From today new Scarlett and Clarett auido interfaces from Focusrite will come bundled with three free plugins from Softube.

Actually this offer also applies to anyone who bought one of the qualifying Focusrite interfaces on or after the 1st of September, 2015.

Thanks to online sharing sites like Soundcloud and YouTube, recording vocals simultaneously with acoustic guitar has become a common routine for many independent artists. If you play and sing and you want to get your music heard, here are some tips and recommendations to help you get great sounding tracks by capturing your live singing and guitar playing performance.

Whenever you're recording instruments directly, rather than through a mic, you'll get better results using a DI box rather than plugging directly into your audio interface. If you're unsure which DI Box is best for your home recording situation then read on...

Although the recommendations I've provided below are from the perspective of recording, I've presented versatile direct input boxes which can be used for live performance as well.

This is an amazing achievement - for the third year running Universal Audio has won the audio interface category which is called "Computer Audio Hardware" at the 2015 TEC Awards.

This year it was the Apollo Twin that won it for them - it's their 2x6 Mac Thunderbolt audio interface.

What makes this feat even more impressive is the competition they overcame to win the award. The other nominees were MOTU's 1248, RME's FireFace 802, Focusrite's RedNet 6 MADI Bridge, Antelope Audio's Zen Studio, and Lynx's Aurora TB.

Arturia has officially announced their much trumpeted portable AudioFuse audio interface at NAMM 2015.

The name is derived from the fact that Arturia has fused together the features on many different audio interfaces into a single unit.

It uses AKM Premium 24bit AD/DA converters with a maximum sampling rate of 192kHz.

Not only did Les Paul revolutionize the modern electric guitar, he also did the same for multitrack recording, overdubbing, phasing effects and tape delay. His technical achievements also had him admitted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame in addition to being admitted to the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Sangwook "Sunny" Nam founded Jacob's Well Mastering in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, in 2012, but before that he earned an impressive list of mastering credits including Keith Urban, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Jackson Browne, George Benson, and Rita Wilson just to name a few.

Why are Valve or Tube Mic Preamps So Revered?

A much sought-after addition to a recording setup, home or professional, is a tube pre-amp/channel strip. This is generally added to inject some colour, or character to the vocal sound recorded, bringing a sense of analogue warmth.

Even within DAW recording set-ups, a classic preamp software plugin is usually regarded as a 'must-have'.

Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. is currently celebrating their 25th year in business, but did you know that the brand Focusrite is actually 29 years old?

It was actually started by the legendary Rupert Neve who designed the original Focusrite console.