Band Gear

Review: Elektron Monomachine SFX 60 MKII  Jan 1, 2009 This versatile beatbox synthesizer is a pattern sequencer, a loop creator and a MIDI synth module suitable for the studio or stage....

Review: Eventide ModFactor and TimeFactor  Dec 1, 2008 These stereo effects stompboxes put high-end modulation and delay effects from Eventide’s expensive rack units into affordable, road-ready pedals...

Frequency: Sebastien Grainger  Dec 1, 2008 Grainger discusses the gear, tips and tricks he used to record Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains...

Frequency: Matthew Herbert Big Band  Dec 1, 2008 Read how experimental and found-sound sample guru Matthew Herbert recorded his big-band opus, There’s Me and There's You....

The Notebook Symphony  Dec 1, 2008 Use a laptop on stage for playing multiple instrument sounds and more....

Review: Livid Instruments Ohm  Aug 6, 2008 Recent software innovation has evolved VJing from background eye candy into full-fledged video performance. But aside from a few exceptions such as the Edirol Motion Dive Tokyo and Numark NuVJ...

Digital DJ: One-Bill Control  Aug 1, 2008 Hackin’ the Box: Take control of your performances like never before by modding or building your own MIDI controller; it’s easier than you may think. Learn about creating a prefab modular MIDI controller or adding custom controllers to mass-market controllers...

Booming Back at You  Jul 1, 2008 If your mixes sound thin or you can't figure out why your tunes pump at home but sound like mud in the club, chances are you need to take a look at your...

Digital DJ: Hackin' the Box  Jul 1, 2008 Have you found the perfect MIDI controller yet? Chances are the answer is and you can't entirely blame it on the manufacturers either. In this fast-paced...

The Power of London  Jun 1, 2008 Remix’s The Power of London technical feature. This article takes you behind the decks of the top two clubs in England to show you the kind of sound system it takes to move the masses....

Review: Roger Linn Design Adrenalinn III  Jun 1, 2008 Remix Roger Linn Design AdrenaLinn III amp modeling and effects stompbox with drum machine and MIDI tempo syncing. The AdrenaLinn III includes fantastic sounding amp models and many creative tempo-synced modulation effects. A built-in drum machine can sync to MIDI. ...

Novation ReMote 25SL Compact  Feb 1, 2008 While the fairly recent and successful Novation ReMote Zero SL control surface provided the the revolutionary Automapping and cool blue LCD strips of...

Robot Uprising  Feb 1, 2008 I've always enjoyed being exposed to new things, says a young lady standing nearby. On a damp November night on New York City's Upper East Side, she wouldn't...

The Sixth Annual Remix Technology Awards  Jan 1, 2008 Pop bottles for the 28 hottest music production and performance products of 2007...

KORG Zero8 Live Control Console  Dec 1, 2007 Producer/Remixer/DJs can wake up; the mixer of their dreams is here...

JazzMutant Dexter  Dec 1, 2007 Direct DAW control gets all touchy feely...

TC-Helicon Voicetone Correct and Create  Dec 1, 2007 VoiceLive's little brothers make live vocal effects a cinch...

New Products  Nov 1, 2007 CAKEWALK SONAR 7 DAW FOR WINDOWS Cakewalk beefed up Sonar 7 (Producer Edition $619, Studio Edition $369; www.cakewalk.com), already one of the most popular...

NEW PRODUCTS  Oct 2, 2007 LIVID INSTRUMENTS CELL PERFORMANCE VJ SOFTWARE Cell ($99; www.lividinstruments.com), the new VJ software from Livid Instruments...

FEDERICO AUBELE  Oct 1, 2007 Had Federico Aubele never left his native Buenos Aires five years ago, there's a good chance his new album Panamericana would have never come to fruition....

THEY'RE BAAA-AAACK!  Sep 1, 2007 What seems now like a long time ago and was in fact at the turn of the century, a company called Electrix (www.electrixpro.com) revolutionized the hardware...

BALANCING POINT  Jun 1, 2007 With a few exceptions, post-'90s dance music has lacked any identity. Although top-flight DJs continued to thrive in clubs around the world, there was...

KORG MINI-KP  Jun 1, 2007 Sometimes people get way too serious about gear and lose sight of the fact that making music should be a lot of fun. It's probably a trap everyone has...

ELECTRO-HARMONIX STEREO POLYPHASE, STEREO CLONE THEORY AND STEREO PULSAR  May 1, 2007 When I heard that Electro Harmonix (EH) released stereo versions of some of its pedals, I rejoiced. I've used EH pedals since I got my first Wurlitzer...

KEYTOSOUND NEXSYN  Apr 1, 2007 Nearly a decade ago, Max Gronlund developed the groundbreaking Koblo Studio 9000 bundle the first commercially successful virtual instrument among a handful...