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Use Quick Notes on an iPad
Quick Notes is an invaluable tool for grabbing text, images or links on iPad
Loupedeck CT
Take control of your Mac with this compact, powerful gadget
THE BEST DACS TO IMPROVE AUDIO QUALITY
A good DAC can really boost the audio quality on your Apple devices
Nanoleaf Lines Starter Kit
Add more colour to your life with these backlit smart lights
Oxygen Not Included
Management are thrilled with Christopher Livingston’s latest costsaving suggestion: workers don’t really need to breathe, do they?
Logitech MX Keys Mini
The keyboard that the Magic Keyboard should be aspiring to
Joby GripTight GorillaPod for MagSafe
MagSafe-friendly version of Joby’s acclaimed tripod
Secure Your Vpn
The ever-sceptical Jonni Bidwell is here to cast doubt on the highly profitable VPN business, and show you how you can do better…
Beats Fit Pro
Beats’ best ever earbuds go toe to toe with AirPods Pro.
AOC I1601P
A handy second screen
Make your Mac more accessible (and your other devices too)
Apple devices strive to be easy to use, no matter who is using them. Let’s take a look at the accessibility features that can help us interact with our screens
Kingston XS2000 External SSD
Next-gen external USB 3.2 2x2 storage goes mainstream with Ganesh T S at the testing station.
Do More with iCloud+
iCloud brings all your Apple devices together in beautiful harmony. Here’s how to make the most of it
Intel NUC 11 Extreme PC
Kizito Katawonga wonders what happened to the NUC of the past?
EQ & filtering
Let’s explore a few different ways to shape your sounds with EQ and filtering
Dynamics
For our final ‘How to do everything’ set of workshops, we’re looking at the moving subject of dynamics
BLEASS Dragonfly £25
Bringing a fresh approach to one of the oldest of modulation effects, Dragonfly re-thinks tremolo as a reactive rippler for quirky pop
Expressive E Imagine €166.80
With the latest addition to their softsynth lineup, Expressive E get modelling, and there’s not a tube of glue in sight
Beat it!
We open our How To Do Everything features with beats, and with our free plugins, you can get great beats… fast
Heavyocity Symphonic Destruction £325
Ever wondered what a symphony would sound like if it were to do battle with Optimus Prime? You’ll get a kick out of this then…
Keys and more
Now it’s time for the keys to step into the spotlight as we move on to think about creating chords and harmonies
MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD
Martina Topley-Bird has a three-decade career during which she has worked with Tricky, Massive Attack and The Prodigy, but her fifth album, Forever I Wait, sees her embracing a new-found confidence
Mixed in Key Live €58
Embarrassed by theory-blindness? This learned virtual assistant can step in to detail what your music is doing in the theoretical sphere
Mastering the Mix Reso £41.65
Mastering the Mix present another innovative peak-smoothening tool. Reso’s smart insights prove the benefits of AI for music production
Calculate Linux 22
Jonni Bidwell was dubious about making Gentoo easy, but after careful calculation of this KDE Edition he’s all for the idea…
Display HAT Mini
Les Pounder thinks that Pimoroni’s latest display was designed for ants, or at least younger people with better eyesight than him.
DUAL-BOOT+ Booting multiple operating systems
Christian Cawley examines the various ways you can boot your Raspberry Pi, from installing an OS to multibooting.
Endless OS 4.0
Five minutes with the latest version of this distro and Mayank Sharma is reminded of the old adage: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Stellaris
Management hates anyone going anywhere, boldly or otherwise, so Phil Savage is in a space pickle as he’s only gone and taken over the galaxy.
4MLinux 38.0
Any distro that’s survived for over a decade must be doing something right, but Mayank Sharma wasn’t prepared for what he saw inside this one…