Vintage Tube Microphones have always been coveted to the point of being unattainable. David Royer...
Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
REVIEW: RODE VideoMic GO II Microphone
By now everyone has seen some vlogger/YouTuber walking around holding a camera, talking about...
Neat King Bee II Condenser Microphone Review
Neat’s King Bee II is a serious step up from consumer-grade to a professional piece of gear. This...

REVIEW: Warm Audio WA-251 Tube Condenser Microphone
Warm Audio has rolled out a 251-style mic that sounds great and is well within reach, pricewise, to the discerning user. Build wise, this new WA-251 from Warm Audio is really robust. The all brass...

Introducing Brainworx bx_console Focusrite, free for Clarett and Red customers
Check out the news below from Focusrite. Two of the most revered pieces of recording gear in the history of music production, the Focusrite ISA 110 Equaliser and ISA 130 Dynamics Modules...

Avid to Introduce New Products at Avid Connect in Nashville
Avid will host a three-day celebration of the music community that creates, produces, performs and distributes its music with Avid creative tools and solutions. The event takes place July 18-20 in...

Microphone Basics for Podcasting
Welcome to the second in a multi-part series that will focus on microphone basics and capturing sound both for streaming platforms as well as podcasting, co-presented by Performer Magazine and...

Focusrite launch Scarlett 3rd Generation range
Focusrite’s Scarlett range of USB interfaces has already helped make more records than any other in history, and with the 3rd Generation, you’ll sound better than ever. Featuring six...

Microphone Basics for Streaming Audio
Welcome to the first in a multi-part series that will focus on microphone basics and capturing sound both for streaming platforms as well as podcasting, co-presented by Performer Magazine and...

REVIEW: RØDECaster Pro Podcast Studio
A big bottleneck to getting started for a lot of people is the right gear. Rode made this step super easy with their RodeCaster Pro Podcast Studio. For anyone who’s used any kind of mixer, the front...

Blue Ember Microphone Review
The really cool thing about nice microphones, is even if they’ve been meant for one application that doesn’t mean they can’t be used for something completely different to come up with new and...

REVIEW: ART TubeMix 5-Channel Mixer
The 5-channel TubeMix from ART is a pretty handy device that would serve a small home studio well, especially if you are dealing with a number of synths or drum machines that you want to have...

MEET YOUR MAKER: Black Lion Audio
How Long Have You Been in Business? We incorporated in December, 2006. How did you get started? We started out by modifying early MOTU audio interfaces and posting about it in Tape Op’s online...



