Posted on Fri 25 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with digital, duo, instruments, native, pro, scratch, Traktor
Time to give you the lowdown on another new product, this time aimed at the ever-growing digital DJ market... and it's a big one... it's the news that the second generation of the landmark Traktor software/hardware is set for release on 1st April!
TRAKTOR 2 - INTRODUCTION
If you've read …
Posted on Wed 23 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with box, focusrite, interface, review, technology, vrm
I happen to live in a block of flats populated by old people. Nothing wrong with that...they are all very nice people...but it does have one major downside...when the clock strikes half past 9, it's time to turn down the music for fear of an angry knock …
Posted on Mon 21 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with avid, m-audio, review, synth, synthesiser
I once DJ’d at a night in Banbury and before my set I got talking to one of the other DJ’s. Naturally, talk turned to music, and I asked him what sort of music he played…the answer I got was a single word, spoken in a deep …
Posted on Mon 21 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with drum, hybrid, machine, review
Time to look at another NAMM 2011 product – the Arturia Spark! It’s not yet been released, and is instead currently available for pre-order, but there’s no harm in having a look into what this highly anticipated product is capable of doing!
ARTURIA SPARK – INTRODUCTION
The Arturia Spark is …
Posted on Thu 17 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, drum, instruments, machine, namm 2011, review, tempest
For me, and also judging by our recent poll, the Dave Smith Tempest was one of the most exciting products to come out of the recent NAMM 2011 show. It wasn’t exciting because it was big, did everything, or offered something completely revolutionary. It was simply exciting because it …
Posted on Wed 16 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, Korg, kronos, review, synth, synthesiser
The Korg Kronos - arguably the most anticipated product of the year (and it's only February!) So it seems only right that I dedicate a blog post to fill you in on what this bad boy can do! So I guess this post is actually more of a preview than a …
Posted on Tue 15 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with effect, guitar, pedal, review, tc electronic, toneprint
Another one of the exciting products to emerge from NAMM 2011 was the TC Electronic TonePrint! Well, I say ‘product’, although the TonePrint is actually a concept that has been applied to a range of guitar pedals… so what is TonePrint? Hopefully I will be able to answer this question …
Posted on Thu 10 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with Novation, review, synth, synthesiser, ultranova
What? Another Novation Ultranova review from Absolute Music? Yes, but this time you're getting the opinions of Tony Long, rather than myself... and you can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music! Enjoy!
NOVATION ULTRANOVA - INTRODUCTION
As I recall, Novation were …
Posted on Thu 10 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with guitar, pre-owned
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Posted on Wed 09 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with akai, iphone, ipod, review, synth
The Akai SynthStation 25 transforms your iPhone or iPod Touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. OK, I admit it, I stole that line directly from the Akai Pro website, but I couldn't think of a better way to explain it! What the SynthStation basically allows …