Loop Station & V-Drums Cape Town Championships Update

The LIVE finals will occur on Monday 24 June 2013. The Loop Station final will be at 7 pm and the V-Drums final will happen at 9 pm, both on Monday 24 June, at The Assembly.

Jeremy Loops and Natasha Meister are on the judging panel to choose the Loop Station winner! And, Peter Cohen from Freshlyground will be on the judging panel for the V-Drums Competition.

Don’t miss this event!

Where:

The Assembly

When:

Monday 24 June 2013

7pm – Loop Station Final.

9 pm – V-Drums Final

Check out all the Loop Station Cape Town Champs entries below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlgeRulosxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXNSbL5wcH8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4p20L1TgLM

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151463360979835&set=vb.137943836255211&type=3&theater

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zT0Qwi1ZT4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws_5o9iU-Qs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdq_2t7kgks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npI-6Itt0qY&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIRG-Kwe9Uw&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTY6VdyENV0

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The BV Concert Band

Music and cultural exchange between South Africa and Norway will be boosted this June when the BV Concert Band tours the Mother City to collaborate with local school and community music projects.

Ace South African saxophonist and music ambassador Shannon Mowday will return home to direct the 13-piece band from Bondi and Vettre schools in Oslo.

The group consists of senior members in the ensemble of 54 youth musicians drawn from community marching- and concert bands, which have been havens for Norway’s youth musicians for decades.

Mowday, a former conductor of the National Schools Big Band and a Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year for Jazz, has built a successful career as a performer of a variety of music, from the Minstrel Carnival, to the stages of major jazz festivals and classical music concert halls. She is a bandleader, recording artist and former teacher at Bishops, UCT and Cape Flats music projects such as Turfjamp.

Mowday has been working in Norway for several years and has transformed the fortunes of the BV Concert Band since 2011, incorporating Norwegian and South African folk music in the group’s performances. Their largely South African repertoire was well received at a recent gathering attended by the Norwegian Prime Minister.

In Cape Town the band will collaborate with ensembles from Groote Schuur and Bergvliet High Schools, the Delft Big Band, Kronendal Music Academy and the music department at Solms-Delta wine estate.

Where and When?

Public concerts will take place at:

Where: Bergvliet High School

When: Sunday, 23 June at 14h00

Where: The Nassau Centre, Palmyra Road, Newlands

When: Tuesday 25 June at 19h30

ENQUIRIES:

Paul Sedres
083 390 4529
sedresp@gmail.com

Mark Haze Releases New Single Featuring Theo Crous

Mark’s new single, called Time, features one of South Africa’s greatest musicians, Theo Crous. Together they wrote this song. In many ways it’s about human nature and the appeal to change their world. In the greater sense, it’s a song that’s aimed at their fellow countrymen. It’s about standing up and making a difference in a country of people constantly in unrest. When Mark sings: “It’s time, and I’ll see you there”, they’re talking about a future where we are all united in peace.

Check iTunes for a download.

Click here to listen to the track  

Rola VW Malmesbury Sponsors Mark Haze

Mark Haze – VW Brand Ambassador

Carl Niehaus from Rola VW Malmesburg has chosen Mark as one of their Brand Amabassadors. Mark will be driving various vehicles from their dealership, and is proud to be associated with this company.

Where to catch Mark performing live in June!

“Each performance is special and unique”

Friday: 14 June
Venue: Berties Mooring, Gordans Bay
Time: 9-11 pm
Entrance: FREE
Book: 021 856 3343

Saturday: 15 June
Venue: Mercury Live, with Jack Stone & Shy Guevaras
Time: 9-12 pm
Entrance: R40
Book: At the Door

Sunday: 23 June
Venue: Blaauwklippen Vineyards, Family Market Day
Time: 1-3 pm
Entrance: FREE
Book: Just arrive

Saturday: 29 June
Venue: Moyo Kirstenbosch, Winter Concert Series
Time: 7-9 pm
Entrance: R100
Book: 021 762 9585

Sunday: 30 June
Venue: Hillcrest Quarry, Durbanville
Time: 3 – 5 pm
Entrance: R50
Book: 021 976 4959

July Tour

“To be announced soon”

Mark and his band will be performing at venues in:
* Port Elizabeth
* East London
* Jeffreys Bay
* Mossel Bay
* Johannesburg
* Pretoria in the month of July…

Keep your eyes peeled for details!

