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Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
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: M-Audio BX4 BT4.5-inch Bluetooth Multimedia Monitors
When it comes to audio monitors, the lower priced units are usually cheaply made, with poor sound...
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...
Beginner’s Guide to an Effective Audio Mix
You just made some beautiful music - you may have also recorded a singer or rapper on it. Now, the only thing between the masterpiece you have created and your listeners is the mixing process. To be...
JoeCo Cello Audio Interface Review
With two combo 1/4”/XLR connections meant for microphones, each input on the JoeCo Cello Audio Interface also as a selection of options, with classic push analog feel pushbuttons; phantom power, a...
REVIEW: Mackie CR Earbuds & MC Studio Headphones
Mackie’s been a huge player in the prod audio world for 30 years, and now they’ve unveiled a new lineup of in-ears and studio headphones for today’s musicians. How do they fare? Mackie’s CR-series...
TASCAM Model 24 Review
TASCAM pretty much invented home recording, and their Model 24 works as a standalone recorder, a tactile mixer, as well as a DAW interface. What more could you want?...
Win an Auralex Acoustic Treatment Package for Your Studio
'Treat Yourself' and level up your acoustic treatment game with Auralex. That's right, we're hooking up one lucky studio with a killer package of acoustic treatment products from Auralex, taken from...
ZYLIA ZM-1 Microphone Review
Bands have made room recordings since the beginning of…well, recording. However, so many good recordings could have been better, with a better mix, or even the possibility of fixing that one flub if...
Win a complete Home Studio Makeover from Sterling Audio
We're looking to overhaul one lucky artist's home studio featuring awesome new gear from Sterling Audio. Can your home studio use an upgrade? Well, we've got just the thing! Our friends at Sterling...
Protect Your Home Studio With These Insurance Tips
Whether we're talking about our vintage Martin, our one top-shelf condenser mic or that Echoplex we managed to get restored into working order, often times about the only really nice things we have...