The Hunt...
Dear Lazyweb: Is there some sort of keybed that can be switched so that it has key markings for Discrete 3DS Max, Photoshop, and Nuendo? I could get just a Cubase/Nuendo keyboard, one that only does Photoshop, and one…
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And the finished product...
For both of you waiting with baited breath to see the results of The Big Console/Desk/Whatever Building Project, well, here you go. The new hub of my analog/digital hybrid lifestyle. Yes, I know I have Events when I…
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And from the WTF files...
I literally stumbled in to the Sintefex Audio page on accident. I meant to click one Google link, and clicked a different one by mistake. I feel like I accidentally walked in to the ladies restroom, inasmuch as it's…
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AES: Rumors and shit...
There are a couple unsubstansiated rumors about this product and that seen at AES. Of course, if I had have gone, they wouldn't be unsubstansiated, because I'd substansiate them. But since I didn't, and thus can't, I…
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DIY Day pt. 2 - Carpentry 101
Here we see the console I started last weekend. As you can see, it is pretty much done. All I have left to do is bore the holes for the cables of the various items that live on its surface (e.g. monitors, speakers…
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DIY Day pt. 1 - Modular Madness
I'm calling Sunday DIY Day, for today at least. Time to update on my recent projects. I finally finished my second DIY module for my Blacet modular, a Digital Noise module from CGS. In the picture, you can see my snazzy…
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AES: Roll Music Super Stereo Compressor
This is one I've been waiting to see. There was a "coming soon" on the Roll Music page for ever and a day about this box, and lo and behold, it dropped at AES. It is quite obvious that it can trace its lineage from the…
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Ludicrously good channel strip roundup...
Since I was being all snarky yesterday about input chains, I thought it might be an interesting exercise to have a look at the top end of the input strip market. An input strip, in my mind, contains everything you need…
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AES: Toft 8-buss console preview
Well, truth be told, I don't know if this is actually \ at\ AES, but the Toft fellows said they'd be showing it there. (Just wait 'til winter NAMM, because I'll actually be there, and thus won't be sitting here typing…
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AES: PreSonus Inspire
PreSonus just dropped a spanner in the FW interface market with the INSPIRE 1394, which has mic pres, instrument inputs, and phono (!) inputs 'round the back. The big news is that it retails for less than $200. Why am I…
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AES: Princeton Plate Reverb for VST
The Princeton Digital Stereo Room Reverb is my favorite native reverb plug, hands down. I use it on everything. It is a VST implementation of one of the three reverb types in the 2016 hardware unit they sell through…
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AES: Free compressor plug from SSL!
SSL just dropped this bad boy, a free VST/AU clone of their famous listen-mic compressor. You can grab it here. Mac only, sorry to say.
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Hard-Core Gear Porn Friday!!!
I know, I know. "Chris," you say, "how the fuck are you gonna top last week's Zimmerfest?" Well, the truth is, I can't. You'll have to go through life knowing that it will never get better than that. Our friend Don over…
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And while we're on the subject of sexy...
I don't normally like to cop material from other music blogs. I figure that you're all just like me and read all of them. However, Matrixsynth, the final arbiter of all things Analog, just hipped me to this site, a…
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It's the new style...
I guess cute little recording concoles are the Next Big Thing in the boutique world. Hot on the heels of the Wunder Audio announcement last week, we have this little beastie from Tonelux. This is more a…