Gearwire interviews Brian from Digidesign about the Velvet piano plugin, which makes electric piano sounds reminiscent of the days when rhinestones were a serious fashion statement, people actually bought tickets to Liberace...
Marshall presents the MXL USB 006, a class compliant USB mic, aimed at general-use consumers, podcasters, and home studio dabblers. The Marshall/MXL rep says the USB 006 mic sounds comparable to other MXL studio mics thanks...
A-Designs wants to inject some life into the mic pre market,
and judging from the presentation of their latest gear, they're adding some color as well!
In this video, we see a "six pack for drums" set of pres, all differently...
Plitron makes
transformers of all shapes and sizes, including a monster-sized version
we can only imagine is a "one-off". Amp DIY enthusiasts know the
transformer is a vital part of amp innards, but do-it-yourselfers have
only...
Offsite Link: For more information on Plitorn technologies and components, check out the official Plitron website.
Everybody wants to get rid of the tangle of mic cables on stage,
but when a band starts moving into the wireless realm, there are many things to consider -- television interference,
device failure and how to cope with...
Offsite Link: Get more details from the official Shure website at www.shure.com.
Shure's KSM9 SL gets a rave-up in this demo video.
This mic is designed to capture the same vocal naunces as a studio mic, so acoustic strummers,
singer/songwriters, and crooners are among those most likely to be tempted...
Shure gives Gearwire a good look at some sleek new gadgets, the UR1 wireless transmitter and the KSM9 wireless vocal mic. The UR1 offers switchable RF power, a backlit LCD display, removable antenna, and operates for 8 hours...
Offsite Link: Get more info on the UR1 nd the KSM9 at the official Shure website.
Shure explains a whole boatload of features
for its UHF4 receivers. The UHF4 wireless receiver's bandwith lets you play with ten TV channels worth of UHF spectrum.
The auto-scan lets you know which frequencies are clean,...
Offsite Link: Grab more information about the UHF$ and other Shure technologies at www.shure.com.
Sound Devices shows off the 302
compact field audio mixer. Aspiring band documentary filmmakers take
note, this is a tool for your video shoot to help you get improved audio. (That little mic in the front of your
camera...
Discmakers shows a range of disc duplicating tools, including the
Elite 2, which automatically burns and prints 25 CDs an hour, or 12 DVDs. The Reflex 1, another duplication tool, is basically a
xerox machine for compact...
Offsite Link: Check out the whole range of Discmakers duplicator technologies at the official Discmakers website.
Native Instruments' Josh Fielstra was nice enough to stop by the
Gearwire studio and give us a tour of their software synths. First up is Massive.
This synth is NI's first completely new design in quite a while and...
AES 2006: Want some advice about mics, and about using
the Neumann KM 184D in particular? You've come to the right place. How should a musican
or engineer emulate the master painters when at work in the studio? Find out...
AES 2006: Serato's Rane series of plugins
includes compression, dynamic EQ, and graphic EQ. In the EQ department you can select any band and tweak any
frequency. Talei Blomfield of Serato says the outer limits of EQ are...
Offsite Link: Head over to the official Serato website for more details on the Rane Series plugins.
AES 2006: As we learned earlier, Waves has recently
unveiled its new massive, comprehensive Mercury Bundle, a collection of
every piece of software Waves offers in one package. In this video,
we'll go deeper into just...
Offsite Link: Take a peek at the official Waves website for more information on the Mercury bundle
Tascam shows off the DM-3200, and monster 64-channel mixing console, the DM-4800. There are 24
mic pres on the DM-4800, plus a configurable 24-buss routing system. Re-patch at will!
Other features include 24 channels...
Offsite Link: Get more information on Tascam mixing consoles at the official Tascam website.
TASCAM talks up the Gigastudio plug-in GVI,
which stands for Giga Virtual Instrument. According to the TACSCAM rep,
GVI has been highly anticipated; little wonder as it is billed as "the power of the
GigaStudio" squeezed...
Fairlight
showed off its Crystal Core technology at AES in San Francisco. Part of
the demo included DREAM II (Digital Recording, Editing, And Mixing) and
related Fairlight technologies for post and music recording. This...
DREAM stands for Digital Recording,
Editing, And Mixing. This part of the Fairlight presentation
concentrates on DREAM II technology combined with Crystal Core for
high-end post and other applications. On display at AES...
Fairlight says its Crystal Core engine could
be the end DSP and host-based systems. Is this really the end for DSPs? You be the judge. This is the
intro, the first of several exclusive Gearwire videos featuring this new...
Offsite Link: Check out more about the Crystal Core from Fairlight at Fairlight's own website.
You know an internet phenomenon has "gone legit" when specialized products are made to accomodate it. Podcasting gets another shot in the arm, this time from Blue Microphones, and the Snowball USB mic. Blue
calls this the...
Yet another cool feature in
Steinberg's newest version of Cubase is its notation feature. Your ramblin' bass line might sound
good in the speakers, but transcribing it to the actual notes will probably take a bit of cleanup...
AES 2006: Great River's Dan Kennedy talks shop about the evolution
of his audio processing gear. Kennedy likes the British approach to signal processing circuits,
and the versatility you can get with such designs. This...
AES 2006: Royer gives Gearwire's Rob Warmowski the skinny on
the internal workings of their ribbon mics. Check out the Royer transducer assemmbly from the Royer
SF series; the ribbon is 37 millionths of an inch thick!...
Discmakers celebrates 60 years in the business!
They confess to being part of the 8-track tape craze back in the day, reveal that they
have only recently stopped pressing vinyl, and let Gearwire in on their latest innovation
f...
Offsite Link: For more information on Discmakers, check out their official website at www.discmakers.com
One of the cooler features of Steinberg's newest incarnation of the popular Cubase DAW workstation is what's known as Control Room. It allows you to rapidly switch between external sources like CD, DAT, DVD, and iPod. It...
Offsite Link: Need more info about Cubase 4? Check out Steinberg's official website for more details.
AES 2006: Serato's Pitch 'n Time is
designed to time-strech and pitch shift audio in Pro Tools HD, LE, and
M-Powered. This software lets you do everything from fixed ratios to complex, Mr. Bungle-worthy tempo and pitch...
Offsite Link: Check out the official Serato website for more information about the Pitch N' Time plugin technology.
Cycling '74 director of engineering Darwin Grosse presents the JazzMutant Lemur touch-screen controller. This space-age device is unique because of the visual feedback; the touch surface is a full-color screen, providing...
AES 2006: Neumann presents the KM 184D, which
features A/D conversion behind the capsule. That's right, folks, "D" is for "digital". The KM 184D is an expansion
on the digital technology in the large-diaphragm Neumann...
Gear Insider: Josh Fielstra of Native Instruments gives us a preview of the new Audio Kontrol 1 audio interface. The AK 1 features two balanced inputs, four balanced outputs, low-latency monitoring, and full versions of Native...
Grace
Design shows off its improved-and-updated m801 eight-channel mic pre.
This unit was a success in 1995, but with the advent of digital recording,
Grace neded to hot-rod the m801 in order to keep up. And what a hot...
