Posted on Fri 14 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with patrick deriaz, ribbon mic, se electronics, voodoo vr1
Patrick Derivaz is a composer, performer, producer and mixing engineer who has worked with a variety of big name artists from Will.I.Am to John Cale. After recently purchasing an sE Electronics VR1 ribbon microphone Patrick was so impressed that he decided to personally write to sE Electronics to …
Posted on Wed 12 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with effect pedal, electro harmonix, guitar pedal, john mclaughlin, mahavishnu orchestra, ravi shankar, ravish, sitar
From simple one-knob pedals such as the Neo Clone, all the way through to some of the most complicated units on the market, the Electro-Harmonix range of stomp boxes is certainly an eclectic mix to say the least. The Ravish Sitar falls into the latter category &, after having seen many …
Posted on Tue 11 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with auralex, avid, bn5, bob marley, boy better know, bx5 d2, climaks beats, dexplicit, dizzee rascal, dr. dre, ed sheeran, emeli sande, fl studio, grime, imaschine, krk rp5, lil wayne, loopy ep, m-audio, maschine mikro, masro, mbox mini, michael jackson, mind my crep (remixes) ep, money notes records, mopads, nate dogg, Native Instruments, notorious b.i.g., recognition, roll deep, roll deep crew, skepta, sticky, swizz beatz, the unexpected ep, timbaland, tinchy stryder, traktor s2, uk grime, wiley, wretch 32, zed bias
Masro is a rising young producer in the UK Grime scene whose original compositions, hard work and dedication have seen his profile rise throughout 2012. His tracks have received air time on some of the UK's biggest Urban and Grime music shows and this has lead to a number of …
Posted on Tue 11 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with audio interface, focusrite, forte, usb interface
You can read more reviews like this, listen to Tony’s productions, purchase synth patches and more at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
FOCUSRITE FORTE - INTRODUCTION
I am sure that my first thoughts when looking at the new Focusrite Forte are the same as everyone else's, in that it …
Posted on Wed 05 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with distortion pedal, effect pedal, guitar pedal, proco, rat, rat 2
For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, let me take a moment to introduce you to the truly legendary ProCo RAT! This pedal began life as a custom order unit back in 1978 but, due to its popularity, ProCo began mass-producing it only a year later. In 1988 …
Posted on Tue 04 December 2012 in entries • Tagged with momo:tempo, timo peach
We recently spoke with the local composer, producer, creative and true gentleman that is Timo Peach to discuss the shed where it all began, his love of France, his didgeridoo and of course his wacky music act, Momo:tempo...
Well, first thing's first… we've seen the 'Nudge' video… should we …
Posted on Wed 28 November 2012 in entries • Tagged with mini keys, mininova, Novation, synth, synthsiser, ultranova
You can read more reviews like this, listen to Tony’s productions, purchase synth patches and more at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
NOVATION MININOVA - INTRODUCTION
I do love Novation synths and I am still very happy with my Supernova II rack that I picked up for a good …
Posted on Fri 23 November 2012 in entries • Tagged with torpedo, torpedo live, torpedo vb-101, two notes, two notes torpedo, vb-101
If you’re a guitarist that doesn’t always find it practical to mic up your guitar rig when recording, or you’re fed up with being at the mercy of house engineers at gigs, then this might be the product for you!
As a user of the Torpedo Live's …
Posted on Wed 21 November 2012 in entries • Tagged with ana echo, ana echo analogue delay, black secret distortion, blade metal distortion, blues crab, cruncher distortion, effect pedal, green mile overdrive, guitar pedal, hustle drive distortion, mad1, mbd1, mds1, mds2, mds3, mds4, mfz3, mmd1, mod1, mooer, mooer micro series, mps1, mrv1, mtr1, ninety orange, ninety orange analogue chorus, pitch box harmony, shimverb, shimverb digital reverb, trelicopter optical tremolo, triangle buff, ultra drive distortion
As far as effects pedals are concerned, the majority of them tend to fall into one of two categories: cheap & cheerful (which is okay for the younger player, or possibly for those effects that we don't use all that often); or higher priced units whose tried & tested reputation has earned …
Posted on Tue 13 November 2012 in entries • Tagged with analogue synth, bass synth, minitaur, minitaur revolution 2, minitaur v2, moog
You can read more reviews like this, listen to Tony’s productions, purchase synth patches and more at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
MOOG MINITAUR - INTRODUCTION
Here is another new Moog product that I am sure will become a classic - the Moog Minitaur Monophonic Analogue Bass Synth. Its engine …