Sound Card for drum recording

This article is for beginners who are thinking to record their drums into multitrack. There are number of soundcards on a market today, whoever, not all sound cards will be suitable for this task.   Read more…

Monitoring in Cubase

There are several ways you may monitor the signal in Cubase. I will talk about the easiest way of monitoring in Cubase. Assume the following scenario. Let’s say we have a vocal on the input channel and we would like to monitor it while we are recording with the rest of the backing track (if we have one).

Enable or Disable Monitoring in Cubase

First we need to enable the monitoring on the channel (input channel). This is done really easy, just click on Read more…

Humming and buzzing noise from laptop when used with AC adapter

Many modern digital audio devices including but not limited to laptops, notebooks, tablets, sound cards, keyboards and etc.  can produce audible humming noise when connected to the amplifier, mixer, or monitor speakers. This noise occurs when the signal source is powered with AC adapter plugged into the outlet. Why? To answer this question I would have to write another article, but the subject of this one is about how to eliminate this noise. Fortunately, this is a common issue and there is a number of solutions that can Read more…

Behringer x32 vs. Roland m200i

Not so long ago I had a chance to play with Behringers’ new X32 digital mixing board. Number of reviews were produced and posted on youtube about x32. While I was posting videos I would wonder if any other pro audio manufacturer can take up the challenge to produce an alternative digital mixer around the pricetag of Behringer’s X32. Well, looks like there is a new digital mixer coming out soon (by the time of writing this article) about the same Read more…

Mackie SRM450v2 Review

This Mackie SRM450v2 Review came straight from the location where we set up two of the Mackie SRM450v2 as floor monitors.

Recently we were asked to set up a monitoring line for one of our regular clients. The band that is working at the venue spent ages singing karaokes on the stage and a single speaker monitor was not sufficient anymore to here their own voices. Read more…

Behringer X32 Review

Behringer claims that they new digital board Behringer x32 is about to change the game in the industry. We did use Behrringer gear before despite all negative feedback form pro audio community. Also the price tag is well around $3000 we decided to give it a try.We received it in six month (yep, it took a while) and after playing with it for a while, decided to produce a series of video reviews. Behringer x32 review (s) we produced goes through digital boards basic functionality and features. Read more…

Hartke Bass Attack Review

Hartke Bass Attack pedal is a pretty good one-box solution for bass players. It works as a  preamp, direct box,  and a sound shaping pedal. After the release of a debut album for a local musician Dred Scott, we, producers of the album, ended up playing first few live shows with him. We started to search for some compact solution for bass guitar since we had no intention of taking our recording studio on the stage. We needed something small, flexible, with decent quality, and under $100 (yes, we drink cheap beer). Read more…

GTDaudio review for G-788 wireless microphone system

We recently posted series of video reviews for GTDaudio G-788 wireless microphone system. This article will summarize our youtube reviews and add some more information about this wireless microphone system. We will show few tricks how to tune it up and tweak few things to make it easy to work with GTDaudio G-788 wireless microphone system.

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Motu ultralite mk3

Video review for MOTU ULTRALITE mk3 hybrid USB/Firewire recording interface

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Behringer XM8500

Comparative video review - Behringer XM8500 vs shure SM58. Review includes visual and sound comparisons between Behringer XM8500 and shure SM58.

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