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This Week's Reviews are:
This time it's Tony Miro's review of his new Software "Flux Solera"!!!
Solera II is a plug-in dynamics processor aimed at professional Mastering Studios. As a dynamic processor it offers compression, de-compression, expansion and de-expansion options as well as brick wall limiting. As a plug-in it can run under both Windows (XP 32 and 64 bit and Vista 32 and 64 bit) and Mac (Tiger and Leopard) and as a Universal binary. It's been tested on a variety of DAWs (see Flux site for a list).(More....)
Staffay's at it again!!
Here's his review of his new Axon AX-100 mk II!!!
Axon Ax-100 mk II is the update of Blue Chip's Music AX-100 guitar-to-midi converter and is now produced by the German company Terratec. Several updates has been made as well as adding an onboard GM/GX compatible synth and a computer editor. It is also bundled with Cubase 4 LE and comes in the 19' standard rack format.
Terratec is selling two versions, one without pickup and one bundled with a Seymour Duncan hexaphonic pickup + a 5 meter cable. (this costs bout 40€ ed. note) It accepts all input from the 13-pin cable manufactoring standard which makes it compatible with Roland, RMC, Piezo and other manufactorers. It has 500+ built-in sounds that can be stored along with other parameters in one of the 128 user presets. (More....)
Staffay's amazing review of his new Presonus Studiolive 16/4/2!!!
Presonus is an american company that manufactures mostly studio products in the semi-professional range, and are known for their Firestudio series of soundcards as well as good prizes vs. features on their products. StudioLive is a unique product since it has both a digital mixer and a 16-channel soundcard, making it extremely versatile in both handling and feature-wise. It has not really any competitors on the market, since You have to buy a separate mixer, audio-interface + soundcard for the digital mixers available. But a good guess is that the other manufacturers will follow this trend, since it really is built for musicians on the move, and enables You to record Your live-concerts as well as doing pre-productions in Your own home with the same equipment. (More....)
Staffay's review of his Suhr Classic!!!
John Suhr is a master luthier who has been in the business for 35 years, and his early success includes the Pensa-Suhr guitars used by Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton and Mark Knopfler amongst others. Nowadays he runs his own factory with craftsmen from Fender's customshop and they make about 150 instruments/month. The guitars come in all flavours, but they are all in the upper price segment since they are handcrafted. The model tested here is a "classic" strat type, but with a humbucker in bridge position. Nothing fancy here, except for the craftmanship and the components that are all top-notch. (More....)
