Look Ma—Hands! Choosing and Using MIDI Controllers
If you really want to play today’s wonderful software instruments, drop that mouse and grab a dedicated MIDI controller. In this MP3-enhanced tutorial, you’ll hear the dramatic difference controllers make in musical expressivity, then get buying and usage tips. Read more.

Steve Turnidge: Turning Weed into Green
Go behind the scenes with the co-founder of Weedshare.com, the service that pays you--and the original artist--to share music. Driven by ex-Microsoft and Real Networks employees, Weed is totally legal, and even supports surround sound. Read more.

Featured Photographer: Ed Carreon: Making the Connection
During a four-month visit to a remote village in Mexico, Ed Carreon photographed a world with one foot still in the past, a distant place he had heard about as a boy through family stories. His images capture the beauty and the struggle of a land that few of us will ever see. Read more.

Consumer Camera Time-Lapse Movies
Pocket digicams are great for still photos, and some of them even record quality video. But you can push the envelope even further with these devices, such as by creating time-lapse movies. Here's how two photo novices created their first production. Read more.

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