sample rates to a 64 or 128GB SD-format card and then plugged directly into a companion DAW; tracks can also be recorded and/or copied onto a USB 3.0 thumb drive, or streamed directly to the system’s high-speed, solid- state drives for maximum performance. The recorder offers
addition to debuting the recently released DNS 8 Live in the US; and Telefunken Elektroakustik introduced ‘Solid Color’ finishes for its M80 dynamic microphone range, inspired by Texan rockers The Mars Volta, who took it upon themselves to paint their M80 in solid white.
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a choice of Classic 96 or Ultra Nyquist A-D/D-A converters and new Adrenaline DR technology.
OTHER NOTABLES Audio-Technica launched a new line of 50 Series studio microphones, spearheaded by the AT5040 cardioid condenser; Cedar Audio released an AAX version of its DNS One plug-in, in
Canada’s Radial Engineering
presented a raft of new devices, including: the Gold Digger passive mic selector, which lets an engineer quickly compare and select the best- sounding microphone to suit the character of a particular vocal; the Powerhouse, a 10-slot rack for driving 500 Series outboard units; and the intriguingly
New Fairlight CEO Jean Claude Kathriner with the Quantum
named Tossover Variable Frequency Divider, a 500 Series module that lets the user separately process lows and highs or create a band-pass filter. But missing in action on the
exhibits floor were virtually all of the leading DAW developers, including Avid, Apple, Steinberg, Cakewalk and Mark of The Unicorn;
products from several other household brands, ranging from AMS Neve and Universal Audio to Mackie, Yamaha and Apogee, were only to be found on dealers’ stands. All in all, the San Francisco
gathering can be seen as the convention that – good or bad – might be setting a new direction for the Society. While the Project
Studio Expo is a brave move, many might consider it possibly too little, too late. And the loss of such a large number of leading innovators from the exhibition represents a worrying trend and, undoubtedly, diminished the number to attendees for whom other sales channels exists. n www.aes.org