Sony IER-M500: Sony enters the stage in-ear monitor market with a $120 pro IEM
With the IER-M500, Sony's Pro Audio division delivers its first in-ear stage monitors: a single wide-range dynamic driver, strong passive isolation and…
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Soundcraft Ui24R in 2026: pro guide (live, monitors, streaming, 24‑track recording)
Released around 2017 and still relevant in 2026, the Soundcraft Ui24R is a rackmount digital mixer that combines mixing, multitrack recording and…
What is a VCA in audio and what is it used for?
A VCA is not a group of faders: it is an amplifier whose gain is steered by a voltage. What the component…
Alphatheta RMX-IGNITE: the new DJ effects processor aiming to replace the RMX-1000
More than a decade after the RMX-1000 effects processor became a booth standard, Alphatheta is back with the RMX-IGNITE. This new generation…
Behringer Ring Stinger: the most radical Lovetone clone for under $100
Who is the Behringer Ring Stinger really for? The Behringer Ring Stinger is neither a straightforward distortion nor a “one‑size‑fits‑all” overdrive. It…
Differences between active and passive stage monitors: which should you choose for your rig?
Active or passive: what moving the amplifier changes for your cabling, your weight, your budget and the way the system fails. A…
Routing and buses on a digital console: understanding the signal path
A digital console separates the physical from the logical, and does it twice: one patch in, one patch out. The mental map…
A stage monitor that will not work: step-by-step troubleshooting
Dead wedge, monitor that vanishes mid-set, ringing, hum: troubleshooting symptom by symptom, working back up the chain from loudspeaker to console channel.
Everything you need to know about auxiliaries on an audio mixing console
An aux send is a copy of a channel's signal, tapped before or after the fader. The full mechanism, the pre/post decision…
Mastering VCA Groups: Optimizing Volume Control on Mixing Consoles
Assigning channels to a master takes thirty seconds; building a VCA plan that actually serves you during a show is another matter.…