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New Music Gear Monday: API MC531 Monitor Controller
There are many pretty good computer audio interfaces on the market, but if you’re really serious about the sonic quality of what you’re listening to, you have to up your game. Yes, there are good choices in the higher quality ranges as well, but a new entrant with a long pedigree is the legendary console […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: SSL BiG SiX Mixer/Interface
No one ever expected SSL to enter the inexpensive interface market, and yet they have with the SSL 2. Likewise, no one ever thought that they’d see a small desktop mixer/interface from the company, but then came SiX. Of course, all that did was whet the appetite of many users for more features similar to […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: Rock Solid Audio Control Strip 2 SSL Plugin Controller
When you grow up using a certain brand of console you become so comfortable with the sound and the feel that it’s never quite the same on anything else. If you’re one of several generations of engineers who grew up using an SSL and just miss that workflow, then you might be interested in the […]
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New Music Gear Monday: SSL UF8 DAW Controller
It’s fair to say that any time SSL comes out with a new control surface, there will be a lot of interest. When it’s affordable almost everyone in the industry picks their head up a bit, and there’s good reason to with the new UF8 DAW controller. If you feel the need to push faders […]
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New Music Gear Monday: Radial Studio Q Talkback Box
One of the byproducts of just using a DAW and not having a console in your home studio is the fact that the monitoring and communication features that we were all so used to are suddenly absent. While monitor controllers are pretty much everywhere now, that still leaves communication with the artist’s cue mix a persistent […]
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New Music Gear Monday: A-Designs Mix Factory Summing Amp
Mixers either swear by outboard analog summing amps or don’t see the need for them at all, but the ones that do are very passionate about them. We’re now into the second generation of summing amps, and the latest ones are incorporating a lot of features that the the first gen didn’t have. That’s one […]
Continue readingNew Music Gear Monday: SSL System T Console
NAB was pretty cool this year but one of the products that jumped out was the new Solid State Logic System T console. While this isn’t of direct interest to most of you in terms of a purchase, it’s worth knowing about since it’s stunning in both its looks and capabilities. The SSL System T […]
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