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Three Mic Pres Under $500: Black Lion Audio, True Systems and FMR Audio

By Big Al on Monday, August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

I included this video as part of another post some time ago. I was reviewing the information again today and thought it really deserved a post of its own. This comes from Ronan C. Murphy over at Ronan’s Recording Show. Here are some notes on this video from Ronan: This episode I look at the [...]

TC Electronics PolyTune Guitar Tuner Video Review

By Big Al on Friday, August 27th, 2010 | 4 Comments

Back in May I wrote about the release of the then new TC Electronics PolyTune guitar tuner. Feedback from some indicated that they didn’t get what was so special about it. After all, we already have tuners that can recognize what string you’re trying to tune and auto select the proper tuning setting. It’s the [...]

UPDATED REVIEW: TC Electronics Impact Twin Audio Interface Versus The Focusrite Saffire

By Big Al on Monday, August 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Shane Hendricks has updated his original review of the TC Electronics Impact Twin Audio Interface with a new video. He’s now had some time to live with gear and work it into his studio workflow. Here’s Shane’s comments on the update: “I received some negative feedback on the previous video for recording a “distorted” acoustic [...]

FREEEeee Reverb Effect For Mac and Windows!

By Big Al on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Found this over at Synthtopia: DUY has released Z-Room, a free reverb effect for RTAS, MAS, VST and Audiosuite. An e-mail address required for the free download. A list of features is below the picture. Features: High quality density and diffusion provide an unparalleled sound quality. Total control over parameters which had never been available [...]

Aligning Tracks Recorded With Multiple Microphones? Try Auto-Align by SoundRadix!

By Big Al on Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Any time you record a source with more than one microphone, several challenges pop up, e.g. phase, time alignment, etc. Here’s an interesting tool that could solve these common challenges very quickly and accurately. It’s a new plugin called “Auto-Align” by SoundRadix. Check it out in action on an electric guitar: Using a screen reader? [...]