Book Mark Haze for any event

Nicci Hayden
Email: nicci@markhaze.com
Cell: +27 82 711 3913

Taxi Violence – New Release!

Listen to Taxi Violence’s new single

Brainmash is the first single from their brand new album, Soul Shake. Listen to it here.

Pre-order your personalised copy of Soul Shake!

For *R150 you’ll get a limited edition, personalized copy of our new album delivered to your door… AND a FREE digital copy of our “Untie Yourself” album.

Email music@taxiviolence.com to place your order!*

*Price includes postage to anywhere in South Africa.

Gig Guide 2013

6 July
Zanzibar, George

10 July
The Mexican, Jeffreys Bay

12 July
Buccaneers, East London

13 July
Live The Venue, Durban

18 July
Venue TBC, Potchefstroom

19 July
Puma Social Club, Johannesburg

20 July
Arcade Empire, Pretoria

27 July
The Assembly, Cape Town

3 August
Aandklas, Stellenbosch

17 August
Slipstream Sports Bar, Grahamstown

Legendary Tosin Abasi Guitar Clinic at Zula Bar – Review

Tosin Abasi is considered to be one of the world leaders in guitar playing development, both in terms of his technical ability and his range of guitar tones. His playing blends advanced techniques, ranging from intense finger tapping, to poly-rhythms, sweep picked arpeggios, high speed picking and Hybrid picking in a way which is not only articulate and dynamically rich but also unique in terms of his choice of note values. His music can be described as Sci-fi Cinematic-Afro-Metal-Jazz-Electronica-Neo Classical-Funk. Some label it Prog Metal… The music is so laden in an advanced form of the kinds of grooves that B-Boys would Robot, Pop and Lock to, that you might start to see how many music styles are crossing over into each other, more and more, and that it’s a required evolutionary step in human development.

When asked, at the clinic, what gave him the impetus to focus his strengths in those particular directions, he said that his advanced technical development began, when initially listening to bands like Nirvana, he stumbled upon technical geniuses, like Yngwie Malmsteen. This eventually developed into an affinity toward Prog Metal bands like Meshuggah. From there, he started to develop his technique to match his musical ideas. The urge to express the fiery surges of musical energy, eventually became his lauded musical style. Obviously, without his extremely powerful musical ideas, his music might have become pigeon-holed by typical mass media misrepresentation and lost under the banner of unmarketability. His tenure with bands, playing in similar styles, followed by a one year long course at The Atlanta Music Institute, and a strong intellect, make Tosin Abasi and Animals as Leaders much more relevant than the mass media of fashion masquerading as musicality. Fortunately, Ibanez has created a masterpiece instrument and found the right protagonist to convey expression and social conscience, in a way which is useful to real human development. Tosin Abasi is not shallow…

When asked about his American-Nigerian roots, and the effect on his musicality, he said that he was not influenced so much by the music he listened to around his parents, which was more “tropical” to him but that there could be a subliminal or genetic reference.

Ibanez’s Tosin Abasi Signature Series guitar was mind-blowingly rich in tone. He showed us the tone from pickup position to position, and how the instrument goes from sounding like a well balanced neo-classical lead guitar, to grind-core, twang, funk and be-bop, without having to do any pedal switching. Its DiMarzio Ionizer 8™ pickups were designed by Steve Blucher, to Tosin Abasi’s specifications. Steve Blucher is the man who designs pickups for artists like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai.

