Bose Portable SoundDock or Speaker Dock

Bose Portable SoundDock

The way we perceives the sound is really a personal taste, so I'll share with you "my point of view":

Of all the speakers dock, Ipod dock, dock station or soundDock, whatever you call them, of all those I have heard, according to my taste, this one has the most beautiful sound.

-Bose soundDock delivers a very nice quality audio performance

-It does deliver a lot of power.  

-The sound is astonishing.

-Bass are strong

and high are clear.

-Easy portability

-With the handy remote you can control the volume and tracks from up to 30 feet away.

It charges your Ipod or Iphone as it plays.

Has an "Aux input", means you can connect any audio players with a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Like:
-Mp3

-Computer

-CD/DVD player etc.

It has a rotating dock that folds inside the unit for easy storage and protection during transit.

On the side, there are 2 buttons.  One to increase the volume and another to decrease the volume.

At the maximum power you will have around 3 1/2 hours battery life.

At a normal use, it can go up to 13 hours.

Solid and nice looking unit.

Weight:  2.3 k

Included:

-Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery

-Remote control

The Good:

-Really good sound for a compact single speaker.

-Plays loud without distorting.

The Bad

-Expensive

-No radio

-The battery should be easier to replace.

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Pod Line 6 UX2 External sound card

Pod Line 6 UX2 External sound card

Even though Pod Line 6 is mostly for guitarist and vocal, I bought it to be able to connect my digital piano and my condenser mic to my computer.  

Works very good with Logic Express.

There is no latency, the vocal sound is also very good.  

I never tried to connect a guitar with it, but like you can see on the picture above, there are many types of plug-ins available.

Pod Line 6 UX2:

-USB recording interface

-Two 1/4-inch guitar inputs 

-Two balanced XLR inputs with mic preamps

-Phantom power

-Trim  knobs

-1/4-inch stereo monitor input

-Two 1/4-inch line inputs

-Two balanced 1/4-inch line out 

-S-PDiF digital out

-1/4-inch stereo headphone input

-Assignable VU meters

-Latency killing tone direct monitoring

-16/24-bit/96 kHz recording

Pod Farm plug-in provides:

-18 guitar amps

-24 guitar cabs

-5 bass amps

-5 bass cabs

-29 essential stompbox & studio effects

You can use it with:

-Logic

-Ableton live

-Cubase

-GarageBand

-Pro Tools

-Cakewalk and other recording platforms.

Included:

-Ableton Live Lite

-Reason adapted virtual studio

-RiffWorks

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Sound Bar

                                       Yamaha YSP 600: "2 x 15W woofers "and "16 x 2W driver" build in.

If you don't want to install speakers and cables all around, you should consider buying a sound bar.
The sound is great and powerful and will give you the surround effect without the need to buy full home theatre.
This one comes with a microphone for an automatic system calibration.
Some Sound Bars have woofers incorporated in them so you don't need one that comes with a subwoofer.  This way there are no extra devices.
Dolby Digital, Pro Logic 11, DTS Neo 6.
Sleep timer and much more.
In the back of the Yamaha YSP-600 you have:  HDMI, Composite video, Subwoofer, Analogue,  Optical and Coaxial input.
In front of the Yamaha there is a small LCD display.

If you want good sound with simple set-up, sound bar is for you.

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USB Microphone AT2020 Audio-Technica

USB Microphone Audio-Technica

The AT2020 is a Cardioid condenser USB Microphone from Audio-Technica.
-You just connect it in your computer USB port.

The sound is absolutely fabulous.
I use it mostly with Logic express and Final Cut pro.
All I have to do, is connect it and my software detects it right away.  If not, just select AT2020 in the audio setting.
Very simple and it is a great Mic.
You hear no hiss, no electrical noise and there is no latency.
I will have this AT2020 mic from Audio-Technica for a very long time.

AT2020 specification:

• Frequency response:  20Hz - 16kHz
• Impedance:  100 ohms
• Max input sound level:  144 db SPL,  1 kHz at  1% T.H.D
• Noise:  20 db SPL
• Dynamic range:  124 db, 1 kHz at max SPL
• Power requirement:  USB

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Forscore App

  Forscore Music App compatible with Airturn like BT-105

Play the video to know about forscore

If you play the piano or another instrument, "Forscore" is a very useful application that lets you manage your sheet music on your Ipad.  All you have to do is to scan all of your sheets music in PDF, add them to Forscore and you there you go. 


If you have a bluetooth pedal like "AirTurn BT-105 you can use it to turn your pages wirelessly.


See this video:

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AirTurn BT-105 Bluetooth page turner with afts pedals

Airturn Pedal "BT-105" with ATSF-2 pedals:  Turn your sheet music via bluetooth

AirTurn is a bluetooth device that will synchronize with your Ipad to let you turn pages wirelessly without having to touch your iPad.

But you have to use an application that will work with it.  Myself, when I play the piano,  I use it with an application called "Forscore".

Very practical if you want to turn your pages back and forth with your foot instead of taking your hands off the piano to turn pages.

The BT-105 specs:
-Power switch
-Status indicator light
-Internal rechargeable battery
-Mini USB recharging port
-Battery life up to 100 hours of standby usage.

I use the BT-105 with ATSF-2 pedals, but you can also use it with FS5U pedals.

Itunes has many applications that works with this system.


To know about "Forscore" app, watch this video:

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