Waves Audio has introduced the UM225 and UM226 Stereo-to-Surround Processors, two new upmixing tools. The UM225 is designated for 5.0 and UM226 is for 5.1. Audio engineers are often called upon to upmix from a wide variety of source materials these days, and when the original multi-track sessions are not available, they have to work from stereo mixes. Enter the...

In another outstanding example of gear manufacturers who have a complete lack of understanding of electronic music culture, Euphonix is pimping their expensive MC Mix and MC Control interfaces using Rabbit In The Moon as their key endorser. Now, we have nothing against Bunny and his sunglasses, but of all the quality artists that you could have picked to pitch...

Some punter took Korg’s upcoming MicroKorg XL for a spin at a recent conference and captured the test drive on video. It’s hard to understand why manufacturers continue to make ultra-small virtual analog keyboards anymore, but they continue to trot out examples and updates at an alarming rate. The MicroKorg XL gets a retro polish, but there’s...