In digital audio every sample has to land at exactly the right instant, or your gear drops out and the sound suffers. Here is what word clock, jitter and master clocks really mean — and when an external clock actually changes anything.
Cleanup, subtractive EQ, two-stage compression, de-essing and LUFS calibration: the complete method for treating a voice in Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve, with YouTube, podcast and broadcast targets.
The Mini Pops 7 revives the analog rhythm box, but it is a preset machine. Here are 7 analog and hybrid drum machines to program, from a $149 clone to a $1,600 boutique box.
The RØDECaster Pro II does more than record a stereo mix: it captures every source on its own track, handles mix-minus for remote guests automatically, and works as a multichannel audio interface. Here is how to actually use those features in podcast and radio production.
Dillon Bastan releases Iota II, a plugin that turns the spectrogram into a playing surface. You draw playback paths through the sound, blending sampling, spectral and granular synthesis. It fills the gap left by iZotope Iris 2, for $60.
Neumann updates a mixing-room staple and adds a bigger sibling. The KH 310 II keeps the sealed cabinet that made the KH 310 a reference while gaining headroom; the all-new KH 350 goes bass-reflex down to 27 Hz. Both move to Class-D amplification.
Yamaha fills the gap between the DM3 and the DM7 with two new compact digital consoles, the DM5 and DM5 Compact, aimed at small-to-mid live, corporate, house of worship and broadcast work.
The DI box is one of the quietest, most useful tools on a stage. It turns an unbalanced instrument signal into a clean balanced one that survives long cable runs. Here’s what it does, the difference between active and passive models, and the settings that matter in the field.
French brand oZoe introduces the Drum Box, a seven-track drum machine that bets everything on direct control: one parameter, one knob, no menus. A WAV sample-playback engine, a 16-step sequencer and modern touches like ratcheting and humanise.
At IBC 2026, Calrec unveils the Type RT, a compact, self-contained broadcast console with 6, 12 or 18 faders and native ST 2110 connectivity, alongside the modular Apex M6 I/O platform. The goal: bring IP broadcast audio to smaller galleries, radio and podcast.