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Field Test: Waves Transform Plug-In Bundle
We've always thought of Waves as a manufacturer of solid, straightforward studio tools, but recently, the company has branched out with some really creative...
Barry Rudolph is a Contributing Technical Editor at Mix Magazine; Music Mixer/Instructor at Tones 4 $ Studios; "New Toys" columnist for Music Connection Magazine; Contributing Writer for Resolution; and Editor/writer for Gear Lust. He explains, "Throughout my college years, I worked nights as a digital test tech for SoCal aerospace firms on NASA space programs. I started with the love of electronics in grade school and then music from being in a Rock band in high school and later on as a music mixer. After graduating college, I wondered into a recording studio and three years later engineered a #1 record."
2004
Field Test: Yamaha SPX2000 Multi-Effects Processor
Using the new Yamaha SPX2000 is like visiting with an old reliable friend.
2003
Field Test: Peavey Kosmos Pro
Kosmos Pro is an expanded version of Peavey's original Kosmos subharmonic enhancement system.
2003
Field Test: Manley Laboratories SLAM!
The SLAM! (Stereo Limiter And Mic pre) defies categorization, combining an updated version of Manley's stalwart ELOP opto-limiter with a new FET-based brickwall limiter...
Consoles
Field Test: Dangerous Music Monitor, MQ, 2-Bus and Mixer
Dangerous Music is leading the way to a brave new world with a line of professional recording studio interfacing tools that facilitate the highest-quality...
2003
Chandler Limited LTD-1
The Chandler Limited LTD-1 is so close to the original 1073 Neve module that it's almost scary.
Facilities
Genex Throws a DSD Surround Playback Party
On May 12, Genex hosted a special playback session in Cello Studios' (Hollywood) Studio 1, where attendees got a glimpse into the rarefied world...
2003
TC Electronic Reverb 4000
Producers and recording engineers recognize that only a handful of digital reverbs are worthy of the title “main reverb.” These are all great-sounding units...
Microphones
Audio-Technica AT3060
The AT3060 tube condenser microphone is a new addition to Audio-Technica's 30 Series but with a twist: Its onboard tube electronics are 48-volt, phantom-powered...
Microphones
Field Test: Audio-Technica AE2500 Dual-Element Mic
A totally new, innovative mic design, the Audio-Technica AE2500 uses specifically designed dynamic and condenser cardioid transducers mounted side-by-side in perfect phase alignment in...
2003
Universal Audio 6176 Channel Strip
Universal Audio's Model 6176 Channel Strip is a two-rackspace unit containing one channel from UA's Class-A 2-610 tube mic preamp and a UA 1176LN...
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Surround Interview Extras
Our featured producers share their views on the center channel, checking their mixes and surround encoding options. ____________________________________________________
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Signal Processing and Methods in Surround Mixing
Mix talked to eight professional surround engineer/producers about signal processing in surround. Here's what they had to say.
2003
Chandler Limited TG1
With its style and sound, the Chandler Limited TG1 seems to be from another age plucked from a time capsule. This stereo limiter/compressor is...
Daw -Recorders
Field Test: Akai Professional DPS24
Akai Professional's DPS24 builds on the company's DPS12 and DPS16 workstations with a lot of genetic material borrowed from its high-end post-production
Monitors
Wharfedale Diamond Series 8.1
Wharfedale's Diamond Series was introduced in 1981 and with each new iteration, continues to win hi-fi magazine awards for its great sound and value.
New Products
Cube-Tec AudioCube 5
AudioCube 5 is an advanced 24-bit/192kHz, integrated audio workstation for analysis, restoration, editing, archival, CD/DSD/SACD mastering and DVD-A authoring.
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WINDOWS MEDIA 9 SERIES LAUNCH
Sept. 4, 2002, Hollywood All eyes were on the Hollywood and Highland Media Complex for Microsoft's launch of the Windows Media 9 Series. After...
Monitors
Emes Owl Speaker System
The Owl Speaker System is an active, two-way studio monitor loudspeaker system that projects a stereo sound image from a single enclosure. This new...
