Back in 2015 Soundcraft unveiled the Ui12 and Ui16 Digital Mixers to a hugely positive reception. Also the wireless mixing was nothing new, very few other systems matched it for effects, amp modelling and ease of use. The new and improved version, the Soundcraft Ui24R builds on this reputation and …

Rehearsal and Recording Mixer for Ensembles. 

Convenient and simple to use, the HS-5 allows up to five musicians to rehearse, jam, and record while monitoring with headphones. Players have individual hands-on control of their personal mix, plus access to reverb and COSM effects for guitar, bass, and vocals. Bands can …

The Softube Console 1 is the next generation audio mixer and now in stock here at absolutemusic. Used together with any major DAW, Console 1 will not only give you the analog sound that Softube's plug-ins are world famous for, but also the analog workflow of using physical knobs and …

The Alesis iO Mix gives you a hardware mixer with an iPad dock for recording up to four channels of audio onto your iPad, transforming it into a powerful portable studio. With the iO Mix, you can record multiple microphones or instruments directly into compatible apps such as GarageBand. The …

Alto have announced a brand new series of live mixers called Masterlink Live, which make use of the iPad to add a large touchscreen to help you control your live mixes. There are currently two models in the Masterlink Live series; the Masterlink Live 16 (a 16 channel mixer) and …

The Line 6 StageScape M20d Mixer is the world's first 'smart mixing' system for live sound. It uses a touchscreen to  allow you to mix in a brand new way and also features built-in DSP for powerful audio processing on each channel, including multi-band feedback suppression. The StageScape M20d also …

The Mackie DL1608 is the latest product to harness the power of the iPad, combining it with the feature-set of a digital mixer for live mixing like you have never seen before! The Mackie DL1608 features 16 boutique-quality Onyx preamps, which sound absolutely excellent - something that we can confirm as …

MIXING WARS

Stuck between a digital rock and an analogue hard place? Let Jono Buchanan and Andy Legg help you out of it...

Before the days of FireWire and USB-based DAW recording, the word ‘digital’ equated to ‘expensive’ and we were all charged a premium for digitally controlled signal paths …

The Presonus StudioLive 24.4.2 and 16.4.2 have already established themselves as popular products for both home and studio use. With this kind of momentum behind them, Presonus cleverly decided that the next step was to release a scaled down version that would be more friendly on …

I've really been treated this month when it comes to DAW controllers! I thought that my luck had peaked when I was asked to review the awesome SSL Nucleus last week, but no sooner had I stopped typing the final sentence, I received an e-mail asking if would mind taking …