Barry Rudolph

By Barry Rudolph Shure launched the Nexadyne Series in 2022 with two handheld vocal mics: the 8C cardioid and 8S supercardioid. Three years later, at the 2025 NAMM Show in January, the company debuted three new dynamic models in the Nexadyne line: the NXN2 kick drum, NXN6 snare/tom and NXN5 for guitar amps. Intended for both live sound and studio use, these are all supercardioid dynamics designed for close-miking individual drums within the kit, and for guitar amps.

Kazrog’s KClip 3 is an intelligently designed audio clipper and a multi-band track saturator that has unique features to implement just the right amount of this modern process to suit your musical taste and genre. I have to admit this is an all-new process for me while mixing music, but I am impressed using KClip 3 to not only get the “cleanest loud” possible because of digital oversampling but also as a special effect and analog color maker with lots of presets.

D'Addario's Humidipak Absorb ensures instruments are protected and safely maintained at a stable relative humidity, ideal for any climate or locations with humidity levels above 50 percent. Wooden instruments can be damaged when exposed to excessive humidity levels, suffering from string buzzes, warped necks, cracks, and other structural damage.