Features Pro Audio David Gilmour reveals that he mixed Jimi Hendrix’s sound in 1970 by Luka Osborne Sound engineers are a very important component of live shows, however, they are easily overlooked or taken for granted. But maybe not in this instance. In a recent interview with…
News Pro Audio The BOSS RE-2W is the coolest delay that you’ll never get to play by Luka Osborne Roland’s Space Echo is one of the most loved of all delays, but we haven’t yet seen a compact version of the effect. Meet the RE-2W. But is it real?…
Features Pro Audio How James B. Lansing reinvented cinema sound by Luka Osborne Early cinema speakers were less than impressive, but if there’s someone you can thank for improving your motion picture experience, it’s James B. Lansing (A man whose initials, you may…
Interviews Pro Audio Monsters and machines: backstage with Paul and Phil Hartnoll of Orbital by Luka Osborne Last week, UK electronic duo Orbital touched down in Sydney for the first time in over eight years, playing a show at the Enmore Theatre that could only be described…
News Pro Audio Fender Powercaster: meet the first model in Fender’s alternate reality line by Luka Osborne The Fender Powercaster is the first offering in the company’s new Alternate Reality series, and by the way things are shaping up, it could get a whole lot weirder. Fender…
News Pro Audio The SynTesla is a steampunk synth based on a Waldorf String Module by Luka Osborne Welcome to the SynTesla synth, a DIY design from Youtuber PJ Tardiveau based around the sound generator from a Waldorf Streichfett Expander. While it might look a prop from the Sherlock Holmes…
News Pro Audio It’s back: Bill Finnegan announces the return of the Klon Centaur by Luka Osborne Among pedal enthusiasts, there is one overdrive that stands above all others. The Klon Centaur. Like its namesake would suggest, it’s a mythical beast and since its release in 1994 the…
Features Magazine News Why you should always scrutinise your substances by Luka Osborne This article appears in print in Happy Mag Issue 10: The Drug Issue. Grab your copy here. It was 2:30pm on a Friday when Gregg Romaine finished class and began his commute…
News Pro Audio Billy Corgan reunited with long lost ‘Gish’ era Strat by Luka Osborne In an odd twist of fate, Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has been reunited with his Stratocaster that was lost 27 years ago. Corgan has stated that the handpainted guitar was…
News Pro Audio Fender launches the hybrid American Acoustasonic Series Telecaster by Luka Osborne Although it might look like it, Fender hasn’t just gone and scooped out a Tele with a spoon. This is the new American Acoustasonic Series Telecaster, it isn’t a semi-hollow,…
News Pro Audio Are MXR going to release a Green Day Dookie pedal? by Luka Osborne An Instagram post by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has left many scratching their chins. The post shows a picture of an MXR signature edition pedal, seemingly inspired by…
News Pro Audio Got a Korg Volca Beats lying around? Try this simple hack… by Luka Osborne The Korg Volca Beats was released about 5 years ago, and ever since it has been well-loved all around for its analogue beat-making abilities. But there’s just one thing about…
News Pro Audio The DataLooper is a new midi looper pedal that controls Ableton Live by Luka Osborne Now here’s something inventive. The DataLooper is a MIDI controller for Ableton Live that comes in the form of a foot pedal. At the present moment, it exists as an…
