East West Colossus: Huge, High-Quality Libraries
A huge rompler workstation packed with 32GB of instruments from every musical genre, designed along the lines of a workstation keyboard but with a larger, higher-quality…
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Gear Tests.
HALion v3.1 and HALion Player v3.1
If you weren’t yet familiar with any of the versions Steinberg has offered of its HALion product, you really are out of touch with CUBASE and NUENDO technology. Quite some time…
Emes Pink TV and Emes OWL
First of all, we want to mention our good impression of the quality and finish of these monitors. Small details that make them, regardless of their sound, which we'll discuss…
Genelec 1031A Monitors: A Classic
The Genelec 1031A bi-amplified monitor is a two-way active monitoring speaker with low coloration and wide bandwidth in a compact enclosure. The 1031A is perfect for applications…
Mackie HR624 Monitors
The Mackie HR624 is a two-way, active, six-inch, THX-certified reference monitor that offers the same legendary accuracy as Mackie's HR824 in a more compact, lighter and…
Genelec 8040AP. Who Said Small…?
I've always had a soft spot for "small" nearfield monitors, perhaps because I got started in the world of recording and mixing with a pair of Tannoy Reveal Actives. And the truth…
JBL LSR4328P. The Logical Evolution of the LSR Series.
JBL Pro, part of the mammoth Harman group, which also includes companies such as AKG, BSS, DBX, Lexicon and Soundcraft, to name just a few, has been designing and manufacturing…
JBL LSR6332 Studio: Passive Monitors for an Active World
The JBL LSR6332 monitors are the best-equipped, and at the same time the oddest, members of an old acquaintance of ours, the LSR63XX family. We know them because we had the chance…
JBL vs. Genelec: 5.1 Monitor Configurations
Since the dawn of this industry we work in or are fans of, two of the leitmotifs driving the research and development of the equipment used over the years have been: achieving the…
Blue Sky Media Desk 2.1 Monitors
When I unboxed this second pair, I thought the "tiny" size of the satellites might be a drawback for presenting a "true" sound stage (as a friend of mine puts it). Personally…
Samson Resolv A6 Monitors and Resolv Sub88 Subwoofer
We keep going with more firepower, and the size of the specimen goes up. Now we have a pair of Samson near-field/main monitors, reinforced by a hard-hitting subwoofer. Resolv A6…
M-Audio DSM2 Monitors
I don't think I'd be wrong in saying this is a pair with a semi-professional character. M-Audio had always struck me as a brand with an excellent quality/price ratio. Today, it…
PMC DB1S-A. The Smallest Models from One of the Most Select Brands
How do you make select monitors? By isolating the woofer from the tweeter, studying exhaustively which absorbent material to use (pore size, etc.), the exact length of the "tube"…
PMC AML1 Monitors, High-End
Naming a few of the clients that use products from the Professional Monitor Company will probably spark some interest in the AML1 monitors: Sony Mastering in New York, Digidesign…
JBL 2300 Monitors
LSR 2325P monitors and LSR 2310SP subwoofer. James Bullough Lansing’s company (JBL) needs no introduction. It has been supplying the market with excellent products for more than…
M-Audio Studiophile DSM1. Studio Monitors
Following the success of the Studiophile BX and AV families, manufacturer M-Audio introduces the new Studiophile DSM range of monitors, sitting at the very top of its nearfield…
Tapco SS by Mackie S5 and S8
For some people, the Tapco brand may bring back memories from a while ago: "Weren't they the ones who made live mixers? They weren't bad at all..." Indeed, Greg Mackie has revived…
SPL MTC 2381: Monitor Control with Talkback and Cue Mix
The birth of Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) has brought about a major change in the way we record, mix and, in short, work in recording studios. One of the side effects of the…
Gemini SR-6 Monitors: Just for DJs?
We received Gemini's SR-6 monitors, two-way powered speakers designed for nearfield use, featuring a 6.5’’ woofer and a 1’ tweeter. They're part of the SR series, made up of the…
Genelec 8050. A Legendary Product.
The importance of monitoring in a recording studio (professional or "home") is essential when the goal is to produce quality work. I'm surely not saying anything new. In the…