Powered Speakers that Make Great Keyboard Amps

Apr 23 2013 2:00AM
Gigging keyboardists have been a huge reason for the success of a product that, with a few exceptions, hasn’t been marketed as a “keyboard thing.” That, of course, is the portable powered stage monitor. They tend to have much More...

Mackie DL1608

Mar 14 2013 8:00PM
The first thing to know about Mackie’s DL1608 live mixer is that though you need an iPad (not included) to run it, that’s for control only—the Mackie hardware itself does all the mixing and audio processing. Why use an More...

Muse Research - Peavey Electronics MuseBox

Feb 21 2013 12:20PM
The Muse Receptor family has gained a large following by providing a robust hardware solution for using software synths, samplers and plug-ins onstage and in the studio. However, a capable Receptor is not the smallest of More...

ROUNDUP Audio Interfaces . . . for a Song

Nov 28 2012 3:02PM
By MARTY CUTLER WE ADMIT IT: COMPUTER RECORDING INTERFACES AREN’T AS SEXY AS SYNTHS or virtual instruments—at least not at first glance. Nonetheless, they’re the conduit between your musical concept and reality. We set out More...

PRESONUS StudioLive 16.0.2

Nov 28 2012 1:00PM
By RYAN COSEBOOM I CAN REMEMBER BEING A YOUNG SONGWRITER INTENT ON PRODUCING AND PERFORMING MY OWN MUSIC. My budget was smaller than the polyphony of most of my synths. Each piece of gear I purchased had to be versatile, More...

Radial Engineering Pro D8

Nov 21 2012 1:00PM
By STEPHEN FORTNER WITH SO MANY COMPACT MIXERS OFFERING DEDICATED STEREO channels for keyboards, why use a direct box? If it’s the Radial Pro D8, one answer is that its presence tells any sound engineer, “Hah! You can’t More...

Steinberg CMC Series

Nov 21 2012 10:00AM
By CRAIG ANDERTON The optional Studio Frame 4 ($149.99 direct) holds up to four of the six CMC More...

Hot New Gear at AES 2012

Nov 2 2012 6:13PM
Whereas NAMM is huge and covers everything from pianos to DAWs to guitars to school band instruments, the Audio Engineering Society (AES) conference and trade show is for the serious recording geeks. Since we proudly put More...

Muse Receptor VIP First Look

Oct 4 2012 3:13PM
Muse Research's Receptor has long been the industry standard for running virtual instruments and audio plug-ins without the potential issues associated with a general-purpose Mac or Windows computer. Their Receptor VIP line More...

Roland Integra-7 First Look

Sep 11 2012 3:22PM
We recently got a sneak peek at Roland's comprehensive new hardware sound module, the Integra-7. Combining the "SuperNatural" acoustic, drawbar organ, and analog synth modeling of the Jupiter-80 with all of Roland's legacy SRX More...

Moog Music Minitaur

Jul 27 2012 12:05PM
by Francis Preve A knob for every function makes dialing in sounds fun and quick. IN THE MID-’70S, THE MOOG TAURUS BECAME SYNONYMOUS More...

Clean Up Your Room! Part 2: Acoustic Treatments

Jul 25 2012 7:00PM
by Marty Cutler LAST MONTH, WE REVIEWED DIGITAL TOOLS THAT DETECT ACOUSTIC PROBLEMS in your studio and compensate for them to help you do better mixes. They generate test tones, listen with a measurement mic, analyze the More...

The Komplete Maschine

May 2 2012 9:38PM
We recently paid a visit to Native Instruments' sparkling new U.S. headquarters in the heart of Hollywood. There, we got a firsthand demo of how tightly integrated Komplete (the full collection of every virtual instrument NI More...

Highlights from AES 2011

Oct 27 2011 12:00AM
The 2011 Audio Engineering Society convention returned to New York City to large crowds, Our own Jon Regen got the scoop on the latest and greatest instruments and recording gear, including the much buzzed-about Pro Tools 10 with More...

Booker T Video Repost

Oct 12 2011 12:00AM
We've been meaning to catch up with Booker T. Jones since his Grammy win for the 2009 album Potato Hole--for which we interviewed him back in August '09. If you haven't heard his latest, The Road From Memphis, you're missing out, More...

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