His sound rig includes a Fractal Audio MFC-101 Midi Foot controller, a Fractal Audio AXE-FX Ultra system, a custom made Boomerang Phrase Sampler, a Furman M-8 Power Conditioner, and a Voodoo Lab Ground Control.

Instead of using an amp onstage, he managed to run his rig directly through the PA system, using amp simulations. The tone was very powerful in harmonics and showed great string to string balance, so that the higher pitched passages were equal in harmonic strength and volume, to the lower pitched ones. The clarity per note was well defined, when he played at great speed, in whichever range. All of this, without losing a well rounded sense of what high gain guitar sounds are famous for: wailing, grinding and having vocal qualities that move human ear-drums in a way that keeps people coming back for more.

Video Clips:

Tosin Abasi playing a teaser of the song Tempting Time…

This clip features an etude he composed to work on a newer technique. He combines sweep picking and hybrid picking for a circular, harp-like effect. Done with the Ibanez Tosin Abasi Signature Guitar, the TAM100.

Tosin Abasi talks about the DiMarzio Ionizer 8™ pickups developed for his new signature 8-string Ibanez guitar.

Animals as Leaders

When Tosin Abasi released his debut solo album under the moniker ANIMALS AS LEADERS in 2009, few would have predicted the band’s meteoric rise over the next two years. Although Abasi earned acclaim as the lead guitarist in the Washington, D.C.-based metalcore act Reflux, it was still a long-shot that an instrumental album of progressive metal with jazz, electronic and ambient flourishes would develop anything more than a cult following.

Fast-forward two-plus years to “Weightless,” the group’s sophomore effort, and ANIMALS AS LEADERS is revered worldwide as a trailblazing pioneer of modern heavy music. The group’s genre-defying compositions have earned extensive praise — Steve Vai called the band “the future of creative, heavy virtuoso guitar playing,” and MetalSucks recently ranked Abasi #2 on their list of modern metal’s top guitarists — and the diversity of their music has enabled them to tour with a wide variety of acts, including Deftones, Underoath, Circa Survive, BTBAM, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Faceless, Thursday, Dredg and, on the 2010 Summer Slaughter tour, even Decapitated.

Whereas the group’s self-titled debut was a collaboration between Abasi and Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, “Weightless” features the recording debut of ANIMALS AS LEADERS, the true band — that is, Abasi (guitars), Javier Reyes (guitars) and Navene Koperweis (drums). After nearly two years of touring together, the trio wrote and recorded “Weightless” together in mid-2011, with Koperweis producing and Reyes mixing. The group debuted a new track, “Isolated Incidents,” during their inaugural headlining tour this summer, which included sellout shows from coast-to-coast — a sign that as quickly as ANIMALS AS LEADERS have risen, the best is yet to come.

Source: http://prostheticrecords.com/?p=499

Slash’s Seymour Duncan Signature Series Pickups

Though he has dozens of amazing guitars, since 1986 Slash has used pretty much one very special guitar for all recording. The Alnico II Pro Slash was designed to give Slash’s other Les Paul guitars-what he calls his “live guitars”-the exact tone of this legendary instrument.

Application
Warm, moderate output humbucker. Recommended for jazz, blues, and classic rock.

Description
Like the standard APH-1 Alnico II Pro, this pickup uses an Alnico 2 magnet. However, the Slash model is wound with just enough boosted output to push a stock dual-humbucker styled guitar toward the sweet sustain and rude crunch that characterizes Slash’s sound as heard on hundreds of tracks.

In addition, it comes with some of the same appointments found on the Seymour Duncan pickups in Slash’s ’86 recording axe, including single-conductor cable, long-legged bottom plate, and wooden spacer. For the true fan, or the player who wants to capture Slash’s recorded tone, this pickup is a critical part of the tone chain. This is same pickup found in his newest signature series guitar.

