Posted on Wed 26 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with active studio monitor, yamaha, yamaha hs5, yamaha hs7, yamaha hs8, yamaha hs8s
Yamaha's new range of HS monitors are designed to carry on the philosophy of the iconic NS-10s - if your mixes sound good on these speakers, they will sound good anywhere! They were even designed by the same person as the legendary NS-10s! However, rather than colouring your mix as the …
Posted on Mon 24 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with distortion, distortion plug-in, izotope, izotope trash, izotope trash 2
Trash 2 is iZotope's awesome distortion plug-in. Hailed as one of the best distortion plug-ins out there and used by a whole host of pro-producers, such as Noisia and The Glitch Mob, Trash 2 features over 60 distortion algorithms, a Convolution module, two redesigned filter modules, a limiter and loads …
Posted on Wed 19 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with avid, avid fast track, avid fast track duo, avid fast track solo. audio interface, avid pro tools, avid pro tools 11, pro tools, pro tools 11
The cheaper way to buy Pro Tools..
With Avid’s recent change in licencing, many would-be Pro Tools users are a little confused and a little put out by the apparent increase in price. We have written about the various options here to try and clear up the confusion surrounding …
Posted on Tue 18 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with audioo interface, midi interface, presonus, presonus audiobox, presonus audiobox usb, usb interface
The PreSonus AudioBox USB is a compact 2-in, 2-out USB audio interface, ideal for small home studios. It features two balanced microphone/instrument inputs (with phantom power), jack and headphone outputs, MIDI I/O and all the dials that you need to balance your levels. If you're a solo artist …
Posted on Tue 18 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with waves, waves api, waves cla compressors, waves geq, waves jjp analog legends, waves kramer hls channel, waves kramer pie compressor, waves manny signature series, waves nls, waves redd, waves ssl 4000, waves studio classics, waves v-series
Waves plug-ins... you can't go far in the audio industry without hearing them mentioned can you? Whether you're simply browsing Youtube and watching online tutorials or you're working in a top-end recording studio, you're likely to come across a selection of their plug-ins! Why is this though? Well, to put …
Posted on Tue 11 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with backstreet, focusrite, focusrite 2802, guy, michael jackson, Novation, novation mininova, novation sl mkii, teddy riley, teddy's jam
Teddy Riley... there's only one word to describe him: 'legend'! If you're a fan of R&B groups Guy and Blackstreet, then Teddy was responsible for forming them! If you like Michael Jackson then Teddy co-produced and co-engineered his Dangerous album. There's a lot more that Teddy has worked on …
Posted on Tue 11 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with firewire interface, thunderbolt interface, universal audio, universal audio apollo, universal audio apollo 16
We've had our first delivery of Universal Audio Apollo 16 interfaces in and have one in stock and available to grab right away! The Apollo 16 is a high-quality 16 line-input, 16 line-output interface with built-in Universal Audio Quad-core DSP for running their amazing software plug-ins, which faithfully model a …
Posted on Tue 11 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with akai, akai mpc, akai mpc fly, akai mpc fly 30-pin, impc
The MPC Fly fuses the classic Akai MPC beat-creation workflow with your iPad 2! It features a set of 16 real backlit MPC pads along with familiar features such as Note Repeat and adjustable Swing. Simply slot your iPad 2 into the case, load up the iMPC app and away …
Posted on Mon 10 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with firewire interface, focusrite, focusrite isa110, focusrite isa130, focusrite midnight plug-in suite, focusrite saffire, focusrite saffire 56, focusrite saffire pro 14, focusrite saffire pro 24, focusrite saffire pro 24 dsp, focusrite saffire pro 40
If you're after a professional Firewire interface then you'll probably be interested in our special Focusrite Saffire bundles, which throw in Focusrite Midnight Plug-In Suite (worth £69) for only marginally more than the interfaces cost on their own!
Focusrite Midnight Plug-In Suite provides authentic software emulations of two classic Focusrite …
Posted on Mon 10 June 2013 in Computer Music • Tagged with electro harmonix, jack conte, Launchpad, launchpad s, Novation, novation launchpad, novation launchpad s, robot
No? Well, watch the video below by Jack Conte and if you ever get asked that question again (unlikely, we know!), you'll be able to answer "yes"! Just to be clear, this isn't animation trickery, these are actually real robots in the video! Check it out!
The new Novation Launchpad-S …