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The latest news and products NEW PRODUCTS HDTRACKS High-Resolution Music Web Store Created by David and Norman Chesky, HDtracks.com is the world's first highresolution digital music site offering DRM-free music in multiple formats, as well as cover art and complete liner notes. HDtracks offers the highest quality file formats for any platform or media player. Consumers can choose the file type that best suits their needs: AIFF, FLAC, or 320 kbps MP3. In the near future, select titles will be offered as DVD-Audio quality 96/24 FLAC files. The HDtracks catalog is comprised of many of the finest independent labels in the world, such as the audiophile-oriented Reference Recordings and Chesky Records, David Byrne’s eclectic world music label Luaka Bop, and avant-garde imprints such as Mode Records and John Zorn’s Tzadik. Additionally, HDtracks offers comprehensive editorial content, with complete liner note scans offered with every album purchase. PRICE: $1.49 per single CONTACT: HDTracks | ➲ www.hdtracks.com NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS STUDIO Tony Lindsay, vocalist for Santana and independent artist, isn’t packing his Studio Projects T3 mic on the current tour with Santana (April 4 – May 4). But whenever he’s in the studio, the T3 is with him. “I use it as much as I can,” says Lindsay, who first used the T3 while recording his own album, ‘Tony Lindsay’ (Gruve Records). Since then, he’s used JZ MICROPHONES Black Hole PE Condenser Mic JZ Microphones has launched its third version of the Black Hole dynamic with a pad of -5db and -10db options. The new microphone under the name Black Hole PE (BH-3) has a fixed cardioid polar pattern. As capsule of the Black Hole can handle 135db SPL, this new version can manage also an operatic soprano at close range. Together with the new BH-3, JZ Microphones has also unveiled a new shock mount and pop filter system for the Black Hole. The package also includes a revolutionary pop filter with a curved cone-shaped form. The new Black Hole PE has a five-year warranty. PRICE: $1,995 ($360 for pop filter) CONTACT: JZ Microphones | ☎ 371 29994864 ➲ www.jzmic.com the mic to record his vocals almost exclusively, “unless somebody insists on me using something else,” he adds. The Studio Projects T3 is an affordable highend tube mic with a dedicated AC power supply offering completely variable polar patterns. With design help from David Cherry and George Augspurger, Ward Archer recently rebuilt and rewired a new studio for Memphis, Tennessee’s Archer Records — a facility formerly known as Sounds Unreel Studios. The equipment was upgraded to include a 5.1 PMC monitoring system, a 96-channel Pro Tools rig with blackburst synchronization, a 24-track Sony analog tape deck, and a 48-channel, all-analog, all-discrete API Vision console with full 5.1 implementation. Radial Engineering was the recipient of not one, but two “NAMM Best of Show Awards” at January’s Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California. Radial was presented with top honors in two categories: “Gotta Stock It” for the Primacoustic Recoil Stabilizer — a nearfield studio monitor platform that both isolates and stabilizes the loudspeaker to produce a more consistent signal — and “Best In Show,” given to the entire Radial product line. APOGEE ELECTRONICS Duet FireWire DAW Controller Apogee Electronics’ Duet will be sold in select Apple retail stores across the United States. Known for its seamless integration with Apple's Logic Pro, GarageBand and iTunes software, Duet has quickly become a very popular product. It features two channels of Apogee's legendary A/D and D/A converters, two professional microphone pre-amps and a single controller knob that let's users access all of Duet's features with ease. Apple stores to feature Duet in initial distribution are as follows: Glendale, CA; Northridge, CA; San Francisco; South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, CA; The Grove, Los Angeles, CA; Third Street, Santa Monica, CA; Topanga, Canoga Park, CA; North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL; Fifth Avenue, New York City; Soho, New York City; and West 14th, New York City. PRICE: $499 CONTACT: Apogee Digital | ☎ 310-584-9394 ➲ www.apogeedigital.com CASCADE AUDIO Vive Surround Microphone Cascade Audio has introduced the Vive, a unique, patented surround microphone that produces Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby Digital 5.1-compatible surround sound recordings on any stereo video camera with a mic input jack. Sold as an affordable after-market accessory at B&H Photo/Video, the Vive mounts easily to camcorders to record in true surround sound in a single step. Vive’s patented process encodes the signal and records onto any standard media — such as DV, DVD, CD, .WAV or MP3; no external hardware, additional software or “finalizing” steps are required. Vive mounts easily to any camcorder, connects to the auxiliary microphone jack, and is compatible with all Dolby surround sound-enabled receivers in the marketplace. Vive does provide an option for recording a center channel using an additional lapel or handheld microphone. PRICE: $99 CONTACT: Cascade Audio, Inc. | ☎ 541-505-0055 ➲ www.cascade-audio.com 10 | ProAudio Review | April 2008 Subscribe to the Digital Edition of Pro Audio Review http://www.myparmag.com www.proaudioreview.com http://HDtracks.com http://www.hdtracks.com http://www.jzmic.com http://www.apogeedigital.com http://www.cascade-audio.com http://www.proaudioreview.com http://www.myparmag.com

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ProAudio Review - April 2008 Contents A Little More Recognition Please Studio News and New Products API 1608 16-Channel Analog Console TASCAM X-48 Digital Audio Workstation SSL Matrix Super Analogue Console Toft Audio Design Series ATB Analog Console KRK Systems Exposé E8B Powered Monitor Broadcast News and New Products ZOOM H2 Portable Digital Recorder Producing Surround Sound at 50th Grammy Awards JBL LSR4312SP Linear Spatial Reference Powered Subwoofer Audio Production For Gaming Euphonix S5 Fusion Digital Post Production Console NAB Hot Gear Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Live Production Console Go To A Show! Contracting News and New Products Studio Consoles Studio Wireless Microphones Alicia Keys “Superwoman”

ProAudio Review - April 2008

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