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New Toys: Beyerdynamic Free BYRD Ear Buds
The Free BYRD Ear Buds from Beyerdynamic are Bluetooth-enabled and sound better than my expensive wired models. With their closed-backed dynamic transducers, I've been using them every day with my ... -
New Toys: Warm Audio Warmdrive
Warm Audio's Warmdrive is an overdrive pedal that pays homage to the original "Dumble amp in a box" overdrive pedal called Hermida Audio Zendrive. This stomp box overdrive pedal depends ... -
New Toys: Yamaha FG9 Acoustic Guitar
One of the highlights at the 2023 NAMM Show was Yamaha's FG9 steel-string acoustic guitar. This is an excellently made instrument specifically designed for singer-songwriters pursuing the highest level of ... -
New Toys: Synido MIDI TempoPad
The Synido TempoPAD's small size and simple operation makes is easy to carry and use. So it's perfect for using with a laptop or even a smart phone—anywhere, even when ... -
New Toys: Yamaha DM3 Music Mixers
There are two compact DM3 mixers just out by Yamaha: the DM3-D features Dante audio networking interfacing for connecting to a wide range of compatible audio devices and the DM3 ... -
New Toys: Monoprice Dark Matter Sentry Streaming Microphone
The Monoprice Dark Matter streaming mic is a complete USB stereo interface and electret condenser microphone with four switchable polar patterns. I tried cardioid, bi-directional (figure-of-8), stereo and omnidirectional pickup ... -
New Toys: Neural DSP Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite
The latest from Helsinki-based Neural DSP is Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite plug-in—a collection of emulations of Mesa Engineering's sought-after amp tops along with a choice of three different speaker ... -
New Toys: Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-X Mic Activator
The Cloudlifter X contains a custom-designed Cinemag transformer plus an ultra-clean, phantom-powered pre-amplifier circuit. The two gain ranges available are: a 12dB boost (default) with the More/Max button pushed in ... -
New Toys: Metric Halo/Make Believe Studios Sontec MES 432-D9D EQ
The Sontec MES 432-D9D plug-in is a software recreation of the parametric mastering equalizer originally released in 1972. Burgess Macneal shares the original parametric EQ invention and design with George ... -
New Toys: United/Soundevice Plug-ins VoxDucker
VoxDucker is a very useful plug-in when there isn't time to do a studied, automated vocal ride over a raucous and rowdy track—maybe a quick an dirty demo mix to ...
