By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 06/01/2001

When four walls, a ceiling, a floor and a door just won't do, and those dreams of floating the floors and triple-walling the new...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 04/01/2001

Despite an alarming number of proprietary file formats, hardware configs and CPU implementations, today's recording devices are moving toward an ever-global

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 07/01/2000

Like busy train stations, digital audio I/O cards today shuttle more incoming and outbound tracks than ever before. Whether you're riding the Toslink

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 02/01/2000

Cycling '74's retro bike seat logo is a throwback to its namesake decade and quite apropos for their $74 Pluggo plug-in suite: For the...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 02/01/2000

In many ways, professional audio performs as a microcosm of the capitalist system: The market picks the winners and, with some exceptions, tends to...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 01/01/2000

Q: How many engineers does it take to mike a drum kit?A: One, assuming the drummer shows up.With all due respect to drummers-having endured...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 09/01/1999

Nearly 50 new large-diaphragm condenser mics have been released during the past 18 months. One microphone can re-create any polar pattern or mic angle,

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 08/01/1999

A record-breaking rookie draft of no less than 90 new power-sluggers have made it to the "Show" since Winter NAMM 1998, the cutoff point...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 08/01/1999

The situation is no different for digital audio artisans. We spoke with a number of digital creators-ranging from an experimental choral sound artist

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 07/01/1999

There's no better illustration of the past, present and future of synthesis than the comparison of two booths spotted at the last Winter NAMM...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 06/01/1999

From cost-conscious table-toppers to multi-thousand-dollar mainframes, effects manufacturers have added at least 25 new units in the 18 months since Winter

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Everyone needs a typical gear story to maintain historical perspective when products like the Yamaha DSP Factory come along to shatter price and performance