This week’s tech column: The Sirius/XM merger

Here’s my technology column for CBC Radio this week (you get to listen to it a day earlier than it actually broadcasts). This will air on regional morning shows Thursday.

My take: Sadly, the merger in the U.S. will probably go through. Which will mean a merger up here in Canada as well. I’m not really for it, personally, as I think competition helps keep prices down, but then again neither of these companies has made a nickel yet, so maybe it’s needed.

On a side note, this was the item-from-hell to produce. I nearly finished it in Amadeus Pro, but when my notebook lid was closed it lost contact with my FireWire drive where the audio was and my project was corrupted. So I reinstalled ProTools 7.1 but it’s such a finicky program I gave up (too bad, since it cost me hundreds of $$). I ended up mixing it in Audacity, which I have a love/hate relationship with.

Anyway. Not my best work, but still not bad.

Download/Listen to maffin_satadio.mp3

Posted February 21, 2007 Comments