Posted on Thu 17 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with analogue, drum, instruments, machine, namm 2011, review, tempest
For me, and also judging by our recent poll, the Dave Smith Tempest was one of the most exciting products to come out of the recent NAMM 2011 show. It wasn’t exciting because it was big, did everything, or offered something completely revolutionary. It was simply exciting because it …
Posted on Wed 16 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with keyboard, Korg, kronos, review, synth, synthesiser
The Korg Kronos - arguably the most anticipated product of the year (and it's only February!) So it seems only right that I dedicate a blog post to fill you in on what this bad boy can do! So I guess this post is actually more of a preview than a …
Posted on Tue 15 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with effect, guitar, pedal, review, tc electronic, toneprint
Another one of the exciting products to emerge from NAMM 2011 was the TC Electronic TonePrint! Well, I say ‘product’, although the TonePrint is actually a concept that has been applied to a range of guitar pedals… so what is TonePrint? Hopefully I will be able to answer this question …
Posted on Thu 10 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with Novation, review, synth, synthesiser, ultranova
What? Another Novation Ultranova review from Absolute Music? Yes, but this time you're getting the opinions of Tony Long, rather than myself... and you can read more reviews like this, along with Tony's productions at his personal site -> Tony Long Music! Enjoy!
NOVATION ULTRANOVA - INTRODUCTION
As I recall, Novation were …
Posted on Wed 09 February 2011 in entries • Tagged with akai, iphone, ipod, review, synth
The Akai SynthStation 25 transforms your iPhone or iPod Touch into a portable music production studio for mobile music creation. OK, I admit it, I stole that line directly from the Akai Pro website, but I couldn't think of a better way to explain it! What the SynthStation basically allows …
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 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 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 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 …