Complete setup
The Slash aficionado will use a pair of these pickups to capture that unmistakable tone. This pickup matches well with the SFX-11 Twin Tube Blue all-tube overdrive-distortion stompbox for singing leads and authoritative chording.

Guitars
While designed for use in a Les Paul, this pickup works well in any well-balanced humbucker-equipped guitar. Also works great with hollow and semi-hollow body guitars.

Available Mods
Available in black, zebra, or reverse zebra. The infamous Slash recording guitar has a reverse zebra pickup in the bridge position and a zebra pickup in the neck position. This pickup is available individually or in the zebra/reverse zebra set.

Players
Slash

SoundHouse Winter Programme

Music Recording with Apple Mac using GarageBand

24 June – 11 July 2013

Ages: 10 – 17 yrs

Do you like having fun with music?

Top class facilities

• 15 fully equipped workstations
• Software
• A world of MUSIC without boundaries
• A fun and easy way to create music
• Experienced facilitator

Address:

Find us at the Cape Town Science Centre, 370B Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
Check out the Cape Town Science Centre holiday programme | Free Parking | SciCafe snack bar

Pro Instruments To Jam On Sponsored By Paul Bothner Music

SoundHouse Facilitator

Cherie Barnado

Cherie Barnado is studying for her Bachelor’s Degree in Music. Now in her fourth year, her courses include Composition and Music Technology. Composition is Ms. Barnado’s major course at UCT. Cherie’s been playing piano for 12 years.

Option One – Total beginners with little music experience

Age: 10 – 12 Years Old | Date: 25 – 27 June 2013| Time: 10:00am-12:00 pm| Price for 3 days: R 195

Option Two – Beginners with limited music experience

Age: 13 – 17 Years Old | Date: 2 – 4 July 2013| Time: 09:00am-12:00 pm| Price for 3 days: R 240

Option Three – Intermediates with music experience

Age: 13 – 17 Years Old | Date: 9 – 11 July 2013 | Time: 09:00am-12:00 pm| Price for 3 days: R 280

How To Book

Choose your Option: Select the age group of the child/children.

Make a booking: Email us your booking form, and we’ll confirm the booking – info@soundhouse.co.za

Payment: Payment must be made in advance via EFT.

Special Note: Bookings can only be confirmed once payment is made and cleared.

Discount: If you enroll 2 or more kids or sign up for more than one course, you’ll receive a 10% discount

Cape Town Science Centre Entrance Fee: Please note there is a separate entry fee for the Cape Town Science Centre

Click here for more info on SoundHouse

Natasha Meister Latest News

Natasha says: “It’s been a busy last few months! Recently we’ve finished up our “All Strings Attached Series” with Philip Malan, Steve Newman, Jonathan Walters and I. It was very successful and so much fun! Thank you all so much for your support. I’ve had so much inspiration to write new material lately and I can’t wait to share it with you all. I’ve been mixing up my style a bit with more rock, funk, and pop… hope you guys will dig it! I have plans to get into the studio and record again, as well as to take my music on the road and do more tours… but I need your financial support to make all this happen – a contribution towards my campaign on www.startme.co.za would be much appreciated. And a huge thanks to everyone who has already donated! One last thing, please tell all your friends and family to subscribe to my newsletter, so like you, they can also be updated with my latest news. That’s all for now! xx NM”

The Meister Series

This week on The Meister Youtube Series – “The Meister Series”, Episode 3, titled Wedding, Wine and Sunshine – where Natasha Meister attends and performs at a private wedding. This episode includes the full version of Ready For the Rain, perfomed on acoustic guitar, first time captured by camera.

Next episode will include scenes from All Strings Attached, Utility Week and much more exciting announcements!!

