Are You Sure it's a Shure? by Guy Joyner Overview As two of the most popular mics in existence, the Shure SM57 and SM58 have pretty much dominated the affordable microphone market since their introduction in the mid 60s, becoming synonymous with ruggedness and reliability. But lifelong popularity has proven to be a double-edged sword [...]

We recently had the opportunity to mix and master two new remixes of the track Holly by the prodigious hip-hop artist Saint. The remixes were created by US-based producer DJ Pain1 and UK-based producer Ray Sargent. Having mixed and mastered the original song last year it was an interesting challenge to create a balanced, polished [...]

Following on from the previous article on the DBX 160A compressor, this review will focus on my newest outboard gear purchase, the Warm Audio WA-2A optical compressor. History The WA-2A is Warm Audio's take on the classic Teletronix LA-2A, a compressor that is widely considered to be one of the best ever made. Originally designed [...]

I would like to start by saying that this review will hopefully be the first of many. Having been a long time fan of 'outboard gear', but not really having many pieces of my own, I decided that I would step outside of the digital-only safe zone and take the leap into the analogue domain [...]