Posted on Wed 09 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with ik multimedia, irig, mic, microphone, review
Expanding on the success of the highly popular iRig Guitar/Bass interface, which lets you plug in your precious instrument to your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad, IK Multimedia have announced the release of the inspired iRig Mic; the first handheld quality condenser microphone for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad …
Posted on Tue 08 February 2011 in Computer Music • Tagged with firewire, interface, usb
News flash! MOTU have announced the latest version of the industry-standard 828 Mk3 - and this time, it's Hybrid!
The MOTU 828 Mk3 Hybrid incorporates both Firewire and USB2 connectivity, allowing it to be connected to a huge range of Mac and Windows computers. The new model uses FireWire "Type B …
Posted on Thu 03 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with access, review, synth, synthesiser, virus
I'm sure that when Access released their first Virus synthesiser back in 1997, they must have known that they were onto something special. Since that day, the Virus synth series has greatly expanded, and with it has come a mass of loyal followers, who swear by the quality of sounds …
Posted on Thu 03 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with acoustic, guitar, re-stringing, tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5DaSHIID-s
Our resident guitar technician, Robin, shows us how to re-string a Martin acoustic guitar. He also shows how to prevent the bridge pin from popping out when doing so.
Posted on Wed 02 February 2011 in Computer Music • Tagged with Promotion, upgrade
Announcing the 2-part Pro Tools Native promotion! Read on to discover how you can save money with Avid!
Promotion Part 1: Legacy TDM to Native
You can now exchange your legacy TDM Pro Tools system for a Pro Tools Native Core with Pro Tools 9 software! And, customers looking to …
Posted on Wed 26 January 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, dave smith, instruments, review, synth, synthesiser, tetra
This review kindly written by Tony Long. You can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music.
DAVE SMITH TETRA - INTRODUCTION
Dave Smith who co-developed the DSI-120 integrated circuit that was used in the famous Prophet 08 in 2007 and the Mopho …
Posted on Fri 21 January 2011 in Computer Music • Tagged with Steinberg, upgrade
Did you purchase Cubase 5 or Cubase Studio 5 between December 1st 2010 and February 28th 2011?
If so, then you are likely to be eligible to obtain a Grace Period update or upgrade to Cubase 6 for a special cheaper price!
You are eligible for the Grace Period update …
Posted on Thu 20 January 2011 in entries • Tagged with cubase 6, Korg, kronos, tempest
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Anyone else’s Facebook/Twitter news feed resembled this over the last few days? And before anyone …
Posted on Wed 19 January 2011 in entries • Tagged with review
Don't let the posting name fool you! My knowledge of drums is 'alright' at best! This review was kindly written by Austin Lane, Absolute Music's new drum manager!
2BOX DRUMIT 5 MK2 ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT
Having been playing drums for more years than I care to mention, and having just …
Posted on Fri 14 January 2011 in entries • Tagged with krk, monitor, review, rokit, rp5
Christmas has been and gone, so I'm sure you've enjoyed being subjected to the usual carol singers, cheesey songs on the radio, songs of praise on the TV, heavy wall shaking dubstep, and your little brothers jingle bells CD.
Wait...rewind a second, what was that? Heavy wall shaking dubstep …