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Wednesday, September 08, 2010Sound Devices Debuts New USBPre 2 Computer Audio Interface
PSW Staff 09/08/10 01:33 PM, 0 CommentsSound Devices has introduced the USBPre 2, an all-new version of its USBPre computer audio interface. The two-channel USBPre 2 offers a powerful, easy-to-use portable interface to interconnect audio sources to Mac OS and Windows computers over USB. Featuring an entirely new electronic design, it uses the same extended-bandwidth, low-noise microphone preamplifiers and digital converters as Sound Devices 7-Series digital recorders. The USBPre 2 fits a broad range of applications, including voiceover recording, reference playback and monitoring, and test and… View this post
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Tech Tip Of The Day: Surround Compression
PSW Staff 09/08/10 11:25 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’ve been reading quite a lot about surround sound lately. I figured it would be something interesting to try since I’m already really comfortable with stereo. One major question of mine regarding the center channel and its usage was already answered here a while back, however, lately I’ve been a bit confused with compression. I know that you compress each track individually just as you would for a stereo track, however, how do you handle… View this post
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NOA Audio Solutions Help Sweedish Broadcasters Migrate Over 200,00 Hours Of DAT
PSW Staff 09/08/10 08:20 AM, 0 CommentsSveriges Radio Förvaltnings AB (SRF), which provides technical services to Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Radio AB (SR), has added a second NOA MediaLector workstation as well as 14 Sony R500 DAT recorders upgraded with NOA adaptation kits to its extensive installation of NOA equipment for migrating and managing audio archives. The 8-channel stereo MediaLector handles migration of problematic DAT tapes for which highly sophisticated error notification is required. SR is relying on SRF for a two-year project that will migrate… View this post
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010Waves Enhance Tony Maserati Artist Signature Collection
PSW Staff 09/07/10 05:08 PM, 0 CommentsWaves Audio has announced that The Tony Maserati Artist Signature Collection now include a new plugin and improved features, making it more powerful fo the end user. The bundle features a new plugin, custom-engineered by Waves and multi-Platinum mixer Tony Maserati, enginner to the Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, Usher and many more. The new Maserati GRP Group Processor was designed especially for group tracks, to put the finishing touches and sheen on background vocals, drums, master outs, and more. Additionally,… View this post
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Friday, September 03, 2010Video: An Introduction To The Proper Use Of De-Essers
Joe Gilder 09/03/10 04:32 PM, 2 CommentsThis article is provided by Home Studio Corner. Whenever you’re recording, especially when dealing with vocals, there often comes a time when the mix sounds pretty good, and then things take a turn for the worse. All you did was perform a little processing and suddenly transients that once were soft are suddenly piercing and have ruined the mix. What to do? While you can try to simply EQ the track, that can easily ruin what was previously a… View this post
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Sonivox Unveils The Vocalizer Production Synthesizer
PSW Staff 09/03/10 11:42 AM, 0 CommentsSonivox has anounced that it is now oofering a pre-release preview complete with MP3 and Video examples of the first instrument from their new Nemesynth Audio Research Group, The Vocalizer Production Synthesizer. Vocalizer is a new concept in music production that couples a new technology synthesis engine with an open input based architecture. Vocalizer is one part effect plugin and one part virtual instrument. Vocalists, non-vocalists, & producers feed Vocalizer any audio source, and it re-pitches, effects, and re-synthesizes the… View this post
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Tech Tip Of The Day: The Center (Surround) ChannelPSW Staff 09/03/10 10:59 AM, 1 CommentProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I just started mixing is surround. Well, I guess technically it’s 5.1, but anyways… It’s really a fun process, at least I find it to be much more creative than stereo mixing. However, I find myself with an issue. While It’s quite common sense what to do with the surround speaker (that is, depending on your mixing philosophy of using them strictly for effects or creating a completely enveloping mix), it’s rather confusing what to… View this post
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Thursday, September 02, 2010Korg Unveils microKEY USB Powered Keyboard/Controller
PSW Staff 09/02/10 01:25 PM, 0 CommentsKorg has unveiled the new microKEY USB powered keyboard and MIDI controller, offering a great way to create a compact and customized MIDI command center. Unlike its competitors, the microKEY features a built-in two-port hub to connect other controllers, computer peripherals or Korg nanoSERIES controllers for added flexibility and control of all the users’ software. Free editing software and a number of included software bundle licenses and discount coupons make the microKEY even more cost effective. The microKEY features 37… View this post
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Roland Debuts OCTA-CAPTURE USB 2.0 Audio Interface
PSW Staff 09/02/10 11:52 AM, 0 CommentsRoland U.S. has introduced the OCTA-CAPTURE USB 2.0 audio interface, a 10- input/10-output device for computer-based multi-channel audio production. DOCTA-CAPTURE features eight professional-grade VS Preamps with each channel providing an combo-XLR input jack, phantom power, low-cut filter, phase invert, and digital compression. These digitally controlled microphone preamps are built with premium components, resulting in transparent audio with a superior signal-to-noise ratio. The space-saving combo jacks also accommodate 1/4-inch connectors, with Hi-Z instrument inputs on channels 1 and 2 and balanced… View this post
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NOA Audio Solutions To Debut NOA Record 4 Digital Migration System At IBC2010
PSW Staff 09/02/10 11:40 AM, 0 CommentsNOA Audio Solutions will introduce NOA Record 4 at IBC2010, part of its IngestLine family of systems for fast, cost-effective, accurate migration of audio from analog to digital storage. Developed in response to the needs of enterprises with a great deal of audio stored on long-playing magnetic tape, vinyl, or both, the NOA Record 4 extends the speed and capacity of the system by one-third — from three to four parallel stereo streams. “Our customers asked, and we are responding,”… View this post
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