Mercury Prize-winning quartet Alt-J recently completed their US tour with a PreSonus StudioLive 24.4.2 digital console at the heart of their live performances. Lance Reynolds acted as the front-of-house engineer for the Leeds-based band along with monitor engineer Ron Sharpless and in this brief interview, they both explain …

Universal Audio make some of the best plug-ins you can buy. Trust us! Their software emulations of classic analogue gear are modelled with such attention to detail that they really have to be heard to be believed. Their plug-ins are so powerful that you need a dedicated Universal Audio processor …

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ROLAND PM-03- INTRODUCTION

In September 2011, Roland updated their now discontinued PM-01 Personal Drum Monitor with the release ofPM-03; the first 2.1 channel monitor …

Focusrite have just this instant announced two new USB 2.0 interfaces: the Scarlett 6i6 and 18i8. These beautiful looking devices join the existing (and very popular) family of Scarlett interfaces to make a range that should have a product to suit the needs of almost everybody!

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The Roland FP-50 (available in white and black) is a travel-friendly digital piano with Roland's famous superNATURAL piano sound engine and an Ivory Feel-G keyboard. It also features built-in speakers (an excellent tool for practicing), 90 built-in rhythms and an intelligent rhythm feature, allowing your playing to guide the onboard …

It's Toontrack's annual Songwriter's Month once again and to mark this occasion they have announced some stonking deals!

So, let's start with EZdrummer, Toontracks massively popular percussion software, which is packed with 5GB of professionally recorded percussion hits and more than 8000 MIDI loops! As well as pro-sounds and grooves …

Back in November I wrote an article on the then new Mooer Micro Series line. Since then these diminutive little pedals have gone on to become very popular indeed & they now seem to be popping up all over the place! From newer players just beginning to dabble in the world …

XLN Adpaks are comprehensive expansions for XLN's popular Addictive Drums percussion software. Addictive Drums makes it easy to create professional-sounding grooves and provides all the tools that you need to refine your sounds. The main software comes with three virtual drum kits, providing fantastically realistic sounds, along with a large …

The TC-Helicon VoiceTone Create XT is a high-quality vocal effects pedal, jam-packed with a range of effects as used by the pros! Along with your reverbs, delays and modulations, the Create XT also features the popular Hard Tune effect. This versatile unit is ideal for anyone wanting to add a …

E-J Evans is a young up-and-coming artist with close links to Absolute Music. She's recorded in our studios, taken Cubase lessons with our tutor Dave Thomas and she's recently purchased Cubase 7 and a Steinberg UR22 interface to begin building up her own home recording studio.

After getting set-up, E-J …