All items tagged with musicians (292)
Vintage Vibe Reveals Custom 'Walnut' Rhodes 88 Stage Piano Restoration
January 2, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Vintage Vibe Reveals Custom 'Walnut' Rhodes 88 Stage Piano Restoration

Vintage Vibe, a company specializing in repair and restoration of keyboard instruments, has revealed a crowning achievement in custom restoration: a Rhodes 88-key stage piano with a completely custom natural wood walnut case, white top, and unique accents for a mid-century modern look. "Un-freakin' believable!" said the owner of the museum-quality restoration of a Rhodes 88 Stage Piano which shows off Vintage Vibe's exceptional craftsmanship and manufacturing capabilities.
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Ultimate Ears Pro Sound Tap Personal Monitoring System
December 20, 2017 by Stuart Yaniger

Ultimate Ears Pro Sound Tap Personal Monitoring System

In this review, Stuart Yaniger measures the new Ultimate Ears Pro Sound Tap Personal Monitoring System, a new device created by the leading in-ear monitor (IEM) brand that enables musicians to plug in their custom or universal IEMs and turn the existing stage monitor mix into an in-ear mix. See how this easy-to-use and extremely useful in-ear DI box behaves when relaying sound. This article was originally published in audioXpress, November 2017.
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Eventide Announces High-Value Anthology XI "Everything Bundle"
December 19, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Eventide Announces High-Value Anthology XI "Everything Bundle"

Eventide announced availability of its ‘everything’ plug-in bundle, Anthology XI, as of December 11, 2017. The software package includes all 17 plug-ins from Eventide’s acclaimed Anthology X bundle, adding six of its latest and greatest hits to the creative collection. From channel strips to reverbs to multi-effects, all plug-ins are based on over 45 years of Eventide studio mainstays, as well as current and future classics.
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RØDE Microphones Unveils AI-1 USB Type-C Audio Recording Interface
December 5, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

RØDE Microphones Unveils AI-1 USB Type-C Audio Recording Interface

RØDE Microphones has released its first Audio Interface – the AI-1. For a leading microphone manufacturer, this might seem like an odd initiative, but the Australian company turned the announcement into a powerful audio recording proposition. The RØDE AI-1 is a simple computer 24-bit/96kHz USB bus-powered desktop interface, featuring a high-quality preamp with phantom power, one Neutrik XLR-1/4” analog combo input, two balanced outputs, and headphone amplifier, allowing direct monitoring.
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Steinberg Launches Cubasis 2.3 for iOS Now Supporting Waves Plug-ins
November 23, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Launches Cubasis 2.3 for iOS Now Supporting Waves Plug-ins

Steinberg has released a comprehensive update for its popular iOS sequencer app, Cubasis, including many enhancements as well as three in-app purchasable (IAP) effects plug-ins by Waves. Waves and Steinberg have joined forces in offering Cubasis and Cubasis LE users three in-app purchasable plugins by Waves: Q10 Equalizer, the AudioTrack channel strip plugin and the L1 Ultramaximizer level maximizer/peak limiter.
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Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform
November 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform

Spotify announced that it acquired Soundtrap, the innovative online music and podcast recording platform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and successfully funded in Silicon Valley. With consumer and education solutions available in English, Spanish, French, German and Swedish, Soundtrap is an easy-to-use solution that works across iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Mac and Windows.
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HK Audio Expands Lucas Nano Family of Portable PA Systems
November 13, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

HK Audio Expands Lucas Nano Family of Portable PA Systems

German brand HK Audio has introduced the new generation of its bestselling Lucas Nano family of portable, high-performance stereo PA systems: new for November 2017 are the Lucas Nano 302, Lucas Nano 305 FX and Lucas Nano 605 FX, joining the already available 608i and 602 models. These are small and compact sound reinforcement solutions that sound really good and are incredible versatile, and the new models just expand the more affordable options.
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Propellerhead Announces Reason 10 Music Production Software
October 25, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Propellerhead Announces Reason 10 Music Production Software

Musicians rejoice. Propellerhead Software announced that Reason 10 is now available via the Propellerhead website and authorized resellers worldwide. The new version of this popular music production software is launched just five months since the previous release (9.5). Reason’s biggest content update of all time features two groundbreaking new synthesizers and three new instrument collections.
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You Can DIY! Build the Mojo Maestro
October 18, 2017 by Ethan Winer

You Can DIY! Build the Mojo Maestro

Ethan Winer explains how to "Build the Mojo Maestro," a simple device that allows "subtle distortion" or saturation from any recording or track. Just using two diodes and a few resistors, Winer designed this simple box using the free LTspice simulation software and only half a dozen parts. And the results can be heard on the audioXpress website, with Winer playing multiple instruments, with and without the "Mojo effect." This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2017.
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Eventide Introduces New H9000 Flagship Processor at AES New York 2017
October 18, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Eventide Introduces New H9000 Flagship Processor at AES New York 2017

At AES New York 2017, Eventide unveiled the H9000 — an all-new network-ready, 16-DSP, multi-channel, rackmount audio effects processing flagship, featuring eight times the processing power of the current-generation H8000. The culmination of a multi-year development cycle, the H9000 features four quad core ARM processors serving as 16 DSP engines, and connection to standard audio networks, including Dante, and Ravenna.
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