• Feature Stories, Keyboard Reviews, NAMM 2017 Special Report

    Winter NAMM 2017: Keyboards

    Akai Professional The classic MPCs were standalone music production units, but more recent models have been hardware/software hybrids, meaning they required computer connectivity for operation. ...
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  • Bass Guitar and Equipment Reviews, Feature Stories, NAMM 2017 Special Report

    Winter NAMM 2017: Bass

    Darkglass Electronics Take our money! Besides being an amazing producer, composer, and bassist, Jon Stockman worked closely with Darkglass Electronics to design the Alpha•Omega Dual ...
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  • Feature Stories, Guitar and Equipment Reviews, NAMM 2017 Special Report

    Winter NAMM 2017: Guitars

    Accel Audio Accel’s FX Series Command Center is a great all-in-one pedalboard solution for players assembling pro-class rigs. And audio looper/function switcher with eight loops ...
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  • Audio Interfaces, Mixers, Mic PreAmps, Channel Strips, Hardware Processors Reviews, Channel Strips & Hardware Processors Reviews, Recording/Live Sound Equipment Reviews, Reviews

    Warm Audio WA-2A Optical Tube Compressor

    We fought it. We struggled with it. We were in denial, and it took a good four months of nonstop use before we were completely ...
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  • Keyboard Contollers Reviews, Keyboard Controllers & Control Surfaces Reviews, Keyboard Reviews, Reviews

    StudioLogic SL88 Grand & SL88 Studio MIDI Controller Keyboards

    StudioLogic SL88 Studio One of the most essential instruments in a keyboard player’s rig is a MIDI controller keyboard. Whether you need to control a ...
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  • Drums & Equipment Reviews, Hardware, Drumheads, Accessory Reviews, Reviews

    Zildjian Travis Barker Double Mallet

    Rock drummers hit hard. It's what we do. And broken sticks are par for the course. Perhaps even more so with mallets, due to the ...
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  • Drum Kit Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews

    Yamaha Recording Custom Drums

    Nearly fifty years since their initial release, the highly acclaimed Yamaha Recording Custom line of drums have been updated to a new level with the ...
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  • Bass Amp, Bass Guitar and Equipment Reviews, Reviews

    Tech 21 VT Bass 500

    From the 1940s through the early 1960s, the bass amplifier was a fledgling tool initially built to amplify the upright bass to help it compete ...
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  • Guitar Amp Equipment Reviews, Guitar Amps Reviews, Reviews

    Hughes & Kettner TriAmp Mark 3

    The Hughes & Kettner TriAmp Mark 3 is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated guitar amplifiers on the market today, essentially comprised of three distinct, ...
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  • Keyboard Reviews, Keyboards, Synths & Workstations Reviews, Reviews, Synthesizers Reviews

    Moog Mother-32 Semi-Modular Synthesizer

    If musical instruments are like religion, then modular synthesizers are like existential philosophy. Just when you think you are close to an answer, it bears ...
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