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The Lewitt RAY is a smart XLR condenser microphone with AURA sensor-based tone shaping, mute-by-distance and a record-ready sound for podcasting, voiceover, streaming and music production. In this review, I look at how well those features work in real use.

NUX’s flagship practice amp does it all: You can play it wirelessly, it has a rechargeable battery, footswitch for looper/drum machine/switching channels, USB recording, jam tracks and even a speaker out. But is it good?

Reamping with Line 6 Helix explained in a practical home studio way, including dry DI tracks, USB routing and why reamping can save your guitar tones later.

Excerpt: Guitar reamping explained in a practical home studio way, from recording DI tracks to sending them back through amps, modelers and pedals.

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