I just had a conversation with a Scan customer, and it provoked me to write this little missive, on the age old question of “Is bigger better?” or indeed “Is more expensive better?” In this case, in relation to microphones……… and it provoked me to remind you of [...]
NOVATION Road Show 2013 with Chris Calcutt:
Ladies & Gents, I want to look forward to June 6th, and the start of our move towards global domination in this field.
Ok, well , maybe not that, but certainly we’re serious about moving forward as Web broadcasters, [...]
The history of electronic drums is fraught with good ideas but poor execution.
Along the way there were offerings from most of the ‘big’ manufacturers, and in some cases, certain companies came to be synonymous with an era (those of us with long memories will recall many [...]
Music is one of the best things you can ever teach your kids.
Recent research has found that music uses both sides of the brain, a fact that makes it valuable in all areas of development. Music affects the growth of a child’s brain academically, emotionally, physically and spiritually.
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The Portable Ideas Machine……Korg Kross
OK, It’s got a Mic input to go with its built in Stereo Audio recorder to capture and overdub your vocals or guitars…
It has a ton of stock Korg Workstation sounds on board, from Drum kits to Basses to Electric [...]
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Analogue summing has become a de-rigour process of high end audio production, with the likes of the SPL Neos console leading the charge. SSL have taken this concept with Sigma and are the first to have designed a thoroughly modern take on it
The concept for the uninitiated goes like this….
For optimum digital to analogue conversion [...]
Continue Reading →The Korg Volca analogue synths are a progression from thier Monotron and Monotribe synths, but this time they’ve listened to the public and added Midi support, whilst retaining the pure analogue control. There’s still no definate ETA on them, but they are priced at only £120 each! With the midi sync option, this really makes [...]
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TC Helicon Harmony Singer….. YES YES YES!!!!
Every once in a while I see a product that I just know I have to have, and fresh from Frankfurt Musik Messe 2013, here is my first choice.
The All New TC Helicon Harmony Singer is a vocal tool aimed at Guitarists who [...]
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Universal Audio Apollo 16 is the new flagship interface and DSP host from the original UAD DSP card Daddies. Doubling the number of analogue i/o from the previous model, it maintains an itegrated UAD Quad processor for utilising the extensive range of UAD exclusive plugins, such as the excellent Studer A800 and Ampex ATR102 tape [...]
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Softube Console 1 is a major surprise for us. Every Musikmesse, something brand new and innovative comes around that we were not expecting and this year, i think it’s this.
Rather than producing a DAW hardware controller (such as the Stienberg CMC’s or Presonus Faderport), Plugin developer Softube (Tube-Tech CL1B / Pultec EQ, Trident A-Range [...]
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