TECH
Martin Smart MAC & Apogee Duet
VERDICT
SMART MOVE!
BUILD QUALITY 4.0
EASE OF USE 5.0
FEATURES 5.0
Paul Teare from
Shine-AV.com takes a look at
VALUE FOR MONEY 3.0
SOUND QUALITY N/A
Martin’s Smart MAC top spec silent club light...
HYPE
Silent, bright and easy to
“I
’ve always been wary of lightshade which cast a variety of
anything called ‘smart’. patterns) are easily changeable too,
operate, this is a big success.
When I was at school through a nice little flap rather than
GRIPE
smart meant you could removing 27 screws and trying to hold
It’s pretty heavy and expensive
speak a whole other language or them between 10 digits.
and not as tough as its
you’d found the key to your parents'
predecessor.
drinks cabinet. Well, this light “It moves from snail to all hail in
If silent operation is a
matches the user smart for smart. an instant, spinning the crowd into
must, the Smart MAC
“The new Smart MAC does away with delirium — tune dependant, of course.
outdoes all others in
many conventions set by the industry. "On the down side (there always is its class.
And only our Northern European one when a man in a white coat does
friends could take the standard and something), it’s heavy to install.
change it. "But as smart goes, there is no other
"A light gives off heat so usually needs light in its class for the same money. 4.5/5
a fan to stop it becoming a firework The brightness and obvious credit
effect. Not so for Martin’s Smart MAC. crunch power consumption will have
TECH SPEC
They've cleverly taken away the fan nightclubs and studios swimming the
and replaced it with a whopping heat channel to haul ’em back.”
150W discharge lamp Pan and tilt range of 540°/257°
sync, or lump of metal for those of you
Eight interchangeable colour filters, plus No fan — silent operation
who missed class.
open
PRICE
Mounting points are two pairs of ¼turn
“The little fella is also as silent as an £2199
Motorised focus locks
MC with no mic. Which is handy when Six indexed rotating gobos, plus open and Modular design for easy maintenance
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a
ul Teare
you need that necessary quiet for a TV CONTACT blackout and servicing
ds: studio or a theatre production.
martin.com
or
Fading, strobe effect up to 9Hz, pulse
w "The 'gobos' (or pinholes in the
0162 2755 442
effects, instant open and blackout
CHROME
CONVERTIBLE
Quality analogue/digital conversion is essential
for serious recording. Can the Apogee Duet deliver?
T
here may be a tonne of Mac output is built into the front of the main
soundcards to choose from, body and a single chrome knob adjust is
but if the highest quality used to alter all the levels.
A/D D/A convertors for a The knob can be pressed to select
portable set-up are required, then the between all the ins and outs, confirmed
Apogee Duet should be at the top of by a status light on the unit, as well
the list to check out. as on-screen by the system volume
The convertors are the same as found graphics.
on the larger Ensemble interface, and
feature the same seamless integration The Duet integrates seamlessly with
with Logic and OSX in general. The OSX while providing the highest quality
latest version of the drivers ran recording and playback at this price
without a hitch in the test set up under
10.4.9 and Mac Book, with low latency
PRICE
monitoring and recording.
£325
The Duet is very slick with its chrome
CONTACT
body, but the input/output jacks are
apogeedigital.com
connected via a breakout cable, which
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detracts from the overall elegance.
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The breakout cable has two ¼” line
VERDICT
M inputs, two XLR inputs for mics (with
ds: phantom power available) and two ¼”
or
w line outputs. A separate headphone
5/5
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