Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

AudiofaderEurope

Astra A-2A, comp ottico valvolare free per pochi giorni

September 10

Astra A-2A: il compressore ottico a valvole gratuito fino al 14 settembre! Astra Creative Audio A-2A è un nuovo compressore ottico a valvole disponibile gratuitamente per un periodo limitato.

Mics & outboard

Read at Audiofader ↗

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest

Astra A-2A, comp ottico valvolare free per pochi giorni

Related

MakersYamaha Launches New DM5 Digital Mixing Consoles and R Series Utility I/O Devices Yamaha Music News

MakersCentury Tube Channel Strip: The Complete Guide Universal Audio Blog

MakersNeve Genesys Black Upgrade for Grosvenor Road Studios AMS Neve

Live & DJDiGiCo is No “Ordinary” Console for Alex Warren’s World Tour DiGiCo

DAW & pluginsNew Focusrite ISA C8X Audio Interface Synth and Software

DAW & pluginsNew Harrison Audio 32Classic Channel Strip V2 Plug-In Synth and Software