Denon Professional, Beyerdynamic and Bose Shine at the Gaplasa Booth
New Denon Professional powered monitors: the Denon Professional product range has grown enormously over the past year, and at the GAPLASA booth visitors could get a first-hand…
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Gear Tests.
Mixing Console Special at Afial 2016
This year, as in others, my visit to Afial was a reunion with the Spanish companies whose gear we use and buy, both importers and distributors and domestic manufacturers, and…
LD Systems CURV 500 ES Put to the Test
A truly portable array system. Excellent, highly versatile design. Fresh back from Frankfurt and Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound 2016, we ran this hands-on test, which we had…
New Yamaha TransAcoustic Acoustic Guitars
The new TransAcoustic guitar series brings this technology (known from Yamaha pianos) to guitarists, creating a new concept in acoustic instruments. These guitars feature built-in…
Paul Reed Smith & Adagio. New Distributor in Spain
Adagio adds the American brand PRS to its distribution catalog. As of April 1, Grupo Adagio, a leading musical instrument distributor, is the new distributor of PRS guitars for…
Pioneer DJ's First Sampler: The TORAIZ SP-16
Sample and sync: the TORAIZ SP-16 sampler with Dave Smith analog filters and Pro DJ Link for perfectly synchronized loops and samples. Take your creativity to another level in the…
Pro Tools 12.5 Is Here: Your Studio Is the World
The wait is over. The long-anticipated Pro Tools® 12.5 is finally here! With the new Avid® Cloud Collaboration tools, you can connect with whoever you want, from wherever you…
New Shure KSM8 Dualdyne™: The World's First Dual-Diaphragm Dynamic Handheld Vocal Microphone
It was at the last winter NAMM show that Shure unveiled its new KSM8 Dualdyne™ cardioid dynamic vocal microphone. Presented as the most significant technological advance the…
Steinberg Releases WaveLab Pro 9 and WaveLab Elements 9
The latest incarnations of the mastering and editing software applications, WaveLab Pro 9 and WaveLab Elements 9, combine top audio quality and ergonomic handling with countless…
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Redline
Today we have a more than interesting and versatile 2.1 product to try out on our test bench, but first let’s see who EAW is. Eastern was founded in 1978 by partners Kenneth…
Bose® F1 Model 812: Intelligent Coverage
The American company Bose Corporation (Framingham, Massachusetts, USA) is neither a newcomer nor a stranger to the audio world. It has been in the business for 52 years, and makes…
Drawmer TS2: Hit the Gas Without Fear
It often seems impossible to get a mix finished, sweet and powerful without it sounding "glassy," or to keep vocal takes from sounding "small" and kick drums from sounding papery…
Fender American Elite Stratocaster
On the outside, the American Elite Stratocaster has Fender's timeless style, but under the “chassis” it's a new guitar designed for 21st-century musicians who demand more and more…
Bose® F1 Model 812 Flexible Array Loudspeaker
The first portable loudspeaker that lets you easily control the vertical coverage pattern. That means better directionality of the signal toward the audience and, as a result…
New Allen & Heath Qu Chrome Series Mixers
The new Allen&Heath Qu Chrome series mixers bring the standout features of the large professional mixing systems used on tours and in theater within reach of a wide range of…
How Is a Spanish or Flamenco Guitar Made?
We take a "standard" tour of how guitars are made in Spain, obviously bearing in mind the many variables and methods depending on who makes them, from the different choices of…
Five New Allen & Heath Mixers and Interface Hybrids (ZEDi)
Allen & Heath has just introduced five new compact mixers, part of its popular ZED series. Three of these new models are hybrid mixer/interfaces. All of them have been designed…
Yamaha Steps on the Gas: Revstar Guitars
The new Revstar series of electric guitars introduces a new design concept, in tune with today’s aesthetic sensibility and with unique features. The aim is to update the classic…
Microphone Modeling: T-RackS Mic Room
Just as we have been using cabinet emulation for bass and guitar, effects, amp simulators and many other tools, IK Multimedia now offers a new one: microphone models to process…
Blackstar HT-Reverb
We've already talked about Blackstar in previous articles... So I'd simply like to remind you that it's a company that has been building amplifiers and pedals for 50 years, and it…