• Avid Pro Tools (Part 1)

    It may be difficult for some industry pros to imagine a world where musicians haven’t used Pro Tools, or even seen it in action, but ...
  • Syncro Arts Revoice Pro 3

    Syncro Arts Revoice Pro 3 is an indispensable tool for anyone tasked with tightening up stacked vocals or instrument tracks. If you spend your time ...
  • Shure Beta 87A and 87C Mics

    The Same, Yet Not Really. Most professional singers in rock and pop learned long ago that while you can always “get by” with a Shure ...
  • Waves Gold (and Silver) Recording & Mixing Plug-In Collection

    Let it be said here: nobody ever got fired for mixing with Waves plug-ins. They are as much a studio standard as Pro Tools is ...
  • Audio-Technica System 10 Wireless System

    Way back in 2006 we reviewed Audio-Technica’s Wireless 3000 series, which relied on analog UHF frequencies. While a good product back then, the wireless landscape ...
  • PreSonus Sceptre S8 CoActual Active Studio Monitors

    Technological advancements constantly give us more than we could have imagined as products experience evolutionary changes. The musical instrument (MI) industry is no exception when ...
  • MXL Revelation Solo Microphone

    Sometimes the success of a company’s low-end products causes challenges getting respect for the flagship stuff. Case in point: MXL Microphones. When you’re as widely ...
  • Blue Microphones The Blue Drum Kit Kit

    Some of the finest recordings in the history of rock music feature drum kits mic’ed with a dozen or more microphones, each meticulously gated, compressed, ...
  • Audio-Technica AT4047/SV Microphone

    While perhaps not as glamorous as a piece of vintage music gear, one vitally important piece of equipment worth investing in is the microphone you ...
  • KRK Systems 12s Powered Subwoofer

    We use KRK VXT-8 and VXT-6 monitors in our studios, and were thus happy to get our hands on KRK’s 12s subwoofer, which brought us ...