Trinity Audio Group has introduced Indamixx, a hand-held audio studio designed to let you record, edit, mix, DJ and publish songs or sound files on the go. The Indamixx touchscreen allows hands-on fader control with group-based automation in the Ardour DAW, as well as beatmixing and pitch adjustment in Mixxx, the digital DJ application. Indamixx… Read More IndaMixx Handheld Digital Audio Workstation Now Available
Digimix is an interesting new application that promises to put audio mixing into your Web browser. While Hobnox’s AudioTool is like Reason for your Web browser, Digimix is a browser-based audio mixing program. It lets you mix high-quality audio and offers many of the features of a programlike Garageband: an easy-to-use interface, effects and automation.… Read More Digimix Pioneering Mixing In Your Web Browser
Numark has introduced the iDEC, a professional rack-mount solution offering playback and recording for iPod. iDEC’s Universal Dock for iPod permits playback of audio and video from any docking iPod through integrated outputs. It can also record incoming audio in real time at CD-quality 44.1 kHz sampling rate, directly to the docked iPod. The Numark… Read More Numark iDec Turns iPod Into Recording/Playback Hub
2008 Summer NAMM Show: Alesis has introduced the ProTrack, a device that turns an iPod into a professional handheld digital stereo recorder. Two high-quality condenser microphones are built-in, fixed in XY stereo configuration. ProTrack also offers users a pair of combination XLR – 1/4-inch inputs for connection for external microphones and line sources. When running… Read More Alesis ProTrack Turns Your iPod Into A Digital Audio Recorder
Nokia has announced a “What does your city sound like?” competition, featuring DJ Shadow: Now is your chance to collaborate with the inimitable DJ Shadow in his unique experiment for Nokia Trends Lab. This cutting edge music experiment offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to co-create a track with DJ Shadow using modern mobile… Read More DJ Shadow Ambient Sound Competition
I really like this interview with George Peckham about mastering vinyl. Peckham is fascinating and fun to watch, there’s loads of analog gear and he’s full of great info. Anybody know what track he’s working on? via audiolemon
Matador records filmed a set of short documentaries on the all-analog mastering process by which Mission of Burma’s landmark recordings from the early 1980’s were re-mastered. The process documented is vintage, old-school tape process. The gear is original. The vinyl is live cut. It’s an interesting and timely set of videos: Mission of Burma- Burma… Read More Analog Mastering Secrets
The New York Times has an interesting article today about the oldest recorded music in the world: For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil, Thomas Edison has been considered the father of recorded sound. But researchers say they have unearthed a… Read More The Oldest Musical Recording In The World
One of the most interesting introductions at NAMM this year wasn’t a synth or new control surface, but KRK’s ERGO – a digital room analysis and correction system. ERGO analyzes and compensates for bad room acoustics, which can negatively effect your mixes. The unit connects to a computer via Firewire when it is performing its… Read More An In Depth Look At ERGO Room Correction
At the Winter NAMM Show, Edirol released another portable recording unit. The Edirol R-44 4-Channel Portable Recorder is a 2 lbs. device that offers professional recording options, up to 24-bit and 192kHz, and uses SDHC cards to store the audio recorded. The Edirol R-44 features 4 channels XLR (with phantom power) & balanced/unbalanced TRS combo… Read More Edirol R-44 4-Channel Portable Recorder
