Brandon Stoner

1 week ago | allthingsgear.com | Brandon Stoner

Regardless if you’re a project studio warrior, run a professional facility, or a streamer or podcaster a good audio interface is a must-have. The best audio interfaces have clean preamps with good dynamic range, crystal clear conversion, and the I/O you need to accommodate the signals you’ll be sending it and expand as necessary. Here are three of our favorites that cover different types of production setups.

2 weeks ago | allthingsgear.com | Brandon Stoner

It might seem like it sometimes, but outboard studio gear is still part of hybrid recording studio setups everywhere. Plugins are convenient and have gotten very realistic, but a lot of producers and engineers prefer a tactile feel when they dial in processing. We’ve covered a lot of the best outboard studio gear in previous pieces. Here we pull together a “best of” list from them to give you an easy overview of our top picks.

1 month ago | allthingsgear.com | Brandon Stoner

If you’re looking for some different options on the front end than what comes with your interface, this list of the best budget channel strips is a great place to start. In the analog days, channel strips weren’t outboard hardware, but were instead modules built into frame consoles. Some were simple, with only a preamp and an EQ. But the higher-end consoles (like those from Solid State Logic) would often feature robust signal processing.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Brandon Stoner

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2 months ago | guitar.com | Brandon Stoner

Historical Marker for Eddie Lang in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. Image: Nick philly, CC BY SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)March 11, 2025 March 11, 2025 When you purchase through affiliate links on Guitar.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn moreEddie Lang’s name almost never comes up in conversations about guitar heroes. Perhaps it’s because in the time that he operated, the idea of a guitar hero was pretty much nonexistent.