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The Top 5 Products of Summer NAMM 2012 - Best of Summer NAMM 2012: The Top 5
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As the sun sets down on Summer NAMM 2012 in Nashville we decided to take a closer look at a short list of products that made some noise.
07/16/12
Beyerdynamic DT-880 Pro Mini-Review - 770 + 110 = 880
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Our Headphones Week continues with the Beyerdynamic DT-880 Pro, the big brother of the DT-770. Having the DT-770 as a reference, we had high expectations for the DT-880... Verdict!
07/14/12
Audio-Technica ATH-AD1000 Mini-Review - Bull's Eye?
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Second headphones review: Audio-Technica ATH-AD1000. The ATH-M50 impressed us when reviewed headphones under $150... But what about this up-market product? Audio-Technica ATH-AD1000.
07/10/12
Sennheiser HD650 Mini-Review - Really HD?
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It's Headphones Week at AudioFanzine and this Sennheiser HD650 review is the first one in a series of five reviews. Five different headphones will be reviewed by three of our editors, Los Teignos, Re…
07/08/12
iZotope Iris Review - At Your Beck and Call
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iZotope is famous for its effects, audio processing and restoration tools. Now, the manufacturer enters the world of virtual instruments with the launch of Iris, its first synth. Knowing iZotope, we …
07/02/12
Fender Super Champ X2 Review - The War of the Worlds
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In the world of guitar amps, war is raging. The transistor forces from the digital world are fighting the tubes army. Turning itself into a peace dove, Fender tries to put an end to this war by intro…
07/01/12
Understanding Those Magic Boxes of Doom - Distortion… Clean and Simple
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So the bad news is, it’s virtually impossible to tell what the distortion pedal sounds like without auditioning it personally.
06/27/12
Fender Bassman Pro 100T Amplifier Head Review - Heavy Weight
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Tubes are the El Dorado for all people who think that bass amps were better before. Nostalgics can take their bell-bottoms out of the closet and grow their hair long because all-tube technology is ba…
06/24/12
Use digital delay to produce many more effects than jus… - The Many Uses for Digital Delay
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The two most important effects in a guitarist’s signal chain are distortion and delay. And if you derive your tone strictly from the amp—whether it’s squeaky clean or buzzsaw nasty—then the digital d…
06/19/12
Orange OR50H Review - Back To The Future!
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The OR50H is not a new product. It belongs to the "Pics Only" series launched in 1972. It's a legend in amplification history and its "so British" sound had a great impact in the destiny of the manuf…
06/17/12
You Can't Make Magic Without the Basics - Top 10 Things That Can Never Be Taught Often Enough In Audio
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10. Musicians feel most comfortable and play best when they hear what they need to hear on the stage. Of course, the experienced monitor guys and recording guys already know this. But it’s something…
06/12/12
Fender Machete Review - There Will Be Blood!
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The Fender Machete represents a new direction for the manufacturer. It's not like they want to start to making cutlery but rather they want to enter the heavy distortion world. This strategical decis…
06/10/12
Of Polepieces and Magnetic Fields - How to Adjust Your Guitar Pickups for Best Sound
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It occurred to me that for all the tweaking guitarists do with their tone — rolling tone controls up and down on both their guitars and amps — very few ever touch the pickups. Most guitarists I know …
06/07/12
Apogee Mic Review - iMic
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The invasion of smartphones and tablets has had a big impact on many different industries and the home-studio world is no exception. Many software and hardware products for iPhone and Android phones …
06/04/12
Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier Review - Small Amp Delivers To The Max!
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We are living in an era of miniaturization, and guitar amp manufacturers aren't an exception. Many of them already offer compact amps and now Mesa Boogie presents its second small sized (and with red…
06/03/12
Yamaha FS740SFM Review - The Little One With a Big Voice
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The sun is shining and the air is warm. Nice weather to sit down on the terrace, open the cardboard box and there it is... It's small, it's new and it's beautiful! Its half-jumbo size in vintage sunb…
05/27/12
Gemini CDJ 700 Review - Everything Becomes a Standard...
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Today, every DJ gear manufacturer wants a piece of the control surface market. That's why Gemini decided to introduce now a versatile, fully featured CD deck. The CDJ 700 is a very appealing product …
05/23/12
Kemper Profiling Amplifier Review - The Thing!
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The world of amp modeling is merciless. It's been a long way since the first 6U rack processors came out with their utterly obscene prices and a sound that would make every POD Mini owner laugh out l…
05/20/12
How low can you go? Use an octave divider, and find out! - Using Octave Dividers with Bass
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Octave dividers aren’t just for guitar players: They also rock for bass, whether you’re getting mega-low sounds from the lower strings, or playing high up on the neck for very cool 8-string bass effe…
05/16/12
Yamaha Pacifica PAC611HFM Review - Let's Sail together!
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Pacifica — a name that recalls the beach, the ocean, the sun. If you like sailing, following the wind for hours armed only with your courage and a fishing-rod, you'll be disappointed by the present r…
05/13/12
Universal Audio Apollo Review - One Small Step for Men...
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Universal Audio is a brand like no other in the pro audio world. The company has been competing in the hardware market for over 50 years with preamps, compressors and channel strips. But it has also …
05/05/12
How to Choose A Hardware Keyboard - Making Sense of Synths
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By now, everyone was going to be loading soft synths into their laptops, and taking them to the gig instead of keyboards. Oh, and we were also supposed to travel around with personal jet packs and of…
05/01/12
Gibson Les Paul Faded Blue Stain Review - Nice Les Paul You
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A soft launch last Christmas, the Les Paul Blue with roasted maple fingerboard caught our attention. Get your pick and come meet the beauty.
04/29/12
Korg Monotribe Review - Analog Tribe
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Presented during the Musikmesse 2011, the Monotribe is the big brother of the Monotron. This standalone sound module includes one synth voice and three analog drum sounds and was conceived to change …
04/23/12
Ddrum’s Reflex Review - A Drum to Reflect On
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For a long time, Ddrum was a name only synonymous with drum triggers. At its inception this made a lot of sense, but lets fast forward through the company history and development.
04/22/12