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EXTENDED: Free Driver Upgrade From Mackie

Mackie has announced they are extending the free driver upgrade that instantly connects Onyx-i FireWire Production Mixers with Pro Tools M-Powered 8. Mackie launched the Onyx-i series mixers...

GEAR: Removable Cables for UM2 and UM3X

Westone Music Products has announced the addition of the removable cable option for the Westone UM2 and UM3X. Westone, known for having one of the best cable designs in terms of durability...

GEAR: BOSS BR-800 Digital recorder

BOSS introduces the next in its line of affordable multi-trackers with the new BR-800 — a battery-powered studio to go. The sleek new design is made possible by touch-sensor switches and...

Need Music? Got Gigs?

I was just wondering... Who's playing at the White Squirrel Festival this summer? Summer can't get here ("here" is most everywhere across the US, this year) fast enough. Not only do we miss...

Allen & Heath launches new club install products

Allen & Heath is launching a new club installation product, the Xone:PB patchbay, and the XD-40 monitoring headphones. The Xone:PB patchbay is a 1U rack size, passive interface box, designed to...

Best Buds: Ultimate Ears UE-11 Pro Headphones Rated

Reviewed by Jackson Lynch at Wired on March 5, 2010 After getting my first Sony Walkman back in 1980 I've endured nothing but poor-sounding, poor-fitting in-ear headphones. Now, nearly...

Neumann's Newest: The TLM 102.

The TLM 102, which is 13% smaller than its "big brother"," the TLM 103, delivers legendary Neumann performance in a small and economically attractive package. Neumann says...

You're So Much Better Live Than On Record? Why Does No One Know This?

By Jesse Cannon at Musformation on March 9, 2010 4:56 PM If there is anything most bands regularly hear from their adoring fans it is that they are, soooo much better live than they are on...

- Radial Bones Y Splitter

By Jesse Cannon at Musformation on March 9, 2010 5:05 PM Over the years, one of the most painful things in my recording life has been splitting a guitar between two amps. Although it can be fine in a...

Alfred Introduces Rolling Stone Sheet Music of Rock & Soul Classics

LOS ANGELES, CA — March 8, 2010? Alfred Music Publishing, a leading provider of high-quality music products since 1922, continues to produce amazing sheet music compilations in association with...