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It seems technology has managed to find an answer to almost every musician’s needs. I’d like to think it’s mostly a good thing, even if it has an overwhelmingly saturated market as a side effect. Anyway, check this out – the Reclouder, as it’s called, is a portable, battery-powered recording device with wireless connectivity. It […]
Maker Hart has announced the Loop 8, a beefed up version of the compact Loop Mixer the Taiwanese company has been offering since 2017. The new Loop 8 is a handy 8-channel audio mixer with a built-in audio interface. It looks to be a nice fit for setups involving small gadgets like the Korg volca […]
As predicted here on this very site, IK Multimedia is launching a new high-end guitar audio interface called the AXE I/O. The Italian company already knows a thing or two about recording guitars (see the AmpliTube range), so we are expecting great things from this new product. IK Multimedia AXE I/O Over the years, IK […]
UK company Audient has been working with leading guitar cab simulation creators two notes audio engineering on a new product. We were intrigued by a recent teaser post on social media. Now we have more details on the new product – it’s called Sono, an audio interface aimed squarely at guitarists and looks like an […]
Line 6 has just announced the new Spider V 20 amp at Summer NAMM 2018. Looking through the specs, this looks very tempting as a home or practise amplifier. Line 6 Spider V 20 The new Spider V 20 is the latest in the company’s line-up of affordable practise amps. It uses proprietary Line 6 modelling tech to […]
Manufacturer MOTU has presented a new flagship audio interface, the 8PRE-ES. Reminiscent of the 828 ES which Mark Of The Unicorn unveiled last year, the rack unit houses the same ESS Sabre32 DAC chip with a dynamic range of 123dB, also used in the company’s professional 1248 interface. The DAC supports 24-bit audio at 192kHz […]
Retrokits make the sort of MIDI utilities that no one has thought of before that appear to be face-palm slappingly useful. The latest is the RK-005 which can act as a USB MIDI interface for computers or iOS devices. RK-005 But its cleverness comes from the ability to take multiple USB MIDI devices and merge […]
In a slightly unexpected move, Google has released details of NSynth Super experimental physical interface for the NSynth algorithm. Unexpected in that I hadn’t imagined Google moving into hardware synthesis, but only “slightly” because they’ve demonstrated an interest via their work with Web MIDI in Google chrome and their various musically interactive Google doodles. So, what is […]