Hear How Bad Your Mix Sounds With Mackie’s New Bluetooth Streaming Monitors

Studio monitors with Bluetooth? For project, home studios, and multimedia applications it might make sense. Mackie continues to expand its Creative Reference Multimedia Monitors line with two new models which might appeal to an expanded market. The all-new CR4BT and CR5BT include an auxiliar jack input and headphone out in the front, but also offer Bluetooth for audio streaming.

Tascam just announced the launch of a new 2-way compact studio monitoring solution available for $99. The new Tascam VL-S3 are 2-way powered monitors with a 3” woofer and rear ported design. A pair of RCA inputs accept any line-level input, while a 1/8” stereo mini jack allows playing from smartphones or MP3 players.

Steinberg Media Technologies announced the release of their latest USB 2.0 audio interface. The UR12 features 24-bit / 192 kHz audio quality, class compliant support for the iPad alongside a microphone input with D-PRE preamplifier, one high-impedance line input plus line outputs. The new entry-level USB audio interface includes a Cubase AI DAW software download license.

An interesting new book from Hal Leonard’s Quick Pro Guides series, The iPad in the Music Studio focuses on the iPad’s connectivity to the professional, project, and home music studios. An interesting tour of the latest iPad-related music hardware and software (apps) on the market which is important to explore now, because it will be old news by this time next year.