New Products: Hot off the shelf, Mix spotlights new audio tools.
Tools of the Trade
Aug 1, 2004
VOXENGO SONIFORMER 2.2 New from Voxengo (www.voxengo.com), Soniformer 2.2 is a mastering tool that adds M/S encoding of L/R stereo signals into mid and...
Abbey Road, Chandler Limited Re-Create That Classic Sound
Jul 1, 2004,
Compiled by Sarah Benzuly
Abbey Road Studios (www.abbeyroad.com) and Chandler Limited (www.chandlerlimited.com) will develop a range of classic pro audio equipment based on the...
A Literal Feast for the Ears
Jul 1, 2004,
By Mel Lambert
Springtime in Berlin has much to offer: sunshine in what is now being referred to as the new cultural center of the European Union. Inside Messe Berlin,...
Tools of the Trade
Jul 1, 2004
ABLETON LIVE 4 In a major update to be announced at this month's NAMM show, Ableton (www.ableton.com) unveils Live 4, which brings full MIDI and DAW functionality...
Solid State Logic AWS 900
Jun 1, 2004,
By George Petersen
Mention the name Solid State Logic and images of huge, high-end, high-ticket mixers immediately come to mind. Yet at the recent NAB show in Las Vegas,...
Tools of the Trade
Jun 1, 2004
DIGIDESIGN COMMAND|8 Digidesign's (www.digidesign.com) compact Command|8 is a TDM/LE control surface featuring eight bankable channels with touch-sensitive...
Technology Spotlight: Microsoft Windows Media Audio 9
May 1, 2004,
By Tom Kenny
Two years ago at NAB, Microsoft had a relatively small booth tucked into the very last row of the newly opened South Hall, sharing space with Steinberg, M-Audio and a couple of video companies....
The Console-Workstation Interface
May 1, 2004,
By Mel Lambert
As mixers, our dream is an all-in-one system that allows complete bi-directional control of workstation and console functions in real time....
Technology Spotlight: Studio Network Solutions' Next-Gen Storage
May 1, 2004,
By Oliver Masciarotte
SANs are storage for high rollers — or are they? Storage Area Networks are specialized storage systems that allow multi-user access, as server-attached storage does, but also provide high performance, which SAS cannot....
NSCA Expo 2004
May 1, 2004,
by Mark Frink
NSCA's return to the other city that never sleeps Las Vegas from March 19-21, 2004, kicked off with an unrivaled, Yamaha/Primedia-sponsored West Penn...
Tools of the Trade
May 1, 2004
FOCUSRITE FORTE SUITE The newest plug-ins from Focusrite (dist. by Digidesign, www.digidesign.com), the Forte Suite for Pro Tools models the ISA 110 EQ and ISA 130 dynamics processors, which are two-key modules from Focusrite's Forte analog console....
Technology Spotlight: Digidesign ICON
Apr 1, 2004,
By Kevin Becka
Hold onto your seats folks, we're about to change the way you think about Pro Tools. For years now, Digi users have been wondering about the next generation of controllers to come out of Daly City, Calif....
You can't really accuse Blue's mics of blending into the woodwork. Apart from being a 4-inch plastic sphere, The Ball is a phantom-powered dynamic model....
Alpha Geeks and Gadget Phreaks
Apr 1, 2004,
By Oliver Masociarotte
At least once a year, I subject myself to the rigors of the trade show circuit, just to test whether I still have the wherewithal to emerge unscathed....
A new accessory for HHB's Portadrive location sound recorder (dist. by Sennheiser USA, www.sennheiserusa.com) is the PDRDSUF USB 2.0/FireWire docking station....
Technology Spotlight: Dolby's Enhanced Dolby Digital
Apr 1, 2004,
By George Petersen
One of the biggest announcements at this month's NAB show will not be a product, per se, but the debut of a new audio compression protocol....
The first of five new Series 2 condenser mics, the e1002 from CAD (
Tools of the Trade
Feb 1, 2004,
By Editors
E-MU SYSTEMS EMULATOR X STUDIO Two new PC-based desktop sampling systems from E-mu Systems (www.emu.com) offer tools for automated sampling and preset creation, an integrated waveform editor, synthesis and a mastering-grade 24-bit/192kHz audio interface with hardware-accelerated effects....
Tools of the Trade
Jan 1, 2004,
By Editors
TC ELECTRONIC VOLTRONICS FOR POWERCORE Guitar tweakers (or anyone looking for that special effect) will be interested in TC Electronic's Voltronics guitar amp simulator plug-in,...
Tools of the Trade
Dec 1, 2003
STORCASE INFOSTATION 12-BAY SATA/PATA ENCLOSURE This new 12-bay InfoStation from Storcase (www.storcase.com) lets you store data on inexpensive and fast...
