Outboard-Gear
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AOIP-Ready Hardware Processors (& More)
Dante-enhanced gear from mainstream manufacturers and boutique shops
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Chandler Limited Abbey Road RS124
Mono tube compressor brings vintage flavor to the 21st century
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Universal Apollo 8P Thunderbolt 2 Audio Interface
16x20 I/O with UAD Quad Plug-in Processing
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Black Lion Audio Micro Clock MkIII
Six Word Clock Outputs With Isolated Drivers—and Portable
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Sound Devices 688 Mixer/Recorder With SL-6
12 Inputs, 16 Tracks, Wireless Receiver Control
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Radial EXTC and Tossover 500 Series Units
Guitar Effects Send/Return and Frequency Divider
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dbx 676 Channel Strip and PAU 805 4-Channel Preamp
Two Solid Front Ends for Getting Audio Into Your DAW
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Maselec MLA-4 Stereo Triband Compressor/Expander
Unique Processor Offers Powerful Features, Superb Sound
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AKG DMSTetrad Digital Wireless System
Clever Features, High Quality, Excellent Performance
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Focusrite Saffire PRO 24, 26 and 40
Early on, Focusrite earned the respect of audio pros with the release of serious, professional mic preamps, consoles and rackmounted channel strips. Some pros...
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Benchmark Media Systems AHB2 Power Amplifier
Innovative Design Promises Lowest Noise, High Efficiency
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Thermionic Culture Phoenix HG15: Classic Valve Compressor
Thermionic Culture is known for producing high-quality pro audio pieces that offer atypical sonic qualities. My first experience in using its gear amazed me...
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Analogue Tube AT-1 Compressor: New/Old School Fairchild-Style Limiter
I first bumped into Simon Saywood at an AES in San Francisco when he was showing off his then-brand-new Fairchild 670 copy, the AT-101....
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LaChapell Audio 983S Preamp: Dual-Channel Tube Gain with Personality Plus
LaChapell Audio is a Nashville-based company comprising designer Scott LaChapell and his father, a retired senior design engineer at Lawrence Livermore Labs who brings...
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Great River 32EQ and PWM-501: 500 Series Processors With a Learning Curve
Great River is known for its high quality, solidly built products, the flagship being the MP-2NV 2-channel microphone preamp. It offers the personality of...
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Q2 Audio ADR Compex Limiter F760X-RS: Faithful Reissue of 1960s Classic
The history of the ADR Compex Limiter F760X RS goes back to the late ’60s in England when Audio & Design Recording made the...
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SPL Crimson Interface: 6×6 USB I/O, Monitor Control, Great Sound
When SPL unveils a new product, it is often built around a one-of-a-kind new circuit. The company is probably best known for its Transient...
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Universal Audio Apollo 16 Audio Interface: Portable I/O with UAD DSP and FW or Thunderbolt Connectivity
My first introduction to Universal Audio’s Apollo came two years ago at Winter NAMM. I was thrilled at the idea of having a single-rackspace...
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Prism Sound Lyra 2 Audio Interface: Upgrade Brings Deep Features, Stellar Sound
One of the hallmarks of the Prism Sound brand has been exceptionally transparent A/D and D/A converters. Products in the company’s recent USB interface...
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Bettermaker and Maag Audio: Two 500 Series EQs
Over the past two years, 500 Series preamps and processors have matured in design sophistication and sonics. Processors such as the Empirical Labs DocDerr,...
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Solid State Logic Sigma: 16-Channel SuperAnalogue RackMixer for Your DAW
Solid State Logic’s Sigma Summing Engine is a remote-controllable 16-channel analog summing engine with a monitor section. It uses the same SuperAnalogue technology as...