South African Music Magazine
Digitech has unveiled the JamMan Delay Looper. The JamMan Delay Looper features both true stereo looping and a fully programmable stereo delay with powerful control over both effects. Our venerable Editor-In-Chief pricked up his ears when this showed up on my desk this morning and I asked if anyone remembered the original JamMan. “That was Read More »
Following up on the runaway success of the award-winning StudioLive™ 16.4.2 and StudioLive 24.4.2, PreSonus™ has announced the new StudioLive 16.0.2 digital recording and performance mixer. Compact, portable, and rack-mountable (optional), StudioLive 16.0.2 is ideal for small bands, personal studios, intimate clubs, small churches, community organizations, rehearsal spaces—any application where you need a compact, high-quality Read More »
“Built like a tank, the V71d has a hypercardiod polar-pattern, progressively damped capsule suspension, rear-attenuation and a hum-buck coil to avoid unwanted stage and handling noise…” Established in the 1920’s, Beyerdynamic is well known in the recording world for their legendary microphones. When it comes to microphones for the sweaty, loud and bumpy world of Read More »
Recently I had a chance to play around with three of the new TonePrint guitar pedals from TC Electronic. Construction At first glance the TonePrint pedals each look like a mini brick and picking it up I couldn’t help thinking “okay I could build houses out of these if I had enough of them.” They Read More »
Usability is excellent, and the zero-latency monitoring through the headphones works perfectly The Samson Meteor Mic is a very good-looking piece of kit designed to offer high quality large-diaphragm condenser recording in a small and convenient package – one of an expanding range of ‘prosumer’ items targeting ‘musicians on the move’. First impressions out the box Read More »
“This rig is the perfect setup for a singer/songwriter performing in a small to medium sized venue” First Impressions My impressions of Samson as a company is that of a dynamic organisation with their ear close to the ground when it comes to filling the gap for decent quality audio gear at reasonable prices. They also Read More »
At the NAMM Show in January 2011, Shure introduced several new products for a variety of different applications. The ground breaking PSM 1000 In-Ear Personal Monitoring System, offering professional users a range of new sophisticated features, the Shure SRH550DJ and SRH940 headphones and the SE215 Sound Isolating Earphones with detachable cables. The PSM 1000 In-Ear Read More »
”A powerhouse of synthetic sound and inspiration” Media giants Avid have launched their first M-Audio product since the company’s acquisition. This hype driven release comes at you in the form of the new Venom synthesizer, another first for M-Audio. Their bold leap into the deadly realm of hardware synths has been highly calculated from both a Read More »
“The best mixer for band-orientated live mixing and recording.” In 2008 PreSonus, revered studio-orientated manufacturer, released the StudioLive 16.4.2, their first mixer, aimed at both the live and studio market (hence the name). With more people mixing ‘in the box’ on affordable DAWs the idea of working with a desk has increasingly been left to live Read More »
“…a great way to get your hands on a tube mic from a respected brand at an affordable price.” AKG’s Perception Series was launched in 2005 essentially to introduce affordable microphones to the market. Notably though, tube microphones have been surprisingly missing from their range, notwithstanding of course the C 12 VR, the only other AKG Read More »
