TC Helicon VoiceJam iPhone / iPad app - Sing. Loop. Share

TC Helicon have just released this very cool iPhone/iPad app. If you've got one of those, check this out!



What if you could create something musically amazing with just your voice? What if you didn't need musical instruments, sheet music, or complicated recording software? What if you could create an entire song with your voice, simulating bass lines, melodies, rhythms and sound effects, all in one pass, without ever stopping to think about it?

If you answered "that would be freaking amazing", then you need to download VoiceJam. VoiceJam is your access to performing, creating, and sharing amazing musical compositions.

http://www.tc-helicon.com/voicejam

Featured Equipment: TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch

The first vocal processor and looper at your fingertips

Combining best-selling vocal effects, VLOOP™ performance vocal looping and a uniquely addictive ‘touch’ interface, VoiceLive Touch is truly the first instrument for your voice.

See all the details of the TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch



A revolution in performance for every singer
VoiceLive Touch is the perfect companion for any vocalist whether you sing live or record in the studio. It can easily be mounted on a mic stand or put next to your computer or keyboard. It’s there when you need it for any situation.

• Vocal harmony & effects
• VLOOP™ – performance vocal looping of vocals and guitar input including effects
• Instant touch interface with bright, easy to read, scrolling display
• Ingenious design allows mic attachment and desktop use for easy access

See all the details of the TC-Helicon VoiceLive Touch

Featured Equipment: KRK Rokit Studio Monitors

KRK Rokit Studio Monitors

The KRK RokitG2 Series takes value-priced monitors to a new performance level. All of the great stuff that Rokit’s have been known for (front-firing bass port, soft-domed tweeter, glass aramid composite yellow cone) are still there, but the G2 Rokit’s feature refined voicing and a new curved baffle that looks great, reduces diffraction and provides even better monitoring accuracy.
Studio Monitor Series from KRK Systems. For years the Rokit series has been a popular choice for accurate monitoring in studios large and small. Now the all new Generation 2 RoKit provides a new standard for even better performance and accuracy, raising the bar once again.

TOP FEATURES

• Radically curved front plate design virtually eliminates diffraction distortion
• Waveguide design provides amazing detail and imaging
• Front-firing port provides low freq extension without boundary coupling
• New speaker voicing for even more accurate frequency response
• 1” Neodymium soft dome tweeter
• Glass Aramid Composite Cone Woofer

More info:

• KRK Rockit 5
• KRK Rockit 6
• KRK Rockit 8

Featured Equipment: Primacoustic London 12a Room Kit

Primacoustic London 12a Complete Acoustic Treatment Kit
The simplest way to get effective acoustic treatment for your home studio.
Acoustic treatment kit designed for rooms with a footprint of approximately 120 to 150 ft. square feet (11 to 14 sq./meters). The Broadway London 12A room kit follows a variant of the LEDE concept (live-end, dead-end) whereby the source or transmit section of the room has greater dampening while the receive section is sparsely treated in effort to retain natural room ambiance.

1: Broadband Panels; qty 2; 24" x 48" x 2"
2:Control Columns; qty 8; 12" x 48" x 2"
3:Scatter Blocks; qty 12; 12" x 12" x 1"
4:Surface Impalers; qty 28
5:Corner Impalers; qty 8
6:Wall anchors/screws; qty 100
7:Drill Bit for anchors; qty 1

London room kits are available in three neutral colors that will easily integrate with the most demanding room designs.

 See all the details of the London 12a Room Kit

Featured Equipment: Focusrite Saffire Pro 14

Focusrite Saffire Pro 14

The Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 is an 8 in / 6 out FireWire audio interface designed for the modern home studio environment. An unparalleled preamp legacy forms the foundation, with two award-winning Focusrite preamps. Legendary sonic performance and both digital and analogue I/O combine with Focusrite’s established MixControl software to deliver seamless integration, excellent routing flexibility and rock-solid driver stability.
Twenty-five years of mic pre excellence form the foundation of this new interface, with two award-winning Focusrite preamps. Alongside the two high quality mic preamps are two additional analogue inputs, four analogue outputs, S/PDIF and MIDI. Two Hi-Z instrument inputs let you plug straight in without the need to buy additional DI boxes, and two virtual Loopback inputs are also available for routing digital audio between software applications.
Included with the PRO 14 is Saffire MixControl, an 18 x 6 DSP mixer. Offering a level of flexibility that is unparalleled at this price point, the MixControl software enables you to create six separate mixes with ultra-low-latency. Route any combination of input signals and sequencer outputs to any of Saffire PRO 14’s outputs. Intuitive one-click configurations help you track, monitor and mix as quickly as possible.

