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PRO AUDIO<br />
Hearing Voices<br />
The Electro-Harmonix Voice Box creates twoto<br />
four-part harmonies directly from a singer’s<br />
vocals in the same key as the accompanying<br />
instrument. The Voice Box comes with nine<br />
accessible presets, natural glissando and<br />
pitch-shifting algorithms for realistic harmonies.<br />
The Gender Bender knob allows for<br />
male or female formant modification. The<br />
Voice Box is also a focused 256-band articulate<br />
Vocoder with adjustable harmonic<br />
enhancement and controllable format shift.<br />
More info: ehx.com<br />
Stylish Traveler<br />
The BV-1 is a multipattern tube condenser<br />
mic that ships in a retro-tweed,<br />
buttercream case. The BV-1 also<br />
includes a suspension shockmount,<br />
power cable, perforated metal pop filter<br />
and power supply with pattern-selection<br />
switch. All Avant microphones are tested in<br />
the U.S. before shipping. MSRP: $999.<br />
More info: avantelectronics.com<br />
Vocalist Toolbox<br />
TC-Helicon’s VoiceLive 2 serves as a playground<br />
for vocalists who perform live or record. Up to<br />
eight harmony voices can be controlled from a guitar,<br />
keyboard or MP3 player. New reverbs, tap tempo<br />
delays, doubling, distortion and more have also been<br />
added, and the one-touch adaptive tone algorithm<br />
automatically controls compression, EQ and deessing<br />
for great vocal sound. MSRP: $995.<br />
More info: tc-helicon.com<br />
Buggin’ Out<br />
The AKG GB 40 FLexx GuitarBug transmitter<br />
provides high-quality audio and performance.<br />
The frequency response is ideal for<br />
guitar and bass, but can be used for keyboards<br />
and all instruments with a jack plug.<br />
The FlexxJack-Plug allows for extended<br />
flexibility by matching all guitar outputs<br />
with an included long adapter jack.<br />
More info: akg.com<br />
Digital Studio Tool<br />
Shure has continued its expansion into digital<br />
studio recording with the PG27USB and<br />
PG42USB side-address condenser microphones,<br />
as well as XLR models of the new<br />
microphones, the PG27 and PG42. The<br />
PG27USB and PG42USB connect Shure<br />
microphones to any USB computer port. The<br />
cardioid condenser microphones feature built-in headphone<br />
monitoring with zero latency and monitor mix control. This enables<br />
users to hear what they’re recording through headphones and make<br />
on-the-go adjustments. The PG27 and PG27USB feature a flat, neutral<br />
frequency response for natural reproduction of a wide variety of instrument<br />
and vocal sound sources. The PG42 and PG42USB were<br />
engineered to reproduce the subtle nuances of lead vocals.<br />
MSRP: $238–$298. More info: shure.com<br />
84 DOWNBEAT April 2009<br />
AKG<br />
FLexx<br />
GuitarBug<br />
Shure PG27<br />
and PG42<br />
mics<br />
Electro-<br />
Harmonix<br />
Voice Box<br />
TC-Helicon<br />
VoiceLive 2<br />
Avant<br />
BV-1<br />
condenser<br />
mic<br />
Zoom H4n<br />
recorder<br />
Field Recording<br />
Zoom’s H4n, an update of its H4 handheld recorder, offers improved<br />
audio via the new built-in X/Y stereo condenser microphones, which<br />
allow variable recording patterns at 90 or 120 degrees, and a digitally<br />
controlled mic pre-amp. Internal and external mics can also be used<br />
simultaneously for four-channel recording. The H4n also features a<br />
more intuitive user interface. MSRP: $609.99. More info: samsontech.com
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