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The best premium synthesizer is not necessarily the one with the longest specification sheet. It is the instrument whose controls, architecture and sonic identity fit the music you actually m...

The MOTU M2 and M4 look like two sizes of the same interface because that is exactly what they are. Both give you two mic preamps, colour meters, MIDI, loopback, direct monitoring and recording u...

Search "Arturia KeyLab" and Arturia will happily sell you five different keyboards under that one name, and Google's own suggestions will throw in a "mk4" that does not exist yet either. Somewher...

Search for the RODE NT1 and you will meet four different microphones wearing almost the same name, one of which does not exist. Google's own suggestions will happily offer you the "NT1 4th G...

If the speakers are going on your desk either side of the screen and will spend their life at conversation volume, buy the ADAM D3V. If they are going on stands behind the desk and you intend to ...

The Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO comes in three versions that differ only in impedance: 32, 80 and 250 ohm. They cost €148, €147 and €149, so the spread across all three is two euros. This is not a de...

A mixing desk takes several audio signals, sets how loud each one is, shapes its tone, and sends the result where it needs to go. That is the whole job, and everything else on the surface is a va...

A PA system is a chain of equipment that takes a quiet sound source and makes it loud enough for a room full of people. PA stands for public address, which tells you what the first ones were for:...

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a protocol that lets instruments, computers and studio gear send each other performance instructions, and the single most important thi...