Kemper Amps release new Amp Profiles and FX Kemper Amps have released the brand new Software Version 1.1 for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier. This mandatory update includes a set of brand new Lo-Fi FX, and a collection of 50 additional Amp Profiles carefully collected from a range of guitar players with outstanding amp set-ups. Since …
Album Review : Motörhead : Aftershock MotörheadAftershock(UDR) It’s been a long time since I’d really listened to Motörhead. The last time I’d listened and seen them live was on the “Another Perfect Day” tour in, I think, 1983. It was the moment they lost me as a hardcore fan mainly because of the ballet shoe …
Album Review : Angelo Palladino : Knucklebones Angelo PalladinoKnucklebones(Deep River Records) It’s been nearly eighteen months since we interviewed Angelo Palladino and since then he’s been playing mostly solo gigs in and around his home town of Leeds in the UK. For those of you lucky enough to have seen Angelo performing live, you’ll know …
Review of the VOX Valvetronix VT20+ guitar amp combo During one of my Fender Champ’s visits to the service shop I found myself without a quality guitar amp for recording. By good fortune, and some gentle hints to my better half, a brand new VOX Valvetronix VT20+ arrived one festive morning. The VT20+ is …
Arturia Spark Vintage Drum Machines : Review The Spark VDM is the software only version of their Creative Drum Machine and offers all the same great features in either stand-alone or as a DAW plug-in. The VDM offers emulation of more than 30 classic drum boxes including models from Lynn, Roland and Yamaha. The emulations are …
Camel Audio – Alchemy 1.5 Review James Mazur is a freelance producer, engineer, sound designer and composer situated in West Yorkshire operating as Refinery Audio Production Services. His journey began during his time at university studying Music & Sound Technology where he joined Factory Street Studios and was privileged to work alongside engineer and producer …
Review of Cakewalk Sonar Artist When news broke in January 2015 of an all new Cakewalk Sonar line-up based on a membership model, it would be fair to say there was both excitement and anxiety, in equal measure, being expressed by existing Sonar loyalists. Cakewalk have put a lot of energy into explaining how much their membership model …
Review of the XILS-lab ‘miniSyn’X’ Synthex synth emulation XILS-lab is a French company specialising in software recreations of some of the most famous classic analogue synths and Vocoders including the EMS VCS3, and the RSF PolyKobol. The miniSyn’X software emulation of the Elka Synthex brings one of the most iconic (and rare) 1980′s era …
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Review of the classic Studer ReVox B77 Reel to Reel Analogue Tape Machine It’s become almost a cliché to say that digital audio recording and reproduction has become clinical, both in its production and in the listening satisfaction derived from the final product. That often high sampling rate 24 bit recordings end up being delivered …
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Paul Atkins takes the Joe Co BlackBox on tour Paul Atkins Paul is an engineer, producer, composer and musician who these days spends a large portion of his working life mixing FOH sound either on tour or in-house at London venues – including the legendary 100 Club. His studio credits include Lucky Soul, The …
