Musical Instruments
Review of the innovative Zoom ARQ Aero RhythmTrak
It's fair to say that there aren't a lot of truly innovative and fresh new products for musicians and creative types. Zoom's ARQ Aero Rhythm Trak changes that with its incredibly unique offering to musicians, DJs, and others with this all-in-one performance and production tool.
Korg C1 Air Digital Piano review
The Korg C1 Air is an elegant digital piano with excellent tones that will fit in any decor thanks to its stylish cabinet.
Shure MVX2U Digital Audio Interface review
Ideal for simple podcast production, Shure's MVX2UI is a single channel audio interface that connects any XLR microphone to a USB-C port on your device.
Echo and Overdrive and Blues, OH MY! 3 new guitar effects...
When it comes to guitar effects pedals, or “stomp boxes” as they are often referred, the Boss brand pedals are certainly among the most ubiquitous on a guitarist’s pedal board. The BOSS OD-1X—BOSS’ newest Overdrive offering—The BOSS BD-2w Blues driver, and the BOSS TE-2 Tera Echo are among the newest effect pedal offering from the revered company. The 3 pedals on review here all have their own little nuances and tones to offer and it ultimately will depend on what you are looking for in your pedal that will determine which you will want to purchase and add to your pedal board.
NAMM 2014: IK Multimedia
IK Multimedia makes a number of well-respected products for the pro-audio market, but has struck a chord, in a big way, by creating simple devices and apps for the iOS platform. Their “i” line of hardware products allow musicians and music lovers to create, record and produce music on their iOS device in a way that is not intimidating, but also gives access to deep features. They’ve come out with two new iOS products this year: the iRig Mic HD and the iRing.
Mahalo Soprano Ukuleles review
Mahalo offers affordable ukuleles that are great for beginners. I take a look at a single soprano model, as well as a bundle that includes everything you need to get started.
Profile of Cosmo Music at Best Buy Canada
Looking to find the perfect instrument? Best Buy Canada and Cosmo Music have teamed up to offer an extensive variety of high quality instruments online!
Casio Resurrects the CZ-101
I’m going to be showing my age here, but I was in high school when the CZ-101 was introduced in hardware form. It was one of those little synths that you could easily pass off as a toy, but packed a lot of punch and eventually proved to be one of the iconic “retro” synths that are in demand decades later.
Joyo DC-15 Guitar Amplifier review
The Joyo DC-15 Guitar Amplifier has awesome features, including drum tracks to take your playing to the next level.
IK Multimedia iRig content creation gear review
If you create content with your mobile device, IK Multimedia has some interesting tools to get the best possible audio and video quality.