Many of you know Benchmark Media's chief engineer, John Siau. The latest issue of Sound on Sound August 2022 just did a review of his amazing headphone amp. His Benchmark DAC1 and its successors are well known in mastering, mixing, and listening rooms worldwide. I am sorry to report that John's son,...

I have not heard the Barefoot MM45 but I compared the Focal Trios to my Focal Twins in my studio. They like the MM45's separate out the instruments a little more than the Twins. This is supposed to allow you to fine tune things better with the different instruments being on their own separate plane....

There are disadvantages of USB. Most annoying is not having a piece of gear switched on when my DAW starts up, which then generates an error in the DAW, requiring a shut-down/re-launch. I have a few USB/MIDI adapter cables to pull a few non-USB items into the fold, but unless each cable is from a d...

I have a Roland Jupiter X and Roland FP 90-X keyboards. Both have USB connections and they seem to work just fine connected to Cubase when I record midi through the USB. On my older Roland D50 I of course have to use my Motu box. It seems the big advantage of staying with the midi boxes is you can r...

The Roland FP-90X replaced the FP 90 with a more powerful chip that helps provide unlimited polyphony. It has Dual, Split, and Twin Piano keyboard modes as well as dual headphone outputs. MIDI. Bluetooth and USB, for wireless streaming to and from your smart device and integration with your computer...

The Focal Clear Professional open back headphones came out in 2017. We see now in about 4 years they updated them with the new Clear MG Professional. The the sound is very close to the original Clear's which had received high praise by many. The only difference between Clear MG's and Clear MG Pro ve...

I would love to own the PMC 6-2 but costing $8,500 for my project studio monitors is too much. It looks like the Barefoot MM45's are one of the better choices in my price range

[ACCOUNT DELETED] wrote: ↑Fri Sep 17, 2021 8:56 pm What I don't understand about the UF8 is no transport buttons, why did they do that?

With the Key1 pushed, the transport controls are on the top buttons and they work well With 2 controllers, I keep the one UF8 on Softkey 1 and use the 2nd one on different favorite commands.

I currently have the Focal Twins and Focal sub and my mixes come out the way I and clients expect them to be. I have had them since 2010 and I think its about time to update my monitors. I tried the Focal Trio's. They do provide more separation with the instruments and improved front to back, but th...

https://www.soundonsound.com/news/new-monitor-range-pmc The PMC 6-2 really caught my eye. A 3 way PMC in this lower price range has never been done before. I am hopeful they are as good as I think they will be. I have heard the Two Two 6's and liked them a lot. I hope this new 6-2 three way monitor ...

If you think the UF8 is too expensive, they added in the Drum and Vocal channel plug ins from SSL with a purchase of the UF8. So your getting a bit more for your money.

I had the Mackie Controller and Expander in my studio for many years and I figured it was time to try out the new SSL UF8 controller. I will get to the negative news first. There are no dedicated transport controls or jog wheel. Currently the fader volume number does not show up in the scribble stri...

I just received a late 2020 made Gibson 335 Figured cherry red guitar. First off it looks so beautiful and it brings a smile to your face when you look and play it. I found the craftmanship to be excellent and no flaws in construction, great fret workmanship, no sharp edges or quality issues. It loo...

The Beyerdynamic DT 1990 Pro headphones were released in 2016 and have received lots of praise from people on the net. I have used the Beyerdynamic 990's for a while and I still like them. With this review, instead of providing a detailed review of these headphones, I will just outline some of the u...

Here are 6 mistakes that many people made with reverb. Very insightful tips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtiefG8qKJM&t=230s

Another great SOS review for their readers. :clap: Thanks Robin for providing pro and con insight on this keyboard. I want to mention that the very good Nord Grand is $1,000 more than the CP88 and the Nord Stage 3 is over $2,000 more. So in theory, you could buy a Yamaha Modx8, Modx7 or Roland Jupit...

Here is my 6th album I recorded it with Cubase 10.5 and Superior Drummer 3. https://soundcloud.com/glenn-bucc/sets/6th-cd?ref=clipboard" target="phpbbpopup Some comments on the record include the following. The Beatles Blackbird I kept like the original but I added a bass guitar to make th...

Welcome back. I have also taken a break for the SOS forums until recently. When I started recording back in the 80's going to a recording studio and, having a home studio was a big deal. Being able to record an album and for it to sound good was huge. Now everyone is recording music through cheap DA...

Based on what Roland has said, the ACB takes too much CPU and cannot handle high poly which is why it is only used with mono and limited poly. Therefore they went to ABM which offers more flexibility than ACB ever could. So we have The System 8 with ACB for those who want a tiny bit closer to the ol...

Most people focus on how the Jupiter X sounds in providing the Jupiter and Juno sounds which in my opinion they sound great. However the keyboard also gets great bread and butter sounds as well as shown in this video.

https://youtu.be/WPcbPB5F8Qk

No keyboard is perfect but after studying the Yamaha and Korg, the Fantom came out on top. Hopefully you can get another Fantom 7 and you will get to learn the workflow better.

I also started on AKG with the 240 Studio monitors. I have since purchased some higher end Shures and Beyerdynamic 770 and 990's. Thinking if I am used to the Beyer sound, perhaps the 1990's would be a nice step up. SOS has not yet reviewed them. :protest: Based on what several have said, they are a...

I know both headphones are very good and they probably are very similar. Some have said the 600 are more accurate for helping with mixes while the 650 top end is a little smoother. On the headphones shootout SOS had, they praised the 800s but with the price being over 3x the price of the 650, they g...

I had a chance to spend time with the Fantom 8 and it is clearly my favorite work station. I would love to add this keyboard in my studio. The sounds and quality of the keyboard are excellent. Granted sampled orchestra software is going to be better if your looking for more authentic sounds but the ...

Here is a insightful interview on the design of the Jupiter X and XM. It gives a better idea on the mindset on the creation of this keyboard. https://www.roland.com/us/promos/jupiter-x_story/" target="phpbbpopup Also this video shows how to use the keyboard including the Vooder with a mic ...

In learning this keyboard, I have my 3 ring folder with all the sounds of the keyboard I am going through. I can't believe after I went through 7 scenes that have 16 banks of sounds each, 116 Jupiter sounds, 122 Juno sounds, 102 JXP sounds, and 101 SH sounds that I now will go through 896 XV sounds ...

Based on listening to the Jupiter 8 on the Roland Cloud, the Jupiter X sounds are a little different. However the reviewer and myself find we prefer the newer X sounds many times over the older original sounds . This is because the Jupiter 8 really sounds like an dated keyboard that most would not w...

After spending more time with the keyboard as I had two days off from work , I still have not gone through all the 896 sounds but I am getting there. I printed out the 56 page manual of sounds the keyboard has and I put them in a 3 ring binder. I am going through all the scenes, and sounds highlight...

First off, Gordon thank you so much for your review of this keyboard. With so many things to cover about the Jupiter X and the limited information in the manual, your review helped us understand the keyboard much better. :clap: I personally think it deserved to be on the front cover of SOS for this ...

This video clip of these mics on a acoustic guitar helps clarify the sound of this mic and confirms everything SOS outlined in their review.
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