Exciting News

Natasha’s First Crowd-Funded Campaign

As Natasha is an unsigned/Independent artist, every album – Studio Time, Producers, Mixing/Mastering, Manufacturing, Touring, Album Launch, PR, Marketing and other cost must come from her own pocket. This is why StartMe initiatives are vital for her to spread her wings and show the rest of SA and the world, what she is made of. We are reaching out to all fans/friends to watch her video and support her brave and necessary en devour. Click here to watch now and support this rising star.

All Strings Attached Series

A collection of musical magic certainly did come to Cape Town! A collaboration of musical prodigy’s, Steve Newman, Natasha Meister, Philip Malan and Jonathan Walters came, they strummed, they ended in a crescendo!! With 3 x of the four shows SOLD OUT and the 4th show well attended, there is still hope for the string masters!!

More on this to come in the next Meister Series episode. Here is a snippet if you missed it: Watch Now. – Photograph by Shaun Keyser

Subscribe to Natasha’s Youtube Channel to see all new videos: Subscribe
Follow her on Twitter – Click here

Grahamstown and East Coast Tour

Natasha Meister will be performing both in solo and duo style. The latter with fingerstyle guitarist Philip Malan at this years’ Grahamstown Arts Festival.

Dates are as follows:

30th June – The Lowlander – 6:30pm
1 July – The Lowlander – 3pm (solo)
2 July – The Lowlander – 6:30pm
3 July – The Lowlander – 11am (solo)
3 July – The Albany Club – 9pm (Duo)
4 July – The Albany Club – 3pm (Duo)
5 July – The Albany Club – 7pm (Duo)
6 July – The Albany Club – 1pm (Duo)

You can now book your tickets on Computicket: Book Now

Canada Tour – July/August

Natasha will be returning come to London, Ontario to perform with her older sister, Shari Meister. She will also be attending her Grandfather’s 80th birthday!

Up and Coming Shows in 2013

30/05 – Natasha Meister and Ann Jangle @ The Waiting Room – R50 – 9pm
31/05 – Natasha Meister @ The Radisson Hotel – 6pm
01/06 – Winter Strings – with Gareth James Band and De Wallen @ Just Wine (Milnerton) R50 (6pm)
08/06 – Kingdom Culture Party – 8pm
15/06 – NM at private Birthday Party
16/06 – TBC
21/06 – NM @ La Bottega – R30- 6pm
23/06 – NMB @ Berties Mooring – 6pm
24/06 – BOSS Loop Station SA Championships @ Assembly – NM to be Judge Panel
25/06 – EAST COAST TOUR BEGINS
30/06 – Grahamstown Arts Festival

Follow Natasha via these media:

Facebook

Twitter

Official Website

Email

YouTube

Copyright © Natasha Meister. All rights reserved.

Natasha’s mailing address is:
RMH Entertainment
19 Van Ryn Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Constantia
Cape Town, WC 7806
South Africa

Roland RH-5: Headphones

Quality Comfort-Fit Headphones

With an intuitive layout and the included AkaiConnect automatic-mapping software, MAX49 offers a fully immersive experience with virtually all VSTTM plug-ins and music software. From its 49 semi-weighted keys and 12 real MPC pads, to its groundbreaking LED touch faders and vintage CV & Gate outputs, MAX49 combines cutting-edge Akai Pro technology with classic capabilities, to deliver an unprecedented music-making experience.

MAX49 represents the state of the art for keyboard controllers. It’s an instant standout due to its most distinguishing feature: four banks of eight backlit LED touch faders, allowing the assignment of up to 32 control parameters. These illuminated LED touch faders can be used like analog faders by simply dragging a finger along the strips, or musicians can perform instant leaps in any MIDI value from zero to maxed out—an unparalleled keyboard controller capability.

Equipped with four banks of 12 backlit MPC pads, MAX49 provides a total of 48 assignable pads, allowing for the integration of legendary Akai Pro production capability into live performances and recording sessions alike. These velocity sensitive pads come with classic MPC Swing, Note Repeat, Full Level and navigation controls to allow musicians to create music at the highest level.

