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The performance pad controller is back with a sampling audio engine, on-screen editing, triggers, 9 velocity sensitive pads and audio looping in a device that you beat with sticks.
So it's 2018 and someone decides to make an interface "for females" that looks like a make-up box, complete with an integrated mirror and light. We wish this was a joke, but it isn't. Update - it's been pulled.
SoundGrid Mobile Server is a mini PC that'll host a stack of Waves plug-ins at extremely low latency. Use it for real-time monitoring or offload the processing from your laptop in a live or studio situation.
The Hotone MP-100 Ampero is packed with features: 120 amps and cabs, 240 effects, an expression pedal, a 120s looper and more. But will it fulfil the promise of behaving like a real amp?
The PreSonus® Studio 24 2x2 USB-C bus-powered audio/MIDI interface can record up to 24-bit, 192 kHz audio and comes equipped with PreSonus XMAX-L solid-state preamps & high-end converters.
The SRI-2 seems a reasonably priced and well-designed USB interface in desktop format that probably delivers on its maker's promises - hopefully the drivers and preamps are up to scratch.
Apogee's dinky wee Jam+ lets you record an electric guitar, bass or keyboard directly to an iOS device, PC, or Mac - and adds the important option of using headphones to monitor on the device.
M-Audio's first new audio interface in a while is an 8-input, 4-output desktop unit with distinctly modern design and functionality. Priced at a comfortable USD 299, it's capable of 24-bit/192kHz recording.
Targeting pros with a mixed analog/digital setup, the Quantum 4848 is a 48in/48out Thunderbolt 2 interface slash AD/DA converter with 32 ins and outs over DB-25 and an additional 16 channels of ADAT.
UA now has all market segments covered, including entry-level, mid-range, upper mid-range, and premium. It's also managed to upgrade its already coveted AD/DA conversion while adding Stereo Surround and faster ...
Spending over an year in "announced but not released" hell, the Slate Digital VRS8 audio interface is finally available for purchase at the quite competitive price of EUR 2099. You get 8 preamps and 0.7ms ...
Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.
With most of 2018 now behind us, it's time we took a look at the five most impressive pieces of studio gear we came across over the past 8 months. The industry didn't disappoint us at all this year!
PreSonus has whipped up a new studio bundle that now includes the speakers - at a very attractive price point. Looking for an all-in-one production bundle? This should be on your radar.
Zoom unveiled the big dog in its LiveTrak series of digital mixing and recording consoles - the L-20. The L-12's bigger relative has 22 audio recording tracks, 20 digital effects, all that at an affordable ...
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Orange announces a the Omec Teleport USB audio interface pedal, a cool little handy box to help you place software amp emulations into your hardware live setup and more.
