Comica CVM-AX3 Audio Field Mixer Review
I’ve been looking for a way to record two separate microphones in the field for interviews. If you’ve ever tired this, you know how much of a challenge this can present. When I found this Comica CVM-AX3 I thought it could be the ideal solution to this problem and gave it a try. I’m glad I did, because it fills the void of the challenge I had before me. The device accepts two types of inputs: professional XLR and consumer class 3.5mm jacks. Sources can be mixed, so you can use one of each if you like. On the front panel we find the relevant...
read moreComica CVM-AX3 Audio Field Mixer Review
I’ve been looking for a way to record two separate microphones in the field for interviews. If you’ve ever tired this, you know how much of a challenge this can present. When I found this Comica CVM-AX3 I thought it could be the ideal solution to this problem and gave it a try. I’m glad I did, because it fills the void of the challenge I had before me. The device accepts two types of inputs: professional XLR and consumer class 3.5mm jacks. Sources can be mixed, so you can use one of each if you like. On the front panel we find the relevant...
read moreHow to setup Loop Recording on the GoPro HERO 8
Loop Recording has been fairly intuitive to setup up until the GoPro HERO 7. The option is still available on the HERO 8, but it wasn’t obvious to me how to enable it. Now that I’ve found out how to do it, I thought I’d share it with you. The trick is that any of the new settings presets (i.e. Standard, Cinematic and Activity) cannot enable Loop Recording. You have to create a fourth (custom) preset with which you can activate it. Here’s how you do that: In Video Mode, tap on the big oval preset at the bottom. In the...
read moreHow to remove the Streamlabs Donation Link on YouTube
I’ve noticed that mildly annoying Streamlabs Donation link at the top of my YouTube descriptions. While I appreciate what they’re trying to do, I don’t use their service for live donations. Sometimes the page doesn’t work and it’s WAAAAY to complicated for casual users to figure out. So I’d rather this link wouldn’t be added automatically. I did some digging and found the setting: it’s in your Streamlabs.com dashboard, under Donations – Donation Settings. There’s a section at the...
read moreHow to add Category Descriptions in TwentyNineteen
Some themes implement the WordPress Category Descriptions, others do not. Often they’re not necessary, but sometimes they are. Here’s how to add them to the TentyNineteen theme. Make a copy of the archive.php file and call it category.php. There’s a block of comments at the top, I recommend changing the description to remind you of what this file is in there for. Leave it at the root level of your (child) theme. Find line 22 (or thereabouts), starting with the_archive_title(). This line is pulling in two lines Category...
read moreHow to tweak the featured image filter in TwentyNineteen
Last year’s WordPress TwentyNineteen theme does nice things with the featured image in more than one level. The default wasn’t exactly what I was looking for though and some tweaks were necessary for me to feel happier. In particular I felt that the way featured images are displayed needed an adjustment. There are three areas we can adjust: the colour overlay the opacity of the overlaythe darkened filter effect The Colour Overlay The colour overlay can be changed in the Theme Customiser. Under Appearance – Customise –...
read moreHow to export a Clip from Twitch to YouTube
There’s no direct way to export your Twitch Clips to YouTube, or download the material like we can do with Highlights or Past Broadcasts. However there is a way to turn any of your Twitch Clips into Highlights, and those can be downloaded or exported. Let me show you how this works. Head over to your channel, then select Clips at the top of the screen. You’ll see a whole page full of clips if you or other users have made any. Now select the big purple button that reads Manage Clips. This should get you to the Clip Manager section....
read moreHow to access someone else’s Dashboard in Twitch
Twitch has an interesting feature that allows one user to manage a channel that isn’t theirs. It’s done using the Editor Role. It’s a tad complex to figure out where to do what, so I thought I’ll write it down before I forget. I’m using the “old” in 2019 and have no idea where these settings are in the “up and coming” dashboard that’s gradually being rolled out. Figuring all these things out is a game in itself, isn’t it? Before we get started, we need to grasp the concept....
read moreHow to setup AirPods (1st generation) with a MacBook Pro (2011)
I really like my first generation AirPods. I use them on my 2012-2018 devices all the time, but I had never tried them on my old MacBook Pro from 2011. I had always assumed they probably use some low-energy version of Bluetooth 4 or whatnot, expecting they won’t work. But I was wrong! They DO work – it’s just that the setup process is slightly different than on my other devices. Here’s how I could connected them successfully. What usually happens Ordinarily, iCloud seems to take care of spreading the connection love....
read moreCreating New Emails in Split View on macOS
I’ve discovered that when I respond to emails on my Mac Book, the default Apple Mail programme started opening my new message windows in a split screen view. Previously this wasn’t happening, and instead a new message would be presented as an overlay on top of the whole mail window (I believe they called it a Modal Dialogue). Don’t get me wrong, I like the split screen thing – but I always wanted to know where this setting was, and why it was now magically switched on since I wasn’t involved in this design...
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