Soundcraft Si Impact - "Flexible, with a great sound ;)"
I bought this mixer after a long quest: I wanted a digital mixer which behaved and provided the ergonomics of an analog model :) PLUS, with a USB connection to a PC or Mac... I spend 5 years mixin…
Tascam IF-CB/DM - "Tascam and Cobranet on a DM3200 / DM4800"
Cobranet is an old sound transportation network protocol that has lost ground with the arrival of new competing technologies (such as Dante…), but still interesting due to the way hardware prices ten…
Electro-Voice 676 - "ELECTRO-VOICE 676 (MY PRECIOUS!)"
The Doors - Jim Morrison Stage Microphone EV-676 An Electro Voice EV-676 chrome, one of five used by Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek during live shows, rehearsals and TV show appearances by The Doo…
M-Audio Solaris - "Excellent Mic at any Price"
I've run studios for decades and had/used/auditioned many, many mics from very spendy ones (U47, U67, RCA 77 etc) to cheap ones. The Solaris is a very good sounding LDC. I prefer the frequency respon…
Mackie LM-3204 - "Still no substitute, best line mixer out there..."
I use not only the Mackie LM-3204 mixer with master section, but also 2 of the ultra-rare slave (LM-3204E) units daisy chained to the master via ribbon cable for my home studio. The setup gives me 48…
Steven Slate Audio RAVEN MTi - "The 21st century’s mixing tool"
It’s just a big-sized touchscreen designed to use ProTools or Logic X. Well, not only... The multitouch screen comes with a piece of software which adds (down on ProTools’ screen) a bunch of program…
RODE NT1-A - "This mic PERFORMS,, !!"
I Have owned this mic for 10 months, its great, I Use this with a foam windshield and not the supplied "POP" filter,my radio broadcasts sound really professional its not quite a neuman but post broa…
Behringer C-1U - "Good mic for little money,"
I Purchased this mic for voice over work, Great for beginners, may need some EQ to sound warm,, The mic bracket is a bit flimsy fo a good spider mount is a good idea,, Otherwise its a great mic fo…
The T.bone MB78 Beta - "Exellent Microphone !!"
The reviews caught my eye for this Mic,, The price is EXELLENT,,I can only vouch for this in a studio enviroment,, IT PERFORMS,, The studio must have virtually ZERO reflections but is great for voi…
Neumann TLM 103 - "Okay but look around"
I borrowed a pair of these to record an acoustic piano at my studio. They looked great, nice and light and easy to place. There seemed to be something missing at the top end. Sure you can eq to hell…
Shure SM58 - "This is the best deal of a mic"
I bought this mic after seeing the review on https://studiogearexperts.com 7 months regrets later, i have no complain about the mic. what i live most most is its performance in live performances,…
GML 8304 - "GML 8304 Mic preamps - Gain on a wire"
I had a Pro Tools LE rig and a DIGI 001. All in the cost was under $1k USD. I could hear deficiencies. I was reviewing gear for Pro Audio Review. I suggested a review of the GML 8304 and got a green …
Soundcraft Sapphyre - "A good choice for small to mid-sized studios"
An analog mixer with an in line setup, which allows a direct out to the recorder from each in/out module. However, the mixer features 8 busses, which are repeated in block (1-8, 9-16, 17-24 and so on…
Soundcraft Spirit Folio SX - "A comprehensive, transportable and reliable 16-track mixer with phantom power."
I bought this mixer in the 1990s to mix a drumset (8 tracks), a guitar (1 track), a bass (1 track) and two stereo keyboards (4 tracks). No integrated FX but 2 busses and 16 tracks with faders, gain k…
Tantek Tanrak - "Tantek Tanrak review by Ian Waugh, published in EMM aug. 1986"
Tantek's Tanrak system offers a whole host of audio processing units in a convenient custom-built rack. In the first instalment of a two-part review, we examine some of the modules available, assess …
