Music Matter Blog

For a limited time only Music Matter are offering customers a FREE sE Electronics Metal Pop Shield when you buy selected sE microphones.

All sE mic capsules are entirely built by hand. Even the chassis and flight cases are built in-house. In fact when you own an sE microphone you can be confident that every aspect of both the mic and its accessories has had the same unrivalled level of care and passion right throughout its design and manufacture. Even to the level that every single microphone that leaves the facility has undergone a personal listening test rather than simply being put through a machine – and it shows. continue reading…

Spark From Arturia is a highly creative drum machine combining the intuitive hands on control of hardware with the power and integration of software.

By using analog synthesis and physical modelling as well as samples, Spark’s sound engine opens a new realm of possibilities in drum design. Subtle fine tuning or dramatic transformations are available instantly at your fingertips, making Spark a flexible and intuitive instrument. continue reading…

Top producer, songwriter, and keyboard player Teddy Riley loves to break new ground, creating sounds nobody has heard before. He likes to work quickly and constantly strives for the best possible sound quality. That’s why his DAW of choice is PreSonus Studio One Pro.

Riley has been there and done that. He produced his first Billboard Hot 100 hit by the time he was 20 years old, and in subsequent years formed two hit-making R&B bands—Guy and Blackstreet—charted a number 1 single (Blackstreet’s “No Diggity”), and produced hits for a long list of major artists. Along the way, he pioneered New Jack Swing, a musical genre that combines smooth R&B vocals with hip-hop and dance-pop-style production, chock full of samples, loops, and hip-hop swing beats. continue reading…

Music Matter and Universal Audio are offering customers who purchase the top-of-the-line 6176 Vintage Channel Strip a flagship UAD-2 QUAD DSP Accelerator Card package for FREE worth £1239.00! continue reading…

The brand new string instrument for Kontakt labled Native Instruments Session Strings Pro has just arrived in stock. Session Strings Pro is much more than your average string virtual instrument, giving studio users the tools to create natural, expressive string tracks with a fluid, musical workflow within Kontakt.

Samson Technologies is renowned for good quality budget microphone solutions and has already released a number of USB microphones aimed at the computer recording market. The company’s latest version is called The Meteor Mic and, as you can see from the picture, it looks like it just landed from Mars and is carrying a number of very small aliens onboard.

What can we expect from a studio condenser mic with a 1” (25mm) condenser capsule that has a built-in audio interface and costs less than £100?

The features you find are clever indeed and really quite mindboggling for the mic’s tiny size. It fits into the palm of your hand and has three legs that pop out from the side of the microphone to form a very neat ‘table’ stand – perfect for sitting next to your laptop or computer keyboard. It also has a fitting underneath for use with a standard mic stand. This turns it into a studio microphone flexible enough to record acoustic guitars, vocals and any other real instrument you care to try it on. continue reading…

German based software giant Native Instruments adds another string to it’s bow with the announcement of Session Strings Pro, a brand string instrument for Kontakt available from the 1st June 2011.

Session Strings Pro is an 11-piece ensemble, recorded in four different settings for impeccable, flexible sound ideal for modern pop, RnB or commercial use. Most importantly, its fluid, uniquely musical work flow makes Session String’s Pro a truly playable instrument, and much more than just a string library.

Arturia’s respect for Bob Moog is shown by paying tribute to the father of synthesizers combining two classic Moog Synths in a limited edition pack. Arturia Dr Bobs’s Collector Pack includes the Minimoog-V2 and Moog Modular V2 Virtual Synthesizer’s that also includes a unique glimpse into Bob Moog’s life  by including an exclusive book of private archives from the Moog Foundation and a DVD documentary.

DJ Manufacturer Numark have introduced a brand new DJ Controller and Mixer labeled the Numark NS6 originally designed to control Serato DJ software, but will also work on other platforms like Traktor. NS-6 is a 4-channel Digital DJ controller with complete built in mixer and 4 decks of software control. This easy to use dual-platter system has been designed in collaboration with Serato to deliver powerful breakthrough performance to a broad range of DJs. NS6 borrows from the popular designs of Numark’s award-winning NS7FX and V7 controllers and delivers substantial new features including the most responsive, high-resolution touch-activated platters ever produced in a DJ product. The wheels on NS6 deliver 3600 ticks of resolution per rotation; when combined with NS6’s automatically adjusted platter sensitivity the result is ultra-precise, high definition turntable control. continue reading…

Steinberg have announced the release of two Rupert Neve legendary hardware units the 5033 EQ and 5043 Compressor as a VST plug-in for Cubase and other major Digital Audio Workstations. Steinberg’s VCM modeling technology provides an exact digital reproduction of the analog circuitry of the Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5033 EQ and 5043 Compressor / Limiter Duo hardware, bringing the warmth and sonic finesse of the legendary Neve sound to the digital recording environment.

Steinberg also offer both 5033 and 5043 plug-ins as a bundle saving you over £200 if you bought them separately.