MAX49 comes ready to command any controller hardware or software from any era: USB MIDI, traditional 5-pin DIN MIDI as well as Control Voltage and Gate outputs give users the ability to control everything from today’s most advanced music software to analog modular synths from as far back as the 1960s. Mackie Control and HUI protocols also give instant compatibility with many industry standard DAWs.

49 semi-weighted keys with Aftertouch are onboard, providing professional feel, perfect response and full musical expression. Large, centrally positioned transport controls offer straightforward track navigation, while rubberized pitch and modulation wheels provide for creative flourishes. MAX49′s expanded arpeggiator includes a latch button as well as eight different time divisions to create sweeping and endlessly varied melodic cascades. A built-in step sequencer allows musicians to bring their music from concept to reality with exacting detail.

Included AkaiConnect automatic-mapping software allows users to be up and running in their favorite DAW and VST plugins in seconds, eliminating the guesswork.

“We wanted to build a controller that pushes the boundaries but also embraces classic technology,” said Dan Gill, Akai Professional Product Manager. “MAX49 combines features and technology that have never been together before – we can’t wait to see how musicians will use it.”

DUO-CAPTURE mk2
USB Audio Interface

Versatile Audio I/O for Mac, PC, and iPad

• Small, convenient audio interface for mobile musicians
• Compatible with Mac and PC; iPad compatibility via Apple’s iPad Camera Connection Kit
• 1/4-inch MIC/GUITAR input with Hi-Z switch for connecting a guitar directly
• 1/8-inch stereo input; 1/8-inch and 1/4-inch dual headphone outputs
• Dedicated controls for input and output volume
• Low-latency ASIO (Windows) and Core Audio (Mac) drivers; input monitor function
• USB bus powered
• Cakewalk SONAR X1 LE for Windows included

Specifications

Number of Audio Record/Playback Channels

Record: 1 pair of stereo
Playback: 1 pair of stereo

Signal Processing

24 bits

Sampling Frequency

48 kHz, 44.1 kHz

Nominal Input Level

LINE IN: -10 dBu
MIC/GUITAR (Hi-Z button = ON): -25 dBu
MIC/GUITAR (Hi-Z button = OFF): -45 dBu

Interface

USB

Controllers

INPUT VOLUME slider
OUTPUT VOLUME slider
INPUT GAIN button
Hi-Z button
INPUT MONITOR button
SAMPLE RATE switch
COMP/TAB switch

Indicators

USB indicator
PEAK indicator

Connectors

LINE IN jack: Stereo miniature phone type
MIC/GUITAR jack: 1/4-inch phone type
PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type
PHONES (LINE OUT) jack: Stereo miniature phone type
USB port: USB Type B

Power Supply

Supplied from the computer via USB

Current Draw

96 mA

Accessories

Owner’s Manual
Driver CD-ROM
Cakewalk SONAR LE DVD-ROM (for Windows)
USB cable

Size and Weight – main unit only

Width (W)

81 mm3-3/16 inches

Depth (D)

119 mm4-11/16 inches

Height (H)

31 mm1-1/4 inches

Weight

130 g0 lbs. 5 oz.

* 0 dBu = 0.775 Vrms

All specifications and appearances are subject to change.

Barry van Zyl

Drum Lessons at Paul Bothner Music Plumstead

Best known for his work with Johnny Clegg, Robert Plant, Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel and Alistair Andrews, drum master Barry van Zyl offers lessons at the Paul Bothner Music Plumstead Superstore. His training includes drumset and more generalized rhythm lessons, with guitars and other instruments. With 20 years of international touring experience and a honours graduate from the Musicians Institute, Hollywood, California, Barry is most definitely an awesome instructor.

• His teaching is for any style or level.
• This is not only drummers. For example a guitarist whom wants to work on rhythmic understanding/reading/groove playing would benefit.
• He focuses on a defined syllabus aimed towards a student’s choice of musical direction.
• He’s offering one-on-one lessons and lessons to small groups of two to three students.
• Pricing is R350 for one-on-one and R250 for group lessons.

