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In Part 3 of this article, we will focus only on Audio Interfaces. Audio interface is what is required to get sound into the computer to record, and playback the sound from the computer to speakers/headphones or mixer. Think of the audio interface as the tape recorder/player, and the computer as the tape. Audio interfaces can be simple or complicated […]
The studio has officially closed, but the site will remain open for interesting info for musicians. The studio is a small private studio, and may produce music and other music material to be released to the public at some date. Until then, hang out and look at the old archives, but this site will be back.
We recently acquired a Songmaker Kit, and decided to integrate it into the studio. We have also noticed that the power on the Songmaker kit pieces (Keyboard, Lightpad M, and Loop Block) all had less than 10% battery power. Included are the blocks, a case, and 2 USB C to USB Type A cables.
I remember just a few years ago, I had conversations with people across the globe about going 100% in the box or not. And my response to them was, “no way am I doing that for any of the artists I work with.” Back even just in 2007, not all plugins were as good as it can be, and I […]
In Part 2 of this article, we will focus only on Plugins. Plugins comes in 2 flavors: Instrument Plugins Effect Plugins The two flavors are Instruments and Effects. Instrument plugins can be synthesizers, virtual physical modelers, and sample players. Those are used to create synth sounds, drums, strings, bass, orchestral, piano sounds, and so on. Effect plugins are usually inserted […]
Cakewalk users will now have to choose a new DAW. It was a very sad and impactful day when all of the Cakewalk users, who may have just purchased the SONAR Platinum with Lifetime Updates just in the summer of 2016, to learn that Gibson would kill the brand and product line from Cakewalk in 2017. I guess in Internet […]
The world of music creation has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. And even just over the last 10 years, the tools we have allow musicians to write music, record vocals and other mic’ed instruments, mix the track, and even master the track in the comfort of their home on a laptop or desktop computer. If you have not […]
Another soft synth. Yawn. Wake Up! There is this new soft synth that is very innovative. It is not your normal synth, and it definitely is not “yet another emulation of a synth from yesteryear.” There is a new soft synth from Media Overkill (MOK) called Waverazor, and it is very different in how it looks, and creates sounds. The […]
I have been involved in reviewing many plug-in software synths and effects in the past few months. I have to start writing about it for the people out there that are into soft synths and plug-in effects. This one will be a quick review on the latest “next best synth” from Vengeance Sound, VPS Avenger. So is VPS Avenger really […]
I have been quite busy with many projects and tasks. One of those is installing and evaluating the UAD Apollo Twin mk2 Quad for mobile use. We needed an audio interface that was portable, clean (recording wise), with phantom power for microphones, and the ability to record both a mic and a guitar at the same time. This one also […]