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The single channel XSW 1-825-A and dual channel XSW 1-835 DUAL-A microphone sets from Sennheiser offer great sound and easy set up for beginners and professionals.

I had a chance to test out the Spire Studio to record, edit, mix, and share my music compositions quicker and easier than ever before.

I review the AKAI Professional MPK Mini Play MKIII for Best Buy's blog. This portable midi controller impresses with its size and features the awesome MPC drum pads!

Any meaningful discussion with an recording engineer will inevitably morph into a discussion about microphones. Just as a closet full of shoes is never enough for a lot of the women I’ve known, a closet full of microphones is rarely ever enough for most recording engineers. There are a lot of different types of microphones and there are a many, many brands, shapes and sizes to pick from. I hope to at least get you started with a road-map of what to look for in microphones and I apologize in advance for setting you on this path! If you’re set on recording as a hobby or career, there’s a very good chance that you’re going to get slightly obsessed with microphones.

The XSW 2-835-A wireless microphone system offers professionals quality build and excellent frequency response and wireless connectivity for all your live recording needs.

Blue Microphones has released the new Yeti X USB microphone and is providing the opportunity to have professional level audio without professional level costs.

The M-Audio Vocal Studio Pro kit is everything you need to get started with music production! Read on for a full review of its capabilities.

If, like most home or project studio owners, you’ve opted to use a computer as the center of your studio, then you’ll most likely be hearing a lot about audio interfaces.    For the typical home user, the sound card on your computer is just fine. Unfortunately, for a studio owner, you’ll very quickly find that the onboard sound system is inadequate for your needs. They’re typically noisy, they lack inputs and outputs you’ll most likely need and they can be inefficient in the way they translate analog and digital audio.   That’s where audio interfaces come into the picture. An audio interface is a piece of dedicated hardware that you connect to your computer. In the most basic sense, the interface is the audio middleman between you (the real world) and the computer. 

Technically, live streaming can be tricky. The BEACN Mic and the BEACN Mix are designed for content creators looking to mix audio on the fly.

IK Multimedia continues at the forefront of technological innovation that has allowed the average consumer to enter the creative realm of music production.