Continue on our journey to expand your guitar soundscape with Ed Mitchell's guide to using traditional effects as colour...

MEET THE WRITER: ED MITCHELL

Experienced guitarist Ed spent 17 years in music retail before moving into music journalism. He now writes regularly for various mags including Total Guitar and Guitarist …

Sampling technology really started to come of age with the development of computer based sampling systems, such as the Fairlight CMI, in the mid to late eighties, and there was a plethora of sample based records to prove it! However, at one end of the scale, you had the highly …

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

ADAM A77X ACTIVE STUDIO MONITORS - INTRODUCTION

Following on from my review of the outstanding award-winning Adam A7X monitors, I now have a pair of the massive A77X monitors to put some …

]({static}/uploads/2012/05/Johan-Hugo.png)We find out exactly what makes producer, remixer and DJ Johan Hugo (and his studio) tick…

Here in Johan Hugo’s East London studio, Dance music collides with West African beats, Hip Hop rubs shoulders with House, and folders on the laptop screen reveal …

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

NORD DRUM - INTRODUCTION

Announced at Winter NAMM this year was the Nord Drum: a virtual analogue drum synthesiser with four inputs for electronic drum pads or acoustic drum triggers. The Nord …

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

LINE 6 POD HD DESKTOP - INTRODUCTION

The Line 6 POD range has been around for quite a few years now and has been a source of great effects and amp modelling …

Toontrack have a great reputation for easy-to-use products that work well straight out of the box. I am a huge fan of their Superior Drummer series, so I was intrigued to see if EZkeys could offer the same versatility and flexibility, but without stifling creativity.

TOONTRACK EZKEYS – IT’S GRAND …

Blade is the new plug-in synth from synth and software designer Rob Papen and it joins an ever-expanding library of instruments and effects that have been created from his own personal visions…

ROB PAPEN BLADE – FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Once installation is complete, which is an incredibly easy process, the synth powers …

Our warehouse recently saw its first shipment of Universal Audio Apollo interfaces, so we thought that this would be an ideal opportunity to grab one and test it out! After all, we’re guessing that you’re just as excited as us to find out what these things sound like …

You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony’s productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.

CLAVIA NORD ELECTRO 3 - INTRODUCTION

I have been anxious to get my hands on a Nord keyboard for a while and it is very strange that at the time Nord have …