Reviews
Field Test: Sony DMX-P01 24-bit/96k Mixer
A Solid, Portable Digital Machine From a Pro Audio Native
Field Test: Thermionic Culture The Phoenix Compressor
Variable-Mu Unit Delivers Classic Tube Sound
Field Test: Merging Technologies Pyramix 4.2 Workstation
Scalable DSD/PCM Recording, Mixing, Editing and Mastering
Field Test: Digidesign Accel PCI DSP Card
Digidesign's new Accel PCI DSP cards deliver nearly double the DSP power of the original Pro Tools|HD DSP cards, resulting in almost a 50-percent...
Ina-GRM GRM Tools ST
GRM Tools ST (Spectral Transform) adds four exceptional processors — Contrast, Equalize, Freq Warp and Shift — to a plug-in family already packed with...
Field Test: Vienna Symphonic Library
Imagine waking up one morning and saying to yourself, “I'm not happy with what's out there.
Cakewalk Project5
Project5 is the new synth/sampler/drum machine-in-a-virtual-rack application from Cakewalk. This is not a new idea, but Project5 is different from many of its predecessors...
Field Test: Aviom A-16 Personal Monitor Mixing System
We spend years tweaking and experimenting, constantly trying different pieces of gear and techniques to achieve the perfect mix.
DP563 Dolby Surround/Pro Logic II Encoder
Working in 5.1 can be both tremendously exciting and %@#@!! maddening. In the early 1990s, the film industry pushed that excitement into theaters and
LA Audio Joins Audient
Audient plc and LA Audio have merged their operations under the Audient name. The merger is expected to be completed by June, when Audient...
Studio Network Solutions SANmp
Founded in 1998, Studio Network Solutions celebrates its five-year anniversary with the launch of SANmp, an extension of the company's successful A/V
Euphonix Control and Operating Network
In 1988, a team of young designers working in a garage in Silicon Valley founded Euphonix to develop new and different approaches to audio...
Tascam DS-M7.1
Before the 1980s, there was very little cross-pollination between the monitor features of music recording and film re-recording consoles. The former assumed
PrismSound dScope Series III
Perhaps better known for its Dream Series of no-compromise A/D and D/A converters and Maselec high-performance analog processors, PrismSound started developing
Field Test: NTI Digilyzer
How many times have you connected two pieces of digital gear together only to end up having bizarre things happen? Or worse, nothing? Enter...
Field Test: EarQ Technologies Reference Hearing Analyzer
The conventional method of determining the truth about your hearing is to take a hearing test. Unfortunately, most standard hearing exams require both an...
Field Test: Lynx L22 PCI Audio Card
For high-end applications, conventional wisdom has always dictated that an installed interface simply can't approach stand-alone converters' sonic performances.
Power Tools: Waves Restoration Bundle
Waves' Restoration Bundle is a collection of four DSP plug-ins that is notable both for its quality and its ease of use; the processors...
Minnetonka Audio discWelder Steel
Anyone who is waiting for easier-to-use, more affordable DVD-A authoring tools will want to check out Minnetonka Audio's discWelder Steel. This basic
Emagic EXS24 Software Sampler
Emagic's EXS24 is the software sampler of choice for Logic aficionados. The program has the ability to load and automatically keymap batches of samples
M-Audio SP-5B
There was a time when, even in recent memory, someone who was shopping for a good pair of bi-amplified studio monitors needed more than...
Sound Devices 442
A review of a new field mixer might appear, at first glance, to be of limited interest to Mix readers. Even though the dialog...
AlterMedia Studio Suite 5
When Mix magazine called to ask if I'd like to test-drive AlterMedia's Studio Suite Version 5 studio-management software, I jumped at the chance. For
TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT: Yamaha 02R96
In 1995, Yamaha kicked off a not-so-quiet revolution with its original 02R, a 20-bit/48kHz digital console with moving faders, instantaneous reset of
Voyager Sound Announces GraphMix 01
Voyager Sound Inc. (Weston, Ma.) introduced its GraphiMix 01TM, the first in a series of audio mix software products that enhances control of MIDI-compatible
Digidesign Soft SampleCell
SampleCell has been a mainstay of Mac-based musicians and sound designers for a number of years. The software integrates perfectly with any sequencer
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
Antares Auto-Tune 3
Available in both software and hardware versions, Auto-Tune corrects the intonation of vocals and instruments, resulting in sweeter-sounding tracks and
Tascam GigaStudio
Finding the right sound to play in Giga-Studio can be a daunting task, even with an 80GB hard drive dedicated to Giga-Studio-recognized sound files....
BSS Minidrive
BSS introduced the DSP-based Omnidrive Loudspeaker Management System in 1994, and has since developed a comprehensive family of Omnidrive products, all
Coda Music Technology Finale 2002
For years, Coda's Finale has been the program of choice for publishers, music copyists and composers. Although Finale's earlier versions were difficult
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
Universal Audio Model 2-610
Bill and James Putnam brought smiles to a lot of studio engineers in 1999, when they announced the relaunch of Universal Audio, which had...
InnovaSon Sensory Compact Live
So far, there has been some resistance to digital consoles in live sound, especially at the monitor mix position. However, after using an all-digital
KRK V88 and S12
Having owned a pair of KRK V8s for several years, I wanted to evaluate the V88s (the company's newest self-powered monitors) and see how...
Steinberg Nuendo
The timing for writing this article was perfect. I had just completed my upcoming CD/DVD, Atom: You're Not Alone, using Nuendo for the entire...
Steinberg Cubase VST/32 V. 5.0
Nothing sparks a debate among a group of audio pros quicker than the issue of DAWs. Everyone has their favorite: One does this or...