Featured by MusicTech as one of the top 6 products for 2016, the Lucas Nano 608i by HK Audio is your self-contained portable PA system and let me repeat it is portable. Now there is a huge difference between having an incredible set-up for a home studio and actually having to work mobile, or bringing your entire system with you. Yoe need to consider your travel, your location, your audience and much more. Then you think about these parameters the Lucas Nano is your perfect PA, you can come in complete with 2 speakers, as sub, and 8 channels to work with and did I forget to mention its portable?
Read more here: http://www.musictech.net/2016/10/lucas-nano-review/
Home Recording Equipment
The Top Freeware Guitar 2017 Edition
With 2016 nearly closing and 2017 is just around the corner there are already a lot of reviews and predictions with regards to gear, instruments, software and of course freeware. Who would not want freebies especially to welcome the coming year, with that in mind here is a list of guitar freeware that tops the year and a must have for the coming one.
Guitar freeware consists of five amp and instrument based plug-ins here are the best downloads.
The Amplesound AGm Lite II, the lite version of a Martin Guitar Emulator. although its free and an upgrade would cost a $169 this freeware gives you pretty much proper emulation without really paying for it.
Read full list here: http://www.musictech.net/2016/10/best-freeware-guitar/
The Right Mic For The Job
Although years of experience gives one good judgment regarding what particular microphone to use for a certain project, relying on the basics and considering a few details still wouldn’t hurt.
Here is a list of know-how when it comes to selecting the right microphone for the job.
One microphone doesn’t cover it all, even if you have the most expensive microphone sometimes its just not the one for the job. It’s all about characteristics.
Complement your instrument by choosing the right microphone. Choose something that has lower frequencies than your instrument so they don’t eventually clash and battle it out.
Find out more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2016/10/19/choosing-right-microphone/
MIDI Interfaces For Less Than $100
Technology has brought modern advancements to our music equipment, and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) hardware is slowly being left out of the loop. Many new audio interface units no longer offer MIDI connections. But whether we admit it or not some of us are still holding on to our MIDI keyboards or gear. So what do we do?
And while you are still saving up or waiting for a budget to upgrade all your old hardware gear to virtual instrument equivalents, here is a list of the affordable top MIDI interfaces you can still use for under $100. It’s not yet time to say goodbye to your old gear.
See the list here: http://en.audiofanzine.com/midi-interface/editorial/articles/the-best-midi-interfaces-for-less-than-100.html
Measure Loudness With These 6 Metering Tools
Most engineers today are used to approximating loudness using Root Mean Square (RMS), which a measure of average loudness using math that you probably don’t want to know about. Mastering professionals though prefer Loudness Unit (LU) metering tools. Here are the best 6 metering tools, according to MusicTech, that you can use to measure loudness. And you don’t even have to be a mastering engineer to use them:).
One of their choices is Insight by iZotope. It’s one of the most comprehensive tools available in the market today. It has a wide range of loudness meters available. The “meter tap” allows comparison of channels.
LM1n by TC Electronics is another choice. It’s the simplest of TC Electronics line of metering tools
Read more about it here: http://www.musictech.net/2016/10/loudness-meters/