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My production arsenal includes many well known titles. I use Sony Vegas, Adobe Photoshop, Fireworks, and more.

The problem with these titles is the price, unless you want to go the pirate route. The cost of these titles can be the reason people stay out of media production.

There is, of course, the open source path. Many of audio folks use Audacity for their projects, and it is a great program. The problem sets in if you want to do more video oriented stuff, there is not a whole lot available. Add to this the fact that with open source, you don’t get support for the products. You get forums and such, but for some, this is a negative point.

Enter the German company Magix. This company has been producing cheaper variations of the programs needed to produce quality media. The products they create are almost as feature rich as the high priced counterparts, but at a fraction of the cost. Get Sony Acid for a few hundred, or get Magix Music Maker for $50-75. You get 95% of the functionality, but really, few people even need that extra 5%.

My computers were loaded with Magix software when I got started. Now, I keep my old versions around. I never get rid of a computer, unless it goes belly up. I use my older Magix programs on my retired systems and still mess around with them to this day.

Well, Magix is making it even easier to jump into media production. They are having a clearance sale to blow out some of their titles to make way for new versions. The sale lasts until Aug. 17th, or supplies run out. At least one of the titles is already gone, so check it out quick.

The price of all the sale titles is $19.99! That is 20 freakin dollars! Add shipping and the final comes to around $25. That is a deal, or a steal.

Just so you know, this is a good time to say that I have no financial dealings with Magix. This is not a paid endorsement or an affiliate deal. I really believe in these products at the regular price point. To get them for 20 bucks is a great deal.

Titles offered in this deal include Music Maker 14, which is competition for Sony Acid, Audio Cleaning Lab 12 which helps to digitize records and clean up rough audio, Webradio Recorder which allows recording of audio as it is played on your system, and more!

So, go HERE and check it out. Get your supplies before they run out.

I am spending all my time on projects for other people, instead of my own creations. From my day job as the e-comm director for Certified Golf NC, to my growing web design and administration side gig, to favors for others, I have almost completely abandoned my own stuff.

I used to call people that did that crazy. (BTW, I still do)

It is just that I seem to have joined the ranks of the insane. I am now doing for others all that I used to do for myself. It just seems so much easier doing it for others. (some actually pay as well)

Of course I am talking about website design, SEO, social networking, media creation, and so on.

Well, usually the first step in solving a problem is admitting it is there.

Of course, not all of my production battles are to be blamed on my day job and freelance work. Some of the blame lies firmly on a hacker with an ip address from China. I am talking about the guy that hacked my hosting and made a mess of the back end of my sites.

Yeah, the malicious code is gone, mostly, but some of the mess remains. Plus, looking through all those .php scripts looking for that code takes away a person’s will to exist. Trust me on that. I hope no one reading this ever has that experience, even if I pretty much hate you.

It is true, I have finally found the one thing I would not wish on my worst enemy. It turns out it is getting hacked. Go figure.

The one other drama that has kept me away from producing is ongoing, and I still can’t talk about it. There is one difference now, however. That difference is that I can no longer go on without producing my shows. I had sworn not to produce anything else until this issue was brought to a close, but I have to go back on that pledge.

I need to produce again. I really miss doing the shows.

So, within the week, the “Eban and SJ Express” is coming back at you. Yes, it is a for better or worse situation. It depends on your view of RfL, I guess.

I also just upgraded some equipment on the animated front, as well as purchased a better camera for the video stuff.

Well, for tonight, it is off to the land of content management systems as I have yet another deadline approaching for a client, so adios for now!

Cheers,

Eban

We are waiting on our second snow of the season here in Raleigh, and I wanted to take a moment to elaborate on where RfL Productions is heading. It is very cryptic, but many of you will get what I am talking about. Even those that may not know the particulars will get a better understanding of why RfL is where it is now, and what will be happening soon.

Cheers,
Eban Crawford
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