What Is Sample Rate? And Does a Bigger Number Sound Better?
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What Is Sample Rate? And Does a Bigger Number Sound Better?

Sample rate is how many times per second a converter measures an incoming analogue signal, written in kilohertz: 44.1 kHz means 44,100 measurements every second, and it sets the highest frequency...
Torso S4 with case and cover included, until 18 September
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Torso S4 with case and cover included, until 18 September

An 820 euro sampler usually arrives with a power cable and good wishes. For one month it arrives packed. Torso Electronics is running an S4 campaign and we are in it. Every S4 bought from us come...
What Is a DAW? And What You Need to Run One
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What Is a DAW? And What You Need to Run One

A DAW, short for digital audio workstation, is the software you record, edit, arrange and mix music in. Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Reaper and Bitwig Studio are all DAWs. It is...
The Best Groovebox in 2026: What They Are and Which One to Buy
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The Best Groovebox in 2026: What They Are and Which One to Buy

A groovebox is a self-contained instrument that puts sound sources, a step sequencer and a hands-on control surface in one box, so you can write, arrange and perform a whole track without a ...
Home Studio Acoustic Treatment: What to Fix First
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Home Studio Acoustic Treatment: What to Fix First

Acoustic treatment changes what sound does inside your room. Soundproofing changes what leaks out of it. In a small home studio you want the first one, and you want it in this order: bass tr...
The Best Podcast Microphone in 2026: What to Buy and Why
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The Best Podcast Microphone in 2026: What to Buy and Why

The best podcast microphone for almost everybody is a dynamic cardioid microphone that you speak into from about a hand's width away. Dynamic, because it ignores most of the room. Cardioid, ...
The Best Microphone for Vocals, Picked Honestly
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The Best Microphone for Vocals, Picked Honestly

The best microphone for vocals is a large-diaphragm condenser if your room is quiet, and a cardioid dynamic if it isn't. That is the honest whole answer, and everything after this sentence is det...
XLR vs USB Microphone: Which One Do You Actually Need?
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XLR vs USB Microphone: Which One Do You Actually Need?

A USB microphone has the entire recording chain built into its body and plugs straight into your computer. An XLR microphone is only the microphone. The preamp and the converter live outside...
What Is a Sampler in Music? The Box That Ate Pop
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What Is a Sampler in Music? The Box That Ate Pop

A sampler is an instrument that records a sound, stores it, and plays it back at any pitch you ask for — from a pad, a key, or a sequencer step. That is the entire definition. A synthesizer build...