In this week’s podcast, Russ is joined by Julian and Mike to discuss Macs. What are we using? Why? Did we make the right choice and what, if anything, would we change?

Russ Hughes

Russ Hughes spent the 80s as a synth programmer in the early days of MIDI, sampling and synths, for many top artists. He spent several decades writing and recording and now enjoys the royalties of that work. In 2008 he founded the Experts websites over a decade ago after seeing many audio professionals did not have free access to high quality content, the rest they say is history. In the last few years he has taken a back seat from the editorial work to concentrate on other projects.

Mike Thornton

Mike Thornton has been working in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 44 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-90s growing up with it when it was 4 tracks on a good day with a following wind! He has been recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project. He was the co-founder of Pro Tools Expert and is now COO of Production Expert Ltd.

Julian Rodgers

Julian Rodgers is Editor of the Experts websites. He has a background in live sound and has been a Pro Tools user since 2001. He worked in education for many years, during which time he introduced many new users to Pro Tools. He is a Certified Pro Tools Instructor and is very familiar with the mistakes and misconceptions common to new users. He plays piano, bass and guitar equally badly and is an avid collector of microphones and keyboard shortcuts.

Talking Points

• What Mac do you currently use?

• Why did you choose the Mac you chose?

• Which presents more problems, new computer or new room?

Find Of The Week

• Julian - TPLink TL-WA1201 Wireless Access Point

• Russ - The Mitchells vs the Machines

• Mike - 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos monitoring using PMC Speakers