TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Telefunken Debuts M82 Broadcast Mic at InfoComm
Telefunken showcased its new M82 dynamic cardioid broadcast microphone at this year’s InfoComm exhibition in Las Vegas.
Hand-assembled and tested in the company’s facilities in Connecticut, US, the M82 features a 35mm diaphragm specially designed to capture low frequencies. Te M82 is an end-address microphone, meaning that the top portion of the headgrille is pointed at the sound source, and features two separate EQ switches: High Boost and Kick EQ. Tese two switches function independently of each other, providing four different settings. Te High Boost switch tilts the upper mid-range and high frequencies (starting around 2kHz with a 6dB boost by 10kHz). For a source such as an announcer’s voice, the high boost provides further articulation and airiness in the upper register. Also
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valuable as a music microphone in addition to broadcast voice, the M82’s Kick EQ switch engages a passive filter that reduces some of the lower mid-range frequencies (centred around 350Hz).
Te construction of the M82 borrows heavily from the U47 body style by employing a head grille of similar architecture and is finished in a durable smooth black finish.
www.t-funk.com
Eventide Releases Ultrachannel
Eventide has announced the availability of its new UltraChannel 64-bit native plug-in for AU, VST, and AAX64 for Mac and PC. Te plug-in is a full channel strip and includes micro pitch functionality from Eventide’s flagship H8000, stereo delays with variable feedback paths, plus two stages of compression, gating, and five bands of parametric EQ.
UltraChannel features a pair of dynamics processors – the O-Pressor, capable
of extreme compression (this is the compressor section of the Omnipressor), and a conventional compressor with de-essing and side-chain capability. Te plug-in also offers Soft-Saturation and Transformer emulation, which recreates transformer core saturation, while its FlexiPath routing allows drag and drop for reordering the signal path of the top level components (O-Pressor, compressor/de-esser, EQ, Gate). Eventide is offering the plug-in free of charge until midnight on 8 July. To download UltraChannel go to
http://bit.ly/UltraChannel and use access code 0AA225EC.
www.eventide.com
Chandler Captures the Sound of Abbey Road
Abbey Road Studios and Chandler have announced the release of the TG2-500 microphone preamp. Building on the popularity of the TG2 preamp, the TG2-500 delivers the classic sound of Abbey Road’s TG12428 preamp, used in the studio’s recording and mastering consoles in the late 60s and early 70s, in the 500 series format. Te Chandler TG2-500 delivers frequency response identical to the TG2 and has the same high frequency bump and mid forward tone, along with the warmth-inducing distortion which contributes to its sound. Te end result is said to be a creamy, smooth tone with an open, clear top end.
www.chandlerlimited.com
6 July 2014
Te newest, and largest, addition to Allen & Heath’s Qu series of digital consoles, Qu-32, made its debut at this year’s InfoComm exhibition. Qu-32 is a 32-fader, 38-in/28-out digital mixer, which joins the rackmountable Qu-16 (see our review in AM January page 44) and the compact Qu-24. Te new unit shares the series’ key features such as total recall of settings, Qu-Drive integrated multi-track recorder, dSNAKE for remote I/O and personal monitoring, multichannel USH stream, Qu-Pad control app, and the iLive FX Library, but comes with a larger, 7in touchscreen. Te mixer was designed to double up as a studio mixer with its 32 x 32 audio interface for streaming to/from a Mac or PC, and MIDI strips dedicated to control of DAW track levels, selection, mutes, and solos.
www.allen-heath.com
Steinberg Updates Nuendo
Steinberg has announced the forthcoming release of Nuendo 6.5, a purchasable update to its post-production software. Nuendo 6.5 features enhanced loudness processing, bass frequency management, and an improved Automatic Dialog Replacement (ADR) taker system. Te optional Nuendo Expansion Pack (NEK) also receives a version increment, extending Nuendo’s tool set through a range of features previously introduced to Cubase 7.5, such as the Groove Agent SE 4 drum sampler and HALion Sonic SE 2 sample player. Tis latest update to the audio post-production environment now offers an automatic loudness-processing feature that renders loudness-based mixes on export at user-defined loudness levels, such as -23 LUFS. Enhanced support for Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) files ensures a smooth exchange between Nuendo and Pro Tools or Media Composer, while TrackVersions, track visibility management and automatic detection of waveform transients for skipping between transient peaks add to the many workflow optimisations. Others updates include a redesigned Control Room and metering section for a better overview, the re-record mode feature for instant record restart at the original position, and Track Quick Control assignments that are saved and loaded as presets and applied to different track types. Additional highlights are VST Connect SE 2 for recording audio and MIDI via the internet, as well as the Steinberg Hub, a multifunctional platform that comprises a news section and the convenience to call up frequently used folders and recent projects.
www.steinberg.net
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