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Practical guides, stories about how great records were made and how to listen to them, honest gear advice, and deep dives into what macOS does with your audio.
A·16Guides · Oct 1, 2026
How to zoom in on a screen recording without editing it by hand
Full-screen demos shrink to nothing in a feed. Why hand-keyframed zooms never get finished, what a convincing one does, and how to get it automatically.
C·08Gear · Sep 16, 2026
What equalization can and can't do for MacBook speakers
A look at why MacBook drivers can't reproduce real bass, how the built-in tuning fakes it, and what equalization can safely fix instead.
A·13Guides · Sep 15, 2026
What a free system-wide equalizer on Mac actually gets you
What macOS actually gives you for free, why per-app EQ isn't system-wide, and where the paid features in a driver-based equalizer start to matter.
A·12Guides · Sep 15, 2026
Why Mac audio sounds quiet after a macOS update
What macOS updates actually reset in Core Audio, why your Mac sounds quieter afterward, and how to get back to your previous loudness.
A·11Guides · Sep 15, 2026
How to make a backing track without vocals on Mac
Why isolating a vocal is hard, which methods actually work, and how to pull clean instrumental stems from any song on a Mac.
A·01Guides · Sep 14, 2026
How to boost volume on a Mac beyond the maximum
Why macOS caps output volume, what actually raises it safely, and how to avoid the clipping that ruins most volume boosters.
B·08Stories · 14 sep 2026 · Español
Cinco discos para poner a prueba un ecualizador
Cinco discos con una producción reconocida que sirven para escuchar, banda por banda, qué cambia realmente un ecualizador en casa.
D·08Deep dives · Sep 14, 2026
Why streaming services normalize volume
How Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube measure loudness in LUFS, why a quiet master can beat a loud one, and what it means for your EQ.
B·10Stories · 14 sep 2026 · Español
Ten de Pearl Jam, dos mezclas de la misma grabación
Cómo la reverberación de la mezcla original de 1991 y su remezcla más seca de 2009 cambian por completo la forma en que suena el mismo disco.
A·10Guides · Sep 14, 2026
How a virtual microphone fixes your voice on video calls
Why laptop mics sound thin on calls, the free fixes worth trying first, and how a virtual microphone corrects your voice before it reaches Zoom or Meet.
D·07Deep dives · Sep 13, 2026
How audio latency actually works on a Mac
Why sound lags behind video, calls and playing an instrument on a Mac, and where each millisecond of delay actually comes from.
B·07Stories · 13 sep 2026 · Español
Death Magnetic y el año en que perdió la guerra del volumen
En 2008, Death Magnetic sonó peor en CD que en un videojuego, y ese episodio resume dos décadas de masterización cada vez más comprimida.
A·09Guides · Sep 13, 2026
How to play audio through two Mac outputs at once
Why macOS feeds only one output by default, how Aggregate Devices handle clock drift, and simpler ways to mirror sound to two devices at once.
A·15Guides · Sep 12, 2026
How to add bass to AirPods Pro
Why AirPods Pro lose bass through the ear seal and pressure vent, and the exact EQ curve that brings the low end back without distortion.
A·08Guides · Sep 12, 2026
What to look for in the best equalizer for Mac
A practical guide to judging Mac equalizers by signal path, filter types, driver stability and per-app control, not star ratings.
E·06Recipes · Sep 12, 2026
Equalizer settings by genre, explained
Why rock and jazz presets shape completely different bands, how to pick the right one tonight, and when to fix the room instead of the genre.
C·06Gear · Sep 12, 2026
The right audio setup for video calls on a Mac
Why your Mac's built-in mic sounds distant on calls, when to upgrade it, and how equalizing your voice and muting music fixes the rest.
D·06Deep dives · Sep 11, 2026
Why your Mac switches between 44.1 and 48 kHz
Why macOS keeps changing an output's sample rate, what the resampler actually costs, and what to pin in Audio MIDI Setup to stop it.
B·06Stories · 11 sep 2026 · Español
Las dos voces del Unplugged de Alice in Chains
Por qué las voces de Layne Staley y Jerry Cantrell suenan como una sola en el Unplugged, y cómo separarlas para escucharlas en tu Mac.
A·07Guides · Sep 11, 2026
Use Audio Unit plugins without a DAW
How to run AU effects on everyday system audio, why macOS normally reserves them for DAWs, and the honest limits of doing this system-wide.
E·07Recipes · Sep 10, 2026
Practice drums along to any song with the drums removed
How to remove the drums from any song on your Mac in seconds, so you can play along or solo the part to learn it, and what the free tier covers.
D·09Deep dives · Sep 8, 2026
What macOS actually builds when you combine two outputs
How Audio MIDI Setup's aggregate device syncs two separate hardware clocks, and why the combined output never gets its own volume slider.
