SOUND ON SOUND
In addition to Moogfest's stellar line-up of evening performances super-producer Nile Rodgers will be giving a world-exclusive musical masterclass, and Janelle Monae will be in conversation with her producers.
As one of the first and most successful online mixing and mastering studios, DoctorMix.com announce the release of their new series of "gear test" videos, with initial videos looking at gear from Neve, Thermionic Culture and Slate Digital.
Until 31st March you can buy Alloy 2, a collection of six plug-ins (Equalizer, Dynamics, Exciter, De-Esser, Transient Shaper and Limiter) for just £84.95 / €114.00, which represents a saving of over 40%.
To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Focusrite are giving you and three bandmates a chance to record a track with Guy Massey at AIR Studios in London, and they've also made a beautiful documentary tracking down the last remaining Studio Consoles.
Brighton Music Conference, taking place April 11 & 12 2014, will host the UK premiere of Roland’s highly anticipated new Aira instrument line, including the reimagining of three of electronic music’s most fundamental machines, the TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines and the TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer.
Korg have announced that they are developing a faithful recreation of the legendary 1970s analog synthesiser, the ARP Odyssey, for release later in 2014.
Virtual instrument and plug-in developer Rob Papen Soundware are rewarding their supporters by announcing the availability of RP-AMOD — an effects plug-in exclusively available for free to anyone who has a Rob Papen plug-in.
Roland have finally done what fans have been pleading for for decades: recreate their classic triumvirate of TR808, TR909 and TB303. Well, sort of…
Awards also presented to David Bowie, Nile Rodgers, Mark 'Spike' Stent, Trevor Horn, Rick Rubin and many more. Highlights of the night included a set by Trevor Horn's band Producers, with Seal making an appearance.
We caught up with founder of Cathedral Pipes Microphones and all-round good guy Chuck Dickinson, who tells us the story of how he started making microphones and sheds some light on his range of mics.
Behringer's recently announced X18 has the feature set that the, never-released, iX16 should have had from the start. With 18 inputs, 12 buses, a built-in wireless adaptor and wireless tablet control (via an iPad or other tablet device) the X18 will certainly be worth a look when it becomes available.
Here's more info from Behringer.
