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End of the World Party Pooper
I bought the new Medeski Martin and Wood CD today, titled End of the World Party (just in case). I’ve heard some of the sample tracks on the web-site, and it rocks pretty hard. Very rich palette of keyboard sounds here, lots of “voice chorus” Mellotron, bass-heavy analog synthesizer sounds, and of course the usual…
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Central Station
A couple new additions to my project studio. First, an inexpensive 100W/ch power amplifier, the ART SLA-1. This will be used to drive a second pair of speakers, Paradigm bookshelf speakers I’ve had for many years. These supplement my main monitors, Behringer Truth B-21 powered monitors. It’s a good thing to have a variety of…
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The studio keeps growing
Continuing my recent spending spree on my new Visa card, I’ve made some more improvements in my basement studio. I upgraded the entry-level Steinberg Cubase SE to the full Cubase SX3. This was necessary, in part, to support the second big purchase: a Mackie Control Universal control surface. The Mackie is truly the Cadillac of…
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Casio is out, Keystation Pro is in (almost)
After I had the Casio Privia PX-100 el-cheapo MIDI piano for a month of so, my brother told me about a new product from M-Audio: the Keystation Pro 88. It’s another 88-key weighted keyboard, but the Keystation is a MIDI-controller only, it doesn’t generate any sound on its own. What makes it really compelling for…
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More channels is more better
I recently picked up a Behringer ULTRAGAIN PRO-8 DIGITAL ADA8000. It’s basically an 8-in/8-out audio interface, with mic preamps and phantom power available on every channel. The digital side is an ADAT light-pipe. At CDN$360, it’s probably the cheapest 8-channel A/D D/A on the planet. That’s Behringer for you. Of course, an ADAT light-pipe interface…