YamahaDD-65 – This digital drum kit has been designed from a drummer’s point of view, making it easier for acoustic drummers to play comfortably. It’s a self-contained unit that features eight touch-sensitive pads, two foot pedal inputs, ported onboard speakers, and an auxiliary audio input for playing along with mp3 players or any other audio devices you can think of. The DD-65 is also USB MIDI- and General MIDI-compatible, so you can record great drum tracks directly into your favorite DAW. Flash ROM allows you to download songs from the internet for lessons, so you can use the Yamaha DD-65 as a great learning tool, too.
Great RiverMP-500NV – This is a single-channel mic preamp designed specifically to take the classic sound of the all-time studio-standard 1073 preamp and bring it into the modern recording environment while still fitting neatly into a 500 Series rack. Does MP-500NV meet its design goals? Absolutely, with accuracy, transparency and a wonderful vintage “tunable” sound! The circuitry allows for brilliant transformer saturation or the soft distortions of a single-ended amplifier. If you want to recreate the vintage sound characteristics of the early 1970s large consoles, this is the way to go. What’s more, all microphones will benefit from the power of the MP-500NV preamplifier, including dynamic, condenser and particularly ribbon types.
PreSonusHP60 – This headphone amplifier system is designed and manufactured to solve an age-old problem: not having enough headphone outs for all the band members. The HP60 is loaded with six independent headphone amplifiers that feature dual stereo inputs as well as external input, with each channel allowing mixing between three stereo audio streams (mix A, mix B, and external input). Stereo output is also available on each PreSonus HP60 channel to send line-level headphone channel mixes to additional headphone amplifiers or monitor systems.
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