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hey guys johnathan here with TLD continuing you 12 days of top fives this time we are looking at the top 5 musician Tec so whether you play guitar drop fat beats or just want to improve your audio this top 5 is for you so kicking off the list is actually what is being used to record this episode and that is one of my favourite USB mics the blue Yeti now to me this is the Swiss Army knives of USB mics whether you want to do podcasting voiceovers or record guitar this thing will do it all so this has a try capsule array what that means in English is there are three condenser capsules sandwiched inside and that leads to multiple pattern options which equals maximum flexibility on the front there's a built-in mute button and volume control which is going to work in conjunction with the built-in a headphone output on the flip side is where you choose from your different pattern stereo cardioid omnidirectional and bi-directional now for a more detailed explanation of what each mode does that'll be linked down below along with pricing and availability but in this case for voice over work I am using the cardioid pattern which also works great for acoustic guitar so as you can see or here rather this is a stellar and versatile USB microphone it's plug-and-play it's under 150 bucks and in addition to this blackout Edition what you guys are looking at here it also comes in silver platinum and black next up this cover is a question that I get quite a bit on Twitter and that is what is a good inexpensive set of desktop audio monitors now in this case monitors refer to speakers but not something like you'd find in Best Buy where they're going to enhance the base or color the sound this is going to give you a flat response so what you hear is actually what was recorded that's going to give you maximum flexibility in terms of editing accuracy so these are the tannoy reveal 402 studio monitors they feature four inch woofers and three-quarter inch tweeters and even a base port towards the bottom so you're going to get accurate low-end now in the back side there is a handful of ins and outs you have quarter-inch XLR eighth inch so no matter what you have to plug in you're more than likely covered you also have EQ volume control and there's actually a pretty sweet little led when you turn these bad boys on now professional audio monitors can go over 500 bucks even over a thousand bucks you can actually grab a pair of these for under 250 and it's one of the best investments you can make for your audio if you don't have a lot of cash to spend so next up is the iRig Pro from Ike a multimedia and just like the blue Yeti this is a multi-purpose multi used piece of audio gear now this will actually work with both iOS and Mac and what's cool is it actually comes included with both 30 pin and lightning cables so you'll be able to record right out of the box on a multitude of iOS devices so this is kind of like the ultimate portable studio tool you can throw in your bag because it has a combo inputs you can throw in either guitar or XLR it has phantom power for condenser microphones and in this case here's an example of guitar being played into the iRig Pro into an iPad so if you already own an iPad or Mac and you've been looking to jump into audio recording but don't really know where to start or don't want to spend a whole lot of money this sounds great is super versatile and might be just what you're looking for next up this is for you beat makers out there I'm gonna hand this off to my main man DOM who drops fat beats on the daily and that's quite possibly the most badass intro tune on the YouTube so Dom take it away that's right we are talking about this guy right behind me which is the Samson carbon 49 USB MIDI controller and this is one of my personal favorites with the Samson carbon you are getting a semi weighted keyboard with 49 velocity sensitive keys a compact design and it's perfect for pretty much anything we have an assignable data encoder a volume slider edit key for adjusting up to 14 control parameters and dedicated transpose in octave buttons it also includes a MIDI output on the back and a sustain pedal input along with the USB connections in addition to that the Samson carbon 49 also includes a dedicated iPad slot and it works with an iPad or an iPad Mini all you have to do is use Apple's lightning to USB adapter plug it in and you are all set up and if that wasn't enough the Samson carbon 49 also comes bundled with Native Instruments Komplete elements so you can get everything set up and making beats right out of the box so if you'd like to check it out you can pick up the Samson carbon 49 for only 99 bucks and that link will be down below so you guys can check out Dom's channel linked down below he hopes you have a great day and we are closing out today's list with one of my favorite pieces of tech of 2014 that is the Apollo twin by Universal audio now if you're looking for quality this is hands down the best interface under a grand you can get for Mac this features 24 bit 192 kilohertz audio it's Thunderbolt equips are gonna get PCI Express connection this is packing to premium super low noise preamps and this is multifunction so you can throw either Mike or lime in there you also get two line outs and right there on the front there's a high Z and put four instruments like guitar and bass and also a headphone output now as you can see aesthetically and functionally this thing is top-notch but it also sounds damn - the big thing with universal audio in addition to the actual hardware is the software because there's processing inside the interface you can actually track in real time through compressors EQ use tape machines and even guitar amps so here we got a guitar running real time into one of their built-in amp sims now I also got an API strip running on the guitar a tutor fattening up the drums and this is all in real time so if you're a little more advanced into audio reporting you're looking to take that step up into the best the best this is definitely something you want to check out that will have both models and availability linked down below so that wraps up today's video we are continuing the streak the twelve days of top 5 the other one will be linked down below just in case you missed those if you guys want to see the street continue definitely go crazy on that like button it is much appreciated and you guys know every single one of you gets a virtual high five to your faces again everything that I showed off in this video is linked down below along with where you can pick one up again this is Jonathan with TLD and I will see you guys tomorrow with the next 12 days of top box