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Posted on: Thursday 10th of January 2019

In February 2021, NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet. The spacecraft will have the capability to capture imagery and sound as the Mars 2020 vehicle descends through the Martian atmosphere and lands on the surface of Mars. To capture sounds from the Red Planet for the first time […]

Posted on: Thursday 10th of January 2019

Leslie Ann Jones, the engineer, producer, and Director of Music and Scoring for Skywalker Sound will be inducted into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame at the 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards, January 26 in Anaheim, California.  Jones joins Rose Mann Cherney, Skunk Baxter, Hal Blaine, Jack Douglas, Nathan East,  Geoff Emerick,  and others with her induction, the […]

Posted on: Wednesday 9th of January 2019

The rise of Next Generation Audio (NGA) technologies and IP-based workflows mean that audio vendors are working harder than ever to keep pace with changing times. Rob D’Amico, director, market solutions pro audio at Avid, ponders the way forward in conversation with DAVID DAVIES   To what extent is the rise of immersive audio now […]

Posted on: Tuesday 8th of January 2019

“Ya canna change the laws of physics, Captain …a bigger antenna is going to be better!” The newly-introduced ALP690, a high-performance UHF LPDA (log periodic dipole array) antenna with built-in RF amplifier, for use with wireless microphone receivers or base station transmitters in location and studio production. The new antenna design delivers +4 dBd of […]

Posted on: Monday 7th of January 2019

Featuring two discrete instances of Cranborne Audio’s 500-series ‘Camden’ preamp with the same Mojo analogue saturation circuit that engineers and musicians the world over have fallen in love with, Camden EC2 achieves low-noise and low-distortion performance as well as frequency and phase linearity at all gain settings. Combined with Cranborne Audio’s custom Mojo analogue saturation […]

Posted on: Thursday 3rd of January 2019

The WA-251 is an all vacuum tube, large diaphragm, transformer balanced, multi-pattern, large condenser microphone, based on the classic ‘251 that has been used on countless hit records for the last 50+ years.  In true Warm Audio style, the mic is introduced at a price-point $799 or €899 – considerably less than other manufacturers’ homages to […]

Posted on: Thursday 20th of December 2018

The Aston Stealth is a cardioid, end-fire microphone for use on stage or in the studio. Stealth has an autodetect function which senses 48V phantom power and automatically switches the mic to active mode. A built-in, high quality, Class A Mic Preamp dispenses with the need for an external gain lifting device in active mode. Stealth […]

Posted on: Wednesday 19th of December 2018

Two years in the making, Spitfire Studio Brass has the high production values we’ve come to expect from this sample library developer: A-list London performers playing the best instruments through a top quality signal path, recorded to tape (by Grammy-Award-winning engineer Simon Rhodes) at AIR Studios’ Studio 1. Spitfire Audio’s second showing in its all-new […]

Posted on: Wednesday 19th of December 2018

A plea for a refresh of the Yuletide playlist from Tim Oliver @RealWorldStudio www.timoliver.co.uk Dear Santa, please can I have a new classic Christmas single, or ideally several, to bring me some relief from the annual monotony of recycled joy. As much as I love Fairytale of New York, and get a warm feeling when I […]

Posted on: Wednesday 19th of December 2018

FabFilter Pro-Q 3 is a major update to the acclaimed Pro-Q equaliser plug-in. Pro-Q 3 improves on its predecessor, introducing dynamic EQ, surround support, per-band mid/side processing, and much more, while maintaining the sound quality and ease of use for which Pro-Q has always been known. Integrated dynamic EQ – Pro-Q 3 adds the ability to […]