D·04Deep dives · Sep 8, 2026
Why a system-wide equalizer on a Mac has to be a driver
How audio actually travels from an app to your speakers on macOS, and why changing all of it at once means installing a driver, not an app.
B·04Stories · 8 sep 2026 · Español
Cómo Superunknown resolvió el choque entre guitarra y bajo
Por qué las afinaciones graves de Superunknown ponen a la guitarra a pelear con el bajo por el mismo rango, y cómo separarlos al escuchar.
E·04Recipes · Sep 8, 2026
Make podcast voices clear over train noise
A two-move EQ recipe — cut the rumble under 120 Hz, lift presence at 2 to 4 kHz — so podcast dialogue survives train and bus noise on earbuds.
C·03Gear · Sep 7, 2026
Desk speaker placement and what EQ can't actually fix
Why the desk, the wall behind your speakers, and your room shape matter more than any equalizer, and what to fix in each order.
A·05Guides · Sep 7, 2026
Fixing low volume on a Mac when the slider is already maxed
A step-by-step way to find why a Mac sounds quiet, checking output device, app volume, and macOS limiters before reaching for a booster.
E·03Recipes · Sep 7, 2026
Watch movies at night without waking anyone
A ten-band night curve that lifts dialogue and cuts rumbling bass, so you can watch a movie quietly without disturbing anyone in the house.
D·03Deep dives · 6 sep 2026 · Español
Bajo y subgrave no son lo mismo
El bajo entre 60 y 250 Hz y el subgrave por debajo de 60 Hz hacen trabajos distintos, y subir el que no toca solo ensucia la mezcla.
A·04Guides · Sep 6, 2026
Record your screen with system audio on a Mac
Why QuickTime's screen recorder never captures app or system sound, what free and paid workarounds actually do, and how to record it cleanly.
B·03Stories · 6 sep 2026 · Español
De qué está hecho el sonido de Seattle
Cómo Jack Endino grabó barato en Reciprocal Recording el sonido con los medios vaciados que definió a Seattle, y por qué se desarma en bocinas chicas.
C·07Gear · Sep 6, 2026
Does a USB DAC make a Mac sound better
What a Mac's built-in DAC and amp already do well, where an external USB DAC and amplifier genuinely help, and where it's placebo.
E·02Recipes · 5 sep 2026 · Español
Un ejercicio de oído con las diez bandas del ecualizador
Sube una banda a la vez sobre una canción conocida y aprende a reconocer por oído el retumbo, el cuerpo, la nasalidad y el aire.
D·02Deep dives · 5 sep 2026 · Español
Qué es la curva Harman y por qué unos audífonos suenan mejor
Qué es la curva Harman, por qué la prefieren tantos oyentes y cómo acercar un par de audífonos a ella con un ecualizador de diez bandas.
C·02Gear · Sep 5, 2026
Choosing headphones you can actually equalize
What actually matters when picking headphones you plan to equalize, from driver behavior to distortion, and what EQ can't repair.
C·01Gear · Sep 4, 2026
What macOS gives AirPods Pro, and where it stops
AirPods Pro tune themselves to your seal, and macOS adds a few accessibility presets, but neither gives you real control over what you hear on a Mac.
A·03Guides · Sep 4, 2026
Why AirPods sound different on a Mac than on an iPhone
AirPods carry Apple's tuning on an iPhone but lose it on a Mac; here's why they sound thinner and how an equalizer brings the balance back.
B·02Stories · 4 sep 2026 · Español
Por qué In Utero suena crudo, y qué hacer al escucharlo
Steve Albini grabó In Utero con micrófonos de sala y casi sin compresión; te explicamos por qué eso suena crudo y cómo suavizarlo sin perder el ambiente.
B·09Stories · 4 sep 2026 · Español
Cómo el pulido de Andy Wallace cambió el sonido de Nevermind
Butch Vig grabó Nevermind en 1991; Andy Wallace lo mezcló con un pulido que la banda vio excesivo, audible en frecuencia y dinámica.
E·01Recipes · 3 sep 2026 · Español
Escuchar a volumen bajo sin perder los graves
Por qué la música suena delgada a volumen bajo, y una curva de diez bandas que devuelve los graves y el brillo sin subir el volumen.
A·02Guides · Sep 3, 2026
How to remove vocals from a song on Mac
Why a finished song has no separate vocal track to mute, what phase cancellation and AI stem separation each get right, and how to isolate vocals on a Mac.
A·14Guides · Sep 3, 2026
Spatial audio on headphones Apple didn't design for
Why Apple's head-tracked spatial audio only works on its own headphones, and how software-based room simulation gets a similar effect on any pair.
D·01Deep dives · 3 sep 2026 · Español
Qué significa que un sonido sea plano
Por qué "plano" describe una medición, no una sensación, y por qué casi ningún audífono ni cuarto llega a serlo de verdad.