Native Instruments – Kontrol D2 Gearjunkies Review
Native Instruments announced (with a lot of noise) last year ‘The Future of DJing’. Of course, such a statement was
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The Steinberg Cubase Pro 8 Gearjunkies Comparison Review
History and Heritage Since January 2005, Steinberg has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation, one of world’s leading
PioneerDJ HRM-7 studio headphone – Gearjunkies review
PioneerDJ earlier this year announced the arrival of new studio gear. The first was a set of monitors, of which
Allen & Heath Xone:43c DJ mixer – Gearjunkies review
Allen & Heath earlier this year announced the successor to their Xone:42, the Xone:43. One month later, they announced the Xone:43c
Brainworx Millenia TCL-2 – Gearjunkies review
Today’s review is about the Millenia TCL -2 TWINCOM Twin topology Opto-Compressor/Limiter. Brainworx is a company from Germany that has
PreSonus Studio One 3 DAW – Gearjunkies Review
Historically Speaking In 2006, KristalLabs Software Ltd., a startup company founded in Hamburg, Germany by Wolfgang Kundrus (one of the
Philips A5 PRO DJ headphone – Gearjunkies review
Armin van Buuren is an artist known for very high sound quality demands. It’s therefore not surprising that he has cooperated
U-He Presswerk compressor plug-in – Gearjunkies Review
The good folks at U-He are not lazy, to say the least. Submitted for review here is their compression workhorse, Presswerk
Hercules Universal DJ – Gearjunkies Review
Hercules is known in the DJ world as an entry level brand. Interestingly, you’ll notice that the company is now
Pioneer XDJ-RX all-in-one DJ systeem – Gearjunkies Review
PioneerDJ, the new incarnation of the companies name nowadays, introduced the XDJ-RX at the beginning of this year. The all-in-One
Sugar Bytes Looperator – Gearjunkies review
For review today, we have Sugar Bytes Looperator. Sugar Bytes is a German company, well known for their plugins Effectrix, Wow2,
Steinberg Cubase Pro 8 – Gearjunkies review
Steinberg Cubase Pro 8 , a Gearjunkies review – German heavyweights Steinberg are back with a new version of their wellknown DAW Cubase called Cubase Pro 8. Steinberg really did some great things with this update, there are lots of improvements and new features so let’s dive in and see what is what.
Native Instruments – Kontrol S8 Gearjunkies Review
DJ controllers are the most hot items of this moment. And with every new one they start more and more to look alike. When Native Instruments (NI) announced their new Kontrol S8 they said it was ‘The future of DJing’. Quite the statement, so you expect something very interesting. They did deliver something interesting. NI put displays in the unit and removed the jog wheels. The latter caused some uproar amongst DJs regarding it as a vital part of a controller. Many ‘Sync’ DJs are fine with it. We tried the S8 to see if in fact this is ‘The future of DJing’.
U-HE Bazille – Gearjunkies review
Today on the menu is Bazille by one of german’s finest The U-HE team, well known for Zebra2, Diva & many other gems. Bazille is a beast of a modular system that can be quite overwhelming when you look at the GUI for the first time. Because everything is modular you can connect parts of the system together in many ways. Unlike a regular synth where all the basics are in fact already connected for you, with Bazille you have to do that yourself. Opening creative possibilities but also with quite a steep learning curve.
Fabfilter Pro-Q 2 – Gearjunkies review
Today we are gonna take a look at the new Pro-Q2 EQ, the successor of the populair Pro-Q by masterminds FabFilter. The original Pro-Q was already a big hit with producers and studios all over the world but with Pro-Q2 the Fabfilter team knocked it out of the park. New to this update are : Natural Phase mode,Full screen Mode, Spectrum Grab,EQ Matching,Notch filter, Bandpass Filter, Tilt Shelf,Q factor till 96db/oct, Improved linear phase mode,Autogain,Gain Scale, Gain q interaction, Piano display,Phase invert option,Improved spectrum analyzer and optional output metering.