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Review: Eleven Rack

October 8, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

Digidesign (now Avid) introduced their amp modelling plug-in “Eleven” a few years ago and it has since been widely accepted for use in the studio and used on many professional recordings.

Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive Overdrive Pedal

October 8, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

The Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive combines an overdrive and a clean boost with one slight twist – aside from the usual volume, tone and drive controls it also features a “clean” control, which mixes the clean and overdrive sounds together, allowing for tones which are a blend of the two.

Review: T.C. Electronic PolyTune Polyphonic Tuner

July 2, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

T.C. Electronic’s latest stomp tuner offering is intriguing as it has a feature set comparable with the best tuners, but also offers something completely new – the ability to tune polyphonically, sensing and displaying the tuning of all your strings at the same time.

Review: TC Electronic NDR-1 Nova Drive

March 28, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

Mention the words ‘digital’ and ‘distortion’ together to your average guitarist and he’ll likely shout abuse as he hits you – justifiably so too.

Review: T-Rex Comp-Nova Compressor

July 23, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

All compressors control dynamics, levelling volumes by boosting quieter sounds and cutting louder ones. However, they tend to fall into one of two categories: the obvious “effect” types and the “studio” types. The obvious “effect” types such as the Boss CS-3 have an audible pumping quality as they operate and tend to add a lot of tonal colouration to the sound.

Review: TC Electronic G-System

June 11, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

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Review: TC Electronic ND-1 Nova Delay

March 28, 2010 by Alan Ratcliffe

TC Electronic have long been known for the quality of their rackmount delay units, with the TC 2290 being the industry standard delay found in every good studio around the world.