Simple, small and affordable, M-Audio’s mini monitors tick all the boxes for beginners. Greg Scarth finds out why they make the ideal first pair of production speakers.
Why shouldn’t a small keyboard pack a pro feature set? Greg Scarth puts M-Audio’s compact 25-key model to the test.
MKV upgrades include smart controls, auto-mapping and a built-in arpeggiator.
M-Audio’s new flagship interface offers a huge feature set at an affordable price. We find out how it sounds.
Rob Lee investigates the new update to M-Audio’s classic Trigger Finger unit to find out where it fits in the current production landscape.
M-Audio this week announced the impending release of a new keyboard – the Keystation Mini – and two types of studio monitors, the BX8 D2 and BX5 D2.
Despite the technological advancements of many audio interfaces, the home studio mixer is still very much a central feature in the humble musician’s place of domestic refuge. They bring to life a motley crew of microphones, samplers, synthesizers and guitars whilst maintaining strict order before sending them to your computer and monitors. The latest instalment in our Best series seeks to to outline the characteristics of five of our top selling mixers in and around the £500 price bracket.
In the current musical climate, the terms ‘analogue modeling’ and ‘virtual analogue’ are commonplace within the synthesizer communities. Indeed the new generation of producers largely expect their hardware to have the same features and reliability when it comes to presets, saving, MIDI and effects capabilities as the software VST instruments on the market.
With the global recession still biting hard, and every possible permutation of DJ controller and retro-chic synthesizer seemingly exhausted, the question must be: is now a good time for the world’s audio manufacturers to be launching a slew of new products at Germany’s annual music-tech blowout Musikmesse? And the answer must be: Jahwohl!
An Audio Interface is the missing link between a DJ’s laptop set-up, the club’s sound system and, ultimately, the dancefloor. As such, a solid, reliable and easy-to-use interface is essential for any digital DJ who wants to play consistently trouble-free sets; we’ve all seen the nightmares that await those who roll into a gig unprepared. To ease you along this potentially hazardous path, the Juno experts have selected the five best DJ audio interfaces on the market across a range of prices…
Hold tight for the arrival of M-Audio’s Venom, a 49-key synthesizer which combines the character of classic analog synths with modern digital processing to deliver an aggressive, infectious new sound.
The future of DJing has never been so uncertain: with the death knell sounding for the once mighty Technics turntables, the concept of digital DJing is now in the spotlight like never before. New forms of software are appearing all the time, offering ambitious and creative DJs opportunities to turn their sets into unique performances.
Some software allows the user to experience feel of vinyl without lugging hundreds of records from club to club; others allow for music to be manipulated on the fly: live remixing if you will. With so many options at your disposal, the Juno experts tried and tested all of the major options on the market before coming up with this shortlist of the five best DJ software packages available. Read on to discover our recommendations…
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This week our technical guru Ben Daly runs an expert eye over the M-Audio Torq Mixlab Digital DJ System.