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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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:
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Soundscape-32 With Mixpander
Soundscape-32 ($6,500 list) is a 2U hardware-dedicated workstation that supports resolution up to 96 kHz/24-bit. You might be fooled by its intuitive and uncluttered...
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Fostex DV40 DVD Master Recorder
For years, Fostex has delivered portable timecode DAT decks designed for the nerve-wracking world of location recording, a gig that demands reliability,
2003
Kurzweil KSP8 Multibus Signal Processor
Kurzweil's KSP8 is more than just the sum of its 249 DSP algorithms and over 600 effects presets. This multibus signal processor offers flexible...
2003
Chandler Limited TG1
With its style and sound, the Chandler Limited TG1 seems to be from another age plucked from a time capsule. This stereo limiter/compressor is...
Microphones
Soundelux E47 Tube Condenser Mic
When Soundelux Microphone's co-founder David Bock designed the company's new E47 tube condenser mic, his goal was to incorporate the most essential elements
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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
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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: Akai Professional DPS24
Akai Professional's DPS24 builds on the company's DPS12 and DPS16 workstations with a lot of genetic material borrowed from its high-end post-production
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Field Test: Antares Kantos Plug-In
From the company that brought us Auto-Tune and Mic Modeler comes a brand-new mind-warping, sound-bending plug-in, Kantos. The basic function of this sci-fi-looking
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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...
Monitors
Dynaudio Acoustics AIR 6
It's often said that there's nothing new in studio monitors. Even with today's improved driver materials, high-efficiency amps and CAD-derived enclosures,
Monitors
Wharfedale Diamond Series 8.1
Wharfedale's Diamond Series was introduced in 1981 and with each new iteration, continues to win hi-fi magazine awards for its great sound and value.
2002
TL Audio M3 TubeTracker
Designed primarily for tracking, TL Audio's M3 tube mixer works well in a number of applications, but it excels as a front end to...
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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
Monitors
Emes Owl Speaker System
The Owl Speaker System is an active, two-way studio monitor loudspeaker system that projects a stereo sound image from a single enclosure. This new...