Miking drums on stage is nothing like the studio: a noisy stage, bleed everywhere, and an absolute priority on kick and snare. Here’s a concrete method, from the minimal kit to the full plan.
A limiter is the last line of defence in your chain: it sets a ceiling the signal can’t cross. Dialed in well, it buys level without breaking the sound; pushed too hard, it crushes everything. Here’s how it works and where to put it.
Priced around $67, the M-VAVE FM-1 mini FM synth has become a playground for independent developers. After the official V15 firmware, several alternative systems turn it into a true multitrack groovebox, flashed straight from a browser.
A collaboration between Cyma Forma and artist Bambounou, the RND is a one-button generative synth: each press randomises sounds, synthesis and sequences for a fresh idea out of more than four billion, with eight synthesis engines and multitrack USB output.
Multiplexes, COFDM, HE-AAC, single-frequency networks: behind the DAB+ logo sits a broadcast mechanism very unlike FM. Here is how digital terrestrial radio works, and what it changes back at the studio.
Intech Studio unveils the ZONA, an XY MIDI pad with a high-resolution multitouch surface and a 9×9 RGB matrix. Fully programmable, it joins the modular Grid ecosystem. Pre-order at $199, shipping announced for November.
d&b audiotechnik launches vCore, a free software processing engine for Soundscape. It lets you build and pre-listen to an immersive show in binaural, from anywhere, with no dedicated processor.
Austrian Audio puts its in-house CKR12 capsule into a five-pattern large-diaphragm condenser, the OC616. A do-it-all studio mic priced at $749 / £499 / €599, aimed at vocals, instruments and stereo work.
Tascam refreshes its room Bluetooth receiver: the RX-BT10MKII adds a reliable wireless source to a pro install thanks to balanced XLR outputs, a Class 1 Bluetooth 5.1 radio (100 m) and software to name each unit across a fleet.
Mic preamps, a multitrack recorder, pads and a remote guest in a single box: seven podcast consoles that do the Tascam Mixcast 4 job, from true standalone studios to streaming-leaning cousins.