FLOOD AND SONTRONICS MICS

Posted on Thu 19 July 2012 in Interviews • Tagged with condenser mic, delta, dynamic mic, flood, halo, mark ellis, nine inch nails, orbital, orpheus, pj harvey, ribbon mic, saturn, sigma, smashing pumpkins, sontronics, the killers, u2

FloodIf you've never heard of Flood (aka Mark Ellis), you will almost certainly be familiar with his work, having produced/engineered/mixed for the likes of U2, Nine Inch Nails, Orbital, PJ Harvey, The Killers, Smashing Pumpkins and many, many, MANY more! In this interview, Flood talks about his early …


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ELECTRO HARMONIX SUPEREGO VIDEO

Posted on Thu 19 July 2012 in entries • Tagged with effect pedal, electric guitar, electro harmonix, guitar pedal, pink floyd, superego, synth pedal

Electro Harmonix SuperegoHere is a short video of the Electro Harmonix Superego Synth Pedal, starring Lee and Dan. If you're into your psychedelic Pink Floyd-type sounds, then this one is likely to be of interest to you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-LiyKNwyNE

For more information on the Electro Harmonix Superego …


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FOCUSRITE AND NOVATION PRICE DROPS

Posted on Wed 18 July 2012 in Computer Music • Tagged with focusrite, liquid saffire 56, Novation, scarlett 18i6, ultranova

Novation UltranovaFocusrite Novation have recently announced three price drops on their Liquid Saffire 56 and Scarlett 18i6 audio interfaces and their Ultranova synthesiser.

New prices are as follows...

Focusrite Liquid Saffire 56: Now £549.99!

Focusrite Scarlett 18i6: Now £239.99!

Novation Ultranova: Now £479!

For more information on any of …


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BITWIG STUDIO - BRAND NEW DAW

Posted on Wed 18 July 2012 in General News • Tagged with bitwig studio, daw

Bitwig Studio LogoA new DAW, Bitwig Studio, is on its way! Bitwig Studio claims to give you a more natural way of working, offering a super fast workflow, and from looking at its specs, it certainly seems to have some useful features. It even has an Ableton-esque working view for digital DJs …


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HOW TO ACTIVATE CUBASE AI & CUBASE LE

Posted on Tue 17 July 2012 in entries • Tagged with cubase, cubase ai, cubase ai 4, cubase ai 5 cubase ai 6, cubase le, cubase le 4, cubase le 5, cubase le 6, elcc, elicense control centre, elicenser, soft elicenser, Steinberg

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So, you've got yourself a copy of Cubase AI or Cubase LE, but you're a bit stuck how to actually get the software up and running?! Follow our simple step-by-step guide and you'll soon be on your way to recording and creating music …


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WIN AN IMPACT TWIN AUDIO INTERFACE AND DYNAUDIO MONITORS

Posted on Fri 13 July 2012 in Competitions • Tagged with audio interface, audio/midi interface, dbm50, desktop monitor, dynaudio, dynaudio professional, firewire interface, impact twin, tc electronic

Impact Twin and DBM50Dynaudio Professional are giving you the chance to win a TC Electronic Impact Twin Audio Interface and a pair of their brand new perfectly angled DBM50 desktop monitors. Entering the competition is extremely easy...

For a chance to win, simply 'like' Dynaudio Professional on Facebook! If you already 'like' Dynaudio …


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KORG KRONOS X ANNOUNCED

Posted on Fri 13 July 2012 in General News • Tagged with Korg, kronos, kronos x

Korg Kronos 73If you thought that the Korg Kronos was the ultimate music workstation, think again as Korg have announced the Kronos X range...

Kronos X workstations feature everything that standard Kronos workstations have, but they add a larger SSD, 2GB of extra available sampling RAM (giving 3GB in total), and …


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TC-HELICON MIC MECHANIC PEDAL

Posted on Fri 13 July 2012 in General News • Tagged with delay pedal, mic mechanic, pitch correction pedal, reverb pedal, tc helicon, vocal pedal

TC Helicon Mic Mechanic PedalTC-Helicon release the Mic Mechanic reverb, delay and correction pedal and it's already in stock with us and flying off the shelves! The Mic Mechanic pedal is advertised as being a complete vocal toolbox in one compact, easy-to-use pedal, and it is certainly packed with everything that you need to …


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64-BIT LOGIC RESCANS ALL AUTOMAP PLUG-INS ON START-UP - SOLUTION

Posted on Fri 13 July 2012 in entries • Tagged with 64 bit, automap, automap 4, automap 4.4, logic, logic 9, logic pro, logic pro 9, Novation

Automap Logo]({static}/uploads/2012/07/automap-logo.png)As you're reading this article, I'm assuming that you're also suffering from this time-consuming and annoying problem. Indeed, I suffered it for a few weeks until I eventually discovered how to stop it without taking drastic measures, such as deleting Automap off my system …


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AUTOMAP 4.4 RELEASED

Posted on Fri 13 July 2012 in Computer Music • Tagged with ableton, ableton live, ableton live 8, automap, automap 4.4, impulse, nocturn, Novation, sl mkii, zero sl mkii

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Novation have released an update to their fantastic Automap software - now on version 4.4. Automap works with all major DAWs, and automatically and intuitively maps the controls of a compatible Novation hardware controller to the controls of your DAW and plug-in effects and …


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