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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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....

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....

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: 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....

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....

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....

Snapshot Product Reviews

Apr 1, 2004

BLUE MICROPHONES THE BALL
Phantom-Powered Dynamic Mic

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....

Tools of the Trade

Apr 1, 2004

HHB PORTADRIVE DOCKING STATION

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....

Tools of the Trade

Mar 1, 2004

CAD e100²

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...

AES 2003

Nov 1, 2003, By the Mix Staff

The Chicago Cubs may not have made the World Series (just wait ''til next year!), but the Audio Engineering Society pulled off a miracle: AES NYC was...

Tools of the Trade

Nov 1, 2003

SONALKSIS SV-517 STEREO EQ PLUG-IN
Founded by four former AMS-Neve R&D engineers, Sonalksis enters the market with a 6-band stereo EQ plug-in....

Digidesign ACCEL eration

Oct 1, 2003, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Digidesign (www.digidesign.com) announced the release of the HD Accel PCI card for Pro Tools|HD. The new card delivers nearly twice the DSP power of existing...