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  • Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/22/13 10:04 AM,
    Over the coming weeks, Focusrite is offering a unique opportunity to experience the benefits offered by their versatile new Ethernet-based recording system – as RedNet goes on the road. Visitors can experience for themselves how RedNet can change studios by seeing it in action, questioning the experts and finding out more. Find out where your nearest event is taking place and sign up online. Focusrite’s RedNet is the first to offer IP networked audio interfaces for the recording studio –… View this post
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  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/21/13 03:51 PM,
    Royer Labs has announced the availability of the 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition ribbon microphone. The company was founded in May 1998 and the R-121 studio ribbon microphone was the company’s first product. Of particular note, the first 100 or so R-121 microphones shipped with a black version of the Royer Labs logo before changing to the green logo that has been a fixture on all R-121’s since that time. The 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition ribbon microphone celebrates its… View this post
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  • Monday, May 20, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/20/13 10:37 AM,
    Lexicon has announced a mail-in rebate program for its MX200 Stereo Reverb/Effects Processor with USB “Hardware Plug-In” Capability. Customers who purchase the MX200 from a participating Lexicon dealer can receive a $75 rebate from Lexicon. The program is in effect from now through June 30, 2013. Please see the Lexicon website for redemption details. Designed for both live sound and recording, combined with raw processing power and instant front-panel access for live performance, or seeking rich, smooth and complex processing… View this post
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    PSW Staff 05/20/13 09:51 AM,
    Shure Incorporated announced that a team from Purchase College is this year’s Grand Prize Winner of the ninth annual Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition. The five-student team of Trevor Fedele, Patrick Linehan, Joshua Pleeter, Brendan Williams, and Joseph Yonkers, with faculty advisor, Professor Silas Brown, won this year’s contest with an original composition by Sean McVerry and Coyote Campus entitled “Soviet Union.” “This year’s competition featured a very diverse mix of programs, including a few newcomers in addition to several programs… View this post
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  • Friday, May 17, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/17/13 03:24 PM,
    New CAD Audio Sessions MH510 professional headphones are now available in a range of new custom colors. Based on numerous requests from artists, producers and users, the new Sessions MH510GD phones in gold/white are now available. These will be followed by custom colors such as chrome/white, high tech gray/white and pink/white. Sessions phones are also currently available in black, white/red, black chrome and black/orange. Sessions phones offer a wide frequency response (10Hz – 24kHz) with extended lows, smooth mids and… View this post
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    PSW Staff 05/17/13 09:32 AM,
    Prism Sound has released two new versions of its SADiE 6 software, which was recently nominated for a TEC Award in the Workstation Technology category. SADiE 6 Professional and SADiE 6 Lite are designed to bring this ground-breaking audio production and recording software to a much wider audience by allowing users to access the software at a lower price point. “SADiE has always excelled in roles where the most sophisticated editing capabilities are required and where reliability and robustness are… View this post
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  • Thursday, May 16, 2013
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    Bob Buontempo 05/16/13 04:41 PM,
    To begin with, there are many things that you cannot do in a home studio. A competent recording of a live band - still the mainstay of the recording industry - is usually impossible in your bedroom. Fitting an orchestra in there is also challenging. And even though the topic of this piece is whether award-winning (i.e., Grammy) music can be conceived, recorded and mastered in a home studio, there’s nothing to indicate that any such recordings actually have been.… View this post
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  • Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/15/13 10:21 AM,
    A new studio in Italy features a 16-channel API 1608 as the main attraction for a one-of-a-kind studio experience. INDIEHUB, located in Milan, is a “co-working” facility with a primary focus on creating music. Here, engineers, producers and musicians can rent space using either their own equipment (such as a laptop, audio interface, etc.) or supplied equipment and the recently installed 1608. It all started with the idea that people in the music industry should have access to quality equipment… View this post
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  • Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/14/13 11:18 AM,
    The new Blackbird Academy for the Arts is taking registration for classes starting in September. The school is housed in Nashville’s famed Blackbird Studio, which was launched by John and Martina McBride in 2002 and has recorded Taylor Swift, Jack White, Kid Rock, Ke$ha, and Tim McGraw, among many others. The Blackbird Academy’s Studio Engineering Program trains students using microphones, consoles, outboard gear and recording spaces that are the best in the industry. Students will be taught on the same… View this post
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  • Monday, May 13, 2013
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    Matthew Weiss 05/13/13 02:51 PM,
    This article is provided by the Pro Audio Files.   This article is about some pretty crazy techniques that can really take your sound up a notch or totally screw up your mix! These aren’t techniques I use all the time, but enough to warrant a mention. If you’ve got some experience under your belt, here are a few things you can do when the situation warrants it. 1. Multiple Outputs Tor Group Sends This is useful if you know… View this post
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