Drum machines, samplers, and grooveboxes are often used to do the same or similar things. The similarities are so prominent that the term drum machine is now generally accepted in reference to all three in the correct context.
ASM shocked people with the Hydrasynth; now they are back with the Hydrasynth Deluxe. It’s a 73-key polyphonic morphing synth, and I can’t wait to take a look at it.
If you have an interest in starting a podcast but don’t have much of a recording setup, you may have started looking into USB microphones as a first step.
Rode is a phenomenal company and has a myriad of great products, but let’s see if the Podcaster lives up to the company’s reputation.
The Hammer 88 Pro is the enhanced version of the popular Hammer 88 keyboard controller. M-Audio made many pianists very happy with the original Hammer 88 and looks set to build on that success with this latest release.
Back in the 1980s, Yamaha came out with the NS-10. These monitors sounded absolutely horrible, but it was that exact reason that Yamaha found great success through their release. The short of it all was that they were harsh, brittle, but extremely accurate at showing sore spots and weaknesses in any mix.
Yamaha’s newer line of monitors, the HS5, are often compared to the NS-10, and for the most part, that comparison is fairly accurate.
Roswell is a boutique microphone company, which has made a reputation of creating extremely well performing products for competitive prices. I expect that the Mini K47 and K87 are no exception here, but let’s take a closer look.