Plugable is well-known for its inexpensive — if not cheap — products of well above average quality. After a few nasty experiences with Thunderbolt 3 cables and a USB 3.2 Gen. 2 C-type to SATA adapter by a company who charges a hefty premium for its products, I decided to see if Plugable’s products are any better.… Read More Test: Plugable Thunderbolt 3 cable & USB-C to SATA adapter
Document scanners are usually bulky, heavy and pricey and if they’re mobile, they often under-perform and/or are easily broken. Doxie is a scanner company whose objective is to deliver portable scanners that are inexpensive, as robust as possible and feature-rich. The top model is the Doxie Q. It has multi-page capabilities and scans without a computer or the cloud. It scans letters, receipts, ID-cards, photos and anything else that you can put through its automatic document feeder or specialty paper slot.… Read More Document scanning with the Doxie Q
FxFactory’s Griddy is an excellent way to create video walls and multi-story projects in Final Cut Pro X in a very simple way with a large number of creative possibilities. Griddy is usable in almost every situation where you’d like to have multiple clips playing at the same time in their own frame.… Read More Create video walls the easy way with Griddy for FCPX
OWC Digital’s ThunderBlade is a speed demon that is absolutely silent as it lacks any sort of ventilator. The downside is that it is quite expensive. OWC fixed that by coming up with something that comes close but is about one-fifth the price of the ThunderBlade. It’s the OWC Express 4M2.… Read More As fast as a thunderbolt: OWC Digital Express 4M2
It seems there’s no end to the power Melodyne comes with for improving and fixing audio on the most granular basis, the note. So, what’s new? Discover it all in this review.… Read More Melodyne 5 comes with great features for video and film creators
DxO’s newest Nik Collection version 3 works with Affinity Photo, has a newly designed Nik Selective Tool and new quick edit tools. It also offers a non-destructive workflow, which is perfect for Adobe Lightroom Classic users. Last but not least, the suite now has a perspective plugin, Perspective Efex.… Read More DxO NIK Collection 3 review
DPA Microphones had the brilliant idea to create the 4097 CORE Interview Kit that is a perfect fit for boom pole operators in the COVID-19 era. The 4097 CORE microphone is a Micro Shotgun Microphone with a super cardioid polar plot ending in a MicroDot cable of 1.8m and is blessed with a highly directional pick-up pattern.… Read More Need a high-quality solution for interviews or documentaries? Check out DPA’s 4097 CORE Interview Kit
A Better Finder Rename is a software tool for Mac users that allows them to batch rename files with a number of options, including the ability to rename using Regex selectors. A Better Finder Rename is in its 11th version and the app has a nice, modern look and is very user-friendly.… Read More The A Better Finder Rename 11 Review
ProGrade Digital updated its range of fast memory cards. The microSD cards were upgraded to faster speeds of up to 250MB/sec, support ProGrade Digital’s Refresh Pro software and are available in 256GB capacity. The new CFexpress Type-B Cobalt class memory cards leverage PCIe, Gen 3 interconnects with NVMe host controller interfaces for use in future mirrorless, dSLR and high-definition video cameras. It offers read speeds of up to 1600MB/sec.… Read More Fast is the word: ProGrade Digital’s newest CFexpress, SDXC, microSDXC cards, Thunderbolt 3 reader
Auddict, the developer of the innovative Hexeract synthesiser, has a percussion sequencer and it’s equally innovative and convincing. PercX takes an entirely different approach from BreakTweaker to name but one example and, as a result, sounds more natural and more usable as part of a soundtrack or soundscape.… Read More Percussionists, music makers, Vimeo & Youtube creators love PercX Pro
