Category: Gear

Sonic LAB – Quneo 3D MIDI Controller – Keith Mc Millen Instruments

An unusual and extremely powerful 3D MIDI controller from Keith mcMillen Instruments. Velocity, pressure and location sensors give you massive amounts of control potential – watch the review for more information.


Maschine 1.8 Tutorial – Setup Host Transport Control in Logic Pro

Showing how to setup the new Maschine 1.8 feature that allows you to control the transport section of Logic while still in Maschine mode as a plugin.


Pensado’s Place #85 – Mix Engineer, Mix Shipley

In the 85th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by mix master Mike Shipley! Mike was in the studio or behind the board for some of the greatest albums from acts like Queen, Keith Urban, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Tim McGraw, Maroon 5, Faith Hill, Nickelback, Green Day,…


Into The Lair #37 – Using Pads While Mixing

Mixing engineer Dave Pensado shows you techniques for dealing with pads in a mix.


FabFilter Pro-Q EQ plugin review

Checking out a very dope EQ plugin from Fabfilter called Pro-Q, this plugin is easily my favorite EQ plugin around. Very nice interface, very smooth sound, and easy to use yet still very powerful.


In The Studio With…Ikonika (Hum+Buzz / Planet Mu / Hyperdub) – Logic Tutorial

We were delighted to welcome London DJ/Producer Ikonika to the Point Blank studios to give some insight into her techniques in the studio. She has released tracks on forward thinking labels like Planet Mu, Hyperdub and her own Hum + Buzz imprint that she co-runs with Optimum. In the session Ikonika talks about how she…


Sonic TALK 284 – Moby Chip Wiggler

This week our special guest is Tom Blazukas – overall winner of the Find Music In Everything competition we ran with iZotope Iris recently – we talk to Tom about his work. Then we enjoy Moby’s drum machine collection, discover a few hidden treasures in the attic with Gary Numan, listen to three MacBeth Micromac synths…


Maschine 1.8 Update – Software overview and first look

Native Instruments Maschine 1.8 is out, go download it. This is a quick video showing some of the new features, new tutorials available directly on the Maschine Tutorials channels. New timestretch, pitchshift, play cursor, save kits with samples, new hardware shortcuts, autowrite pinning, and various other fixes


This Is Pro Tools. This Is Pro Tools on 1 Gigabit Broadband Internet

Last month, Google announced Google Fiber, which features download and upload speeds of 1 gigabit per second. That’s 100 times faster than the average broadband connection today, and the beginning of a completely new environment for musical creativity and innovation. Consider this: with 1 Gbit Fiber speed, one could download an HD movie in a…


Big Fish Audio Eclipse Ambient Guitars review