Posted on Mon 10 April 2017 in entries • Tagged with bose, linear array, live sound, maui, pa systems, tonematch
Ask any musician what their least favourite part about gigging is and it is highly likely that they will say loading the car at the end of the night. We’ve all been there, thrown everything possible at an audience for two hours, knowing full well that the most physically …
Posted on Sun 09 April 2017 in entries • Tagged with plugin, wormhole, zynaptiq
It's not very often that we single out a plugin and do a feature on it but this one caught our eye and we will do our best to explain what it does. Needless to say, it's going to get weird, wobbly and otherworldly but very cool and useable at …
Posted on Wed 05 April 2017 in entries • Tagged with electric guitars, guitars, pickups, trem
Our guitar manager Terry Haselden talks us through what you need to consider when buying an electric guitar...
Whether you’re buying your first guitar or adding to an ever-growing collection of beautiful pre-owned models, the guitar world can be a minefield. Where do you begin, with a mass of …
Posted on Wed 05 April 2017 in entries • Tagged with nord, nord stage 3, stage pianos
The fifth generation of the successful Stage Series, the Nord Stage 3 has just been announced and it features Nord’s award-winning technologies including the Nord Lead A1 Synth Engine with sample playback, acclaimed Nord C2D Organ Engine, a greatly enhanced Piano Section, and extensive hands-on Effects - all in one …
Posted on Mon 03 April 2017 in entries • Tagged with ezdrummer, toontrack
During April (2017) you will receive a free EZX expansion pack when you buy the massively popular Toontrack EZdrummer 2.
Compatible with the most popular DAWs, Toontrack EZdrummer 2 is a quick and easy way of adding drums to your music project, whatever the genre. In April you can get …
Posted on Fri 24 March 2017 in entries • Tagged with calibration, digitech whammy, whammy
We love a good whammy at the weekend (or any day of the week for that matter)! But we have heard numerous players saying that they have fallen out of love with their Digitech Whammy and that it doesn’t track as well as it used to, but what they …
Posted on Thu 23 March 2017 in entries • Tagged with drums, industry standards, lm400, lm402, ludwig, snare drums
This installment of Industry Standards is one for the drummers. We are going to be taking a look at the snare that is often heralded as being the ‘most recorded drum of all time’. We present to you, the Ludwig LM400 (aka, the Supraphonic).
Thought to have been first used …
Posted on Wed 22 March 2017 in entries • Tagged with izotope, izotope rx, plugins
One of the go-to plugin developers for many of the members of staff here at Absolute Music is having a month of special deals on their mixing and mastering plugins. iZotope is running the Master the Mix promotion all through March and has just announced it is giving a huge …
Posted on Tue 21 March 2017 in entries • Tagged with earphone, in ear, in ear monitors, inear, performance earphones, review, shure, shure se earphones
The Shure SE Series Earphones. What's the difference between each set and what pair is best for you… the performing musician
In this video we are going to be looking at the SE215, 425, 315 and 535. So if you're looking to spend between £90 to £400, we've got you …
We are very proud to announce that once again we have scored gold in the the Feefo awards
Absolute Music has won the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2017, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, rated by real customers.
Created by Feefo, Trusted Service …