The mixing desk is more than a practical studio utility. At the risk of sounding romantic, I’m going to suggest it’s also a symbolic piece of kit, steeped in the history of hands-on audio engineering ...

There comes a point in every engineer’s life at which they need a mixing desk, and for me that point is now. But the marketplace for a cheap small mixer just ain’t what it used to be.

It might have a retro look, but Tascam says that its new Studio Bridge is designed to solve a thoroughly modern problem: to connect the analogue and digital recording worlds. What we have here is ...