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Pro Tools Minus the Hardware? Mackie Says New Mixers Support M-Powered; Q&A
It’s a Mackie mixer! It’s an audio interface! It’s both – and now it works with Pro Tools, despite the presence of an M-Audio or Digidesign logo anywhere on the case? The Mackie Onyx-i (note that it...
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Pro Tools with Mackie Hardware: Avid Makes Deal to Okay Link
http://createdigitalmusic.com/files/2009/09/mackie820i_thumb.jpg”> It’s long been the case that if you wanted to run Pro Tools, you needed hardware from Digidesign. That’s why it was a surprise when...
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Mixing and Audio Interface, in the $450 MOTU Audio Express
The competition for your audio interface dollar is pretty heated these days, but MOTU’s latest – the Audio Express – packs a pretty impressive feature set for something costing US$449 list. It’s both...
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Yamaha’s MOX: Recession-Friendly, More Portable MOTIF Keyboards; Computer...
While Roland this week is pushing their JP-80 and celebrating a 30-year milestone (the Jupiter-8), Yamaha has a different tack. They’re talking about the 10-year anniversary of the MOTIF workstation...
View ArticleA DIY iPad Audio Dock, with Instructions, from Father of Circuit Bending Reed...
What are those alien, otherworldly sounds coming out of the iPad? That’s not GarageBand. It’s what happens when Reed Ghazala, the father of circuit bending some decades ago, meets the iPad. Not that...
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MOTU Track16: Finally, Slim-Line Audio Interface That Doesn’t Sacrifice I/O?...
Try a little thought experiment. In one column, write down everything you want in an audio interface. You probably come up with things like physical controls, proper meters so you can see levels, and...
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A Mixer, A Soundcard, a Controller: NI Traktor Kontrol Z2, Examined [Gallery,...
It’s not a monster combining everything in a giant, coffin-sized case. Instead, the Z2 focuses in on 2-channel mixing and controls, and integrates with Traktor. (MIDI and audio operation is possible...
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Numark NV for Serato: Every Digital DJ Control Method in One Box?
In the digital age, the metaphor for DJing has been fragmented. You’ve got big wheels, but they represent missing turntables and don’t provide visual feedback. You’ve got CDJs, but then the waveform...
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Finally, Connect a USB Hub and Audio in One Gadget, on Laptop or iPad
File this directly under “why has no one done this properly before?” One of the few remaining annoyances in computer music making is just getting connected. First, you need an audio interface to get...
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Akai MPC Touch is an MPC with a multi-touch screen
MPC lovers, you finally get a piece of hardware with everything in one place: touch, color displays, pads, buttons for workflow access. There’s just one catch: you will still need the computer. Ever...
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MOTU’s MicroBook mobile audio interface now works on iPad, Linux
The iPad has matured into a serious musical instrument and production tool. So it only makes sense to give it a serious audio interface. Now you can add to the list of candidates MOTU’s MicroBook IIc....
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A Mixer, A Soundcard, a Controller: NI Traktor Kontrol Z2, Examined [Gallery,...
It’s not a monster combining everything in a giant, coffin-sized case. Instead, the Z2 focuses in on 2-channel mixing and controls, and integrates with Traktor. (MIDI and audio operation is possible...
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Numark NV for Serato: Every Digital DJ Control Method in One Box?
In the digital age, the metaphor for DJing has been fragmented. You’ve got big wheels, but they represent missing turntables and don’t provide visual feedback. You’ve got CDJs, but then the waveform...
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Finally, Connect a USB Hub and Audio in One Gadget, on Laptop or iPad
File this directly under “why has no one done this properly before?” One of the few remaining annoyances in computer music making is just getting connected. First, you need an audio interface to get...
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Akai MPC Touch is an MPC with a multi-touch screen
MPC lovers, you finally get a piece of hardware with everything in one place: touch, color displays, pads, buttons for workflow access. There’s just one catch: you will still need the computer. Ever...
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MOTU’s MicroBook mobile audio interface now works on iPad, Linux
The iPad has matured into a serious musical instrument and production tool. So it only makes sense to give it a serious audio interface. Now you can add to the list of candidates MOTU’s MicroBook IIc....
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IK’s iRig Pro I/O comes close to being a perfect mobile music accessory
Let’s be honest: audio interfaces are one of the pieces of gear most likely to make your eyes glaze over. That might even be doubly so for the many, many options available for iPhone and iPad – each,...
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Zoom figures out mixer + interface + recorder is exactly what we want
Let’s skip the specs and get straight to the point: this should be a product category. Zoom’s new box is a mixer, audio interface, effects, and audio recorder in one. And that’s significant, because...
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Your smartphone needs a pocket mixer: Roland Go:Mixer Pro review
The Roland Go:Mixer Pro packs a complete mixer into a handheld device, and it interfaces with your iPhone, Android phone – or anything else. We got one of the first units to test. Compact enough to...
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Roland VT-4 adds MIDI, control for performer-friendly vocal FX
Roland’s revised VT-4 – the replacement for the first AIRA VT-3 – makes it look like someone finally gets what vocalists want in effects. More effects options, actual control over harmony, and MIDI...
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