your DAW running? A few thoughts about that...
Every few weeks, it seems that a big-name Effect plug-in goes on sale, causing fervent group discussion threads and private emails. "SuperDuper Vox FX Three is on sale," someone will observe. "Should I get it?"
As I begin setting things up on the new computer, I'm installing a clean copy of Twisted Wave. Does a new install mean having to redo do all of those helpful keyboard shortcuts I've amassed? Twisted Wave to the rescue!
The old aught-nine Macbook Pro has been pastured! Shifting things to a new laptop has perhaps provided the opportunity to strip things down and keep things simple...a good way to proceed.
I’ve never been a huge fan of multi-tools. Those devices that change from pliers to can openers, saws, screwdrivers, or wire cutters by sliding bits out and folding them around. Ignoring the that fact I manage to pinch my palm or finger any time I use one, those all-in-one “solutions" never seem to provide precisely the correct tool.
Last week, what should have been a simple software update has pretty much forced a hardware expense. My old MacBook Pro laptop which has been hardware limited from newer MacOS updates finally reached the point where key applications are no longer supported. It's finally "upgrade time..."
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