Jan 1, 2011,
By George Petersen
Following the successful launch of its Onyx-i mixer series, Mackie now expands its Onyx Series with the Onyx Blackjack and Onyx Blackbird recording interfaces. Onyx Blackjack is a desktop 2x2 24-bit/48kHz unit with USB output. I was more interested in the single-rackspace Onyx Blackbird, a 16x16 24-bit/96kHz unit with eight Onyx mic preamps...
Dec 1, 2010,
By Brandon Hickey
NuGen Audio, based in the UK, makes a range of stereo-analysis and image-manipulation plug-in tools such as the SEQ 1/SEQ 2 linear-phase EQ and VisLM-H/C loudness meter. NuGen’s Stereo Pack suite ($179) features three imaging tools that offer some interesting new processing ideas.
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Dec 1, 2010,
By Barry Rudolph
The audio artistry of Rupert Neve is fully realized in the Portico II channel strip, which features his unique thinking on circuit design in its mic/line/DI input, EQ, VCA-based compressor and output sections. ...
Dec 1, 2010,
By Kevin Becka
About a year ago, a new microphone company based in Tucson, Ariz., released its first product: the Cloud JRS-34 ribbon. The mic is made entirely in the United States and owes its engine to Stephen Sank, the son of Jon R. Sank, who designed ribbon mics for RCA from the late 1950s to the early ’70s. The JRS-34 features the same ribbon used to refurbish countless RCA 44s, and promises high-quality, smooth performance. The mic is also available in a passive version for $300 less.
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Oct 25, 2010,
By Brandon Hickey
One fundamental problem that has always plagued audio engineers is the detrimental impact of excessive levels’ reverberation on the intelligibility of recorded speech tracks. So what happens in a film or TV production when a particular recorded take is the “best” take, yet speech articulation is lost to excessive reverberation? You can try to fix it in post-production—maybe.
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Oct 25, 2010,
By Brandon Hickey
In recent years, Tascam has released a range of portable, handheld recorders featuring built-in stereo mics and limited I/O. The DR-680 ups the ante, offering eight inputs, six XLR mic preamps, dedicated outs for each recording channel...
Oct 25, 2010,
By Bobby Frasier
Genelec has been creating speakers for pro applications since 1978 and “Minimum Diffraction Enclosure” (MDE) cabinet designs since 2004. Sitting 23 inches tall and weighing 60.5 pounds, its latest 8260A monitors feature the same MDE...
Oct 25, 2010,
By Chuck Ainlay
I started using Nuendo about 11 years ago, back when state-of-the-art, tape-based digital recording systems like Sony’s PCM-3348 seemingly became obsolete overnight. You had a choice: Use Pro Tools, or die the slow, painful death of becoming an irrelevant recording engineer. ...
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