Features Pro Audio How the Aphex Aural Exciter breathed new life into the studio by Owen Penglis What do the mid-’70s albums of Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, and Led Zeppelin all have in common? A slice of legendary outboard gear: the Aphex Aural Exciter. By 1976 major-label…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Dogman Devices Air 2.0 by Owen Penglis Belt it with big shoegazey chords and lead lines We had a look at the brand new, updated version of the shoegaze BEAST delay/fuzz unit, the Air 2.0 from Dogman…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: EHX Spruce Goose by Owen Penglis 60s Marshall drive, modern pedal convenience for a little bit of breakup…or a whooole lot. We had a look at the brand new Electro Harmonix (aka EHX) overdrive pedal, the Spruce…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Idiotbox Blower Box Deluxe and Dark Waves by Owen Penglis From the garage straight to the shelves. We’re taking a look at a couple of guitar pedals from the Idiotbox company out of Texas, the Blower Box Deluxe and the…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Eventide Riptide by Owen Penglis What happens when an audio company that also innovates in aircraft technology builds a vibrato and drive pedal? Eventide was founded in 1971 in the basement of the New York…
News Pro Audio Dr Alien Smith: DirtBox by Owen Penglis CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY! Take the power of your vocal effects into your own hands with the Dr Alien Smith Dirtbox. Let me be honest with ya, you can’t trust…
News Pro Audio Golden Age: Pre-73 MKIV by Owen Penglis Why not pay a visit to the initiator of the nicely-priced Neve 1073 market? Sure, Neve preamps have nearly always been valued, but I’m pretty sure it was Dave Grohl…
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Tegeler Magnetismus 2 by Owen Penglis We’re delving into the Magnetismus 2, a stereo box built mainly for drum bus compression and transient shaping. The Magnetismus 2, a VCA compressor and transient shaper from Tegeler audio….
News Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Coppersound Kingpin and Iris by Owen Penglis We’re checking out CopperSound’s new Kingpin germanium clipper & Iris optical compressor pedals. CopperSound is a pedal company out of Boston, Massachusetts USA (birthplace of Jonathan Richman) founded by Alex…
News Pro Audio DrAlienSmith Capsule8 Mic: Forget Seeking Vintage and Rare, Here is Your Low End Answer by Owen Penglis Buy this mic for kick, toms and bass and stop fucking around with broken D12s and overpriced M380s. Drum mic selection is a pretty subjective field. Each engineer will have…
News Pro Audio Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking On the Moon: More Than a One Trick Modulator by Owen Penglis Electro-Harmonix Andy Summers Walking On the Moon flanger/filter matrix: More than a one-trick modulator! I bust open the box and groan; oh great, a pedal based on THAT band, on…
News Pro Audio Warm Audio WA-2MPX: a Very, Very Close Recreation of Revered Vintage Preamps by Owen Penglis We’ve been wanting to play with these for a while: the Warm Audio WA-2MPX, their recreation of Ampex 351 preamps. We took a look at the brand new WA-2MPX. Now,…
News Pro Audio EarthquakerDevices Aurelius: A Heavily Featured Tri-Voice Chorus Inspired by an Icon by Owen Penglis Inspired by the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, the EarthquakerDevices Aurelius grabs a vintage box by its throat and shakes out a whole new world of bucket-brigade-inspired shimmer. It was one…
