Consoles
Field Test: Yamaha DM1000
Ten years ago, there were no digital mixers in the 5-figure range, but that changed with the introduction of Yamaha's 02R. This product's lineage...
Reviews
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Pro Tools Free
Digidesign's Pro Tools is inarguably one of the most popular DAW applications in the professional studio, and anyone contemplating getting into the audio field...
Consoles
API Audio Vision
The new 24-bus Vision Surround Mixing Console features three stereo mix buses, a dedicated 5-channel surround mix bus and 10 aux buses.
Consoles
Field Test: Stage Tec Aurus
With a heritage that includes the groundbreaking Cantus and Cinetra digital mixing consoles, in 10 short years, Stage Tec has significantly influenced both the...
Microphones
Field Test: AEA R84 Ribbon Microphone
AEA's slick, retro-looking R84 ($1,000) is the newest mic in designer Wes Dooley's product line.
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...
news
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...
Microphones
Field Test: Telefunken Ela M 251
The original Telefunken Ela M 251 microphone has quite a history.
Monitors
Field Test: Alesis ProActive 5.1
At Winter NAMM this year, after giving Alesis' ProActive 5.1 system a quick listen on the noisy show floor, I thought this 450-watt, THX-certified...
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Field Test: Digidesign Pro Tools Version 6
Version 6 of Pro Tools is more than simply an update to make it compatible with Apple's new OS X operating system; there have...
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Field Test: Propellerhead Software Reason 2.5
For many, Propellerhead's Reason is the go-to application when your creation requires a whole lot of virtual synthesis and sampling horsepower.
news
Field Test: Vienna Symphonic Library
Imagine waking up one morning and saying to yourself, “I'm not happy with what's out there.
Monitors
Field Test: Mackie HR626
Let's face it, monitor reviews are tough. Trying to describe with words how something sounds is like the old tale about the four blind...
Microphones
Schoeps CMC 6 xt Mic Body
The new CMC 6 xt mic body from Schoeps is the latest update to the Colette modular mic system.
2003
Chandler Limited LTD-1
The Chandler Limited LTD-1 is so close to the original 1073 Neve module that it's almost scary.
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...
news
Native Instruments Vokator
Virtual Vocoder/Processor/Synth/Sampler Today, improved technology has resulted in much more powerful vocoders than their disco/new wave-era counterparts ever hoped to be.
news
Eventide ClockWorks Legacy Plug-Ins
It would be hard to find anyone who's worked in and around pro studios during the past 30 years who hasn't used an Eventide...
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...
news
PSPaudioware VintageWarmer
PSPaudioware's VintageWarmer plug-in delivers creamy-sounding dynamics processing in two flavors: via its wideband compression (with shelving pre-equalization) and multiband compression modes (the latter followed...
news
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...
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Marantz Professional CDR300
Marantz Professional continues its tradition of creating rugged and portable recorders with the CDR300 ($849), a tough, little CD-R and CD-RW burner.
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...
news
McDSP Synthesizer One Version 2
There are plenty of native virtual instruments in a rainbow of formats, but the development of software instruments for TDM has been largely neglected.
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Emagic Logic Platinum 6
Mix magazine reviews Emagic Logic Audio Platinum Version 6, testing new audio recording, mixing and MIDI sequencing features in Logic Audio software.
Consoles
Solid State Logic C200 Digital Console
It's not often that a manufacturer such as SSL produces an entirely new concept in digital console technology, and it's even rarer for a...
news
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.
2003
Mesa Rectifier Recording Preamp
Some years ago, I hired Night Ranger's Brad Gillis to do some sessions that required a bit of amazing guitar pyrotechnics.
news
TC Works Assimilator Plug-In for Powercore
Have you ever sat there in front of the console, putting the final touches on a track, and felt like something was missing?
Microphones
Microtech Gefell M 930 and SH 93 X-Y Bar
In August 2000, I reviewed the Micro-tech Gefell M 930 large-diaphragm cardioid condenser for Mix. Now, the company offers the SH 93, a stereo...
news
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
news
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...
Consoles
Solid State Logic C100
Designed for fast-paced, on-air work and live-to-tape studio production, the new-generation SSL C100 is a scalable, small-footprint digital console that takes an innovative approach...
news
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
2003
Field Test: Klark Teknik DN9340 Helix
Klark Teknik's initials have long been synonymous with quality EQ, and most engineers in the live sound world are familiar with many of the...
news
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...
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Digidesign 002
Digidesign's latest DAW is an integrated recording-to-master control surface and 24-bit/96kHz audio and MIDI interface/software production package. Add a pair of monitors and something...
news
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
news
Lexicon 960L Digital Effects System, V. 4.0
Once upon a time, all digital effects devices were rigid, fixed devices. However, flexible effects systems such as Lexicon's 960L allow existing customers
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BIAS Peak 3.0
With the economy fluctuating, software companies folding and products disappearing this constant flux of life we're all caught up in it's nice to feel
Monitors
Earthworks Sigma 6.2 Monitors
Highly regarded as a manufacturer of precision microphones and mic preamps, Earthworks now turns its attention to the opposite end of the signal chain: