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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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....
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BSS Minidrive
BSS introduced the DSP-based Omnidrive Loudspeaker Management System in 1994, and has since developed a comprehensive family of Omnidrive products, all
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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
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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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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Lexicon 960L
The best thing about software-based effects systems is that they're, wellsoftware-based. By updating software via a new disk, data cart or the occasional
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Mackie MDR24/96
Disk-based digital multitracks keep becoming more affordable. No strangers to building low-cost/high-performance gear, Mackie now breaks the oxide ceiling
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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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Lexicon 480L
For more than a decade, the Lexicon 480L digital effects system has retained its status as a standard workhorse in the industry, and with...
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Studio Projects C1
PMI Audio, the USA distributors of JoeMeek and Trident-MTA gear, now offers a new family of studio mics. The line's rather unassuming Studio Projects
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Neumann D-01 Solution D
At last, the final component in the recording chain is digital. However, in order to realize the dream of a digital microphone, two major...
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Sony DRE-S777/PAC
There's something very different about this one. A first glance at the classic lines of the Sony DRE-S777's cherry wood veneer front panel which...
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SADiE Artemis
Given the ever-expanding choice of editing platforms available, why choose a particular product? In SADiE's case, the answer could be depth. SADiE software,
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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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Ina-GRM GRM Tools
The GRM Tools plug-in bundle was created by the Groupe de Recherches Musicales de l'Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (aka, Ina-GRM) in Paris. The bundle
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Pendulum Audio MDP-1 & ES-8
Rather than try to re-create vintage tube gear, Pendulum Audio designs tube processors that incorporate modern, extended-bandwidth, Class-A circuit designs.
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Neo-Retro Analog Signal Processors
To many engineers, brand names such as Teletronix, Fairchild, Neve and Pultec represent the pinnacle of audio quality. The most heralded equipment from
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NHT PRO B-20
Formerly marketed under the Vergence brand, NHT Pro is back as the professional division of NHT. To take a twist on the milk slogan,...
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PRIMERA COMPOSER
Primera Technology offers the Composer Optical Disk Duplicator, an affordable solution for short-run CD-R duplication tasks. The Composer is available
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TC Helicon VoicePrism
Formed 18 months ago, TC Helicon was a joint venture between TC Electronic and IVL Technologies. By taking the technology that IVL developed a...