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The latest news and products NEW PRODUCTS MSR Dimension4 Acoustic Treatment Systems “If these walls could talk” is a phrase likely said after many a latenight studio session. But then there are many other times when a main goal is to have the walls themselves speak as little as possible! Acoustics can be unwieldy beasts at times, which is where the preengineered acoustical systems from MSR come in. MSR (who did 24hour treatments to establish the mobile 5.1 mixing trailer at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards) has developed portable, full-frequency solutions providing absorption/diffusion for any given room size. Soon people will be talking about the lack of distracting tones emanating from your control room, live suite or pre-prepped location broadcast. PRICE: $799 - $3,199. CONTACT: MSR, Inc. | ☎ 800-497-2087 ➲ www.msr-inc.com. NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS BROADCAST So much is going on in the world of audio for broadcasting that we’re almost going to have to go through it seven-second sound bite style to get it all in this month! At the 50th Grammy Awards in Februrary, Alicia Keys performed “with” Frank SIntra using Shure KSM9/UHF-R wireless, while Carrie Underwood was seen using a “blinged out” SM58/UHFR mic. SONIFEX Redbox RB-PD2 Profanity Delay Sometimes it’s so frustrating the kind of BLEEP that accidentally gets broadcast on the BLEEPing air. And that’s where this 19-inch 1RU stereo delay unit comes in, offering an automatic stretch algorithm allowing between two and 64 seconds of delay to build up while things stay “live” and in the correct pitch. Delay can also be acquired while playing a pre-selected audio file from Compact Flash. The unit has both balanced analog and AES/EBU digital I/O on 3-pin XLR connectors, and provides sample rates up to 48kHz/24bit. Build, Delay, Cough and Dump features are activated by dedicated front panel button, and a dedicated record mode transfer inputs to linear WAV on Compact Flash. PRICE: $2,822. CONTACT: Sonifex/Independent Audio | ☎ 202-773-2424 ➲ www.independentaudio.com. ZAXCOM Deva 16 Hard Disk Recorder/Mixer Keep your field recording on track – any one or all of 16 tracks, actually – with this new upgrade to the Deva line of location recorders. Featuring eight hardware faders plus an integrated hard drive, DVDRAM and Compact Flash memory card slot, the Deva 16 offers faulttolerant, multi-disk recording with automatic file recovery in the event of unexpected power failure. Eight analog mic/line inputs with 48V Phantom Power, four additional line inputs, eight digital direct outputs, a 16-channel/24-bus digital mixer and channel FX (EQ, notch filter, compressor, delay) are just a few of the additional features. Direct Avid and Pro Tools compatibility, as well as direct-entry metadata and Deva Sound Report Excel output of said data aid in post-production. The over-the-shoulder unit can capture the entire world of sound, literally. PRICE: $14,995. CONTACT: Zaxcom | ☎ 973-835-5000 ➲ www.zaxcom.com. The Beijing Olympics aren’t happening till August, but for audio manufacturers it’s already game on! ATI Digital Audio recently send over 58 DSA 06-XLR and 15 ADAC-2 units to be used for non-reclocking digital audio distribution amplification and simultaneous A/D, D/A and sample rate conversion of Dolby E-encoded audio. CCTV, China’s National Broadcaster, has selected a Clear-Com intercom network of hundreds of ports and user panels to span its entire broadcast operation of the Games. In terms of major sports broadcasts, the Super Bowl is always a biggie, and during this past XLII game show Sennheiser G2 IEM wireless and Future Sonics Ear Monitors assured that performers Alicia Keys (man, she works hard this month), Jordin Sparks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers didn’t miss a cue. Keys and Sparks also used Shure UHF-R wireless for their performances. And the whole thing was broadcast globally in HD Neural-THX Surround. In a late Feb. episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Auralex Acoustics provided StudioFoam Pyramids for a trumpet practice room, marking the third time Auralex treatments were used on the broadcast. CEDAR DNS3000 Dialogue Noise Suppressor Combining the tactile control of the original DNS1000 with the crossplatform Pro Tools integration of the DNS2000, this latest generation of CEDAR’s extremely effective noise suppressor has the Academy Award-winning DNS algorithm at its core for the near-zero latency quality control of live transmissions. Additional features include onboard scenes with simple, intuitive recall, automation to timecode, flying faders, sample rates to 96kHz, and all the I/O you have grown to know and love, with no loss of lip sync. And that’s not just lip service! PRICE: $10,620. CONTACT: CEDAR | ➲ www.cedaraudio.com. 32 | ProAudio Review | March 2008 Subscribe to the Digital Edition of Pro Audio Review http://www.proaudioreview.com/subscribe www.proaudioreview.com http://www.msr-inc.com http://www.independentaudio.com http://www.zaxcom.com http://www.cedaraudio.com http://www.proaudioreview.com http://www.proaudioreview.com/subscribe

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ProAudio Review - March 2008 Contents Publisher's Page Studio News and New Products Sennheiser MKH 8040 Microphone Digidesign Mbox 2 Micro Studio Spotlight Upsampler X/Audio Live News and New Products Touring Gear From the Road Broadcast News and New Products ION Audio Tape2PC Cassette Archiving System Brauner VMA Large-Diaphragm Microphone Audio Ltd. RMS 2040 Series Post News and New Products First Look NAB Showcase Buyers Guide Single Slice

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