Propellerhead Software has officially released Reason 5 and Record 1.5 and FutureMusic has the first comprehensive Reason 5 and Record 1.5 reviews. The new versions introduce new instruments, effects, sequencing, sounds, patches and more for composing, beatmaking, loop-mangling, vocal treatment, songwriting, remixing and music production. Hip-Hop producers...

Audio Technologies, Inc. recently released a 24 bit / 192kHz, two-channel sample rate converter with three independent A/D, D/A and SRC signal paths. The company is trying to enhance their industry reputation by developing versatile audio utility products that will appeal to studio owners on a budget. Unfortunately… ATI ADAC-2...

Toontrack Music has released EZmix, a channel-strip Happy Meal for Mac and PC. Toontrack, in collaboration with DSP developers Overloud, has developed a simplified plug-in that gives the noob an array of presets for several basic mixing scenarios. Simply call up EXmix on a specific track in your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), select an appropriate preset and...

Livio recently released the Livio Radio Featuring Pandora, Five of FutureMusic’s staffers took the Livio on a TestDrive to see how it worked as stand-alone Internet radio, as well as a music discovery tool…. More information on our Livio Radio...

Violet Designs, a boutique microphone manufacturer from Estonia, recently sent us their Wedge large-diaphragm condenser microphone for review. Violet has been in business for a little over 13 years and has made some nice headway in the market by providing well-constructed microphones with quality components. Violet Designs aimed for a mass-market,...

The new APC40 from Akai and Ableton has caused quite a stir within the tight-knit community of Live users since it was first announced at the 2009 NAMM show. We recently had the opportunity to spend some quality time with the APC40, and have determined, for the most part, the controller lives up the hype. But, don’t call it a controller. What Akai has...