martedì 4 ottobre 2011

Dark Label Studio - Avid Eleven Rack - Review





Avid’s Eleven Rack is a 24bit, 96k USB Pro Tools interface that is as comfortable on the concert stage as it is in the studio. The user-friendly interface makes accessing and modifying the healthy sampling of amp, effect, speaker and mic models refreshingly intuitive. 


Eleven Rack also functions as a mic pre-amp with phantom power for tracking vocals or re-amping. As much as we loved the lush effects, Eleven Rack really shines when you hear a model like a channel-jumped ’59 Fender Bassman completely dry o a Mesa Rectifier in Vintage or Modern mode.


There are a lot of amps and cabinets in this rack, but to reach the best quality it's better to update the unit with its latest firmware version because it comes out with a lot of news that makes the 11r more and more affordable and professional-sounding.


To update your Eleven Rack go to the Avid Official page and use the search bar.


So, at the end we can give a BIG 10\10 to this Avid\Digidesign product, because of its great features and the sound quality.
The Avid customer support is wonderful, so if a problem occurs with the 11r it can be solved easily and fast.


Eleven Rack is:

FOR: Racking up a killer guitar tone. 
NOT FOR: The modeling-phobic.


Great unit, good looking case, great tone, billion of functions, good effects, guitar and bass amps\cabs\mics, a mic in preamp for the voice recording, DSP accelerated card inside, Pro Tools compatible, the Eleven Rack is an awesome product with professional features.







lunedì 3 ottobre 2011

Dark Label Studio - Sonic Edge Tumbleweed TEST







Renowned for his amp work for the likes of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai, Sonic Edge’s Ben Fargen also makes one mean pedal. Built with the modern rocking country player in mind, Tumbleweed blew us away with the massive range of dynamics and tones. The independent compressor and boost circuits sound impressive alone and even better together. The compressor’s sensitivity and gain controls offer solid sustain without being floppy, while the boost circuit features a gain control and three-way toggle for selecting Brit, Cali or Jazz voicings. While the Tumbleweed has a sound all its own, it excels at crafting a unique range of tones with each amp.


FOR: Twang with a bang. 
NOT FOR: Death metallers, city slickers.


We made, as always, a little demo, but this time you can only hear the raw guitars in the audio file. No EQ, No Post Processing. 
Sidechain: Music Man JP6 - Sonic Edge Tumbleweed - Dark Label Studio Custom Mesa Rectifier Cab impulse  - out. 


Enjoy.



Dark Label Studio - Sonic Edge Tumbleweed TEST by Azrael's Progeny