Steinberg launches a new range of USB 3.0 audio interfaces, each featuring different input/output...
Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
KRK ROKIT G4 Review
Read our review on the next-gen KRK ROKIT 5 G4 studio monitors... We already have a set of...
Warm Audio WA273-EQ REVIEW
Learn why the Warm Audio WA273 EQ might just be the "must-have" piece of kit for your home studio...
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...
Vintage Synths and Home Recording: In The Studio with OMBRE
PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Roberto Lange: YouTube and eating and laughing… How did you choose the studio? Lange: It is conveniently located inside [my] house. ...
Dynaudio DMB50 Studio Monitors
PROS: Great sound, good design, excellent flexibility. CONS: None. PRICE: $499 each. Monitors are the ears of every studio, and when it comes time to mix, it’s not a place to cut corners. Dynaudio’s...
Zoom Q2 HD Video Recorder
PROS: Plenty of applications, good quality, easy to use CONS: Accessory kit isn’t included PRICE: $199 Back in the day, video cameras were the size of an anti-aircraft weapons. Today, Zoom combines...
From Practice Rooms to the Laundromats: In The Studio with The Stationary Set
http://youtu.be/DRwW9XKZS_c ALBUM INFO The Stationary Set Haunt On Recording Studio: Secret Society, Brooklyn, NY Record label: Self-released Release date: April 2012 Producer: Mike Beck and The...
Recording & Mixing Guitars in the Studio
Part 1 of 2 What’s the best way to record and mix electric and acoustic guitars? We have found that there is no “one way” to do anything in the studio, but here are some tried and true methods that...