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Show Report AES 2010
and three-way operation. Grace Design introduced
the m903 Reference Headphone Amplifier.
It’s a stereo reference headphone, amp, DAC, and
stereo monitor controller in a 1U, half-rack enclosure.
iZotope announced Nectar, a new plug-in that
includes a complete vocal processing toolkit,
including pitch
correction,
breath control,
c o m p r e s s o r s
DeEsser, Doubler,
Saturation, EQ,
Gate, Limiter, Delay,
and reverb modules. JBL Professional showcased its
PRX600 active portable loudspeakers. They use JBL’s
Differential Drive speaker technology, dbx Type IV
limiting, and Crown class-D amplifiers. JoeCo showed
the Blackbox Player, a 1U device for replaying backing
tracks live, amongst other things. 24 channels of
24-bit/96kHz audio can be controlled with front
panel, footswitch, keyboard, or MIDI commands.
Korg released its
AudioGate software,
which enables the
realtime playback of
DSD/SACD files on
any computer system.
It also demonstrated
proof of concept multi-track DSD software. Lexicon
launched the PCM92 stereo reverb/effects processor.
It features 28 mono and stereo reverbs, delays, and
modulation effects, flexible routing configurations,
and over 700 presets. Lynx released the LT-USB USB
2.0 L-Slot interface for the Lynx Aurora 16 and Aurora
8 converters. This add-on card provides up to 16ch
I/O of 24/96 or eight channels at 192kHz. Millennia
Music & Media Systems showed its new 500-series
compatible, single slot, HV-35 mic amp. It features
an inst. input, gain boost for ribbon mics, 80Hz HPF,
phantom, -15dB pad, and polarity flip. Neumann
showed the first result of it's assimilation of Klein
& Hummel proffessional monitors with the KH120
– just the beginning of the Neuamnn assault on
the monitor market. PMC announced the shipping
of its new AML2 Active Reference Monitor, which
inherits the AML Series design
and adds an EQ tilt, an
enhanced power supply,
and a revised cabinet
structure. RTW displayed
the new TouchMonitor
series of professional audio
signal metering products.
They all feature hi-resolution
touch-sensitive screens and a redesigned GUI for
ease of use. Sanken showed the new CS-2 compact
shotgun microphone with the company’s proprietary
rectangular diaphragm and a new high boost
switch, which compensates for HF attenuation due
to windscreens. Shure launched its new
with mid-side microphones).
Telefunken
SE315 Sound Isolating Earphone, a single
launched the new CU-29 ‘Copperhead’
driver earphone featuring full a detachable
R-F-T series mic with vintage New Old Stock
cable. It’s available in clear or black versions.
(NOS) tube; the AR-70 large diaphragm tube
Solid State Logic presented Nucleus, its
mic, and the new M80 wireless dynamic
new DAW controller and SuperAnalogue
capsule head for handheld transmitters.
audio hub for professional project
Universal Audio
launched the
studios. Also new was an updated
new 4-710d pre-amp, which
AWS console, and the MADI-X8
incorporates four channels
eight-port MADI router system.
of Tone-Blending Twin-Finity
Soundcraft launched the Compact
Preamps, 1176-Style Compression,
Stagebox for Vi and Si consoles.
and A/D Converters.
Vintage King
Standard provision is 32 mic/line ins,
Audio and Retro Instruments
eight line outs, eight channels of AES/EBU
debuted the Retro Powerstrip
out, and two expansion slots, in 4U. TASCAM TASCAM’s
Recording Channel, a channel strip
DR-680 portable recorder has been updated to
designed to capture the tone of a tube
version 1.20, adding two modes for recording
mixing desk. ∫
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