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Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
REVIEW: TC Electronic TC2290-DT Digital Delay
TC Electronic TC2290-DT Desktop-Controlled Plug-in TC’s delay units were pretty much industry...
REVIEW: TC Electronic DVR-250DT
Plug-ins really made things easier overall – with fewer big boxes and racks to take up space. BUT,...
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 studios, outside noise and distractions...
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 the day, and now Apogee’s offering up...
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 learned about it through a friend and...
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. Their compressor/distortion plugin...
In The Studio with MOTIVE
Using Single Tracking Techniques to Recreate a Live Sound http://youtu.be/n6FZte1a3nE PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Pre-production for us is one of the most...
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 for where we wanted the album to go. We...
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 first used in API and custom console designs. It has...
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 frontiers in music technology and created entire industries...
REVIEW: Cerwin Vega CVM-1224FX USB Mixer
PROS: Tons of features, plenty of live/recording applications, easy to use. CONS: None. PRICE: $299 Mixers almost always seem to be available in a standard set of configurations - 12, 16, 24 tracks,...
SOFTWARE PROFILE: Native Instruments
Native Instruments is one of the premier software instrument developers in the world. They create samplers, sample libraries, synthesizers, and effects that have revolutionized genres and are used...