High-end hardware firm Apogee has announced its latest plug-in-and-play audio interface aimed at guitarists: the Jam X. Offering 24-bit/96 kHz audio quality, the chief innovation of the Jam X is a built-in analog compressor. The feature is a first for the Jam series and gives in-the-box players the chance to shape their signal before it […]
Author Archives: Dewald
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Mar
Mar
The day Eventide released the diminutive multi-effects pedal, the H9, few would’ve foreseen the impact the white stompbox would have. For something so small, the little pedal could hold a raft of Eventide’s effects history and so would become a staple in live setups and DAWless jams everywhere. Such was its popularity that we’d often […]
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Feb
Feb
The overall specifications are rather impressive, with 48 channels, four main, eight matrix, and 16 aux stereo buses. But the real story is Behringer’s new approach to mixing sources rather than inputs. One thing that seems constant in the world of pro audio is the amount of continual change that is happening as equipment manufacturers […]
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Jan
Jan
Paul Reed Smith may hate pedals, but his first foray into the realm delivers nothing but gems. Inside each box containing a brand new PRS pedal, there’s a little fold-out card with a picture of Paul Reed Smith and a simple caption: “I hate pedals.” It’s not hard to imagine Smith’s indifference to stompboxes. PRS […]
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Oct
Oct
Mooer’s New Stereo D7 X2 Delay and R7 X2 Reverb are genuine Game-changers – each with 14 Algorithms onboard a Compact Enclosure – and with Foot-switchable Presets Mooer Audio has launched its all-new lineup of updated X2 effects units with the D7 X2 delay pedal and R7 X2 reverb pedal. The X2 Series is designed to take some […]
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Sep
Sep
A name from the very first days of the stompbox era returns, but can these updated offerings from the Gibson stable compete with the class of 2022? Nostalgia doesn’t really work if you’re going back so far that nobody remembers the thing you’re reviving. For this reason, the new Maestro effects pedals need to be not just […]
