Presonus Firestudio 2626 Review
First off, I want to point out that this is only my personal experience with one single Presonus Firestudio. You can count on your experiences being quite different....hopefully better. I suspect my...
View ArticleRead The Manual BEFORE You Buy
I've been saying it for years. Recording gear companies are f'ing scumbags, for the most part. They'll imply that their gear has more inputs and more features than it actually has to make a buck. Some...
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Yamaha Steinberg MR816 CSX Review
I had the opportunity to use the MR816 for the entire Musician's Friend grace period as my main interface in a period where I was in the studio 8 days a week. Let's see what I thought of it. Super...
View ArticleMein Kampf With Audio Interfaces
Many of you have been following my escapades in audio interface land. For several years I've been using a Presonus Firestudio, which I still consider to be a very good interface, but mine was...
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Subwoofers: $150 vs $1,850 No Holds Barred
Disclaimer: All this talk about speakers is practically worthless without a HUGE discussion on room acoustics. This test isn’t fair. The test isn’t fair for Focal. While I’m sure their technical...
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8 Bulletproof Ways To Avoid Studio Disasters
Losing The Drums On A Big Project / Control-C, Control+P It takes a staggering amount of effort to backup your audio folder in Windows. In addition to the titanic effort of copying, you have to...
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A Case For Fixed Mic Placement On Electric Guitar Amps
Anyone who’s done this recording thing for more than a day knows full well what mic placement CAN do. The mic in the wrong spot sucks and a mic in the right spot sounds good….right? No! I don’t...
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Completely Silent Fanless Home Recording Computer
This may seem like an ad. I’m not endorsing this thing. I’ve never touched it. I just like when I see a revolution taking place and, even more, I like to flap my jaws about such worthy ventures....
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Slate Trigger Drum Replacement Plugin Review
The Global Implications Of Trigger Most of us are chasing the dragon in a quest to find THE sound. My life has been consumed by it. Every last cent I own seems to have been pumped into expensive...
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RedWirez Guitar Cabinet Impulses Present: Mega Doom
Redwirez Presents Mega Doom The world of amp modelers and guitar emulation software has come a long way in the past 5 years or so. Personally, I...
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Addictive Drums-Jihad On Toontrack And Steven Slate
Around a year ago I decided that I wanted a badass virtual drum instrument, my only problem was deciding which one of these gizmos to buy. They all claim to sound great, cure cancer, aids, AND enhance...
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Voxengo Soniformer: The Greatest Secret Since The Kennedy Assassination
Rant I had heard many people mention Voxengo Soniformer on the forum in very casual terms. Phrases like “I like Soniformer” came up. These people are scum.:p It’s like there’s 59 of us left on an...
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Hardware Synths : Disappointment In Recording Gear #6
In December of 2010 I made a forum post asking about “Techno Synths”: Big Time Techno Synths Note: You can always tell a person doesn’t know a damn thing about electronic music when they say the word...
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Line 6 POD HD500 Savior Of The Poor Guitar Masses
In the world of amp modeling it would seem that the Axe Fx by Fractal Audio reigns as the supreme champion of tone. While the Axe is an amazing unit that I believe is totally worth the price of...
View ArticleZebra2 Synth Review
Zebra2 is a full-featured soft synth that is well-regarded, but how does it compare to Massive, Sylenth1, or even hardware like Moog, Prophet 08, a Virus. Let's find out.
View ArticleDiffusion: Disappointment In Recording Gear #5
My fifth biggest disappointment in recording gear has to be diffusion.
View ArticleProtest The Hero Makes Label Obsolete With Fan Funded Album
Canadian Metal group Protest The Hero shuns the record labels and funds their new album completely from fan based donations.
View ArticleSynths In Action
Join Ruprect as he blasts through some high end hardware and software synths like the Moog Voyager RME, Prophet 08, Virus, and more.
View ArticleMic Preamps: Disappointment In Recording Gear #4
High end mic preamps have to rank #4 in my disappointments in recording gear.
View ArticleSuperior Drummer 2.0 Expansion Packs In Action
There have been claims that drum samples result in everyone having similar drum sounds. Guns don't kill people, boring people with drum samples kill people. Ruprect demonstrates the versatility of the...
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