
The Mix Review | January 2012
• Rizzle Kicks 'Down With The Trumpets' • Foo Fighters 'Rope' • Christina Perri 'Jar Of Hearts' • Nicki Minaj 'Super Bass'
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• Rizzle Kicks 'Down With The Trumpets' • Foo Fighters 'Rope' • Christina Perri 'Jar Of Hearts' • Nicki Minaj 'Super Bass'

The concept behind TK’s BC1 is simple: take a classic bus-compressor design and improve on it.

The Turbosound Milan Mi0 enters a competitive market. Can this little newcomer stand out from the crowd?

Having already given us a virtual studio multitrack tape recorder, the boffins at Universal Audio turn their attention to mastering machines.

It’s not the cheapest PC around and it’s not the most powerful, but this machine might just help you make better recordings.

Hugh Robjohns checks out this new speaker stand from Zaor.

Yamaha’s MOX range offers unusually tight integration with your DAW. Is this the way forward for synthesizer workstations?

Many musicians spend their lives trying to cram hundreds of tracks into just two speakers — but performing with an NSML system presents exactly the opposite challenge!



It’s cheap, but is it cheerful? We examine the latest controller keyboard from Alesis.

Ambition and talent can take you a long way, as Alex Da Kid has discovered on his journey from the football pitch to the recording studio.


Following the death of Steve Jobs, we reflect on the life of one of the most influential technology pioneers of our generation.

Alto’s modestly priced all-rounder can serve as either a main PA speaker or a monitor. How does it fare on stage?

The Chemical Brothers bring more gear on stage than most of us have in our studios. Matt Cox is the man who has to make sure it all works come showtime!

The Buggles' JG Ballard-inspired 'Video Killed The Radio Star' hit the number one spot in no fewer than 16 different countries, and confirmed Trevor Horn in his career as a producer in the process.

These retro-styled ribbon mics have a lineage going back to legendary models from RCA, and are completely hand-built in the USA.
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