334 Results for "hardware"

5 of the Best Samplers for Music Production and Live Performance

We discuss the key aspects of samplers and look at some of the best samplers for both creating music and incorporating into your live setup.

Sounds and Presets: Expand Your Behringer UB-Xa

You've got your Behringer UB-Xa and are revelling in the low-cost analogue goodness. Here are some great banks to broaden your palette!

KORG NAUTILUS AT: Fade To Gray

The KORG NAUTILUS AT gets the most minor of refreshes in the form of a gray chassis and is being made in very limited numbers.

Sounds and Presets: HyperSynth HCard Special

In this week's Sounds and Presets, I want to showcase the work of HyperSynth who make modern storage cartridges for classic vintage digital synths such as the DX1, M1 and D50!

DIY Audio Production: Mastering Your Own Music – 5 approved Tips

We discuss different ways to go about mastering your own music and find out how you can become a better producer or engineer in the process.

Bus Processing: The Best Stereo Compressors under $2000

Hardware processing on your master bus can transform your sound completely, we look at some of the best stereo compressors under $2000.

Sounds and Presets: Hands-On With Arturia, Moog and ARP

Inspired by Arturia's MiniBrute V & the original's lack of presets, I found some great patch sheets to encourage your hands-on sound design.

e-Drum Kit Deals of the Week – Kits and Bundles for All Budgets

Three excellent e-Drum Kit Deals of the week for you featuring kits from 2box, EFNOTE and a super value Alesis bundle!

Drum Deals: The Best Budget Drum Kits to Start Drumming

We've got the best budget drum kits for you to save a pretty penny and start rocking! There is one for everyone.

The Best 500-series modules for your DAW workflow

We've selected some of the best 500-series modules for adding powerful gain and tone shaping tools into your setup for tracking and mixing.

Making music outside the box: 5 Ways to Go Dawless

Are you looking for a life less DAW-dinary? We're investigating 5 different ways to go dawless with your music production setup at home.

Review: Arturia PolyBrute 12 – Analogue Expression Redefined

Introducing their new flagship instrument, the Arturia PolyBrute 12 sets out to redefine what we know about expression with analog synthesis

Voltage Lab 2 from Pittsburgh Modular – Lab Coats at the Ready!

The long overdue Voltage Lab 2 from Pittsburgh Modular looks like its been foolin' around with their Taiga synth! And that's not a bad thing!

A Channel Strip in a Box: elysia skulpter mpressor qube

The elysia skulpter mpressor qube combines two of the popular elysia 500-series modules into a single package with a desktop chassis.

First LOVE FM Synthesizer – FM Synthesis Made Fun?

Icelandic synth manufacturer, Love Synthesizers, announce their debut synth and aims to make FM synthesis both easy & fun. Challenge accepted!

SONICWARE Lofi-12 XT Groovebox Sampler – Available Now!

SONICWARE continue their exploration of Lo-Fi sampling with the Lofi-12 XT, a portable, hand-held groovebox sampler with some cool twists.

Arturia MiniFreak Stellar – Getting Freaky in Space

Already a stellar synth in every sense of the word, the Arturia MiniFreak Stellar now has a colour scheme to match!

KORG KAOSS Replay v2.0: Big Update With New Features

KORG KAOSS Replay brings its motion control expression technology to a standalone performance and creation tool for musicians and DJs alike.

Synthesizer Sounds and Presets – More Patches For Your Synths

This week's Sounds & Patches visits one of my favourite music sites, a free patch repository & some great patches from France!

The Analogue Domain: Mixing Outside the Box

Mixing outside the box looks at incorporating analogue hardware into your DAW workflow throughout the recording process.

Sounds and Patches for your Arturia Synths

After last week's launch of the Astrolab, we take a look at great sounds to fill your Arturia synths with, including from Arturia themselves!

E-Drum Deals: EFNOTE & Alesis Kits and a Roland e-Drum Brain

Two great deals on kits at either end of the price scale, and Roland's class-leading e-Drum module all with healthy savings this week!

Dreamy Pads and Classic Synth Sounds & Patches

This week we have a dollop of synth sounds and patches for a bargain soft synth and classic synths for your hardware.

Behringer MS-5 – A Quirk From The Past Returns

Four years in the making, the Behringer MS-5 finally hits stores. Will it be enough to sate the appetite of synth buffs & money-savers alike?