XLN Audio Drum Solo Competition

The most recent XLN Audio newsletter announced a great contest for all the Addictive Drum users.

Drum Solo Competition
People! Time to whip out the drum sticks and dust off your chops! XLN Audio is hosting a Drum Solo Competition. The 5 best drum solos will be chosen by our XLN Audio expert panel and awarded with one XLN product of choice each! The rules are simple:
1. RECORD A VIDEO of you playing a drum solo. This can be done with an E-drumkit or a keyboard using Addictive Drums (max 3 min).
2. UPLOAD THE VIDEO to your Youtube channel and send the link for the video to our email drumsolo@xlnaudio.com before June 01.
3. CHECK OUR WEBSITE (xlnaudio.com) for links to the uploaded videos and to check out the winners of the Drum Solo Competition!

You can be good or bad, happy or mad, everybody has got a chance of winning. Now get to it and show us what you have got! Contest winners will be announced on our website and notified via email by the end of June 2011

You can buy XLN Audio's brilliant virtual drum software Addictive Drums and expansions at Revolution Audio.

Featured Equipment Of The Week - Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Channel strip

Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Channel strip
The 6176 Vintage Channel Strip combines the alluring, all-tube sounds of the legendary Bill Putnam-designed 610 microphone preamp, with the signature FET compression of our 1176LN, to create the ultimate recording channel strip. The warm, smooth tones of this mic preamp design — employed to record everyone from Frank Sinatra to Van Halen I — and the unique characteristics of the compressor, are two major reasons why the 6176 is found in studios around the world.
Thanks to its straightforward controls and hallmark sound, the 6176 is the signal path of choice for engineering heavyweights like Vance Powell and Joe Chiccarelli, plus artists including Chris Martin of Coldplay, Norah Jones, Wyclef Jean, and James Mercer of The Shins. The ability to “Split” or “Join” the preamp and the compressor sections via a simple switch gives the 6176 added flexibility. This is truly UA’s premier channel strip, and among the world’s finest.

More info: Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Channel Strip

TOP FEATURES

• All-tube mic preamp section derived from legendary Bill Putnam-designed 610 modular console
• Signature 1176LN Class A FET compressor section — heard on countless hit records for more than 30 years
• "Split" or "Join" switch allows separate or series operation of the preamp and compressor
• High and Low frequency shelving EQ
• Variable impedance Input, Gain, and Output levels
• Mic, balanced Line, and Hi-Z inputs
• Ultra-quiet operation
• Stereo interconnection via 1176-SA
• Hand-built in USA; backed by 1-Year limited warranty

*** SPECIAL BONUS OFFER *** Great News! From April 1st through June 30th, 2011, UA is offering a "Premium Studio Upgrade." Customers who purchase our top-of-the-line 6176 Vintage Channel Strip will receive the flagship UAD-2 QUAD DSP Accelerator Card package for FREE — a $1,499 value!
Canadian Customers: Purchase a new 6176 Vintage Channel Strip from an authorized Canadian reseller, then complete the Mail-In Rebate and return with a copy of the receipt to HHB Communications Canada Ltd., 260 King St. East, STE 205 Toronto, Ontario M5A 4L5.

More info: Universal Audio 6176 Vintage Channel Strip

TC Electronic Global Konnect video series

TC Electronic has completed their Global Konnect series of videos. A collaboration project with musicians all over the world, recorded, mixed and mastered using TC Electronic gear. Watch and learn about some of the TC Electronic gear as well as some tips and tricks.
Select TC Electronic recording equipment is available in the Revolution Audio online store.

Buy TC Electronic recording equipment in the Revolution Audio online store.