Tag: Final Cut pro

Music Ed Tech Talk Episode #70 – Robby Is In The Phantom Zone, with Will Kuhn and Dr. David MacDonald

Will Kuhn and David MacDonald return to discuss Logic and Final Cut for iPad, the Ableton Push 3, Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and the Apple Vision Pro. Robby struggles with his internet connection.

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Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby – Sequel

Will – Whisky
David – Newzik

Album of the Week:
Robby – KNOWER FOREVER

Will – [1000 Gecs](https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kmoCFzuKniN8yTiL701Ardjwq7oMkvnz8

David – WDR Big Band on YouTube

Where to Find Us:
Robby – Blog | Book
Will 
David 

Art by Ryan Bailey.

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Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro released for iPad

On May 23, Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro were released for iPad. My 2018 iPad Pro is not capable of running Final Cut, but I have been testing Logic Pro in order to better cover it on an upcoming podcast episode.

Both The Verge and Macstories have great overviews of Logic if you want to get into the details.

The general consensus from the tech press is that Final Cut has some catchup to do and that Logic has feature parity with the Mac version, for the most part. This has really not been true in my experience. For making music, Logic does an ok job. But I use Logic for a huge variety of other projects and workflows. Podcast editing, cleaning up concert recordings, etc. Logic on iPad has a lot of the great musical instruments, effects, loops, and tools that are familiar to the Mac, in an excellent touch-first redesign.

For me though, what makes Logic great is that it is flexible enough to be used for nearly all of my audio editing needs. Logic on iPad is currently unable to edit projects that are time-based rather than measure-based. It is unable to work with spatial audio projects. And it is terribly slow at syncing projects from Mac to iPad over iCloud. In fact, the first three of my recent audio projects I tried to open on the iPad (all of which started on the Mac), would not open for one compatibility reason or another. And these were not projects that used third-party plugins (which are currently not all accessible on iPad unless the developer has released an iOS version). What would make Logic useful to me on iPad isn’t so much that it is a great stand alone app (which it very much is), but the ability to more seamlessly move between my Mac and iPad files with ease. iPadOS and Logic for iPad simply lack this ease.

These new pro apps represent my general feelings towards iPad software the past few years. On the one hand, it is incredible to have them, and I am grateful they exist. At the same time, I wonder what took Apple so long to get them out the door if they aren’t more feature-complete. The touch-first redesigns are great, but they do seem to symbolize that Apple believes in iPadOS as a distinct operating system. There is still so much the iPad can’t do that the Mac can. And with an iPad Pro attached to a Magic Keyboard, it is ever increasingly more frustrating that it can’t do things my Mac can, when the form factor and technology is just as capable. As much as iPadOS inches closer and closer to the Mac each year, it doesn’t seem like it will ever catch up unless Apple makes a much bigger change to their vision for the product.

I will keep pushing Logic to the limits and continue to write about it here. 

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The Prime Directive, featuring Will Kuhn and Ethan Hein (Music Ed Tech Talk Podcast #32)

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Description

Ethan and Will join the show to talk about their book Electronic Music School, the Prime Directive, writing apps, and the future of the iPad.

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Chapters:

  • 00:00:00 – Intro
  • 00:01:25 – Sponsor: DMV Percussion Academy
  • 00:02:03 – Star Trek
  • 00:04:18 – Electronic Music School
  • 00:10:09 – Teaching Underlying Musical Concepts of Electronic Music Styles
  • 00:18:33 – Perceived Threat by Traditional Performing Arts Teachers
  • 00:24:28 – Teaching Songwriting
  • 00:27:23 – Scaffolding
  • 00:37:15 – Fighting Racism with Music Education
  • 00:48:37 – The Prime Directive
  • 00:52:34 – Staying Relevant?
  • 01:07:15 – We Live on Twitter
  • 01:07:15 – Writing Apps
  • 01:13:21 – Bedtime
  • 01:16:07 – The M1 iPad Pro
  • 01:35:51 – Tech Tip of the Week
  • 01:38:14 – Album of the Week
  • 01:41:07 – App of the Week
  • 01:43:24 – Closing

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby – Tot
Will – In Haler Radio
Ethan – Figure

Album of the Week:
Robby – Tauk – Shapeshifter II: Outbreak
Will – Suburban Lawns – Janitor (Original Video)
Ethan – Clipping – The Deep

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Robby – Twitter | Blog | Book
Will – Twitter | Website
Ethan – Twitter | Website

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🎙 forScore for the Mac, featuring David MacDonald (Music Ed Tech Talk #31)

Robby and David talk about forScore for the Mac and its new syncing feature. But also, lots of music theory.

