Posted on Mon 10 October 2011 in entries • Tagged with akai, keyboard, m-audio
You can read more reviews like this, listen to Tony’s productions, purchase synth patches and more at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
AXIOM 25 MKII vs AKAI MPK25 - INTRODUCTION
Here are two USB/MIDI controller keyboards that are small enough to take anywhere, fit into limited spaces in …
Posted on Wed 05 October 2011 in entries • Tagged with cakewalk, daw, sonar x1, studio
You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
INTRODUCING SONAR X1 PRODUCER
I have been with Cakewalk Sonar Producer since version 6 and having worked myself through the necessary learning curve of a new DAW, I got to the point …
Posted on Tue 04 October 2011 in entries • Tagged with bass, guitar, portable, recorder, tascam
Back in the day, if you were a keen guitarist the chances are you would learn your trade by buying a record containing some riffs by your favourite player, sticking it on a rickety turntable and then use your hand to slow the record down so that you could hear …
Posted on Tue 04 October 2011 in entries • Tagged with clavia, keyboard, nord, synth, synthesiser, synthesizer
This highly entertaining review comes courtesy of Paul Syers...
Timing is everything they say… I mean, who could imagine now that when Frank Whittle built the first jet engine in 1937 it would be kind of overlooked for the first few years of its life… understandable you might say given …
Posted on Tue 27 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, Korg, kronos, synth, synthesiser
You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
INTRODUCTION TO THE KORG KRONOS
For the synth players amongst us, 2011's biggest highlight so far has got to be the release of the new Korg Kronos - a nine synth in one …
Posted on Thu 22 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with balance, interface, propellerhead, reason, studio
It’s due out at the end of this month, but what is this mysterious new product from the Propellerhead camp? I felt that it was time for me to find out! Please note that this article is a preview, not a review as I haven't used the Balance yet …
Posted on Mon 19 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with andy munro, audio, treatment
Thanks to the physics of sound, the space you record in is as crucial as the gear you use, as Andy Munro explains…
MEET THE WRITER
Principle owner of Munro Acoustics, Andy co-founded Dynaudio Acoustics in 1990 and still designs custom Dynaudio monitor systems. He is currently designing many of …
Posted on Fri 09 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, digital, Live, mixer, studio
MIXING WARS
Stuck between a digital rock and an analogue hard place? Let Jono Buchanan and Andy Legg help you out of it...
Before the days of FireWire and USB-based DAW recording, the word ‘digital’ equated to ‘expensive’ and we were all charged a premium for digitally controlled signal paths …
Posted on Thu 08 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with audio-technica, hd25, headphones, sennheiser
I’ve recently been treated to some absolutely stonking top-end products to review, so when my latest list of review products came through and I saw that the Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones were on there, I was a little disappointed! For one, I already own a pair so it is …
Posted on Mon 05 September 2011 in entries • Tagged with Live, mixer, presonus, studio
The Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2 and 16.4.2 have already established themselves as popular products for both home and studio use. With this kind of momentum behind them, Presonus cleverly decided that the next step was to release a scaled down version that would be more friendly on …