Whitney Houston, the Queen of Pop and a voice that captivated an entire generation of music lovers, has died at age 48. Her voice, powerful song arrangements, and outstanding live performances cemented her spot in music industry fame.

Ms. Houston was dead Saturday afternoon at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles. No cause of death was immediately reported.

This past week at NAMM, lots of great new software products were introduced. Many of them take advantage of Pro Tools 10's features; in fact, many of them rely on the new floating-point processing and better disk usage of Pro Tools 10 in big ways.

Check out our latest Pro Tools guide, Inside Pro Tools 10. You'll learn about all the new features in this latest version of Pro Tools, and how you can help your studio by upgrading.

As I've mentioned before, I've found a few great brands of gear that always stand up to the test of not only the recording studio, but the live sound environment, as well -- all while staying within a budget-friendly price. Two such products recently came out from KAM Instruments, and I recently took them both for a test drive.

Check out the reviews of these two great microphones: C3 and Atmosphere. They're both really interesting mics with great capabilities and awesome sound quality, and within reach of any project studio. Enjoy!

Ever wondered how club producers get their amazing low end? Ever wonder how today's best live sound engineers add that extra punch to their live show? It's all in subharmonic synthesis.

As part of our home recording glossary, check out this detailed entry. You'll learn the basics of using subharmonic synthesis, and how engineers like you are using it to achieve great results.