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End Rant

Critical Listening

by Larry Crane

Anyone who's been around me for the last few months probably knows what's on my mind. I have a big mouth and I usually mull over aloud the topics that make up these 'end rants' for a while until...

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The A/B CD

by Steve Carr  |  reviewed by Larry Crane

"Sonic comparisons of audio technologies and techniques." Given that my "end rant" is about critical listening, this is a perfect CD to recommend this issue. It has 52 minutes of comparisons in...

Copperphone

by Placid Audio  |  reviewed by Joel Hamilton

A microphone for anyone who likes outstanding build-quality, interesting sounds, and a DIY ethic, the Copperphone is handmade by Mark Pirro (The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy). It's really cool...

SidStation MOS 6581 Synthesizer

by Elektron  |  reviewed by Geoff Farina

If I had put the same effort into my homework as into manually copying BASIC programs from Compute! magazine into my Commodore 64 in the early 80s, I would now be writing legal pleadings or...

ATR Alignment Seminar

by ATR Services, Inc  |  reviewed by Garrett Haines

ATR Services is known around the globe as a leading authority on analog reel-to-reel machines, especially the Ampex ATR-102 series. Given this profile, ATR receives numerous questions about caring for...

Modular synthesizers

by Modcan Cyndustries  |  reviewed by Geoff Farina

Twenty years ago, few companies were still producing modular synthesizers. The mighty Moog Modulars, ARP 2500s, and Buchla Electric Music Boxes were reduced to studio camp or tucked away in university...

Green Line overdrive pedal

by Smart People Factory  |  reviewed by Pete Weiss

The perennial problem with overdrive stompboxes is that many of them excel at only one sound. And sometimes it's a bad sound. The Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS-808 and original TS-9 models) has, over the...

S80 Producer Box

by Trident Audio Ltd  |  reviewed by Kirt Shearer

With all the ads, articles, and newsgroups hammering us with buzzwords, it's easy to think that the only "real" equipment must be either Class-A, discreet, or tube. But don't forget that there have...

Boom Mic Stand

by SE Electronics  |  reviewed by John Baccigaluppi

I've always wanted one of those hi-tech, heavy duty mic stands with the hella' long booms that you see at the AES shows in the boutique audio type booths. But, when I see the price tag of several...

AT8741 Mic Clip

by Audio-Technica  |  reviewed by Chris Garges

This little bad boy is a total life-saver. Ever had a problem putting your Audio-Technica 40-series mics close to drums because of the shockmount? Or perhaps close to another mic in a coincident...

MDX4600 MULTICOM PRO-XL

by Behringer  |  reviewed by Joel Hamilton

One of the first things I learned when I started recording live concerts is the importance of a compressor/limiter right before going to tape/hard drive. All it takes is one little nasty "snap" of a...

SKRM-100 Subkick

by Yamaha  |  reviewed by Larry Crane

Some engineers know the old-time trick of placing a speaker (oftentimes the woofer from a Yamaha NS-10M, ironically enough) in front of a kick drum or bass amp, then running the speaker cables into a...

EC-2 upgrade for HD24

by Alesis  |  reviewed by Joseph Lemmer

Considering the number of channels (24 in/out up to 48 kHz, twelve up to 96 kHz), the EC-2 is by far the least expensive set of 96 kHz-capable converters on the market. The inputs and outputs are...

Type 69 mic/line/EQ module

by Helios Electronics  |  reviewed by Dave Amels

The Helios Type 69 input module is a reissue of the input section found on the rare, silver Olympic mixing desks which were designed in the 1960s by Dick Swettenham. Mr. Swettenham was the in-house...

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