A Guide to Choosing Studio Headphones & Studio Monitor Speakers

For the budding music producer, selecting proper studio headphones and studio monitor speakers is essential, but the process can be confusing. Do I need open-back or closed-back headphones? On-ear or over-ear? What size speaker? What brands? How much should I spend? This infographic is here to help – simply follow the path to the ideal monitoring setup.

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Pozitif is the pioneering creator of Turkey’s leading international cultural and music festivals, across multiple musical genres and disciplines such as the progressive multi-disciplinary festival Cappadox, Turkey’s first and the longest-running jazz festival Akbank Jazz Festival, Bodrum Music Festival, bringing people together around music at the heart of the city One Love Festival and carrying the music of Babylon into the nature, Babylon Soundgarden.

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The Quest Is The Second Generation Of VR. You Charge It Up, Stick It On And It’s Great

Article | July 20, 2022

Ever since the adoption of VR gaming to the gaming market, it sure has seen upheavals—disruption by significant players in the industry like PSVR, Rift, and the Vive. PSVR has been the best-selling VR headset ever since its launch, selling over 5 million units on December 31st, 2020. While these numbers portray PSVR as successful, its hardware is lacking behind, and still, no sign of upgrades has been hinted by Sony. Speaking of which, a lot of gamers have long been waiting for a hardware upgrade or a hardware sequel—PSVR 2—from Sony, but very little or nothing has been said on this matter.

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Ongoing transitions in gaming industry

Article | August 3, 2022

The gaming industry is continuously evolving with current transitions derived from VR/AR, blockchain, 5G and cloud computing. The aim of this transition is to fulfill requirements of gamers such as reducing the cost of gaming, developing more immersive experience, converting tools bought in games as transferable assets, enabling gamers to play graphic intensive games on low cost devices. Currently popular games are on the go to create augmented reality versions to be played on AR headsets with their mobile phones. The google stadia platform(a platform where graphic intensive games run in data centers and gamers can play them via web browsers) has also enabled the gaming industry to eliminate the computing limitations imposed by running games in mobile devices. The only barrier in coupling both technologies to have the best of both worlds is low bandwidth of 4G which will soon be expanded when 5G rolls out in the market. TRANSITIONS IN GAMING INDUSTRY The real time game play is currently not possible for games running in data centers and being rendered on web browsers of a gamer’s device as there is latency in reflecting the character’s action on the press of a button. Such a transition will eliminate the need for highly expensive gaming consoles which has been curbing the growth rate of the gaming industry. One more concern from gamers that’s being a barrier in revenue generation for the gaming industry is that the weapons, power packs, kits and tool kits bought in any game are simply virtual and become useless when they are done with the game. The idea to buy such time bound utility becomes insensible for players. So, now the gaming industry is evaluating the option to register these buyouts in games on blockchain which can later be used as a non tangible asset by players to trade easily. The gaming theory that’s getting popularised these days will eventually leverage the AR and VR technology to transform the education industry. The idea to provide customers with user manuals running in augmented reality that can enable a non trained worker to operate the machine is also booming. Solidworks by 3Dplm is one such tool that’s heading in this direction. The transitions mentioned above are quite exciting and the way gaming industry and mentioned technologies are evolving we can expect to get our hands on such exciting gaming technology soon too at a fraction of current costs.

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Watch out Warzone and Fortnite: Ubisoft is coming after free-to-play

Article | July 11, 2022

Ubisoft announced last week that it is adding specific focus on free-to-play, alongside its AAA catalogue. In doing so, it is following a route that has been very successful for Activision with its Warzone strategy. Free-to-play games which draw audiences via big franchise names and monetise via in-game spending are going to be increasingly common among AAA publishers. The focus on in-game spending and particularly on the cosmetic, rather than the progress-related, parts will be the key revenue component. As games become less finite and more perpetual (consumer goal is less about ‘finishing them’ and more and ‘playing/spending time in them’), the opportunity to monetise needs that stem from this perpetual engagement (e.g. socialising or expression) starts to outweigh the mere monetisation of access to a packaged product. Simultaneously, free-to-play games also act as a powerful marketing driver for AAA releases as they come out, as well as streamability and word of mouth for the franchise.

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Should You Buy A PSVR In 2020?

Article | April 16, 2020

At 5+ million units sold, Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) is thought to be the most successful VR headset on the market. The kit’s had a great run since launch in 2016, but should you buy a PSVR in 2020? Just under two years ago, we stated that you should “definitely” buy a PSVR in holiday promotions. The price, paired with a growing library of games, made it an easy recommendation. But this industry moves quickly and there are a lot of new factors that complicate the question of if PSVR remains a worthy purchase.

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Pozitif

Pozitif is the pioneering creator of Turkey’s leading international cultural and music festivals, across multiple musical genres and disciplines such as the progressive multi-disciplinary festival Cappadox, Turkey’s first and the longest-running jazz festival Akbank Jazz Festival, Bodrum Music Festival, bringing people together around music at the heart of the city One Love Festival and carrying the music of Babylon into the nature, Babylon Soundgarden.

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CalDigit’s New Mini Docks Drive Dual 4K Displays via Thunderbolt 3

Studio daily | August 01, 2018

CalDigit shipped two new bus-powered mini Docks that can be used to drive two 4K displays at 60Hz via a single Thunderbolt 3 connection.The new Mini Docks are available with either two HDMI 2.0 or two DisplayPort 1.2 connections along with USB 3.0 and Ethernet jacks. Because they’re bus-powered, no additional power cable is required, meaning the add minimal clutter to a desktop.CalDigit said both versions of the new Mini Docks work on both Mac and PC platforms, but warned that some Windows systems cannot support dual monitors on a single Thunderbolt 3 port. The HDMI Mini Dock supports both UHD (3840 x 2160) and 4K (4096 x 2160) video.

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CalDigit’s New Mini Docks Drive Dual 4K Displays via Thunderbolt 3

Studio daily | August 01, 2018

CalDigit shipped two new bus-powered mini Docks that can be used to drive two 4K displays at 60Hz via a single Thunderbolt 3 connection.The new Mini Docks are available with either two HDMI 2.0 or two DisplayPort 1.2 connections along with USB 3.0 and Ethernet jacks. Because they’re bus-powered, no additional power cable is required, meaning the add minimal clutter to a desktop.CalDigit said both versions of the new Mini Docks work on both Mac and PC platforms, but warned that some Windows systems cannot support dual monitors on a single Thunderbolt 3 port. The HDMI Mini Dock supports both UHD (3840 x 2160) and 4K (4096 x 2160) video.

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