Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

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Hell Yes Loop Lab releases Echotrip tape echo effect plugin

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Hell Yes Loop Lab has announced a new tape echo effect plugin that is designed to bring warm, textured repeats and a moving transport that responds to what you play.

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