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Product of the Week: Solid State Logic S500m
This week at NAB in Las Vegas, Solid State Logic unwrapped the S500m mixing console, the latest addition to its System T line of...
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Wireless Audio 2019: New Systems, New Products
No market segment has to stay on its toes and continually innovate like the manufacturers of wireless audio systems and products.
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Shure Introduces TwinPlex
Today, at the 2019 NAB Show, Shure unveiled TwinPlex™, the Company’s new line of premium subminiature (5 mm) omnidirectional lavalier and headset microphones. Designed...
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Focusrite Launches “The Focusrite Pro Podcast” at NAB 2019
NAB Show, Las Vegas, NV, April 8, 2019 – Expanding upon its status as a worldwide thought leader in Audio-over-IP and related technologies, Focusrite...
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Product of the Week: FeelYourSound.com ChordPotion
I’m extremely comfortable and confident recording guitar parts in the studio. The same is true with bass and several other stringed instruments. Keyboards, however,...
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L-Acoustics Announces New ARCS Family of Scalable Rental Solutions
Frankfurt, Germany – April 2019 – Prolight + Sound, Hall 8.0 / booth H85, Galleria demo room Symmetrie 2+3 – As the market leader...
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Yamaha Launches DXRmkII Powered Loudspeakers
BUENA PARK, Calif. (April 2, 2019) — Yamaha today announced the DXRmkII series of powered loudspeakers—DXR15mkII, DXR12mkII, DXR10mkII and DXR8mkII—which offers enhanced performance and...
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Product of the Week: Adamson S-Series Loudspeakers
Scheduled to debut at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, next week are four new additions to the S-Series from Adamson Systems Engineering: the...
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Product of the Week: LiquidSonics Lustrous Plates
If you have Slate Digital’s Everything Bundle, you’ll be familiar with LiquidSonics, the maker of VerbSuite Classics, one of the included plug-ins. LiquidSonics’ latest...
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Steinberg Unveils Nuendo 10 at GDC
HAMBURG, Germany — Steinberg today announced the upcoming availability of Nuendo 10 at the GDC Expo in San Francisco. Since its inception in 2000,...
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34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards Winners
Winners in 23 technical and eight creative excellence categories were announced at the 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards on Jan. 26, during the NAMM...
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Product of the Week: Blue Microphones Ember
Okay, I know what you’re going to say. “This is Mix. You’re focused on pro audio. What are you doing covering a $99 large-diaphragm...
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Product of the Week: Audient ID44 Audio Interface
I’ve been a fan of Audient’s interfaces for a while now. I reviewed and later bought an ID14, and I’ve tried out the ID22,...
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Product of the Week: Audified ToneSpot Bass Pro
The Czech Republic-based developer Audified has put out several mixing plug-ins in recent years that are dedicated to specific sources and feature a relatively...
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Product of the Week: Nemesis CCS-2 Computer Control Switch
Here’s a great idea that’s long overdue: The CCS-2 from Nemesis is a rackmount device that allows two computer systems to share a keyboard,...
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PMC Launches New Generation of IB2S Active Studio Monitors
More power, more detail and more flexibility are the attributes the most discerning music makers get when they invest in PMC’s new IB2S-AII and...
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Product of the Week: MOTU Digital Performer 10
Digital Performer has long been one of the most comprehensive and reliable DAWs, both for music production and for film and TV scoring—for which...
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Product of the Week: QSC CP Series Compact Powered Loudspeakers
QSC’s CP Series of active loudspeakers were developed to bring the company’s tradition of performance and reliability to a very friendly price point for...
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Product of the Week: Steinberg AXR4 Audio Interface
It’s NAMM time again, and the new-product barrage has begun. With the flurry of announcements, it can be hard to focus on particular items,...
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Product of the Week: Appsolute Software V-Remote
Intended for use with Avid S3L, SC-48, Profile and D-Show mixing systems, V-Remote from Appsolute Software is an iPad app that enables remote control...
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Product of the Week: PreSonus Fat Channel Collection, Volume 1
Designed for use in conjunction with its StudioLive Series III mixers, the Fat Channel Collection of plug-ins from PreSonus can be used to expand...
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Product of the Week: Icon Pro Audio QCon G2 Control Surface
I’ve always had mixed feelings about control surfaces. While the idea of mixing with tactile faders, knobs and switches is appealing, I’ve never really...
