The new Genelec 8351 was announced at the end of last year and has been making conversation as one of the oddest-looking monitors that we've ever seen. We had a chance to find out a little more about them from Andy Bensley, Genelec's UK product specialist. Without giving too much away, these monitors are an active three way that is...
One of the latest products to land in here is the new Resident Audio T2 audio interface. It's a pretty crowded market, so what is it about this new one that you should be bothering with? This new interface offers two line/instrument/microphone inputs with phantom power, a headphone output and monitor outputs and midi in and out all in a...
One of the new products announced at NAMM this year has been the Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators. They’ve created quite a bit of a buzz already and they’re something that we’re looking forwards to seeing here ourselves. For those that don’t know, Teenage Engineering are a Swedish design company, most famous within the music world for their OP-1 (as seen...
Genelec are known the world over for their range of professional monitors. Their 8000 series are ubiquitous in professional environments from location broadcast vans, to recording studios and post productions rooms across the world. If you want to experience what these award-winning monitors are capable of, you can hear them first hand at Giraffe Audio. We carry the 8010, 8020...
In case you'd been thinking about a Universal Audio Apollo before Christmas but missed their offer, it's been extended until the end of March, 2015! Buy any Twin, Apollo, or Apollo 16 model — and you can get up to $1,295 worth of UAD Plug-Ins — from the likes of Neve, EMT, Studer & Manley — for free!* No coupons or redemption codes...
It's that time of year again when you've got to spend time in pubs with part time drinkers, wear stupid jumpers and avoid the romantic advances of your co-workers... No, it's not the world cup come early, it's Christmas! We'll be off from this coming Friday, 19th, until Monday 5th January, taking some much needed rest and recuperation. We've plenty...
We had a new box turn up a few days ago that we’ve been really excited to have for demonstration… the Zen Studio by Antelope Audio. If you've not heard about it yet, its a new audio interface from a very forward-thinking company. We did an unboxing video here: Here's our Zen Studio running with all kinds of nice...
Been thinking about getting into Ableton? Maybe you've seen Push in action and want to get going with one? Maybe you've a loved one that you know wants to get into music production? To help make that a bit easier, we've got 20% off Ableton Intro, Live, Suite and Push - just in time for Christmas! Don't forget- we've...
You hear all the time people talking about "analogue warmth" and how recordings "back in the day" were better- most of that is due to how analogue electronics deals with signals. The op amps, valves and the transformers that these things are built from all affect the sound, changing it, making it rounder; adding character. The preamp is an interesting...
Here's one for your diaries- On Tuesday 25th November, we've got Sound Network, the UK distributor for Meris, joining us for a demo event of their new Meris 440 preamp. We'll be giving you a chance to get hands on with the 440, learn about this 500-series mic pre's unique features and hear how its 100% analogue signal path and...