TOP FEATURES

• Two high-quality award-winning Focusrite preamps
• High-quality 24-bit/96kHz FireWire interface
• Total I/O count of 8 inputs and 6 outputs
• Saffire MixControl ultra-low-latency DSP mixer/router
• Focusrite VST/AU Plug-in Suite, for use in the mix
• Xcite+ Software Bundle
• Two Hi-Z instrument inputs
• Bus-powered for a tidy mobile recording rig
• Dedicated front-panel headphone bus
• Tactile Monitor dial
• Switchable phantom power
• Software PFL 

See all the details on the Focusrite Saffire Pro 14

Mackie Now At Revolution Audio

Revolution Audio is proud to announce Mackie products are now available in our online store.

Mackie audio interfaces, mixers and monitors will begin to appear on the site this week.


See all Mackie products in the Revolution Audio store

TC Electronic Now At Revolution Audio

Revolution Audio is happy to announce the arrival of TC Electronic computer recording products.

TC Electronic makes some really cool and unique home studio products with exceptional quality. The Computer Recording products will be added to the webstore immediately, the entire TC family (guitar pedals, voice effects, bass amps) will be available as special order, just email us.

See all TC Electronic products in the Revolution Audio store

Home Studio Tip of the Month - Back it Up!

Home Studio Tip of the Month

Back it up!Last weekend I did something really dumb. If you tried to visit the Revolution Audio site you may have noticed it wasn't working right, well that was my fault. I was trying to improve an admin feature without backing up the files correctly. When I tried to revert the changes, I made things worse. I had backed up the wrong files and really made a mess. Oops.

The same thing can happen with your recording projects. In the summer I had an artist coming to me for mixing. He had to cancel due to a faulty hard drive and lack of backups. He lost a good chunk of his album because he didn't have a good backup routine.

Backups go on a separate drive

What is a good backup routine?
You NEED to get in the habit of making a copy of everything important. How often is personal preference, I do weekly backups for my system and daily for important projects. What you back up is also up to you. Some back up all the data on all their drives to a new location, I'm a little more specific. I back up my documents, photos, recording projects and a few other folders to an external firewire hard drive. Just what is important and irreplaceable.

Backup options
I use a program called Acronis True Image Home to do my backups. What I like about Acronis is it only updates the files that have changed since the last backup, which makes it much more efficient than the one built into Windows 7. It also doesn't complain if forget to turn my external drive on time for my backup, it just starts whenever it's available. The Win7 backup function required me to manually reset the backup settings, eventually it stopped working all together so I really can't recommend that one.
Mac users have the brilliant Time Machine backup utility included with OSX 10.5+. This works extremely well and if you need to dig into the backups it's easy to see each version of a file chronologically. I have Time Machine set to manual because it can interfere with recording, but I wouldn't recommend disabling it completely unless you have another backup scheme.

If it's irreplaceable - back it up!

Featured Equipment: Lauten Audio Horizon Tube Condenser Microphone

The Horizon Tube Microphone will help you get the sound you've been looking for. You won't find another microphone that can match the component quality, sound, and value on the market today.

“If you’re in the market for a condenser mic in this price range, I would give the Horizon serious consideration, as it delivers a sophisticated richness that I associate with mics many times the price.” - Allen Farmelo - TapeOp Magazine

TOP FEATURES

• Hand tuned large diaphragm capsule
  
• Internal shock mount
  
• NOS (New-old-stock) military grade vacuum tube
  
• High resolution capacitors
  
• Robust body milled from solid brass
  
• -10 & -20dB pad
  
• Custom wound output transformer
  
• Low self-noise
  

Find out more about the Lauten Audio Horizon