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New Products - May 29, 2012 Allen & Heath GLD Digital Mixer: Education Center at InfoComm 2012 » Heil Sound Pro Set 3 Headphones » DigiTech Whammy Pedal with Chordal Pitch-Shifting » Today's Product Review Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat Metronome By Rob Tavaglione The production of modern music often requires intricate tempo mapping of a click track; this is where nothing beats the detailed control found in our DA Ws. However, for recordings with less pre-production and more spontaneity (or for musicians with less experience and more performance problems), an outboard metronome can be really helpful. I just discovered the $179 (street) Boss DB-90 Dr. Beat and am finding it to be a helpful little studio tool in unexpected ways. The DB-90 solves a load of performer/ performance issues. Dialing in a beat, even other than 4-4 or 3-4, is easy and fast with a good display and logical functions. So is using the Note Mixing to make the desired feel obvious to the drummer and band; you might even fade up the 16ths when the arrangement calls for it, for example. For accelerandos or rallentandos, the Tempo wheel allows smooth changes without glitching, aided by the Tap tempo button. More » Today's Blog It Takes Two Kinds By Rob Tavaglione Surely you've heard the saying, “There are two kinds of people in this world,” as it has been creatively applied to most any discipline, topic or argument one can think of. Does such divisiveness have a place in serious discussions? Can one’s behavior really be boiled down to two diametrically opposed opinions? Are there exactly two kinds of audio engineers, or audio engineering styles? Sure, probably, and course there are! More »

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