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WAVES CENTER PROCESSOR Not left of center or right of center—center This processor separates phantom Center audio from side (L/R panned) content. Ideal for final mixes and mastering, Center lets users zero in on the phantom Center and bring out or bring down the vocals without affecting everything else. It’s also ideal for post-production engineers and DJs; Center allows repositioning, isolating, and even eliminating elements of a mix. Adjustable punch, high frequency, and low frequency controls let users enhance detail with maximum impact. $400 Native, $800 TDM; users of Waves Mercury and Waves Diamond bundles covered by Waves Update Plan receive Center at no additional charge. www.waves.com MUSE RESEARCH RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX Stuff your virtual instruments and effects into a physical box Receptor 2 Pro Max features a 3GHz dual core processing engine, 3GB RAM, 1000GB (1 TB) drive, and E-SATA port for connection to external drive arrays. It also features updated factory sounds, including hundreds of presets based on the Plugsound BOX collection of virtual instruments. This collection of keyboards, synths, GM sounds, Drums, and Urban sounds and Loops is now included with every standard Receptor for free. Receptor 2 Pro Max fits in a 2-rack space box and weighs only 18 pounds; additionally, its enhanced Ethernet performance benefits Muse Research’s UniWire technology. This can offload processor-intensive tasks to the Receptor 2 Pro Max, reserving your main CPU for running your DAW software. www.museresearch.com AUDIO DAMAGE ROUGH RIDER PRO Are you ready for extreme compression? Rough Rider Pro is a more sophisticated version of the popular (and controversial) free Rough Rider compressor. Featuring three bands of compression, with full control over each band, Rough Rider Pro is designed for extreme compression— with ratios up to 1000:1, an extremely short attack time for distortion effects, and multiple routings. It also offers a series mode, routing three Rough Riders in a row. $49 (for Windows VST and OS X VST/AudioUnits). www.audiodamage.com LOOMER ASPECT SOFTWARE INSTRUMENT Semi-modular analog synthesizer Aspect is a 32-note polyphonic software instrument. It combines a subtractive synth engine with a semi-modular architecture and simple interface that allows practically anything to be used as a modulation source and destination. It offers two analog-style oscillators, noise generator, two filters, three envelopes, and three syncable LFOs per voice. MIDI Learn mode provides easy integration with any MIDI hardware controller, and there are over 150 presets. Available for Mac OS X 10.4 and above (AU/VST/standalone), Windows XP and above (VS/standalone), and Linux (VST/standalone using JACK or ALSA). An RTAS version for Mac/Windows is forthcoming. www.loomer.co.uk FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO CREATE Alliance aims to protect the rights of artists through political action The Recording Artists’ Coalition (RAC) announced an alliance with The Recording Academy that will allow it to continue its mission of vigorous advocacy for recording artists as a program of The Recording Academy, rather than as a separate nonprofit organization. RAC will become an integral program of The Academy’s “GRAMMYs on the Hill” initiative, which advances the rights of music creators through advocacy, education, and dialogue. The first objective of the GRAMMYs on the Hill/RAC program will be to educate new and returning policy makers about the critical issues facing music creators, and the need to ensure fair compensation for all music creators on all platforms. RAC was founded in 2000 by Don Henley and Sheryl Crow to address legislative issues that affect the recording artist community. On behalf of its membership of more than 150 recording artists, RAC has addressed issues such as artist contract reform, media consolidation, and artist compensation. The Academy opened its Washington, D.C., office in 1998 and has since launched numerous programs to advance music makers’ rights, including the music community’s only annual grassroots lobbying day in Washington, D.C. Academy leaders are frequently called upon to testify before Congress and to educate and advance critical music policy. www.grammy.com www.eqmag.com MARCH 2009 EQ 19 http://www.museresearch.com http://www.waves.com http://www.audiodamage.com http://www.loomer.co.uk http://www.grammy.com http://www.eqmag.com

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EQ Magazine - March 2009 Contents Talk Box Sounding Board Mr. Scruff Apollo Sunshine Al Schmitt Toolbox Third Eye Blind Kind of Blue Guitar Trax Bass Management Key Issues Drum Heads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Ableton Live Vocal Tools Gadgets & Goodies Room with a Vu

EQ Magazine - March 2009

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