2002
Vintech X81 Preamp/EQ
The Vintech Audio X81 combines a single-channel, Class-A mic preamp, based on the classic Neve 1073 channel module, with an expanded 4-band equalizer
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Digidesign Pro Tools
Even though many of us are Pro Tools veterans with years of experience, there are always a few new tricks to learn. Here are...
2002
Universal Audio 2108
The whole look, feel, vibe and sound of the Universal Audio 2108 Dual Mic/Instrument Preamplifier say to me. Maybe it's the black-anodized front, no-nonsense
2002
SPL Kultube
New equipment from Sound Performance Lab is always worth checking out, as the company always offers unique approaches to complex audio processing with
Microphones
DPA Microphones 3532-T
The DPA Microphones 3532-T stereo microphone kit is a great introduction to recording with spaced-pair, omnidirectional microphones. Packaged in a spill-proof,
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Native Instruments Spektral Delay 1.0
Spektral Delay is a Pro Tools stereo delay plug-in that divides incoming audio into up to 1,024 discrete frequency bands with separate modulation effects,
Microphones
AKG C-451 B
Although the mic was designed as an homage to its famed ancestry, I'm glad AKG chose not to call the new C-451 B a...
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SURROUND 2001 CONFERENCE AND SHOWCASE
(Beverly Hills) The posh Beverly Hilton Hotel was the site for the third annual Surround Conference and Technology Showcase, December 7-8. Over 550 people
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Steinberg VST System Link
Steinberg, which invented VST (Virtual Studio Technology) in 1996, debuts VST System Link, a new protocol for interconnecting multiple computers by way
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Native Instruments Absynth
Native Instruments' Absynth exploits the vast potential of computer-based, virtually modeled analog synthesis. Synthesizer sound-generation techniques,
Microphones
Shure KSM27
I can't help but feel the love from a company that broadens its product line by offering a lower-priced model that could directly compete...
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Focusrite Penta
The Focusrite Penta, the fifth product in the Platinum range, is a stereo compressor with 16 editable preset settings housed in a two-rackspace chassis.
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Steinberg HALion 1.1
HALion is a professional, 32-bit streaming sampler that runs under any VST 2.0-compatible host application on either Mac or PC computers. HALion supports
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Celemony Melodyne 1.0
Melodyne is a stand-alone program that analyzes monophonic audio such as vocals or solo string and brass instruments and allows changes in both pitch
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Electrix Repeater
It's hard not to smile when using the Electrix Repeater. This loop-based recording system is finally available with a new Version 1.1 operating system.
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Soundelux ELUX 251
Most people would rank the multipatterned Telefunken ELA M251E/250E as one of the three most sought-after tube condenser microphones, alongside the Neumann
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Vintech Audio X73
The Vintech X73 is a single-channel microphone preamp/equalizer based on the venerable Neve 1073 channel strip module. Vintech Audio has been in the business
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Groove Tubes Vipre
The Vipre is an all-tube, single-channel microphone preamplifier that precisely matches any microphone new or old with a choice of four different input-load
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Millennia Media STT-1 Origin
The STT-1 Origin is a single-channel recording chain that combines all of the functions of Millennia Media's best products in a single two-rackspace unit.
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TL Audio VTC
Razor-blade editing, 1-inch, 8-track tape decks and real echo chambers have already gone the way of the dodo bird, yet British tube specialist TL...
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DOLBY OPENS NEW L.A. OFFICE
Dolby Laboratories celebrated the opening of its brand-new Burbank office building with a huge party on March 21, demonstrating the company's service
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D.W. Fearn VT-4
VACUUM TUBE LC EQUALIZER With an uncompromising approach to audio processing, D.W. Fearn's VT-4 Vacuum Tube LC EQ follows in the steps of the...
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Fairlight QDC
Representing millions of R&D dollars and more than two years of development, Fairlight's QDC (Quad Digital Channel) technology is designed to greatly