Contact: barry@barryvanzyl.com and 0825762647.
Website: www.barryvanzyl.com

Click the link to see Barry perform

Barry van Zyl at Drumtech

More about Barry van Zyl

Since 1999 he’s been a member of the Johnny Clegg Band, with a major annual international touring schedule. These tours take in Western Europe , the UK , the USA , Canada and Australasia. Highlights include working with Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Brian May, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Jimmy Buffet and Oliver Mtukudzi.

www.water-sound.com is the link to Barry’s music production business along with partners Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat and James Stewart. Water produced the soundtrack to the movie ‘Skeem’ which was released internationally, in late in 2011. Barry has also co-produced world music projects, with double Grammy winner Robin Hogarth, and has had numerous international album releases.

Besides this legacy, his group ‘AFRIC’ is an exciting Celtic/African collaboration with Barry, Fiachna O’Braonain of the Hothouse Flowers and Robin Hogarth.

Barry is endorsed by Zildjian cymbals, DW Drums and stick manufacturer Vic Firth

SWR Working Pro 400 Amp Head

As above: Stolen SWR WORKING PRO 400 Bass Amp with serial# M1487068

SWR Switcher Front Panel

SWR Switcher Rear

As above: Stolen SWR Switcher (front and rear views)

Details

Area: Stolen in Claremont

The case was registered on 2013-05-14

SAPS Case ref Number: CAS 213/5/2013

Station contact detail: 021 6572240

Also contact Paul Bothner Music Claremont – 021 6744030

Yamaha HS80M Powered Monitors

Designed as true reference monitors with exceptionally flat response. If your mix sounds good here, it’ll sound good everywhere.

Features

• 2-way bass-reflex bi-amplified near-field studio monitor
• 8″ cone woofer and 1″ dome high-frequency unit
• 42Hz – 20kHz frequency response.
• 120 watts dynamic bi-amplified power.
• XLR and TRS phone jack inputs accept balanced or unbalanced signals.
• Level control facilitates precise overall system level matching.
• MID EQ, ROOM CONTROL, and HIGH TRIM response control switches.
• LOW CUT switch.
• Full magnetic shielding.

Overview

When choosing reference monitors for mixing and music production, accuracy is the prime consideration. Speakers that sound “good” on first impression may not necessarily be accurate. What you really need is an honest reference for your mix, rather than monitors that have been tweaked or colored to deceptively sound impressive. The new HS series reference monitors have been created by Yamaha’s studio monitor engineering team to deliver exceptionally flat, accurate response that you can trust. Unlike “monitor” speakers with exaggerated bass and treble that make a good first impression but can’t be relied on for accuracy, the HS series were designed to be true studio reference monitors in the tradition of the legendary Yamaha NS10M.

Whether you’re mixing for stereo or 5.1 surround, mixes that sound good on Yamaha HS series reference monitors will translate accurately to the widest possible range of reproduction systems … which is engineer-speak that simply means they’ll sound good on anything. And that is the ultimate goal of any reference monitor. We should also mention that the HS-series monitors not only sound great, they look great, too.

Specifications

Focusrite OctoPre MkII Preamp

Overview

With eight channels of Focusrite preamplification and a built-in 24-bit / 96 kHz ADAT output, OctoPre MkII is Focusrite’s powerful input upgrade for your Pro Tools system, or any digital audio workstation. It’s also a great expansion for any analogue or digital console, or hard disk recorder.

The digital output allows you to make the most of often-neglected ADAT inputs; ideal for expanding the number of mic pre inputs on your interface. Connect OctoPre MkII to your audio interface’s ADAT input to create a high quality, multi-channel recording solution, ideal for tracking drums, as well guitars, keyboards, vocals and more.

Key Features

Specifications