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Product of the Week: DPA d:fine CORE 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone
Weighing in at only 0.40 ounces, DPA’s d:fine CORE 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone boasts one of the smallest condenser capsules on the planet. Measuring...
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Product of the Week: Cubase 10
Today’s DAW market is fiercely competitive, which has led to rapid growth of features and capabilities in most of the major applications. Almost every...
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Product of the Week: Alcons Audio LR18B line array bass
Designed to provide low-frequency extension to the company’s LR18 mid-sized line arrays, Alcons Audio’s LR18B is a front-loaded subwoofer that can be deployed as...
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Product of the Week: Zoom F8n Field Recorder
Zoom’s F8n Field Recorder is an 8-channel, 10-track portable digital recorder that incorporates several important changes over its predecessor, the F8. Eight locking mic/line...
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Steinberg Cubase 10 Released
HAMBURG, Germany — Steinberg today officially unveiled the highly anticipated release of the latest version of its award-winning DAW: Cubase 10. Cubase Pro 10...
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Product of the Week: TASCAM Model 24—It Only Looks Retro
If you’re old enough to remember the TASCAM Portastudio, you’re sure to get a pang of nostalgia when you see the new TASCAM Model...
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Mix Blog Live: Power Steering
The idea of “steering” a P.A. is nothing new. Renkus-Heinz and EAW have been producing steerable loudspeaker arrays since the early 2000s (the ICONYX...
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Product of the Week: Sanken CU-31 and CU-32 Microphones
Responding to demand, Sanken announced at the AES Convention last week that the company is reintroducing its CU-31 and CU-32 condenser microphones to the...
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Product of the Week: Apogee FX Rack Plug-Ins
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name Apogee? Hardware, right? That was certainly my mindset when I walked into...
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Product of the Week: Mackie MC Series Headphones
Intended for use in a variety of applications, Mackie’s MC Series of headphones debuts with the MC-150 and MC-250. Both models feature closed-back ear...
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Product of the Week: Celemony Melodyne 4.2 With Logic Pro X Support
If you’re a user of Celemony Melodyne 4 who works in Logic Pro X, the newly released Melodyne 4.2, provides a significantly improved workflow...
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New Products for October 2018: AES New York Preview
New studio and live sound products from Universal Audio, Waves, iZotope, Vienna Symphonic Library, Neutrik, TASCAM, Prism Sound, Audio-Technica, Genelec, Sommer Cable, Soundtheory, Steinberg,...
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More From Geoff Emerick
There are more words of wisdom from The Beatles' recording engineer than we could fit in print. Check out what Emerick also had to...
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Zoom’s H3-VR Handy Recorder Captures, Encodes, Decodes Spatial Audio in One Device
Audio recorder’s 4-capsule Ambisonic mic captures four channels of 360-degree audio up to 24-bit/96 kHz.
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PreSonus Updates Studio One to Version 4.1
Update overhauls Pipeline XT, steps up Tempo Track editing, improves AAF support and strengthens Note Repeat power.
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New Products for September 2018
New studio and live sound products from SPL, Universal Audio, CEDAR Audio, Genelec, McDSP, Danley Sound Labs, Allen & Heath and Yamaha.
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Mix Blog Studio: Truly Mobile
The idea of being able to record anywhere is compelling. Whether you do field recording or just want to be able to work on...
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Mix Blog Studio: Farewell to Noise
Recently, two innovative noise-reduction plug-ins, Audionamix IDC (Instant Dialogue Cleaner) and McDSP NR800, have hit the market. Though quite different in design and application,...
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Mix Blog Studio: Cool Plug-Ins from the Land of the Euro
There’s no shortage of music-software developers out there, and sometimes because of the glut of companies, it’s hard to keep up with them all....
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New Products for August 2018
New Studio and Live Sound Products from TransAudio Group, PreSonus, Vienna Symphonic Library, Avantone Pro, Genelec, Roland, Solid State Logic, RCF, VUE Audiotechnik and...
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Studio Consoles/Boards/Desks 2018
Console or controller? It’s a silly argument. You want to record clean tracks and you want to mix quality recordings. Some prefer faders, some...
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The Digital Tail Wagging the Vintage Dog
For many recording musicians and home-studio engineers in the digital age, the sound and behavior of vintage hardware is defined largely by digital emulations...
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The Silicon Mic Locker
It strikes me as a wee bit odd that last week in this space I was talking about commercial studios with real consoles and...