CharterOak Acoustic Devices has released the M900T, a vacuum-tube version of its M900 small-diaphragm, condenser microphone. The front-address M900T employs the same cardioid, hyper-cardioid and omni capsules used its M900 model-a transformerless, small-diaphragm condenser. However, the M900T combines these capsules with a vacuum-tube head amplifier and...

The Dark Knight, the second installment of Christopher Nolan’s new Batman series, is not only a visual feast, with eye-popping action sequences and gorgeous cinematography, but is an absolute treat for the ears. Sound design in super-hero movies is often stellar, but The Dark Knight is above and beyond anything that has come before it, and is one reason...

BandmateLoops, a division of SonicEmulations, has released Inspiration Sounds – Pure Live Breaks Vol. 1, a new collection of original rough and ready drum grooves as performed by UK session drummer Gary Widlake. The collection features over 240 drumloops ranging from 95-130bpm in 5bpm steps. Pure Live Breaks V1 delivers a raw, “earthy” sound as...

There’s nothing like some stellar space photography to invoke a moment of clarity that you may have had at club or, dare we say, rave… In fact, space imagery and electronic music have enjoyed a long, enduring love affair — just check out some of the first one-off flyers available online. NASA has recently launched a new website that compiles...

We’ve all heard about The Boy In The Plastic Bubble, the first real demonstration that John Travolta can’t act his way out of a paper bag plastic bubble, but how about a kid who got trapped in one of those amusement games where you try and snatch a stuffed animal with a excavator? No one actually saw how this young lad got into the game, but the...