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ecording newsstreaming news @ www.audiomedia.comNEW USERToronto-based DJ and remixer,Deadmau5, otherwise known asJoel Zimmerman, has invested ina Prism Sound Orpheus FireWirerecording interface. He particularlylikes the driver support forx64 operating systems on bothWindows and Mac. “The fact thatit only took me two minutes tomigrate the same card from PCto Mac made me smile a bit,” saidZimmerman. To date he has mostlybeen using the Orpheus as anA/D converter in the studio, butplans to use it as a D/A for his newlive show.www.prismsound.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW PRODUCTMilab asreleasedthe DC-96C,a sideaddressedlargemembranemicrophone.Designedmainly forstudio work,but alsouseful formany liveapplications.Like previous DC-96 versions it iscardioid only, and can be used forstudio vocals, acoustic guitar andpiano, hi-hats, overheads,and guitar amps. The DC096C has alarge rectangular condensercapsule, 12dB attenuation pad, anda gold plated XLR-connector.Each microphone is measuredindependently and is shipped withan individual frequency chart.www.milabmic.comNEW USERDuality Across The GlobeInstallations of Solid State Logic Duality consoles have taken place in twostudios on the opposite sides of the world. London’s Dean St. Studios hasinstalled a 48-channel SSL Duality console in Studio 1. The famous space– formerly Tony Visconti’s Good Earth Studios – was acoustically designedby Eddie Veale, and has been the creative home of David Bowie andT.Rex. The Duality replaces a 24-channel SSL AWS 900+ SE, and has beenbrought in due to increased client demand for large format sessions.“Before Duality, we found that sometimes our clients would track with usand mix elsewhere,” said Jasmin Lee, co-owner of Dean St. Studios. “Eversince we installed Duality, our clients have been even more eager thanever to complete their projects with us.”Meanwhile in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Studios Gravodic recently upgradedStudio A with a 48-channel Duality console. The studio records someof Brazil’s top musical talent, specialising in Sertanejo, Samba, and popmusic.www.solid-state-logic.comNEW PRODUCTSFive From SPLSPL has launched five new products. The M/S Master offers fullyadjustable separation of L/R signals into middle and side signals, and afrequency filter for bass and room ambience control. It has stereo widthcontrol and inserts for external processors.The Transpressor is a transient designer and twin core compressor,with the ability to use both modules in any order. It combines levelindependentcompression and the treatment of transients, and so aimsto negate the limitations of each processor presented on its own.The transient designer shapes the waveform according to the transient.The compressor is based on the SPL's Twin Core Circuit, and includes allstandard parameters like threshold, ratio, attack, release, and make-upgain. The attack and release parameters can be adjusted automaticallyaccording to the input signal.Also announced was a new mounting frame, RackPack 4, with a powersupply for up to four modules. It comes with a lateral handle and afitting system for a 19-inch rack. A new RackPack module has also beenreleased, the Dual Band De-Esser. The sound neutral unit offers a phasecancellation technique, and an auto-threshold that keeps processingconstant. Finally, the DrumXchanger optimises or replaces drum soundsin a mix and replaces samples phase accurately.www.spl.infoPRODUCT UPDATESpectrasonicshas releasedfree updatesfor Omnisphereand Trillian.Omnispherev1.2 has full64-bit crossplatformsupportand comes with over 200new Omnisphere patches for over7,000 total sounds in the factorylibrary. New features include newsynthesiser filter algorithms and anew Sample File Server Function,giving the software the ability togo beyond 32-bit memory limits onMac OSX systems. Trillian v1.2 featuresmany of the same upgradesand now joins Omnisphere andStylus RMX as fully Mac- andWindows-native 64-bit plug-ins.www.spectrasonics.net. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW USERThe Oceanic Preservation Societyhas made The Cove, a documentaryhighlighting the suffering and killingof wild dolphins in Taiji, Japan.The crew used Sound Devicesrecorders to capture the soundsof the dolphins. The 772 and 744Tdigital audio recorders were setup in harsh conditions, includingunderwater and outdoors understeep cliffs.www.sounddevices.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NEW PRODUCTModern Beats has released PopAnthemz 1, a melodic construction-style loopset that provides 20multi-track popmusic themesincluding bothstraight andswing rhythmicphrasing. Thepack includes alarge variety ofradio ready top-40 contemporaryand classic pop music themes, withall loops mix-matching seamlesslytogether.www.modernbeats.com6AUDIO MEDIA APRIL 2010