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PRODUCT SAMPLER Nearly a year on since our last update, Audio Media presents the latest and greatest products from a cross section of console manufacturers. Studio Consoles Powered by Pro Tools|HD, Digidesign’s D-Control ES enables users to perform Pro Tools tasks directly from the console surface. With a dedicated centre section allowing critical mixing tasks to be performed without leaving the sweet spot, per-channel control over all processing functions and routing, global automation capabilities, and full studio and control room monitoring and communications facilities, D-Control delivers a high level of control over complex projects. Consoles are at the heart of every production studio, but with such a wide range of manufacturers competing for your business, it can be a challenge to keep abreast of new developments. AMS Neve calls its 88D ‘the greatest sounding and most powerful digital music console on the planet.’ With a DSP engine capable of mixing 1,000 tracks at 96kHz, dedicated 8.1 surround monitoring of multiple sources, and the latest Encore Plus automation, the Neve 88D represents the company’s premier digital mixing console. It is designed with ease of use in mind, featuring conventional channel strips and a knob per function centre panel. Fairlight’s Anthem is a multi-configurable digital audio console that unites audio recording, mixing, automation, and editing functions in a single system. The console delivers three configurations to duplicate vintage split recording consoles, classic in-line mixing consoles, and advanced audio postproduction consoles. Its design supports track-laying operations, mix-down and mastering applications, as well as post production mixing and recording. www.ams-neve.com www.digidesign.com www.fairlightau.com API Audio’s 1608 is a full-featured small-format recording console based on the vintage API 1604. The 1608 features sixteen 584B input channels, eight main and eight auxiliary busses, full centre selection control and 5.1 monitoring, and analogue metering. API claims that the 1608 ‘gives all of the advantages of the 1604 Vintage consoles while adding new, modern features valuable to today’s engineers, producers, and musicians.’ Calrec Audio’s Omega uses award-winning Bluefin High Density Signal Processing technology, and features 160 channel processing paths packaged as 48 stereo plus 64 mono channels, and allowing up to 24 full 5.1 surround channels. Available in 24, 32, and 48-fader frame sizes, the Omega boasts eight various audio groups, 20 auxiliary inputs, 48 outputs, and two main stereo or 5.1 surround outputs with full processing. The MPC4-D console is Harrison’s flagship product. Features include seven dualconcentric knobs and 62 buttons for each channel strip, a TFT meter bridge to provide in-depth information and a scrolling waveform above each channel, and an extruded aluminium frame. The surface is highly configurable, with an unrestricted frame width to accommodate an unlimited number of faders. www.apiaudio.com www.calrec.com www.harrisonconsles.com Audient’s analogue ACS8024 console expands on the company’s ASP in-line console by adding an integrated workstation control and an improved finish. A 15- or 17-inch TFT monitor mounted on the console’s meterbridge allows users to remain in the sweet spot whilst mixing. Both consoles are produced by DDA founders David Dearden and Gareth Davies, and feature up to 80 inputs, full 24-track routing, splittable equalisers, and 14 auxiliary busses. www.audient.myzen.co.uk The Euphonix System 5 digital audio mixing system is specifically designed for audio postproduction and music applications. The console has undergone a major redesign, adding new surface modules, DSP SuperCore, and the new EuCon Hybrid Option for adding DAW control from the System 5 surface. The surface is modular, and connections to the rack are by Cat 5 Ethernet. All audio electronics are housed remotely, with the surface controlling a Euphonix DSP SuperCore. Lawo lauched its new generation of digital audio consoles at IBC 2008. The Crystal console is primarily intended for radio on-air and edit-suite applications, and is designed to guarantee a short training curve by minimising the control elements and displays, and providing a selection of preset configurations for standard application. The tabeletop console comprises a control surface and base unit connected by Cat-5. The base unit houses I/Os, signal processing, and the control system. www.euphonix.com www.lawo.de 48 AUDIO MEDIA FEBRUARY 2009 http://www.ams-neve.com http://www.digidesign.com http://www.fairlightau.com http://www.harrisonconsoles.com http://www.apiaudio.com http://www.calrec.com http://www.audient.myzen.co.uk http://www.euphonix.com http://www.lawo.de

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