Mobile Video: Working with MPEG-4 Clips on Mobile Phones
MPEG-4 files can be struggle to work with, but the format is so good it's worth taming. In this article, Douglas Dixon uses the QuickTime Player to view and deconstruct clips created by several camera phones. He examines the details of the MPEG-4 format for mobile phones--called 3GPP--and works around some of the idiosyncrasies of how different devices create slightly different formats. Read more.

Hands On: Ableton Live 5
This premier music-production program gained massive features in its latest upgrade. Here are step-by-step recipes for shuffling beats, gating pads, extracting hits, maximizing MIDI, and much more. Read more.

Featured Photographer: Scott Haefner: View from Above
Landscapes that look commonplace at ground level come to life when photographed from above. Scott Haefner suspends his Nikon 5000 from a kite and uses a radio controller to pan, tilt, rotate, and trip the shutter. His images combine technical prowess with a truly unique artistic eye. Read more.

Roger Manning, Jr.: The Digital Cookbook
The analog virtuoso behind the Moog Cookbook, Beck, Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, and countless ads and soundtracks shares his tasty digital production tips. Read more.

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