Reviews

The Best Guitars and Basses Under $500 (GBG Part II)

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

As promised, here is a list of reviews of different instruments for different styles and tastes. These instruments are what we consider to be today's best options for inexpensive, quality guitars and basses. Either you're buying your first or 50th guitar, be sure to check out the options on this list ...

Top 10 Most Inspiring Movie Soundtracks of Recent Times

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

I have met some composers who were not completely up-to-date in their blockbuster movie knowledge and enjoyment... And there are some flicks from the past twenty years that you definitely need to watch if you're a composer. Considering that most of them work for film, it's important to know the good ...

[Special Review] About Right Lok and Load 2.1

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

It's been some time since the Moozek preview of the unique DAW plug-in manager Lok and Load. A lot has happened, and a new version was released. We were offered the new version for reviewing, and I made sure an unbiased review was written about this new application with a ...

Pro Tools for Leopard: Ultimate Reason to Upgrade to 10.5?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

As you might know by now Pro Tools 7.4.2 is out, supporting Mac OS X 10.5.3 and 10.5.4 . But if you don't know, and if you purchased 7.4 and Leopard, you can run and download it. It has been running pretty stable, but then again, it wasn't extensively tested. Even though ...

Super Review (2nd Edition): Yamaha HS50M – The new NS-10M?

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Yamaha is attempting (again) to replace the legendary standard, and studio owners and engineers appear to be accepting it! Are the HS Series going to be the new nearfield monitors of the if-it-sounds-good-here-sounds-good-on-anything type? Read on. We placed them under the microscope and under our refined ears. Extended review!

Corporate Censorship at Digidesign?

Friday, December 28th, 2007

After some user complaints of pointless post censorship at the Digi User Conference (Digidesign's official user support forum) we registered to ask for troubleshooting info with 7.4, and engage in some online digi discussion. We almost believed the myth was busted after a quite healthy and normal interaction with other ...

Gracenote Music Map – Statistics for the Music Business

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Gracenote makes a music popularity world map, where you can check top artists and album charts by geographical location, in most countries (at least definitely all countries that actually have an influence in international music sales, and then some). All you need is to have the Flash plug-in in your browser, ...

Line 6 Spider Valve – The True Hybrid

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Line 6 teamed up with all-tube amp maker Reinhold Bogner and released a pleasant surprise to all faithful lovers of the "authentic tone": tubes. 12AX7 in the preamp, 6L6 in the power amp, and even Celestion Vintage 30 speakers for the cabinets and combos. All tube Bogner-branded gear for ...

Waves Guitar Tool Rack 3 vs. IK Multimedia Amplitube 2

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Waves GTR3 (Guitar Tool Rack) is out and no one made a lot of fuss about Digidesign Eleven – Sorry Digidesign, but the demos seem to suggest it's another average amp modeler. But not GTR! That one sure sparked a lot of interest at AES 2007 in the field of high ...