Also included:

  • Loop-based music theory

  • GoodNotes for the Mac

  • Transcribe Apps

  • Lots of music apps and utility apps

  • Tech podcasts we like

  • Music YouTubers we like

  • Our favorite music, tech tips, and albums of the week

Show Notes:

App of the Week: 

Robby – Soro for Sonos
David MacDonald – Diagrams

Album of the Week:

Robby – Lettuce – Elevate
David MacDonald – Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society – Brooklyn Babylon 

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David MacDonald – Twitter | Website

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🔗 New Version of Final Cut Pro X Has a 90 Day Free Trial (Which You Can Renew Even if You Already Took Advantage of the FCPX 90 Day Free Trial!)

New version of Final Cut Pro X out!

From Apple Newsroom:

Final Cut Pro X updated with significant workflow improvements:

Today Apple is updating Final Cut Pro X with powerful new features designed to enhance remote workflows and speed up editing for content creators. Improvements in creating and managing proxy media provide editors with portability and performance when working with large resolution formats, or when collaborating remotely. New social media tools automate video cropping in square, vertical, and other custom sizes for popular social media platforms, and new workflow improvements enhance the versatility and performance of Final Cut Pro — making the Mac stronger than ever for all video editors and motion graphics artists.

Teachers rejoice! If you are looking to make online lesson content or virtual band/orchestra/choir/whatever videos this school year, look no further than Final Cut Pro X.

If you were already taking advantage of their 90 day free trial, guess what? They just released a new version, and you can renew your trial with the update!

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And if you decide to buy, don’t forget to purchase it with Apple’s Pro Apps Bundle for Education.

What did Apple check off on my WWDC wishlist?

A few weeks ago, I detailed my wishlist for WWDC. Below, I have reposted it with what Apple actually announced. My assessment over whether or not a feature was announced is based on whether or not the feature was announced verbally during the keynote, not on a slide or later discovered within the OS.

MACOS

-News app to mirror the one on iOS NOPE

-improvements to pro apps (Final Cut Pro X and Logic Pro X) and additions to the Photos app NOPE

-splitting iTunes up into separate apps like what is on iOS: separate app for Music, TV, Podcasts, and iTunes Store NOPE

IOS

-default apps (won’t happen) NOPE

-serious overhaul of iPad productivity (better file system, better home screen, drag and drop, better multitasking, more control over audio ins and outs) YESX100

TVOS

-PiP NOPE

-Ability to watch TV content from two apps at once NOPE

-ability to command with Siri without the Remote app (for example, I want to say to my phone, “hey Siri watch Game of Thrones,” and have it turn on the TV, launch the HBO app and start the most recent episode) NOPE

-ability to sync all Apple TVs in the house so that they show the same video at once (for parties…also, this won’t happen) NOPE

WATCHOS

-smart contexts: ability to change Watch face, complications, and notifications based on sensitivity to time and location CHECK, Siri watchface

-better audio controls (easier to access Now Playing screen, complications to play and pause audio, ability to scroll the crown for volume and use hardware buttons for control whenever audio has recently been playing) CHECK, sort of with swipe to audio controls within Workout app

GENERAL

-Siri improvements (more reliable, faster, more open to third party apps, better integration with tvOS, local dictation and basic commands CHECK

-AirPods with always listening Siri NOPE

-improvements to iCloud Drive (shared folders, files, and URLs) CHECK definitely to shared files, but not sure about others

Here are some of my favorite features that reddit users replied with:

-Multiple iOS user logins NOPE

-Hey Siri on Mac NOPE

-custom watch faces NOPE

-open CarPlay up to more developers (pasrticular third party maps apps and messenging apps) NOPE

-iOS dark mode NOPE

-Workflow integration NOPE

-Open up NFC to third party apps CHECK

-Apple Pay your friends and family over iMessage CHECK

-Apple Music continuity NOPE