Posted on Fri 15 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with roland, synth, synthesiser
The Roland Jupiter-8 is perhaps my favourite synthesiser of all time! If you listen to some of the demonstrations on Youtube then you will understand why. It just produces such a beautiful, warm and distinctive analogue sound, and it can create a huge variety of different timbres from dynamic pads …
Posted on Fri 15 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with ableton, daw, intro, Live, live 8, software, suite
If you’re looking for a creative DAW program that you can use for mixing, recording and composition but also perform with live, then Ableton Live 8 is for you…
Forgive us for stating the obvious but the clue is in the name: that word ‘Live’ is the absolute key …
Posted on Thu 14 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with audio, interface, mackie, onyx
Remember those little black liquorice flavoured chewy sweets that used to be available for a penny from your local corner shop? They were the ones you used to buy as a kid as a last resort if all the Fruit Salads and Apple flavoured ones had run out, and they …
Posted on Wed 13 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with drum, Korg, mini, wavedrum
I’ve got to say that Korg are really on a roll at the moment! At NAMM 2011 they brought out the Kronos, which in my opinion blew all the other products out of the water (with the exception of the Dave Smith Instruments Tempest, which I also thought was …
Posted on Tue 12 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, Korg, monotribe, monotron, synth, synthesiser
What do you get if you lock a Korg Monotron and a Korg Electribe in a romantic, candlelit Honeymoon suite in an expensive Paris hotel? Yes, that’s right… absolutely nothing… apart from your Monotron and Electribe back, assuming one of the candles didn’t blow over and set fire …
Posted on Mon 11 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with m-audio, synth, synthesiser, venom
You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
M-AUDIO VENOM - INTRODUCTION
M-Audio are a company who design and import a range of audio products such as DAW interfaces, monitors, mics, MIDI controllers, Digital Pianos and DJ software and controllers. They …
Posted on Tue 05 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with hardware
The pinnacle of analogue/digital conversion technology has to be the new Apogee Symphony I/O. It will truly revolutionise your expectations…
Within the pro audio industry very few companies can claim to be consistently viewed as world leaders in their field. However, over the past 25 years Apogee Electronics …
Posted on Mon 04 April 2011 in entries • Tagged with active, cms 65, focal, monitor, speaker, studio
These award-winning monitors have been designed to deliver great sound in the professional environment or the home studio. Meet the Focal CMS series…
Here in the Absolute Music studios we love a bit of French chic, and that’s what we get every time we install a new set of …
Introduced in 1928, the Theremin is one of the earliest and most widely known electronic instruments. Played by artists manipulating the pitch and volume of invisible sound waves radiated from a single antenna with their hands, Theremin music has distinguished hit records from such diverse artists as The Beach Boys …
Posted on Thu 31 March 2011 in entries • Tagged with Live, mackie, studio
The Onyx range of digitally infused premium analogue mixers are perfect for live and studio applications. We plug in the 16-channel Mackie Onyx 1640i…
Mackie is widely known for designing high-performance, professional audio gear that fits into the budget of the working musician. The Mackie boffins know mixers and continually …