12/08/2015
"That's a cool radio," says my eight-year-old son as I slide the Digitech Live Performance Intelligent Vocal Harmony Processor out of its box. He inexplicably but rather endearingly loves all things vintage and veteran; ...
03/07/2013
Having done a similar review of portable PA systems for NZM four or five years ago, I was keen to see how advancing technology had changed the world of small-scale public address. As I was about to find out, the gap between ...
26/06/1993
Moana has a pretty high profile, for someone who's about to release her first album (mid-July 1993). She says it's on account of her numerous singles (she's lost count how many there've been since her first in 1982). There ...
17/03/2026
Being runner-up in The Voice Australia 2024 is just one of many high profile accomplishments Jaedyn Randell has ticked off ahead of her own mid-twenties. Three starring roles in Disney Reo Māori films mean her voice is well ...
04/03/2026
Nikau Te Huki, the Wellington-based indigenous songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Casual Healing, has spent the past year crafting and releasing an eclectic, genre-bending body of work bound together with a message ...
21/04/2021
Stormy wind and rain didn’t stop an appreciative 300-strong crowd turning out to Auckland’s Q Theatre on April 20 to witness singer-songwriter Reb Fountain winning the 2021 Taite Music Prize, for her break-out album ...
14/04/2021
Te Māngai Pāho is seeking applications for their Breakthrough Music Project Funding. This contestable funding opportunity supports the recording and promotion of reo Māori multi-song projects. Priority is given to ...
16/11/2020
For the second year running, Benee has claimed the crown as Kiwi music’s ‘Queen Bee’, taking home another set of four Tuis from the freshly re-named Aotearoa Music Awards 2020, held at Spark Arena in Auckland on Sunday, ...
11/11/2020
APRA have announced the producers and songwriters who will be taking part in the new Reo Māori SongHubs 2020 programme. The collaborative songwriting wānanga, will bring together experts in music creation and waiata reo ...
09/10/2020
Finalists for the newly renamed Aotearoa Music Awards | Nga Tohu Puoro o Aotearoa, (the Tuis) have been announced. Longtime fan favourites Six60, who coincidentally have a feature film due out in November, are frontrunners ...
27/08/2015
This Tutors' Tutorial article is meant for those who have limited microphones, limited pre-amps/converters, and limited experience – but are still wanting to record a drum kit! If you do have limited prior experience ...
15/09/2014
If you've ever recorded a sound source with two or more microphones simultaneously, chances are you have encountered phase problems. Unless correctly aligned, the sound from your instrument would enter each of the microphones ...
09/05/2013
While sub-mixing may at first glance seem like lacklustre housekeeping for your recording project, its actually about far more than simple organisation. Sub-mixing gives you greater control and with that control comes greater ...
24/04/2013
Nowadays, singing isn’t about what someone sounds like, it’s about what they look like when they sing. It’s about their back-story, presentation, attitude, personality and so many factors unrelated to song-craft and ...
09/05/2012
Just as a facemask can hide the identity of its wearer, so can a sound wave hide the identity of another. Masking is a psycho-acoustic phenomenon that occurs when one sound conceals another sound. The effects of masking can ...