Softube launches two in-house limiters rather than emulations: Limit Pro, an advanced processor built for mastering, and Limit Go, a streamlined version aimed at mixing. Same limiting quality, two workflows and two levels of control.
HK Audio relaunches its ELEMENTS column system as the MK2: a modular, tool-free, DSP-driven PA built for venues where space is tight. A new phaseplug waveguide, redesigned subs and an audible step up from the first generation.
Dead air — unexpected silence on the air — is every station’s nightmare. We explain how a silence detector spots an abnormal gap, and how to set up automatic failover to a backup source so listeners never hear the void.
How many watts for your speakers? Do you really need an amp twice as powerful? What does bridged mode change? We untangle power, impedance in ohms and headroom so you can match amplifiers and passive speakers without frying a driver or choking your PA.
Native Instruments has updated its standalone Maschine+ groovebox to version 2.3.0. It brings the Maschine 3.7 additions — a Euclidean sequencer, a random note generator and per-note Chance probability — and, crucially, restores project compatibility between desktop and hardware.
WaveMachine Labs has rebuilt Drumagog, its drum replacement plug-in, in what it calls the biggest update in over twenty years. The headline is Kit mode, which replaces a whole kit from a single stereo track. Pricing is $99 for Pro and $199 for Platinum.
MOOER launches the VE200, a floor-format stage vocal effects processor: pitch correction, harmonies, vocoder, anti-feedback, looper and AI stem separation. All in a compact battery-powered box with dual XLR outputs, around €199.
Between the studio and the tower, one link decides whether your station stays on air: the studio-to-transmitter link, or STL. Classic microwave, modern IP, carrying composite or baseband: here’s how this critical link works and how to make it reliable.
Floor wedges or in-ear monitors? Your monitoring choice shapes stage volume, front-of-house clarity and player comfort. Here, without dogma, is what each approach brings, what it costs, and how to decide for your stage.
Your monitors are the one reference that judges every mix decision you make. Woofer size, sealed vs ported, listening distance, room correction: here’s how to choose studio monitors and set them up so they tell the truth instead of what flatters.