In a recent article on recording the just released debut CD from Mary Pastorius, producer/musician, Eric Young spoke about the gear they used—over a ten year period.

There was so much we needed a part two....  

X2 Digital Wireless Systems is expanding their XDR Series of Digital UHF wireless systems with the addition of four new quality mic elements from Audio Technica with their current systms.

The DR952-omni lavalier...  

With campuses located all over the world, the School of Audio Engineering (SAE) has some major input when it comes to educating the audio engineers of tomorrow. SAE started in 1976, in founder Tom Misner's own 4-track recording...  

We continue on with the overview of all of the presets on the Novation XioSynth. There are many more super cool synth pad and slide effects, although we fear that if we demo all 200 sounds, our only lingering human memory...  

If you have a keen ear and a George Michael Bluth-like inner metronome, you may have noticed that the loop Drew was working with in Ableton Live 6 from last video was a little bit off beat. In this segment, Drew shortens...  

A while back Gearwire spoke to Mary Pastorius (aka Queen Mary) about the release of her first CD, From Then Until Almost Now. During that interview she deferred on a number of questions to Eric Young, who has produced...  

Musicrow has announced the new Classic Minitunes sound set that expands upon Arturia's Minimoog V. Minitunes is a collection of 200 presets for Minimoog V and a definite addition to anyone already using Arturia's Minimoog...  

We continue cycling through the presets on the Novation XioSynth 25 to display the range of tones you can achieve with this tiny powerhouse fresh from the box. There are lots of nitty gritty bass sounds on this one and...  

With the countless number of VST plug-ins and effects out there, its somewhat refreshing to use internal effects once in a while, and Ableton Live 6 allows you to do just that. Drew cycles through some of the internal...  

Gearwire caught up with Brian Crabtree of Monome who showed us a grid controller that's almost as fun to watch as it is to use. Almost like a sonic etch-a-sketch, the Monome grid controller communicates with your computer...  

To commemorate Ueberschall's 20th anniversary, the German software sample company is releasing the Retro Fit collection, a series of five units of mass content containing 15 of their most popular sample CDs of all time...  

The Novation XioSynth 25 is more than just an impressive, little controller. It also comes packed with expertly crafted preset sounds and looks incredible with a little star wiping action.

Jason Donnelly puts...  

With Ableton Live 7 not soon enough in his clutches, an anticipating Drew Krag takes us through Ableton Live 6 and explains why its such a popular and convenient program. Drew opens up a set in Live 6 to display its looping,...  

If you forgave "Battlefield Earth" because of "Saturday Night Fever," Zero-G Classic Disco might be something of interest to you. Zero-G's new sample library unites a myriad of disco and funk sounds to add some classic...  

The AVANTONE CK-40 from Avant Electronics makes its mark as their latest Stereo FET microphone which Avant believes is just as capable of a performer as some of the world's finest without the bloated price tag.

Housed...  

In the last part of Drew Krag's Steinberg Nuendo introduction, Drew throws some plug-ins into this versatile DAW. Native Instruments Reaktor is one VST plug-in that sounds great in Steinberg Nuendo on Home Studio Workshop....  

Ever wish you could control all the volume settings in a multi-track project at once without doing any complex mouse clicks? Ever wish you could record arm all tracks at once in 3 seconds? The latest versions of Sonar...  

LEMUR's Slink-o-tron provides makes playing with a slinky fun again - revitalizing a toy that lost its excitement after the first couple of times it slunk down the stairs. At Lemurplex, the slinky is used as a controller...  

Native Instruments Kontakt 3.01 Update announced. New improvements promise better performance and enhanced features. Of course, every software update ever released has promised this. Although, for those of us who...  

In my opinion, one of the most valuable features that Cakewalk has added to their flagship program Sonar in the past few versions is the implementation of track templates. Imagine never having to sit around setting up...  

In the third part of Home Studio Workshop walk through of Steinberg Nuendo, Drew loads up one of his songs and lets us have a listen. Drew also singles out several of the "bajillion" channels to highlight which audio tracks...  

Warren Harris has already recorded a bass part into the Roland Fantom X6 in Part One of this video. Now, he's ready to overdub, adding a little bit of melodic bass over his original mix and then a nice bass solo over that...  

The LEMUR Chime-o-Tron adds depth to ordinary wind chimes. Adding an unexpected electronic element to ordinary wind chimes makes for a refreshingly fun sounding set of MIDI chimes that anyone can just get up and play -...  

While Amplitube, Guitar Rig, and Waves GTR seem to be the big names in computer guitar modeling, Studio Devil picks an opportune time to announce the release of Studio Devil Virtual Guitar Amp. With Halloween fast approaching,...  

Parallel compression is all the rage right now. In fact it really is a great way to add life to a track without making it sound overly compressed. The basic idea is that you compress the hell out of a track and mix it...  

Steinberg Nuendo is kind of like mass transit, and Drew Krag will demonstrate why with all the routing, bussing, and transport options it affords you. Drew also checks out sequencer view and tries to make sense of all...  

There's a new kind of Slime-o-Tron out as if Slime-o-Trons breed like amoeba. The Slime-o-Tron II is more of an upright Slime-o-Tron where the conductive slime starts at the top and seeps down the MIDI board. Unlike its...  

Isn't it annoying when you try to record from your M-Audio preamp into your audio interface and you are given unhelpful input source names as "ASIO 1/2" or "ADAT 5" when you set up your track? The latest versions of Sonar...  

On this Home Studio Workshop, Drew takes the E-MU Proteus 1000 and puts it into use on a full mix. With some gems that Drew recorded on different instruments that he's demonstrated in the past, Drew adds some Proteus 1000...  

The Roland Fantom X6 is a very versatile synth workstation loaded with many beautiful sounds, but say you don't think the bass sounds real enough for you. Warren Harris of Roland US grabs a bass and shows us how to record...