Wednesday, Google held an event in LA and announced its long-awaited Music Store service. If you took part in the Google Music Beta, a lot of what was showcased was already known, such as the 20,000 song...Read More

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One week ago today I retired my HTC Hero (a phone who’s time came and went within the first three months of its release). It was by far one of the easiest decisions I had to make...Read More

Digital Audio Workstations, or DAW’s, are incredible tools. They have made high quality music production a possibility for anyone with the desire to do so, primarily because of the relative low cost and high production output...Read More

Every engineer has their “go to” plug ins. And these are mine. (Instrument, Effects, and Time Based Processors)

10. KVR Spring Reverb- Looking for spring reverb? Look no further. Very simple reverb unit that does one thing,...Read More

Every engineer has their “go to” plug ins. And these are mine. (EQ, Dynamic, and Harmonics)

10. Maxim- Easy to use limiter, can be used in AudioSutie and RTAS. It processes the signal quickly and efficiently. A must have...Read More

Recently, I again made the mistake of paying 20% more to go see a movie in 3D.  Every time I see a 3D movie, I swear I will not do it again. But like an Alzheimer patient I...Read More

I received my copy of Pro Tools 9 around six weeks ago and have been using it quite regularly and now feel that an accurate review is something I am able to give. So far for me,...Read More

Yesterday at AES, Avid announced Pro Tools 9. A huge breakthrough product not only in the music production world, but also in the world of Avid itself as a company.

Since the dawn of time (not really)...Read More

For a while now I have been waiting for any kind of sign or hint as to the direction Apple is going to go with their desktop computers. Wednesday’s announcements was a loud statement saying “mobile is...Read More

The day after a pair of Linksys WRT54GL routers were delivered, and in the midst of setting them up, I checked the mail and was ecstatic to see an envelope  from Square, Inc. For a second...Read More

Recently, my iPod Touch (2nd gen) hit the dreaded 18 month wall and it (like clockwork) has become virtually unusable . This is something as a multi generation iPod user I have become far too familiar with. But this...Read More

I have been waiting a long time for this one.

Plants vs Zombies was one of, if not the, most addicting game I had ever played on a PC. It is a fantastic tower defense game and...Read More

So in case you missed it, on Wednesday Apple revealed and demoed their newest product, the iPad. The iPad is a tablet computer that Apple claims fits between your smartphone and laptop in your mobile devices arsenal, but...Read More

My second page. (Game Heavy)

Guitar chords- This app is great for a guitar player obviously, even a really experienced player with years of theory and practice will forget a few chords. This is just a very...Read More

A year ago the screen on my Samsung M-520 broke and I replaced it without thinking twice, got the exact same phone. I have always had Samsungs. for five years at that point. Then two weeks ago,...Read More

Like many of you, my Facebook news feed has been filled with updates on other people’s accomplishments in the game Farmville. I was a little annoyed at first then I got a closer look at the game....Read More

One of my favorite things to do is talk about iPhone and iPod Touch apps with people, compare and contrast them, and hopefully share a few new ones with each other that we haven’t seen before. So...Read More

So Apple had its annual September keynote today, and they used the opportunity to tweak the ipod lineup. They added video to the ipod nano, which is very compelling especially considering the price of $179 for 16GB....Read More

Now I’m just going to come out and say it.  I love Apple.  I love their computers, I love their software, I love their stores, and most of all, I love the Ipod.  When I received my...Read More

My name is Ian Garrow and I am an Audio Production Engineer and Musician, and this (in all of its glory) is my blog. Now this is not my first blog, but it is definitely my first...Read More