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

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• Rob Ibsen after the story in podcast 253 about damage in transit, wanted to share details about a company called Shockwatch who have devices that turn read if it has been dropped. /
• Matt Kupferman couldn’t find MuteTone from Tritone Digital which we had featured a few years ago. But it would appear TriTone have disappeared, do we have any suggestions? We have an article about alternatives for MuteTone and check out Muteomatic from Sound Radix.

Questions From The Community Sponsored By Create Pro

Create Pro posted a cool blog called “The Mac Through The Ages - From 1987 To Present Day” This is well worth checking out - it reminded me how far computing technology power has come in the last 30 years.

• Stuart Emerson has just upgraded his Mac Pro from 4.1 to 5.1 but is still having CPU spikes what do we suggest?
• Eric Rasmusson asks if it is possible to move selected midi notes in the midi editor up and down without using the mouse? Yes as long as you have a numeric keyboard.
  • Nudge: moves notes forwards or backwards by nudge value
  • Control+Nudge: moves notes up and down in pitch be a semitone. 
  • Option+Nudge: move note start by nudge value
  • Command+Nudge: move note end by nudge value.
• Bruce Halstad asks for our thoughts on the Icon Pro Audio Q Con Pro X as a control surface for Pro Tools.
• Kenneth Johnson asks for our recommendations for an interface in the $600 to $800 range.

Find Of The Week

• Dan - Softube Console 1, looking forward to Console 1 MKII software release
• Russ - Nektar Impact LX25 controller
• Julian - McDSP EC-300

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