M-Audio's Sputnik and Pulsars

Starting this month you are going to see a new feature on HowAudio.com, Product Spotlight. These videos are to assist you in your purchasing decisions by showing you how these different products perform in real-life situations.

The first edition will feature M-Audio's Sputnik and Pulsar microphones. We start off by putting the $1000 (retail) Sputnik up against the $4000 (retail) U-87 on an acoustic guitar. You will be pleasantly surprised. All these mics are utilized in a real-life home recording situation where we used just the M-Audio mics to track acoustic guitar, a baby-grand piano and a drum kit.

No EFX, no compression, no nothing - just the instrument and the mics.

Cubase 4: Stacked Mode 2 Recording

Cubase 4 Audio Cycle Mode Recording - taken from HowAudio.com's Cubase 4 tutorial, Matt demonstrates the power of Stacked Mode 2 Recording. This feature allows for recording on multiple tracks while playback can be taken from segments of each individual tracks.

When I first watched this tutorial I was amazed at the capabilities of Cubase. Since I've been around ProTools for so long I wouldn't even consider another DAW, but this . . . . well . . . we'll see. Logic 8 is also very cool, especially for the price.

The entire Cubase tutorial should be available next week.

Check out ever expanding library of tutorials at www.HowAudio.com.