January, 2004 archive

Event is known for creating affordable audio equipment for home and professional recording studios. Their primary products are a line of monitors that covers most of the needs of pro audio and home studio use.
The Studio Precision line is a biamped system that offers their best performance. The Tuned Reference line is a set of [...]

E-Mu Systems has been one of the leaders in electronic music production since 1971. In their early days, E-MU made gargantuan modular synthesizers. They have adapted with the times and now make sound modules and software for computer music production. E-MU is one of the few companies from the early days of electronic music to [...]

eMagic, a subsidiary of Apple, is one of the leaders in the area of computer music software. Their logic software is one of the leading applications for commercial music production, used by over a quarter of a million studios. As a division of Apple, their expertise in music production is being used to make the [...]

Digidesign is one of the leading manufacturers of computer-based digital audio production systems. They create tools for creation, production, collaboration and distribution in today’s digitally connected world.
Digidesign is a division of Avid Technology, Inc., one of the leaders in non-linear digital video. This paved the way for the integration of the companies’ audio and video [...]

This Hearts of Space release from Steve Roach explores ambient soundscapes and combines them with rhythmic backing.
Roach’s ambient music is often built with metallic, otherworldly sounds that push his music into dark ambient territory. He uses a variety of analog and digital instruments to create long droning sounds, and then envelopes them in ambient reverberation. [...]

What can you do with some worthless old computer equipment when you have too much time on your hands?
This site shows that you can do a lot, if the worthless old computer is a Commodore 64. Back in the days, the Commodore 64 was one of the first personal computers. They were popular before Apple [...]

Denon makes pro audio equipment for the Broadcast, DJ, Contractor, Recording, Sound Reinforcement, Project Studios, and Video Post Production industries. They have a great line of dj equipment, including turntables, cd mixers, analog mixers, cd recorders, amps and more.
Denon’s turntables and cd players are popular among dj’s. Their dual cd players feature sampling and effects. [...]

Cakewalk develops and markets many of the leading music and sound software for Windows. They make Sonar, a professional audio recording system, the Project5 virtual studio, Home Studio, Pyro, and a variety of other audio software.
In addition to their primary line, they market loop cds, VST’s, virtual instruments, and software for guitarists. Their Countour ShuttlePro [...]

Originally known mainly for guitar pedals, BOSS has expanded into other lines, including digital recording studios, drum machines, samplers, tuners, metronomes and other equipment.
Known around the world as the company that put the “stomp” in “stompbox,” BOSS is a division of Roland Corporation. It’s most easily recognized for its line of colorful guitar and bass [...]

Behringer manufactures professional audio and music equipement, and is best known for providing good-quality equipment at a very affordable price. Product groups provide complete solutions to the audio recording, sound reinforcement , DJ and pro-light segments of the market. Their extensive range includes DJ mixers, digital signal processors, a state-of-the-art digital mixing console, patchbays, DI [...]