Line 6 Now Shipping Firehawk FX – Wireless Multi-Effect Guitar Processor
If a wire is good, then wireless must be better. That’s been the prevailing fact in all the other tech we touch, so why shouldn’t it apply to our guitar (and synth) effects? Line 6 agrees...
View ArticleBack to Basics: How to Improve Gain Staging In Your DAW (Video)
Gain Staging is an important part of dealing with audio when recording and mixing. In this tutorial, I’ll go through some of the issues that are big red flags. If you’re needing some help with gain...
View ArticleBrooklyn Event: Meet API’s BOX Console at Strange Weather — Thursday, 4/9
API is all about New York City this week. API’s BOX takes over NYC this Thursday, at a free-to-attend Open House in Brooklyn. Don’t miss the opportunity to get up close and personal with API’s BOX...
View ArticleAuralex Releases ProKit-1 and ProKit-2 Mid- & High-Band Acoustical Room...
Improved critical listening may just be a kit away. Acoustical treatment aficionados Auralex has announced a new all-in-one line consisting of two kits. Each one was created to bring an aesthetic and...
View ArticleDestination Studio Sweet Spot: Studio Bohemo – Bath, New Hampshire
If New Hampshire is bit of a mystery to you, it’s time for that to change. The Granite State beckons, via Studio Bohemo. (click all photos to enlarge)Think first about its surroundings – Massachusetts,...
View ArticleSonic Union Grows Biz Dev, Post Production Staff with Two Hires
Audio post personnel are on the move in NYC, with two new hires coming onboard at the Union Square shop Sonic Union. (l-r) Sonic Union’s Laura Bermudez and Randee Bowman. Randee Bowman has been added...
View ArticleGreg Norman Outside Electrical Audio
What a regular day at the office looks like for Greg Norman.Greg Norman has been Steve Albini’s right hand man at Electrical Audio since the beginning. He has worked at the influential Chicago studio...
View ArticleUniversal Audio Launches Neve 88RS Channel Strip Collection, Tube-Tech CL 1B...
Say “Neve”, and most audio pros can’t help but feel a glow inside. Need Neve? The new UA Neve 88RS Channel Strip Selection Now Neve is new all over again, with the release of UAD Software v8.1, a...
View ArticleSound Smack! by AfroDJMac — A Study in Resampling: Part 1
With these techniques, you can put a creative new spin on the sounds you already have.
View ArticleSound Smack! by AfroDJMac — Resampling Part II: Boosting Efficiency and...
Want even more good reasons to resample your tracks? Allow the Mac to enlighten you.
View ArticleSound Smack! By AfroDJMac – Resampling Part III: Deja Delay & Reversed Reverb
Straight from the Mac! Here are two fast, easy and fun paths to waking up your tracks.
View ArticleSound Smack! By AfroDJMac — How to Set up Wi-Fi MIDI for iPad
Going wireless opens up creative recording and performance possibilities -- AfroDJMac makes it easy.
View ArticleHow to Play External Instruments Inside Your DAW — by AfroDJMac
Here's the creative way to get what's outside the box inside, for Ableton Live and other DAWs.
View ArticleSound Smack! by AfroDJMac — A Study in Resampling: Part 1
If you are anything like me, you’ve probably spent the last couple of weeks wiping drool off your mouth as all the exciting new musical toys rolled out at this year’s Winter NAMM. Analog synths,...
View ArticleSound Smack! by AfroDJMac — Resampling Part II: Boosting Efficiency and...
As each day passes, it seems there is yet another cool piece of musical gear coming out. Since the release of the iPad, the constant flow of apps has made it hard to stop and just use the tools that...
View ArticleSound Smack! By AfroDJMac – Resampling Part III: Deja Delay & Reversed Reverb
Over the past few months we have discussed how resampling can rejuvenate your tracks and breathe new life into old gear (see Part 1 and Part 2in this series). Over the next few installments, I want...
View ArticleSound Smack! By AfroDJMac — How to Set up Wi-Fi MIDI for iPad
The iPad and iPhone offer musicians a plethora of tools on a single device. There are guitar tuners, ear trainers, chord charts, synthesizers, and the list goes on and on. While it can be great to...
View ArticleHow to Play External Instruments Inside Your DAW — by AfroDJMac
Think Outside The Box! AfroDJMac sez: You can directly inject your hardware synths — like Synthboy here — right into your DAW more easily than you think. In today’s modern Digital Audio Workstations...
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