If the $350 price tag of the Beats by Dr. Dre headphones will send your bank account into a tailspin, EM has done a great roundup of seven budget minded pro-studio headphones. With each pair costing a max of $220, models from AKG, Audio-Technica, Grado, M-Audio, Sennheiser, Sony, and Ultrasone were put to the test … Read more
With everyone focused on rumors surrounding the release of Detox, production and gear fans will be glad to hear that Monster’s Beats by Dr. Dre headphones will make their debut on July 25th. The headphones were originally announced with a MSRP of $399, but according to Aftermath artist Bishop Lamont, they’ll carry a price tag … Read more
You thought Serato was as next level as things could get? Yuru Suzuki has designed an analog turntable with 5 tonearms and stylus, each containing its own volume fader. He’s also designed the Finger Player, which is a turntable with a wearable stylus that turns the user into a human tonearm allowing one to truly … Read more
Folks with deeper pockets (and dreamers soon to join them) will be happy to know that Digidesign has updated their ICON D-Command ES control surface to included a number of style enhancements such as a darker colour scheme and updated, higher contrast text and graphics for improved legibility in low light. See Digidesign for full … Read more
The selection of entry level audio interface keeps increasing. T.C. Electronic has introduced the Desktop Konnekt 6 FireWire audio interace. At an MSRP of $295, the interface offers a lot of bang for the budge and includes feature such as: High resolution meter Tracking reverb level control Direct monitor control with input/DAW control DIM … Read more
Seems like everyone is fascinated with Antares Auto-Tune lately, including The New Yorker. Author Sasha Frere-Jones quickly breaks down the history of Auto-Tune from the inventor Andy Hildebrand’s ventures in the oil indusry, to Cher’s vocal tweaking on "Believe", and finally T-Pain’s complete adoption of the technique. There’s also a little bit of sound theory … Read more
Didn’t you know that Legos make you beats better? Brickshelf hooks us up with flicks of a lego reproduction of the Nord Lead synth. And you though circuit bending was next level. [via Boing Boing]
Now there are even more ways for the beginner producer/beatmaker to get involved in production. Yamaha has announced AUDIOGRAM 6 and AUDIOGRAM 3 audio interfaces, which will ship bundled with Cubase AI. According to Yamaha, the two USB interfaces were designed with simplicity in mind to make computer music production much more accessible. Both interfaces … Read more
Equipment cash burner of the day… For those in need of a board, PreSonus just announced the release of their StudioLive 16.4.2 Digital Performance mixer. No word yet on the price tag, but it should be interesting to see what it ends up being. Features include: 16 inputs, 6 auxiliary mixes, 4 subgroups 16 class … Read more
Isn’t it about time the video game industry made a decent Hip-Hop music game? Until the time comes for a good DJ inspired title, we’ll just have make due with Guitar Hero. Luckily a vinyl fan has hacked his way to make a Numark PT01 portable turntable work as a controller instead of the customary … Read more