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In this debut episode of Inside Home Recording TV (IHR TV), Paul Garay shows you how to use Propellerhead Software’s ReWire with Apple Logic Pro and Reason. ReWire is a software technology that acts like an invisible virtual cable, allowing you to route audio and MIDI information from one audio program to another on both Mac and Windows.

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This video podcast is (c) 2008 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

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At long last, here is our 40th episode, our first full-length IHR video podcast. It’s a big one (20 minutes, 43 seconds, and almost 185 MB!) but we hope you enjoy it. You can click the preview above to play, or use one of the other links, or click here to see full size (640 x 426 pixels) in your browser window:

[Play IHR #40 now]

If you’re a subscriber to our podcast, you should already have the full-size video in your podcatcher, and maybe on your iPod or other device. Anything that can play H.264 video (including iTunes or QuickTime for Windows, or MPlayer for Linux, as well as your iPod or Zune) will show you the video.

Shownotes

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What’s in the show? We have:

1. The winners of the Zoom H4 Handy Recorder (thanks to Samson-Zoom), M-Audio Fast Track USB interface with Session software (thanks to M-Audio), and macProVideo tutorial prizes (thanks to macProVideo) — and we reveal what the sounds were that you had to try to guess to enter!
2. Some more information about GoToMeeting and why we’ve chosen them as a sponsor for our show.
3. Video tutorial excerpts from macProVideo about Propellerhead Reason (2 min 33 sec), Ableton Live (4 min 40 sec), and Apple Logic Pro (2 min 30 sec).
4. Our concluding editorial. What do you think of the video podcast? Email us at comments {at} insidehomerecording {dot} com.

We are also part of the Home Recording Network and Blubrry.com groups of podcasts.

Credits

Supporting IHR: Remember that if you’re in the U.S. and buy anything from our zZounds affiliate links, we get a small cut to help keep IHR going strong. Also don’t forget our tip jar in the sidebar of our website at insidehomerecording.com if you’d like to buy us a coffee or some bandwidth — that works from anywhere in the world.

Sounds: Our theme music, “Acidic Bond,” is by Steven Dennis in Louisiana, U.S.A., and our voiceovers are by Steve Herringer in Vancouver.

Pictures: The Home Recording Network “lava lamp” logo is based on an image by und_dann. Photo portraits of Paul and Derek are also by Kris Krug.

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This podcast is 2007 by Inside Home Recording under a Creative Commons license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ca

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As we will mention on IHR #24 later this week, there is a very cool undocumented feature of GarageBand 3 where you can drag loops, samples, and even external audio files onto the onscreen keyboard, and then trigger them there or using an external MIDI controller. Paul has put together a short (2 min 47 sec) video podcast showing you how it works. If you got these notes in your podcast subscription, you can play the video in your podcatcher or iPod.

If you’re reading this on the blog, you can watch the full-size 640×480 video online (right-click or ctrl-click to save it to your computer first). You’ll need QuickTime (free) or another MPEG-4 viewer to see it.

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This video is formatted for the video iPod using MPEG-4 encoding. On your Mac or Windows computer, you can use iTunes or QuickTime (both free) to view it.

If you use a Mac, did you know that Mac OS X has a built-in screen-zoom feature? It’s designed as part of the disabled-accessibility features of the operating system, but Paul finds it’s very useful for enlarging those teeny-tiny controls so many DAW and plugin manufacturers include with their products, especially on a large screen.

Check out the video (1 minute 3 seconds) to find out how to set the zoom up, and how Paul uses it.

UPDATE: When Apple released the Mac OS X 10.4.8 update at the end of September 2007, it included a nice preference setting to have zooming turned on by default, and controlled using your mouse scroll wheel.