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FMR AUDIO 

By Orren Merton

FMR's Really Nice Compressor RNC 1773 has a reputation for giving high fidelity and transparent compression for a low price ($199). FMR's latest dynamics-shaping...

CHAMELEON LABS 7602 

By Rich Wells

Capitalizing on the cost-effectiveness of Chinese manufacturing, the first product that Chameleon Labs has brought to market is the 7602, a solid-state...

ELECTRO-HARMONIX Flanger Hoax 

By Orren Merton

The unusually named Flanger Hoax ($298), or Flanging Phaser Modulator, from Electro-Harmonix is a completely new modulation effect that uses two separate...

SEQUIS Motherload 

By Orren Merton

The speaker in a guitar amp doesn't just reproduce that amplifier's tone. Its tonal characteristics and limited frequency range make it an integral part...

DIGITECH DF-7 Distortion Factory 

By Rob Shrock

The DigiTech DF-7 Distortion Factory ($149.95) is a stompbox that models seven popular guitar distortion pedals: the Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer, the DOD...

The Sum of All Tracks 

By Orren Merton

If you have read any audio newsgroups on the Internet, you may have noticed that certain topics spark endless and heated debate: Mac vs. PC, analog vs....

M-AUDIO Black Box 

By Orren Merton

Although the Black Box is a brand-new product, it has an established pedigree. M-Audio teamed up with Roger Linn of Roger Linn Design famous for designing...

DSOUND GT Player 2.5.4 (Mac/Win) 

By Orren Merton

DSound's GT Player began as a standalone host for a built-in set of guitar-oriented plug-ins that had been modeled on classic stompbox effects. The most...

MILLENNIA MEDIA TD-1 

By Myles Boisen

As a maker of high-end hardware that traditionally spares no expense, Millennia Media has never been a household name in personal-studio circles. But...

DIGITECH GNX4 

By Mike Levine

When I first heard about DigiTech's GNX4 Guitar Workstation a modeling and multi-effects processor that's also a pedalboard, a standalone 8-track digital...

TAYLOR GUITARS K4 Equalizer 

By Michael Cooper

The Taylor K4 Equalizer was designed by pro-audio legend Rupert Neve to process the direct output of Taylor acoustic guitars fitted with the Taylor Expression...

APOGEE Rosetta 200 

By Nick Peck

Apogee's Rosetta 200 is a 2-channel A/D/A converter that is capable of resolutions as high as 24 bits and 192 kHz. It can be used as a standalone converter...

PRESONUS BlueTube DP 

By Rusty Cutchin

PreSonus recently replaced the popular BlueTube stereo mic and instrument preamp with the BlueTube DP (DP stands for dual path). The unit has separate...

METASONIX TX-2 Butt Probe 

By Gino Robair

Metasonix continues to reach into new areas of noise with the TX-2 Butt Probe ($549), a tube distortion effect that works standalone or mounted in an...

MINDPRINT TRIO 

By Orren Merton

Audio-hardware manufacturer MindPrint first established its reputation with the well-regarded, tube-based En-Voice channel strip. More recently, MindPrint...

MACKIE Onyx 800R 

By Orren Merton

Mackie has refined its preamp technology for each successive generation of mixers that it's produced. True to form, the preamps found in its new Onyx...

KORG TP-2 

By Kerry Rose

The Korg TP-2 ($699) is a dual-channel tube-mic preamp with built-in optical compression. It provides 24-bit, 96 kHz conversion and offers analog and...

MINDPRINT En-Voice MK II 

By Rusty Cutchin

MindPrint had a winner with its original En-Voice channel strip. So what did the company do? Redesign the product, of course. Fans wishing to add another...

ELECTRO-HARMONIX POG 

By Orren Merton

In the world of guitar pedals, Electro-Harmonix has a reputation for creating unique modern effects and solid reproductions of classic pedals. The Polyphonic...

PIGTRONIX 

By Alex Artaud

Pigtronix's EP-1 ($280) footpedal is a 4-stage analog phase shifter that offers envelope-controlled phasing and rotary phasing reminiscent of the classic...