Mike, James, Julian and Dan chat through issues from the week's news as well as the usual tips, tricks and questions answered.

Groove 3 Videos That Grabbed Our Attention This Week

MOVEMENT Explained - Computer music expert Sami Rabia explains and explores Output's first audio effect plug-in, MOVEMENT, teaching you the ins and outs, in addition to sharing some great sound design tips. 

Competitions

• Win One Of Three Copies Of Revoice Pro From Synchro Arts

Deals

• The Sampling Handbook - 20% Discount
• Boz Digital Mixing Bundle £100 - 50% Discount
• TrainYourEars V2 EQ Ear Training Software £31 - 20% Discount

Talking Points Kindly Sponsored By Universal Audio

Purchase and register any new Apollo rackmount interface from an authorized UA retailer between April 1st and June 30th, 2016 and you’ll be able to turn your workstation into a virtual SSL analog studio — with free plug-ins from SSL and Universal Audio. The bigger the interface the more analog loveliness you get.  

• What Kind Of Pro Tools User Are You? Poll
• The Role In DSP Based Plugin Processing - A Community Member's View

Community Feedback Kindly Sponsored by RSPE Audio Solutions

RSPE Audio Solutions are offering rare discounts on Royer Labs' flagship R-121 Ribbon Microphone when you buy select mic bundles from them. Choose from 3 available bundles:

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•  Louis King would like our help to encourage Avid to resolve the issue with Core Audio drivers for using 3rd party software with Pro Tools HD hardware. We also discuss some possible alternative solutions.

Questions From The Community Sponsored By Create Pro

So you know what Create Pro can do for your mac but did you know that they can also now supply you with a mega powerful HP Z820 16 CPU core workstation. Power and unparalleled customisation potential. 

• Alec Christie Is looking to go from Pro Tools 8LE to Pro Tools First and has a series of questions about what Pro Tools First can do with Eleven Rack, and Boom.
• Jakub Linhart would like to know how he can get more than 32 inputs via the Audinate DVS ASIO.

Get To Know The Team

In this feature, each week each of us will share something about us that you are unlikely to know about so you can get to know as as people.

Team Find Of The Week Sponsored by Output

So the new plug-in baby (as Muse once said) is Movement, but as you can tell from my review (check it out if you have not yet seen it) it is a very powerful and almost forever tweak-able piece of software. Check out the official Movement tutorial here.

• Mike - Apple’s iPhone SE New processor - same form factor as my 5S. So don’t have to change peripherals like call hands free kit.
• James - It’s a book my wife brought for me that has sold over 3 million copies in Japan called “The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying by Marie Kondo.” Do we think my wife is trying to tell me something??? 
• Julian - Synergy keyboard and mouse sharing software
• Dan - The SE Electronics Laser shotgun mic for DSLR videos

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