Like the late, great David Foster Wallace, the Lauten Audio Horizon LT-321 can do seemingly anything. And that is where this teaser text ends, because dammit, I miss David Foster Wallace.
We check out the new VSTi's and effects plugins that come bundled with Sony Acid Pro 7. This newest version of Acid has so many bundled plugins, it's a wonder they didn't call it "Acid Pro 7: Glade Springtime Freshness Edition." Wait, I mean, it's a good thing they didn't call it that.
Like a secretary at a board meeting, the Lauten Audio LT-381 Ocean captures minute details. They also call me the Stretch Armstrong of puns, and I also suffer from a mental affliction which makes it impossible for me to delete anything I've typed. Please kindly forget about this and watch this video on the Lauten Audio LT-381 Oceanus mic.
SPL's modular processors were surprise hit blockbusters in the home studio world. They were so successful, in fact, that they're being adapted into plugin form and renamed The Analog Code. Let's hope Peter Travers doesn't give them too scathing a review.
We're back with the penultimate piece from our time with Sony at 125th AES. We check out the time stretching capabilities within Sony Acid Pro 7 to hear how Elastique improves the quality of your tracks at different speeds.
Faithfully representing the Fairchild 670 compressor circuit, the Analogue Tube AT-101 is Britain's apology to America for, I don't know, Andrew Lloyd Weber or Cradle of Filth. Now, all they have to do is learn how to spell analog correctly.
Among other things, Sony Acid Pro 7 offers an updated beat-matching engine. Think about it this way: The new beat mapper is like Vespucci to the old beat-mapper's Columbus.
In honor of the eight rotary knobs and two record tracks that the Sound Devices CL-8 controller adds to the 788T, I've done some research to find that "Control" by Puddle of Mudd is actually a precognitive praise piece written from the perspective of the CL-8. Oh, Wes Scantlin, you've done it again!
As Marty from SPL adeptly points out, your tube head might as well be sterile if you're in an environment where you can't blast it. The SPL Transducer is not only more versatile than your cabinet, it's also easier on your neighbors.
We checked out the ultra-low latency, ultra-low jitter Lynx AES16e at this past AES; which is the PCIe version of their previous AES16 PCI card. If you dig listening to dudes throw around performance specs and technical argot like a juggler with so many flaming batons, this is the video for you.
Overviews are nice if you're on the run or doing a quick point-by-point comparison, but GW wanted to really get into the newest version of Sony Acid Pro (release 7). In this clip, Sony tell us about the new mixing and routing interface, and some other DAW-ish features.
Anthony from beyerdynamic turns us on to the MANUFAKTUR initiative, which allows users to custom order headphones. In additional to functional design options, you can go crazy with color selection, pretty much making every piece of the headphones any color you like.
We rejoin Simon Jones to take a look at the last piece of the new EON 500 series, the JBL EON 518S. This powered sub boasts 500 watts out of an 18" speaker while simultaneously sharing its power with any passive speakers you might have.
We check out the small diaphragm Lauten Audio ST-221 Torch mics at AES, and this new pair is burning up the tabloids in Hollywood. Two same-model mics with switchable capsules canoodling together?
We followed Sony back to their AES hotel room (apparently) to check out all the new features in Sony Acid Pro 7, the newest version of the first widely-used, loop-based music sequencing software. Does Acid still have what it takes to hang with the DAWs of today?
GW was treated to a very detailed overview of the new features in Antares Auto-Tune EVO at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco. A new GUI makes the task of eliminating sour notes as pleasing an experience as it's ever going to get.
A lush reverb effect is supposed to envelope the listener, giving them the sense that they're floating in the music, and there's no better method for achieving this kind of experience than through the use of 5.1 surround and very heavy psychotropics. Lexicon delivers one-half that experience with the new Surround version of their PCM96 digital reverb.
All cultures have their origin myth; now you can have your own Arturia Origin analog synth modeler! 125th AES saw the final, now shipping version of Arturia's hardware module, and we head over to their modest AES booth to give it une écoute sérieuse.
Makers of high-end digital recorders Sound Devices has unveiled its decidedly populist new Wave Agent software. It's a free utility that anyone, whether they are a Sound Devices device owner or not, can download and use for free.
Lauten Audio sure treats home recording enthusiasts well with it's Clarion FC-357 large-diaphragm condenser. This FET mic features a unique +10db switchable gain boost for combating less-than-stellar consumer mic pres. We spoke with Lauten founder Brian Loudenslager about the mics other engineer-spoiling features.
I think Gregory Taylor from Cycling 74 must be hungry -- craving cheese -- and on Subway's $5 Footlong deal, you get your choice of Provolone, Pepper Jack, Monterrey Cheddar or good ol' American on a variety of sandwiches. Plus that theme song is catchy.
If you're a gastroenterologist, you may regard "backing up" as something to be avoided. Not so of nearly everyone else in business these days, musicians included. Data storage specialists Cybernetics introduced their miSAN D line at the 125th AES -- it's just the insoluble roughage your networked data needs.
Working even more behind the scenes than most of the gear on display at the 125th AES convention, the Audio Accessories Backplate I/O boards are what pathological psychologists would refer to as "clinically socially anxious." Nevertheless, we were able to coax some of these timid components out of hiding for inspection.
George Massenburg believes that mic pres should be like the activities of the Federal Reserve during the financial bailout: transparent. As GW observed at the 125th AES convention, the designer's new GML2032 mic pre preserves that philosophy, as well as -- dare we say it -- democracy itself.
Like the fish that got away in a rousing game of Super Black Bass for SNES, SPL Phonitor is off the hook. It's basically the closest you can get to duct taping your monitors around your head without looking like a maroon.
What, you thought that Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio 7 was just some sort of "fenced-in" version of Sonar Professional? Well don't look now, but your ignorance is showing. If you want to avoid embarrassing yourself in civil conversation, you might want to familiarize yourself with the affordable version of Sonar by taking a look at this video from 125th AES.
We get down with no delay to the beyerdynamic booth to check out three MCs and one DJ. Unfortunately, we were misinformed about the DJ, but the three MC 900 series mics including the new MC 910 and MC 950 were a fair consolation prize.
JBL's Simon Jones is back for another video that'll get you in beach shape. In our look at the JBL EON 510, Simon tones it down for a more cardio-vascular endurance test in comparison to his EON 515 demo, which was a pure muscle-builder.
The latest Duende plugin, following in the footsteps of SSL Drumstrip, is geared towards vocalists. SSL Vocalstrip will make you sound good thanks to a quartet of applications crafted very specifically for your voice.
