The launch of the original Jamstik Studio marked a real advance in the world of pitch‑to‑MIDI guitars — and there’s now an alternative model for guitarists who prefer to play something more familiar.
These two stompbox amps may look superficially the same and do have quite a lot in common, but each one seems to have been optimised for a different type of user.
The latest additions to Universal Audio’s UAFX digital stompbox range offer faithful recreations of classic studio tape delays, reverbs, compressors — and even a vintage microphone preamp.
What would a modern, immersive studio look like if you had the opportunity to re‑invent it from the ground up? The answer, at least as far as the recently revamped Studio 4 at RAK is concerned, is very different to most people’s idea of what a professional studio looks like.
Launched in 1994, the original Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive pedal was surely the product that paved the way for today’s vibrant ‘boutique’ guitar‑pedal market.
The Design‑A‑Drive is the first pedal that allows you to really substantially tune its overdrive characteristics to match the requirements of a large range of amps.
Ever had trouble getting a plain DI’d bass guitar to sound right in a mix? Me too, sometimes! But it’s almost always fixable once you understand the issues.