Tag Archive: Gear

Feb
05

Cheap CCTV monitoring with open-source and more!

Watchbot (blue edition)

CCTV Monitoring, against burglary and vandalism does not have to be expensive, if you know which hardware to get and how to get these gadgets work together in harmony. The Watchbot is a Apexis APM-J802-WS & Foscam FI89198W clone with an open architecture and dozens of possibilities. This article will get you moving around with your IP Camera in no time!

Nov
24

Tips and Tricks for Cheap Studio Solutions

Akai Samplers & Orange Table

Tips & Tricks for cheap studio solutions; functionality & creativity does not have to cost an arm and a leg…

Mar
06

Get yourself a free professional DAW !

So, how about gearing up your studio with a professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for free? Sounds almost unbelievable when you know Protools, Nuendo and others cost hunderds of euros to buy. I’ll present you Ardour, the open-source audio workstation, available for os X (Tiger & Leopard) and any major Linux distribution (Slackware, Debian, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo) on the street!

Mar
05

The Roland SP-555 is a supermachine!

I’ve got no ackward feelings about getting the Roland SP-555 in my midi setup. It has been partially replacing my older Akai S-3000XL and S-2000; although I’ll still be using these two beasts, for the older samples needing less attention/already on disk. This machine is incredible in use, has 2 midi channels available, fast and handy; has almost more effects than my Behringer Virtualizer has and all in one neat tiny electronic box!