OK, I'm surprised I hadn't covered this, but it appears I haven't, and it is VERY important. If you use ANY electronic or mechanical gear, you experience latency. Latency is the time it takes for something that you are using (a car, a toaster, a clever bit of electronic drum gear) to react to you
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Global online music education provider, DIME ONLINE, now offers exclusive RSL Level 4 & Level 5 Awards in Creative Industries. Faculty includes well-known Music Industry professionals to guide students through their learning journey. DIME ONLINE courses are affordable, accessible and high-level for students of all ages. With or without a worldwide pandemic, DIME ONLINE knows
Tony Thaxton, drummer with Indie Rock mainstay Motion City Soundtrack, took his new PDP 20th Anniversary kit with matching snare on the band’s January 2020 reunion tour. After a 3-year break, Thaxton returned to the drum throne for their ‘So Long, Farewell Tour’, crisscrossing the globe one last time. Officially joining the band in 2001,
Gretsch Drums is delighted to introduce two new Nitron finishes to their Brooklyn series; Blue Burst Pearlfor the original kit and White Marine Pearl for the Micro Kit. Gretsch Brooklyn drums, proudly manufactured in the company’s USA factory, are constructed from 6-ply North American Maple/Poplar. They are finished with the distinctive 3mm thick, double flanged
Akai Professional, a leading manufacturer of music equipment for performers and producers, today announced its newest portable standalone music production centre the MPC Live II, packed with all the enhancements from the recent software update for the entire MPC line, MPC 2.8. MPC Live II builds on its phenomenally successful predecessor and introduces built-in monitor
Online Teaching Part 2 All ready for another lesson I thought this month I'd follow on from last months look at quickly getting an online teaching situation up and running. Hopefully the world has calmed down a little since then, and we have all got a little more used to our situation. I,
Aston Microphones announces Element, the world’s first ‘People’s Microphone’ Aston Microphones are used the world over by countless artists, engineers and producers who rely on their sound and build quality for their work. Every Aston mic to date has been developed in conjunction with the Aston 33 panel, a 600 strong group of many of
Special guests Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater) / Paul Gilbert (Mr Big, Racer X) / Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel) / Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) / Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) / Jonas Reingold (The Flower Kings / Steve Hackett) / Jem Godfrey (Frost*) and more Invisible is the second solo album by California born but Indiana based drummer, vocalist and
