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MID YEAR GEAR PICS 2011<br />
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Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro<br />
Codec<br />
The Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro Codec is a plug-in<br />
intended to allow production professionals<br />
to audition, adjust, and encode for the main<br />
<strong>com</strong>pressed audio formats in an online<br />
environment. A <strong>com</strong>prehensive real-time<br />
A-B section with blind testing and statistical<br />
results, plus support for all the main formats<br />
(HD-AAC, AAC LC, HE-AAC, HE AAC v2, mp3,<br />
mpe surround, and mp3 HD. Up to five<br />
streams can be encoded and <strong>com</strong>pared at the<br />
same time, with bit rate, bit rate mode, and<br />
processing speed adjustments.<br />
www.sonnoxplugins.<strong>com</strong><br />
Reviewed: Audio Media May 2011<br />
user. As the name<br />
suggests, each plugin<br />
in the bundle<br />
offers only one knob<br />
for control. The seven<br />
available processes<br />
are: Brighter, Phatter,<br />
Driver (distortion),<br />
Wetter (ambience),<br />
Louder (dynamic<br />
‘maximising’),<br />
P r e s s u r e<br />
(<strong>com</strong>pression), and<br />
Filter (resonance).<br />
The OneKnob suite<br />
is an iLok-protected<br />
bundle available for<br />
RTAS, AU, and VST.<br />
www.waves.<strong>com</strong><br />
Reviewed: Audio Media May 2011<br />
∫<br />
THE CHRISTMAS BOX<br />
The products in our mid-year selection are ones that have been<br />
launched or reviewed since January and were not in the running<br />
for the 2010 Gear Of The Year list. However, it might be a little<br />
unfair to ignore that December run-down because of that fuzzy<br />
line between launch, review, release, and all things in between.<br />
So here is that GOTH list once more, in all its glory:<br />
Audio-Technica HBPS-1 • Avid Pro Tools 9 • Cedar DNS<br />
One • DiGiCo SD9 • Focusrite Octopre Dynamic MkII<br />
• Fostex FM-4 • Genelec 8260 • Harrison Consoles MixBus<br />
• Lexicon PCM Native Reverb • Midas Venice F • Nagra LB •<br />
PenteoSurround Penteo R/T • PreSonus StudioOne • RME<br />
Fireface UFX • RSS S-808 • Rycote InVision USM • Schoeps<br />
Super CMIT • sE Electronics Gemini 5 • Soundcraft Vi1 • SSL<br />
AW948 • Steinberg Nuendo 5 • TC Electronic System 6000<br />
MkII • Thermionic Culture Fat Bustard • Waves SoundGrid<br />
SSL Nucleus<br />
The Nucleus is a controller/interface<br />
<strong>com</strong>bination unit with 16 control strips and<br />
two-channel I/O via SSL SuperAnalogue<br />
preamps and a USB2 interface. Each channel<br />
strip has a fader, a V-Pot, LED data display,<br />
metering, and dedicated solo, cut, and select<br />
buttons. A central section offers transport<br />
(including shuttle wheel), monitoring control,<br />
the preamp controls, and more. The unit is<br />
supplied with MIDI and USB drivers for<br />
Windows and Max OSX, plus the Nucleus<br />
Remote and USB set-up control software –<br />
and presets of control set-ups for various<br />
DAW systems.<br />
www.solid-state-logic.<strong>com</strong><br />
Reviewed: Audio Media April 2011<br />
Waves<br />
OneKnob<br />
This unusual bundle<br />
is a new and extreme<br />
take on the idea of<br />
pairing down process<br />
parameters to make<br />
things simpler for the<br />
AUDIO MEDIA JUNE 2011 33
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