Mac and Music News
Through Sunday December 20, 2009
| Oct 6 - 03:36 PM | Audio Hardware > Universal Audio |
Universal Audio has announced the shipment of the LA-610 Mk II Classic Tube Recording Channel, a feature enhanced, 2nd generation version of UA's most popular analog product.
The preamp and compressor use the same signal path as the original LA-610 and features the 610 mic-pre and EQ section combined with an LA-2A style T4 opto-compressor. The LA-610 Mk II now offers key enhancements such as: true compressor bypass, larger metering, improved output signal performance, and the highly popular "black on black" cosmetics of the LA-610 Signature Edition.
The LA-610 Mk II will have an MSRP of US$1999 and a MAP of US$1599.
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| Oct 6 - 10:47 AM | Industry > PreSonus |
In an effort to help their customers continue to create, record and produce music during these tough economic times, PreSonus tell us that they are offering a new Audio Stimulus Package from now through the end of the year in the form of two rebates :
1. Buy a FireStudio, FireStudio Tube, FireStudio Lightpipe or FireStudio Project and get a FREE FaderPort (a $249 value)
2. Buy a DigiMax D8, DigiMax LT, DigiMax FS and DigiMax 96k and get a FREE HP4 headphone amplifier (a $159 value)
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| Oct 6 - 06:47 AM | Plug-ins > Antares |
Here's a new ProTools Corner issue by our VIP Moderator Brian White from audioMIDI.com. This time he focuses on the brand new version of Auto-Tune, the famous pitch correcting plug-in from Antares.
"Love it or hate it, vocal tuning or "pitch correction" is a technology that is here to say. And whether or not you feel it is "morally" correct/in-correct to artificially tune vocals and other instruments, it is hard to deny the dramatic influence pitch correction has had on pop music over the last decade. As a long time front-runner in pitch correction technology for Pro Tools, Antares has definitely staked th ...
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| Oct 4 - 12:29 PM | Misc > Primacoustic |
Primacoustic unveils Machine Room.
Computers need to blow off steam in order to continue to function correctly, but this cathartic action results in lots of noise, fan noise in particular for computers. The Machine Room silences your computer while still allowing for proper convection cooling. Cool air intake at the bottom of the chamber allows heated air to rise to the top, where it is forced out by a variable-speed fan. That fan is sound-abated by a foam-lined manifold, and positioned at the rear of the enclosure for near silent operation.
The Machine Room is designed specifically to fit a Mac Pro Tower, but will fit anything smaller than 30" high, 16" wide and 24" deep. The Machine Room is available at a retail price of $650.
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| Oct 4 - 10:47 AM | Computer Hardware > Focusrite |
This year's AES show in San Francisco sees the launch of Focusrite's new multi-channel firewire audio interface, the Saffire PRO 40.
Features :
- Eight High Quality Focusrite Pre-amps
- High Quality 24-bit/96kHz Firewire Interface
- High Quality A-D / D-A Conversion and JetPLL jitter elimination technology
- Total I/O Count of 20 Inputs and 20 Outputs
- Unique Loop-Back facility for routing audio between software applications via Saffire PRO 40 Control.
- Suite of Focusrite VST/AU plug-ins (Compression, Reverb, Gating and EQ VST/AU plug-ins).
- Two separate headphone buses with independent level control available on the front panel.
- Saffire Pro 40 Control Zero-latency DSP Mixer/Router (18 x 16 DSP mixer).
- Unmatched routing flexibility. The user is able to route any input signal or DAW output, or a mix of both, to any of the 20 outputs.
Saffire Pro 40 will be shipping worldwide, October 2008. For pricing details, please contact your local Focusrite distributor.
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