Audio-Technica long known in sound-engineer circles as a manufacturer of midrange to high-end transducer products, including microphones and headphones...
Blue Microphones' first foray into studio hardware comes in the form of the Robbie, a Class A, discrete single-channel mic and instrument tube preamplifier....
Most have little need for bulky analog mixers these days, what with the virtual mixer inside your digital audio sequencer, compact control surfaces and...
If you go to Amazon.com and check out the customer reviews of Ying Yang Twins' last album, Me & My Brother, you'll see an average of 3.5 stars. But when...
When I first entered the world of digital audio, I was interested in producing and engineering but had no clue where to start. I knew I needed a computer...
The art of DJing has evolved significantly since the Technics SL-1200MKII turntable entered the scene in the early 1970s. For years, 12-inch singles and...
Musicians have always longed to break free from the studio. Face it: Few things are less inspiring than sitting down at your music workstation day after...
The lines between the physical audio universe and the virtual one just keep on blurring. A case in point is the hybrid nature of the PodXT Live multi-effects...
Computer-based music has long suffered from the stigma that it's not quite ready for prime time. Pretty much everybody can think of examples in which...
Throughout the '70s and '80s, the constant improvement to the microchip directly influenced the availability, price and portability of electronic instruments,...
Now that you know all about analog cables and connections including some of the elusive TRS, XLR, TS and RCA words you're ready to move on to the other...
Back in the days when people walked 10 miles uphill in the snow to get to school, producers had far fewer jacks and cable types to fuss with. Now, a seemingly...
The music-industry market has never been more flush with computer audio interfaces than it is right now. And while most companies are caught up in the...
Shifting from its typical application-specific designs, Blue Microphones has released an all-purpose condenser with the Bluebird, a Class-A discrete,...
Face it: It's easy to hear the difference between homemade demos and commercial releases. Of course, there are many reasons why, but quality gear is often...
Picking the right DJ mixer can be a tough choice for beginning DJs and seasoned professionals alike. Serious DJs are artists in every sense of the word,...
Allen & Heath's V6 mixer was the apple of many a DJ's eye when it first hit the scene. It was the pinnacle of DJ-mixer design, a unit designed without...
I'm a big fan of anything with tubes not only that, I own not one, but two original-issue En-Voices. So when offered the opportunity to review MindPrint's...
It just wouldn't be winter in the audio world without the annual trip south to lovely Orange County, Calif., for the Winter NAMM convention. And say what...
Although CD players for DJs have been around since the 1990s, they have faced considerable opposition from spinners throughout the years, mainly because...
If there were any doubts in my mind about the ascendancy of digital audio in the DJ world, 2004 put them to rest. Week after week, it seemed like a constant...
The sheer number of 2-channel battle mixers on the market today speaks volumes about how popular turntablism and scratching have become. More and more...
I'm sure that many readers of this magazine will agree that there are plug-ins on the market today that can do just about anything imaginable. Even though...
Bag End is a speaker manufacturer that has always been renowned for its insane low end. For many years, the company has offered subwoofers that are flat...
You know, it's a strange phenomenon. Nearly as perverse as the two-decade-old Mac user versus PC user rivalry has become, the age of the digital audio...
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