Check out the new Korg Nanoseries USB powered slim-line controllers, perfect for dj’s on the road using DAW’s or recording software to make remixes. I’m liking the simple look and layout of all the controllers, although they look rather easy to break. The Nano Pad also looks like it might be useful as a sample pad for use during DJ sets.

Expected to release in October 2008.

There was recently an article on Mix Magazine that covered the top recording studios of 2008. Having worked as a sound engineer at a couple studios I definitely found myself drooling over some of the pictures. Although I ultimately decided that being an engineer wasn’t the right job for me (based on the obscene work hours, and my frightening dependence on caffeine), just seeing the array of beautiful studio architecture and enough audio equipment to play with for a lifetime, I couldn’t help but question whether I made the right choice to quit.

Here are a few pictures to wet your appetite, to see the full article click here.

These high-end turntables just keep coming out of nowhere…this time its the Acutus Reference Turntable. While this one certainly has a sleeker look than the Disc Master, its no easier on the pockets at $24,000. Even more baffling than the price, is the fact that the tonearm is sold seperately.

Oh and in case you were wondering what the box on the left is..its the power-supply.

Here’s another weird looking turntable I came across. It supposedly took the guy who made it several decades to finalize the design for this thing, which I find a bit surprising since it just looks like a deli meat slicer with a few extra knobs.

The Disc Master “uses an arrangement of opposing magnets to drive the platter, virtually eliminating any motor noise from the record/stylus interface” which in effect makes you “not hear the LP, an experience akin to riding in a car whose wheels do not touch the road”.

I’m all about superior sound quality, but at $17,000 this thing probably won’t make its way into my studio.

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