I have to admit that when I was first approached about reviewing a budget ($699 is a lot less than my amp) 65 watt bass combo I wasn't overly excited. However, when I found out it was an Ibanez my curiosity was aroused. ...more

Once upon a time (I've always wanted to start an article like that), sound recording studios that had the big bucks could afford to have a nice selection of exotic microphone pre-amplifiers to choose from when recording, and/or they had super duper (read: expensive) consoles that already had great pre-amps built in. ...more

Eureka! Brilliant! And it all seems so glaringly obvious in hindsight, like hang gliding or the wheel - or the wringer washing machine. ...more

The synthesiser must be one of the most slowly evolving electronic instruments in the modern studio. Not so much because the slow evolution of the actual sounds, but in their speed from moving from the hardware environment to a dedicated software climate. ...more