We’ve just received a batch of a very interesting product. A friend of ours recently set up and conducted a very scientific test of microphone preamps. High end and low end preamps of many makes and brands were all tested with a common microphone and source. The results were recorded and a CD was made so you could have a chance to review a bunch of different preamps in the comfort of your own home and/or studio. The 3D Pre CD, produced by the folks at 3D Audio, contains 67 tracks of vocal and acoustic guitar performances, each through a different mic amp. The liner notes included detailed information about exactly how the tests were done (they had a custom switch made to transparently switch between them) as well as a key as to which preamp is used on each track. To our knowledge this is the first time such a collection of new and vintage preamps have ever been assembled at one time and place for such a test. If you’re thinking about investing a lot of money in preamps, or just wonder what all the hoopla is about with preamps, you should pick up this CD and do some careful listening. It is on sale in our store for $29.95.
Attention all Kurzweil K2000/2500/2600 owners. You can get free sounds for your Kurzweil. And not just any free sounds, but Sweetwater sounds. Our sound libraries have received Key Buy awards and been given 20 out of 20 stars in reviews done in Keyboard magazine (and other magazines). Effective by the time you read this and for a limited time, you can get a free Sweetwater sound for your Kurzweil for every three sounds you purchase. These sounds are easily obtained by downloading them to your computer and transferring them to your Kurzweil (we include instructions on how to do this). So any time day or night you can get up on our Soundware Store and add to your Kurzweil sound library. In order to help show you how easy it is to get these sounds, we are offering one free sound (no strings attached) to anyone who simply visits the site. Many of the sounds we offer on line are excerpts from larger libraries that are available on CD ROM. But do not fear, all of the money you spend downloading sounds will be applied to the purchase of the CD ROM they came from should you decide you want the whole collection. This makes your purchase about as risk free as it can get. So go up now and check out the great sounds you can get for your Kurz, and take advantage of the free sounds offer while you can. You will find them at: www.sweetwater.com/freesound/