Posted on Fri 24 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with app, ipad, iphone, ipod touch
If you paid any attention whatsoever to the recent NAMM 2012 industry show, you are likely to have noticed a recurring theme based around one product in particular… the iPad.
Now, this is hardly a surprising move, considering that nowadays every man, woman, child, cat, dog and weasel seem to …
Posted on Fri 24 February 2012 in DJ Gear • Tagged with edison, Novation, twitch
No, not the inventor of electric light, but the DJ controllerist champion! In this short video, Edison uses the Twitch to control Ableton Live to produce a creative Hip Hop performance.
Check it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLmezwbijA&feature=youtu.be
For more information on the Novation Twitch …
Posted on Tue 21 February 2012 in Competitions • Tagged with condenser, mic, microphone, se electronics, se x1
At the end of last year, a group of industry professionals gathered to blind test a selection of professional condenser mics from some of the world's biggest brands. The aim was to compare the sound quality of each mic in a way where judgment could not be swayed by brand …
Posted on Tue 21 February 2012 in Drums • Tagged with e500, electronic drums, traps
In this tutorial video, Mark and Joe explain how to build the Traps e500 Electronic Drum Kit, a kit with full size mesh heads at an unbelievable price!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI74GksSxAs
For more information on the Traps e500 Electronic Drum Kit, click the link below:
Posted on Fri 17 February 2012 in Customer Services • Tagged with rehearsal, studios
These are exciting times at Absolute Music as we are expanding to include rehearsal room facilities at our Knighton Heath headquarters! So, if you're a music act in the Bournemouth/Poole area and are looking for somewhere to rehearse without noise constraints with a selection of professional equipment, then give …
Posted on Fri 17 February 2012 in Recording • Tagged with focusrite, liquid channel
The Focusrite Liquid Channel was recently put through its paces at Snap! Studios in London, as it was compared to a selection of the original models that it emulates. Judging the results were Guy Massey and Marco Pasquariello of Snap! Studios - check out the video below to see how the …
Posted on Thu 16 February 2012 in Drums • Tagged with ahead, armor, drum case
Ahead Armor cases provide a real treat for your drums and are an absolute must if you are regularly transporting your kit from place-to-place.
Their unique teardrop shape makes for a much snugger fit and their special 'DynaZip' zipping system also makes it extremely easy to transfer the drum in …
Posted on Wed 15 February 2012 in Drums • Tagged with drum tuner, electronic drum tuner, overtone labs, tune-bot
The new Tune-Bot electronic drum tuner from Overtone Labs is due in with us very soon, so get your pre-orders in now to secure one!
Tuning a drum is a difficult process as it used to be the case that the only way to achieve it was to use your …
Posted on Wed 15 February 2012 in Competitions • Tagged with addictive drums, xln
This is your chance to win an exclusive Addictive Drums box signed by Max Martin, one AD Pak of your choice and a T-shirt! All you have to do is to Click Here to visit the official Addictive Drums Facebook page, click to 'like' their page and then match five …
Posted on Wed 15 February 2012 in entries • Tagged with big muff, big muff pi, effect, effect pedal, electro harmonix, pedal
Our Guitar Manager, Terry Haselden, gives us the low-down on Electro Harmonix, a legendary brand of guitar effects pedals that we now stock!
Electro Harmonix
There are effects pedals and then there are Effects Pedals, and Electro Harmonix are most certainly one of the Music Industry's pioneers, having been founded …