Crate takes its VTX 200SH amp head for a test drive. It's a 200 watt stereo head, with 100 watts per side and stereo effects. The Crate rep puts the head through its paces, so you'll be able to hear the amp at work with a...
Offsite Link: There's more product info at the Crate page.
Edirol gives Gearwire viewers a tour of its UA-4FX USB MIDI/audio interface. Here's the skinny: 24-bit, 96kHz, XLR in (w/phantom power), Hi-Z guitar in, S/PDIF i/o, stereo RCA i/o, and 14 onboard effects (including tube mic...
Offsite Link: Check out the Edirol page to learn more
Edirol's Michael Barrett offers yet more proof that the bad old days of DAT are gone forever. Check out the impressive feature list of this iPod-sized device in Gearwire's very own Edirol R-09 video from Winter NAMM 2006. ...
Offsite Link: Check out the Edirol R-09 page to get more info on the R-09.
Edirol's "motion dive" hardware/software package takes a DJ's approach to video editing, allowing DJs, musicians, and back projectionists to manipulate video clips in real time. The MD-P1 hardware control console offers the...
Offsite Link: Check out the Edirol page for additional info.
In this Winter NAMM 2006 audio interview, WaveMachine Labs talks to Gearwire about its Drumagog drum-replacement plugin for Windows and Mac. The program uses an advanced triggering engine to "listen" to a drum recording and...
Winter NAMM 2006: TC Electronic shows off its new rackmount guitar effects processor. Dubbed G-Sharp, the unit packs 15 reverbs, 15 delays and modulations (with 2.5...
Offsite Link: As always, there's more info to be had on the TC Electronic G-Sharp page.
Fabrik R offers up four styles of reverberation: Live, Hall, Plate, and Club. According to TC what they have done is taken their acclaimed reverb and made it easier to use. We think it's pretty darn cool....
Offsite Link: Check out TC Electronic's Fabrik C and Fabrik R pages for more information.
Winter NAMM 2006: Gearwire continues its coverage of TC Electronic's new Fabrik plugins with a demo of Fabrik C, a channel strip for the PowerCore system. Fabrik C features a four-band parametric EQ, a de-esser, and a...
Offsite Link: Check out TC Electronic's Fabrik C and Fabrik R pages for more information.
In this audio interview, Gearwire talks to Groove Tubes about its VELO 8 Ribbon Microphone. The idea behind the VELO 8 was to create a classic-sounding ribbon microphone for a relatively affordable price. According to Groove...
Offsite Link: Check out the Velo 8 official website to learn more.
This Mac-based virtual instrument lets you modify oscillators, filters, and LFOs in stereo. You can load .wav files into the oscillators, and download presets from an internet directory hosted by KeyToSound via a built-in...
Offsite Link: Check out the NexSyn page at the official KeyToSound website.
In our digtal age, even the ol squeeze box gets the future-rific makeover. Billed as "the world's first" complete digital upgrade to this traditional instrument, the FR-7 V-Accordion features something called Physical Behavior...
Back in the '60s, a flood of budget guitars and basses from Italy and Japan inundated the market. Targeted at beginners who weren't quite ready to plunk down the coin for a Gibson or a Rickenbacker, these imports seized their...
In this audio interview, Gearwire chats with Open Labs about the innovative MiKo portable media workcenter and its big brother, NeKo. Swiss Army Knife does not even begin to describe these things. Here's a bit of what's included:...
Offsite Link: Check out the official Open Labs website.
Korg demos its new X50 music synthesizer, which features the same 64 MB ROM found in Korg's TR Series workstations. The X50 also sports 61 velocity-sensitive keys, 62-voice polyphony, 512 user programs, dual polyphonic apreggiator...
Parker gives Gearwire viewers a peek at some of its latest models, including the company's first-ever signature guitar, the Adrian Belew Signature Parker Fly. The Belew model features a Sustainiac sustainer up near the neck,...
Korg puts its TR Music Workstation through the paces -- specifically the 88-key model (it's also available with 76 and 61 keys). The TR is based on the Triton Le, but with some important upgrades. Storage-wise, the TR gets...
When Roland showed off its new MC-808 Sampling Groovebox, some of us were gripped by a sudden inclination to throw down, bust out, and otherwise intiate some moves. However, considering the collective repertoire of those...
You know the future has arrived when it really sounds like an amp, and you don't have to schlepp it!Peter Denenberg, producer and engineer for Acme Studios in New York City, demonstrates the upgraded Waves GTR 2.0. Waves...
Offsite Link: Check out GTR 2.0 at the Waves Internet site.
Roland's brand spankin' new SH-201 Synthesizer was made with analog synth noobs in mind. Of course it's not technically analog, but this modeler does a darn convincing job of sounding like it, while retaining the stability...
If you have a skittish cat, may we recommend that you NOT play Gearwire's Ibanez 2006 HR Giger guitars video. It features Ibanez's new, limited-edition guitars with artwork by HR Giger, the renowned Swiss surrealist who conceived...
Ibanez unveiled the new, ultra-rawkin' Mick Thomson MTM1BR signature guitar, as well as some attractive new SA models. (For the uninitiated, Mick Thomson plays guitar for the nu-metal band Slipknot.) The MTM1BR features a...
Ibanez's new line of RG-style Limited Edition guitars features an interesting blend of craftsmanship and whimsy that you don't often see. The RGT220A's natural finish, for example, is actually burnt (or "basically barbequed"--take...
Winter NAMM 2006: Muse Research gets trigger-happy with a DrumKat MIDI percussion controller and a Receptor VST host running Native Instruments' Kontakt sampler and a few others....
Offsite Link: Check out the Drumkat site, or have a look at the Receptor page.
Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's NTK large diaphragm tube condenser microphone. Features include Rode's HF-2 capsule and, indubitably, a tube....
Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's NT3 condenser microphone. Features include a 3/4" capsule and the ability to operate on 48V phantom power or an internal 9V battery....
Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's VideoMic camera-mounted microphone. Features include integrated camera mount, a high degree of directionality, and standard 9V battery power.
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Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's NT5 matched-pair cardioid condenser microphones. Features include matched 1/2" diaphragms and cardioid pickup pattern for stereo recording....
Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's Broadcaster condenser microphone. Features include 1" diaphragm, high-pass filter, and "on-air" LED indicator....
Rode CEO Mark Ludmer talks about Rode's NT1000 large-diaphragm condenser microphone. Features include Rode's HF-2 capsule and just 6 dBA self-noise, according to Rode....
