Home Studio Gear
Everything published on Viyolens under Home Studio Gear — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Behringer Touch for Beginners: A Complete Guide
New gear is always a little daunting on day one — here's a patient, step-by-step way into your first session with a Behringer X-Touch.
Common Behringer Touch Mistakes to Avoid
None of these are embarrassing — they're just the sort of Behringer X-Touch mistakes nobody warns you about until you've already made them.
Weighted Key Midi for Beginners: A Complete Guide
Starting with weighted key MIDI? This guide walks you through choosing your first keyboard, setting it up, and avoiding beginner pitfalls.
49 Key Midi Keyboard: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Choosing a 49 key MIDI keyboard is easy to get wrong from a spec sheet. This buyer's guide covers what actually matters — key feel, aftertouch, controls, and software bundles.
The Complete Guide to Attenuator Amplifier
An attenuator amplifier lets you achieve the rich, overdriven tones of a cranked tube amp at manageable volume levels. Perfect for home studios, flats and small venues.
Akg Acoustics Headphones: A Complete Buyer's Guide
Buying AKG headphones well comes down to matching design to job and headphone to source. Here's the practical checklist before you spend anything.
Common Akg Acoustics Headphones Mistakes to Avoid
Most disappointment with AKG headphones traces back to a mismatch between the model and the job, not a flaw in the headphones themselves.
The Best Apogee Electronics for the Money
There's no single best Apogee Electronics interface — only the best one for what you actually record. Here's how the range splits by use case.
The Best Akg Acoustics Headphones for the Money
The best AKG headphones aren't one model, they're whichever tier actually matches your job. Here's how the range breaks down, tier by tier.
The Best Yamaha Hs5s for the Money
It's one speaker, not a range to compare, so here's how to actually spend your money around the Yamaha HS5 wisely, tier by tier.
Guitar Wall Mount Explained: Features, Types and Tips
Getting your guitar off the floor and onto the wall is one of the cheapest upgrades your room can get — here's how the hardware actually works.
The Ultimate Guide to Akai Mpk Mini
What's actually on this compact MIDI controller, how it fits into a modern setup, and where it genuinely falls short.
Akg Headphones: A Complete Buyer's Guide
A practical, no-nonsense checklist for buying AKG headphones, from deciding your use case to what actually needs checking before you pay.
Apogee Electronics Explained: Features, Types and Tips
From a single USB microphone to a 32-channel studio system, here's what Apogee Electronics actually builds and how the whole range fits together.
Yamaha Hs5 Explained: Features, Types and Tips
The Yamaha HS5's spec sheet explained properly: frequency response, connections, rear-panel switches and where it fits against the HS7 and HS8.
The Ultimate Guide to Behringer Touch
Physical faders, real knobs, no more mouse-only mixing — here's what the Behringer X-Touch family actually does, and why a keyboard player might want one.
Common Akg Headphones Mistakes to Avoid
From tracking in the wrong design to trusting unverified rankings, here are the AKG headphones mistakes worth knowing about before they cost you.
Focusrite Explained: Features, Types and Tips
From a bedroom Scarlett Solo to the professional ISA C8X, here's what Focusrite actually makes and how the range fits together.
The Complete Guide to Behringer Amp
Behringer amplifiers deliver solid performance and professional-grade features at remarkably affordable prices, making them ideal for home studios, practice, and small venues.
Common Headphone Splitter Mistakes to Avoid
I've heard the same headphone splitter complaints so many times I can predict them — here's what's actually going wrong.
Headphone Splitter: A Complete Buyer's Guide
No hype, just the checks that matter: here's exactly what to confirm before you buy a headphone splitter.
The Best Headphone Splitters for the Money
There's no single best headphone splitter — here's how to pick the right category for what you're actually doing.
Headphone Splitter for Beginners: A Complete Guide
It's simpler than it looks — here's the one decision that matters before you buy your first headphone splitter.
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49 Key MIDI Keyboard
A versatile MIDI controller size for composing, software instruments and desk-based production workflows.
Akai Mpk Mini
The akai mpk mini is a compact controller keyboard for beat making, software control and portable studio work.
AKG Headphones
Reliable AKG headphones for tracking, mixing and everyday studio monitoring.
Focusrite
Discover Focusrite studio gear for recording, monitoring and producing music with dependable sound quality and easy ever...
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Focusrite Scarlett
Find Focusrite Scarlett interfaces and bundles for simple setup, clean recording and dependable studio performance.
Guitar Wall Mount
A guitar wall mount offers secure, space-saving storage for acoustic, electric and bass guitars in homes and studios.
Warm Audio Microphone
Warm Audio microphones suit musicians who want characterful, studio-ready recording sound for vocals and instruments.
Yamaha Hs5
Compact and accurate, the Yamaha HS5 is ideal for small studios, mixing, editing and critical nearfield monitoring.
