Tascam US-1800 - Kierkes's review
The Tascam Us 1800 is the latest iteration of Tascam's line of extremely budget friendly audio interfaces. This one in particular is almost exactly the same as its parent the US 1641. It is simple a …
XLN Audio Funk AD Pak for Addictive Drums - Kierkes's review
The funk ad pack for XLN Audio's beautifully simple and easy to use program, Addictive Drums, is exactly what the name of the thing says it is. It is a bunch of tight drums that are made and tuned to…
XLN Audio Modern Jazz - Sticks - Kierkes's review
The Modern Jazz pack for XLN Audio's beautifully simple program to use Addictive Drums, is a great addition to the line of drums that is, as its title says, a set of jazz drum kits, tuned for jazz pu…
XLN Audio Metal ADpak - Kierkes's review
The Metal pack for the addictive drums adds a certain explosiveness to your repertoire for sampled drum sounds. To be perfectly honest, this program assumes you are simple and just want something qui…
Cakewalk Sonar X1 - Kierkes's review
One of the first things that I feel a very powerful need to address is the fact that Cakewalk Sonar X1 is a program that does not quite revolutionize any sort of feature movement or give any new engi…
Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Producer Edition - Kierkes's review
Cakewalk's SONAR. It is immediately important to note that SONAR X1 is not actually different from this version, Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 producer edition, and therefore, it is especially important to note…
Apple Logic Express 9 - Kierkes's review
Apple's Logic Express 9 is not that much stripped down from the full fledged version. Granted, there are things that Logic Pro contains that a express and essential version will not, but if you are j…
Apple Logic Pro 9 - Kierkes's review
Logic is that program that people all recognize. It can almost be considered second fiddle to Pro Tools in ubiquity. Do not take that with the negative connotation that that phrase normally comes wit…
Steinberg Cubase Essential 5 - Kierkes's review
Newer audio interfaces which I, by the way, really need to get around to reviewing, often bundle themselves with Steinberg with the venerable Cubase suite of software. In keeping with using only the …
Steinberg Cubase 6 - Kierkes's review
Steinberg Cubase 6 is, just completely like its predecessors, one of the biggest trials to set up, unless of course, you already understand Cubase and its ins and outs. What ends up happening is a ma…
Steinberg Cubase LE 4 - Kierkes's review
Well, since you are here, you probably are considering an interface that bundles Cubase with it against another interface with another program. I want to let you know right now that Cubase is probabl…
Steinberg Cubase 5 - Kierkes's review
Steinberg's Cubase is an incredibly powerful program that, quite frankly, needs a bit of a face lift. More and more features enter its clutches and the program reaches a point to where I was not able…
Tascam US-2000 - Kierkes's review
The TASCAM US 2000 is a pretty more souped up version of the popular US 1641. The appeal of these Tascam interfaces hits the same spot with everyone every time. They offer so many channels for such a…
Tascam US-1641 - Kierkes's review
The Tascam US 1641 is probably, next to its newer, more attractively shaded successor, the US 1800, the greatest deal when it comes to inputs and outputs for the price in an interface. 16 inputs and …