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Sounds Live News- Behringer UMX U-Control Red-Hot range of Midi Controller Keyboards January 8, 2010New Behringer UMX250, UMX490, & UMX610 U-Control series of MIDI Controller Keyboards released
- Namm 2010 January 11, 2010Namm 2010 - Round Up
- Focusrite Liquid Mix 16 Limited Offer January 12, 2010Price drop on Liquid Mix 16 - Limited Stocks Apply!
- Mackie Unveil New Subs! January 13, 2010Mackie HD1501 & Mackie HD1801 are announced...
- TC Electronic Vintage Guitar Pedal Bundle for PowerCore January 13, 2010TC's legendary Guitar Effect Pedals for PowerCore
- Behringer's new Xenyx Mixers January 13, 2010New Behringer Xenyx Mixing Desks
- Akai MPD26 USB Midi Pad Controller January 13, 2010New pad controller announced by Akai to join the MPD series
- Akai APC20 Compact Ableton Controller January 13, 2010New Compact Ableton Live Controller to be released by Akai
- Alesis DM10 Drum Module January 13, 2010Drum Module now available from the DM10 Kit
- Alesis DM10 Studio Electronic Drum Kit January 13, 2010Studio 6 piece version of the DM10 Pro Kit
- Behringer UMX U-Control Red-Hot range of Midi Controller Keyboards January 8, 2010
Category Archives: Recording
Steinberg Reality Tour Masterclasses 8th Sept
September 8th September 2009, 6:30-8:30pm, Sounds Live, Dean Street, Newcastle upon Tyne In the second of a series of masterclasses, the UK team will once again visit Sounds Live’s store in Newcastle to discuss how computer software can faithfully reproduce acoustic … Continue reading
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Control Surfaces
Control Surfaces are basically pieces of hardware that are used to control different parameters within any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). In the days before USB these units would connect to any soundcard or midi interface via 2 midi cables. Today … Continue reading
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Pro Tools Le and Pro Tools M-Powered
Pro Tools LE™ and Pro Tools M-Powered™ offer everything you need to create music affordably with professional results. These systems range from mixing interfaces that sit at the center of your project studio to unique hybrid instrument interfaces and portable … Continue reading
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Connecting Balanced to UnBalanced Connections
Since products may use balanced connections, unbalanced or a mix of both, it may on occasion become necessary to connect balanced inputs to unbalanced outputs, or vice versa. However, one needs to pay close attention to how this is implemented, … Continue reading
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Balanced or Unbalanced Connections?
Within Pro Audio, recording and PA applications there is only one standard protocol for passing un-amplified or pre-amplified analogue signals, which is referred to as ‘Line Level’. However, Line Level comes in one of two varieties, namely Balanced or Unbalanced. … Continue reading
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The difference between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0
The USB 1.1 protocol uses far less bandwidth than the USB 2.0 protocol, e.g. 12Mbps as opposed to the bandwidth 480Mbps found on USB 2. As a result, within PC recording applications USB 2 compliant devices, providing they are used … Continue reading
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Digital Formats & Protocols Explained
There are various digital audio formats, or protocols, used within the Pro Audio and Broadcast industries. This Blog provides a brief overview and explanation of the four main variants, namely SDPIF, AES/EBU, TDIF & ADAT. Note that whenever one connects … Continue reading
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Unwanted Pops & Cracks within Digital Audio Recording
There are several reasons why one may encounter unwanted, sometimes random, pops and cracks when playing back recorded audio from either a PC or from digital audio equipment. Although generally this problem is certainly more commonly associated with computer based … Continue reading
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Synchronisation
Synchronisation is the process wherein at least two discrete entities or products, for whatever reason, run in absolute time with one another. For multiple entities to synchronise there needs to be a master, which provides the time code that all … Continue reading
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Difference between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0
Difference between USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 The USB 1.1 protocol uses far less bandwidth than the USB 2.0 protocol, e.g. 12Mbps as opposed to the bandwidth 480Mbps found on USB 2. As a result, within PC recording applications USB … Continue reading
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