Home Recording
Mackie DL1608 16-Channel Live Wireless Mixer
PROS: Effortless wireless mixing, iPad integration, Onyx preamps, price. CONS: None whatsoever. PRICE: $999 Okay, let’s start with the negatives…there are none. So let’s get...
Ear Trumpet Labs Edwina Condenser Microphone
PROS: Fantastic sound, unique look, no need for shock mounting. CONS: None. PRICE: $499 Steampunk has been a popular design aesthetic for years now, usually...
Audio-Technica ATH-ANC27 QuietPoint Noise-Canceling Headphones
PROS: Great sound, many applications, low price, carrying case. CONS: Requires battery for noise canceling. PRICE: $99 A lot of the times, especially in pro...
Apogee Duet 2 USB Interface
PROS: Great sound quality, simple design and functionality. CONS: Mac only. PRICE: $599 Home recording has become more common now than 4-tracks were back in...
FLASHBACK: Vintage Teletronix LA-2A
“Legendary Vocal Compressor from the ’60s” YEAR 1962 HISTORY The LA-2A is considered one of the most legendary vocal compressors in recording history. I first...
SOFTWARE PROFILE: Camel Audio
Camel Audio makes the most useful plugins and sample libraries on the market, equally suited to studio and bedroom producers in their quality and flexibility....
In The Studio with MOTIVE
Using Single Tracking Techniques to Recreate a Live Sound PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Pre-production for us is one of the...
No Synths Allowed! Recording Authentic, Piano-Based Rock with Hey Now, Morris Fader
Good Times Ne’er Forgot by Hey Now, Morris Fader PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? We had a direction and an idea...
GEAR FLASHBACK: API 550 EQ
“Hand-Wired, Simple Design Minimizes Phase Shift” YEAR: Late 1960s HISTORY: The API 550 EQ was designed by Saul Walker in the late 1960s and was...
BUILDER PROFILE: Dave Smith Instruments
New Analog for a Digital World Dave Smith is your greatest influence whose name you don’t know. Since 1977, his work has opened up new...
