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elysia (elysia.com) presented the Beech Boys, a set of special
xpressor 500 and xfilter 500 modules ($975 each) with beautiful
spalted beechwood front panels over steel, featuring a natural
"waveform" pattern. Only 55 units of each will be sold.

elysia Beech Boys
Empirical Labs (empiricallabs.com, dist. by Wave Distribution,
wavedistro.com) officially rolled out the Arousor plug-in ($349)
that was soft-launched at AES.
Eventide (eventideaudio.com) showed a prototype of a
Eurorack-format module version of its DDL500 delay, but the big
news was on the software side. Fission (available this Spring,
$199) is the first of a new line of Structural Effects that allow for
separate processing of attack transients and sustain portions of
notes or drum hits in recorded audio. Look for a review soon.
Fluid Audio (fluidaudio.net) was on hand with the FPX7
coaxial ribbon-tweeter monitors reviewed in this issue, as well
as a variety of smaller 2-way designs that we'll be looking at
in future months.
Focusrite (focusrite.com) announced the new Scarlett OctoPre
and Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic ($399.99 and $599.99), two
rackmount 8-channel preamps with ADAT optical output at up
to 24/192 resolution, the latter model adding analogue
compression on each input. Focusrite also announced that buyers

NAMM
of the Red 4Pre and Red 8Pre interfaces after NAMM who plan
to use them with Pro Tools 12.6 will have Avid's Pro Tools |
DigiLink I/O license paid for by Focusrite.
Fostex (fostex.com, dist. by American Music & Sound,
americanmusicandsound.com) debuted the TH7 closed-back
studio headphones ($99.99), a sound-isolating design with
10 Hz-35 kHz frequency response, and the TE04 in-ear monitors ($79.99). Both models are available in four colors.
GFI System (gfisystem.com) showed an early prototype of the
Specular Eclipse, a new pedal that combines the rich reverb of
the company's Specular Reverb 2 and the complex delays of the
Clockworks 2. Price and ship date are still being determined.
Now shipping: Cabzeus ($299), a dual-channel speaker miking
simulator and DI box with software-customizable cabinet models.
GIK Acoustics (gikacoustics.com) was showing its new
Impression Series of acoustic panels ($55 to $175 each).
Available in three sizes and three thicknesses, the Impression
Series combines absorptive material up to 6" thick with five
different carved panel patterns, combining high-frequency
scattering with beautiful aesthetics.
Grace Design (gracedesign.com) was showing the BiX acoustic
instrument preamp pedal ($295), a smaller sibling to the FELiX
and ALiX pedals featuring a high-impedance input, unbalanced
line output and XLR DI transformer iso output, mute and boost
switches, high and low shelving EQ, and more.

GIK Acoustics Impression Series

Fostex TH7

Grace Design BiX

Focusrite Scarlett OctoPre Dynamic
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http://www.elysia.com http://www.fostex.com http://www.americanmusicandsound.com http://www.gfisystem.com http://www.gikacoustics.com http://www.empiricallabs.com http://www.wavedistro.com http://www.eventideaudio.com http://www.gracedesign.com http://www.fluidaudio.net http://www.focusrite.com

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