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Reviews
14 Reviewed & Revisited: Avid Pro Tools 12.5.
14

The latest version of the world's most famous DAW
now offers the ability to collaborate around the
world... without spending a cent to do it.
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY

24 Reviewed & Revisited: Focusrite Clarett 2Pre.
The blinding speed of Thunderbolt and the great
sound of Focusrite preamps in a wonderfully portable
package.
REVIEW BY GILES REAVES

26 Reviewed & Revisited: Steinberg Cubase 8.5.
58

This update streamlines and accelerates workflow in
Cubase to make the recording experience smoother,
and adds a comprehensive system for sharing work in
the cloud.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

28 elysia karacter 500.
20

There are many ways to add "warmth" and
"saturation" to digital mixes, but this little box is
something special indeed.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

32 Dangerous Music Dangerous 2-BUS+.
The company that invented analog summing brings
its famous first product into the 21st Century with
cool new features and an impressive new sound.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

24

34 API 535-LA Line Amplifier.

26

This new 500 Series module brings the magic of
stacked API components, the key to the firm's analog
consoles, to combine mixing creativity with great tone.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

36 Software Short Takes.

32

50

For this DAW issue, we bring you a bunch of
reviews: plug-ins and virtual instruments from Spitfire
Audio, Output, Relab, Sonnox, Softube, PSP
Audioware, Joey Sturgis Tones, Audio Damage,
iZotope, and Tone2.
REVIEWS BY DARWIN GROSSE, JON HILLMAN, PAUL VNUK JR.,
AND MIKE METLAY

48 Reviewed & Revisited: Steinberg WaveLab 9.
This all-in-one editing/mastering suite, an essential tool
for many mastering engineers, has added tons of new
and improved features and a beautiful, elegant new look.
REVIEW BY JUSTIN PERKINS

50 Reviewed & Revisited: Genelec 8020C
Active Monitor.
This desktop speaker is just a bit heavier than the tiny
8010A, but packs a serious punch and unequaled
sonic clarity.
REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

58 Reviewed & Revisited:
PreSonus Studio One 3.2.
Version 3 of the program that showed the world that
yes, we do need one more DAW, continues to innovate
and inspire, with fantastic new ways to assemble ideas
into songs.
REVIEW BY JON HILLMAN

60 Reviewed & Revisited:
WaveMachine Labs Auria Pro.
The first full-featured DAW for iOS has grown up in a
big way, adding MIDI and many other pro-level features
to create a full-on studio experience that fits in a laptop
bag... with room left over for a laptop.
REVIEW BY TONY GERBER

62 Lumit: A Walking Tour.
Lumit Audio is turning heads with a remarkable new
DAW that's optimized for multitouch Windows
tablets, with speed and ease of use that are really
inspiring.
REVIEW BY BILL STUNT

72 For Your Bookshelf.
Less Noise, More Soul: The Search for Balance in the
Art, Technology, and Commerce of Music.
BOOK REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

FeatuRes
10 Signal Flow In A DAW.
Sometimes, the easiest way to figure out this newfangled
computer audio stuff is to apply old-fashioned ideas to it.
Learn how mapping a DAW's functions to the paradigm
of a mixer, effects rack, and recorder can take the mystery
out of how it works.
BY MIKE RIVERS

20 Great Tone In The Box.
Harmonics and distortion aren't necessarily a bad
thing; when used properly, they can give lifeless digital
mixes that magic touch that makes them come alive.
Here's how.
BY JAMES LINDENSCHMIDT

56 First Steps. Part 18: The Digital Audio
Workstation-II.
We spoke last month about how DAWs take the
place of multitrack recorders and mixing console, but
they have another function that would have seemed
like pure sorcery not long ago. Meet the music
world's equivalent of the word processor...
BY PAUL J. STAMLER

RegulaRs
4 Fade In.
8 Talkback.
64 Readers' Tapes.
BY MARTY PETERS

65 Advertiser Index.

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