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News, a Gear Review, Viewer Mail, Crosstalk and we tweak the Stupid Knob!





News:

Digidesign Mbox Micro


Flux Bitter Sweet


Beta Monkey Music: Drum Werks IX


Free SSL Plugin: X-ISM


The Complete Led Zeppelin On iTunes


Porter Wagoner, Dead At 80


Robert Goulet, Dead At 73


The SSL Shed Of Your Dreams!

Crosstalk:

Al Is Taunted By Apple's Leopard


Mike's Guitar Sites:




http://www.GuitarNoise.com


http://www.Gootar.com



Al's Trying Out The Heil PR-40


Electro Voice RE20

Gear Review:

IK Multimedia's CSR (Classik Studio Reverb)

A suite of four high-end studio-quality reverbs modeled after popular outboard classics. Now anyone can afford the quality sound of a signature reverb in their studio.

• Suite of 4 separate reverb units: Plate, Room, Hall, and Inverse
• State of the art DSP based reverb algorithms
• 2 operational modes: Easy and Advanced
• 6 easy to use controls in Easy Mode
• More than 100 Parameters in Advanced Mode
• Highly customizable 8x8 Modulation Matrix per unit
• 4 assignable Macros per unit
• Full automation through host sequencer

Full price: $399.00 US


Crossgrade price: $249.00 US

System Requirements:





Power PC Macintosh

Minimal: 866 MHz G4 processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Suggested: dual 1.25 GHz G4 or G5 processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Classik Studio Reverb RTAS requires Pro Tools 7.0 or later.

Intel based Macintosh

Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel Core Solo processor, 512 MB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.

Suggested: 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Windows

Minimal: Pentium 1 GHz / Athlon XP 1.33 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.

Suggested: Pentium 2.4 GHz / Athlon XP 2.4 GHz, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.

Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS.

Classik Studio Reverb RTAS requires Pro Tools 7.0 or later.

Viewer Mail:

Basil Records Mentions PSN On Their Blog

Christian King:

"I have a friend who has a hardware sampler that enables him to quickly record a sound directly into it and then manipulate and sequence that sound quickly and easily. I've been looking for a plug-in alternative to this. What I'm looking for is something with a record button that I can click, say "boom", and have that "boom" available immediately for manipulation and sequencing."


Try Abelton LIVE.

Joao Alves: FaderWear

Pascal Zander: Help Him Identify These Songs

Greg Kocis:

This video details the origins of one of the most famous and used drum loop samples ever. It narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures.

John Walker:

"I travel on business a lot and I'm looking for a way to take something along that will allow me to work on songs while I'm on the road. I'm a Pro Tools user and I'm seriously considering the MBox Mini, but I was wondering if you guys were aware of any other platforms that might work as well or maybe better on a laptop."


Go For The Mini

Pierre Foisy:

"I need to hook-up an audio-interface to my iMac running Garageband. I've been behind in my knowledge of all the digital things and so I'm just coming back to recording and trying to get up-to-snuff on all this.


"I would like to make a recording that will be the best I can do with the equipment I have. Right now, I've stopped my choice of interface to three models: Edirol FA-101, Focusrite Saffire (not LE) or TC Electronic Konnekt 8 or Konnekt 24. In terms of quality, how would you rate them from less to better."


Those are three very nice units, all from reputable companies. Any of them would make a great choice. For a more detailed analysis and recommendation, give our friend Andy Diekroger a call over at Sweetwater.

Andy Diekroger

(800) 222-4700 ex. 1273

andy_diekroger@sweetwater.com

Dave Criddle from The Home Recording Odyssey podcast had a comment about the job openings we mentioned in the last show that were advertised for the King's Island theme park. He used to work there as a bass player!

Paul Bordenkirsher from MesaSand.com: 36 Rules For Bands

The Stupid Knob:

Keith Richards Plays A Squire Strat Worth $5,000,000.00?

Answer To Last Week's Trivia Question:


Q: On Ringo Starr's 1974 version of You're Sixteen, who played the kazoo?

A: Sir Paul McCartney!

No winners this week? Whaaaaaaaaat?! Shame, shame, shame.

See you next week!

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