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The latest news and products NEW PRODUCTS LAWO mc256 Production Console Lawo has debuted its mc256 production console, the newest member of the mc2 series. Based on the existing mc2 technology, the mc256 offers the Lawo HD core with up to 512 DSP channels, 144 summing buses, and a routing capacity of up to 8,192 crosspoints. The complete functionality of the mc2 series is available, including the transfer of snapshots within the mc2 family, as well as dynamic automation and networking with other Lawo products. A new element of the mc256 lies in the control surface, which offers direct access to essential operating elements. Functions that are rarely used are handled via the touch-screen graphical user interface. According to the company, this design facilitates easy operation and a short learning curve. In addition, the new construction reduces fader width to 30mm. Each 16-fader bay offers fully featured metering on a high-resolution TFT. PRICE: POA CONTACT: Lawo | ¤ 49 7222 1002-0 · www.lawo.ca NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS BROADCAST After a controversial, though by all accounts amicable, departure from ESPN’s SportsCenter, Dan Patrick launched a nationally syndicated radio show on Premiere Radio Networks (Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, Coast to Coast AM). The Dan Patrick Show reaches in excess of 110 affiliates, streams live from sportsillustrated.com, appears on XM Sports Nation, etc. With so many ears listening, the cost of an aired profanity would be tremendous, and the rigorous requirements of Premiere require perfectly timed closures. For both these reasons, veteran studio designer James Hibbard, president of Pacific Mobile Recorders, specified an Symetrix AirTools 6100 profanity delay in his design and construction of Patrick’s East Coast studio. Demonstrating its sound quality and ease of use, the HHB FlashMic has been used to compile an urban London soundtrack for an arts project executed by members of the public. The Sonic Garden was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Arts Service as an aural and visual oasis in the urban landscape of World’s End Place, a public square off Chelsea’s Kings Road. Armed with HHB FlashMics, the world’s first professional digital recording microphone, 25 public participants were sent forth to capture the sounds of Chelsea and Kensington. After the walk, the sounds were ‘planted’ in the Sonic Garden sound installation, which was then opened to the public. Season two of American Gladiators, a physical contest television show that originally ran through the 1990s, was revived at the beginning of 2008 by Reveille Productions and MGM Television. The competition, which returned to the air in mid-May on NBC, is filmed at the Los Angeles Sports Arena using Sennheiser equipment including new MKH 8040 Series wired microphones, SKM 5200 wireless handheld mics and the company’s A 5000 CP circularly polarized antennas. ZAXCOM Fusion High-Resolution Audio Recorder/Mixer The new Fusion high-resolution audio mixer and recorder is optimized for use in reality television, surround recording, and ENG applications. It replaces the multiple mixers and portable recorders that normally would be required to support mixing and recording of audio to camera via RF link or hardwired cable. Fusion can mix together 16 inputs to eight output busses for recording up to eight tracks. Fusion achieves low weight and superior power efficiency by eliminating the use of a hard drive, which additionally removes concerns of hard drive damage from extreme temperatures or motion. The system records to two CompactFlash cards simultaneously, ensuring 100 percent solid-state recording that provides both redundancy and flexibility. Other features include DSP-based audio tools, four balanced AES inputs, and an effects package. PRICE: 7,995 CONTACT: Zaxcom | ¤ 973-835-5000 · www.zaxcom.com WAVES MaxxStream Audio Streaming Solution Waves has introduced MaxxStream, an all-in-one software solution that uses Waves processors to condition and optimize the audio quality in streaming media formats for better sound. MaxxStream also doubles as a standalone software processor for live audio. Users can connect their sound source to their audio card or external I/O, and load MaxxStream with Waves plug-ins for a powerful stereo multieffects unit. MaxxStream comes bundled with more than 50 factory presets. It also uses 32-bit floating point processing throughout, as well as a Watchdog utility and basic SNMP monitoring and control. It is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP , Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003, and comes in two configurations. MaxxStream Pack includes: AudioTrack for equalization, compression, and gating; Renaissance Vox for vocal enhancement; and L1 Ultramaximizer for limiting and level maximization. MaxxStream Pro Pack includes: C1 Parametric Compander; C4 Multiband Compressor; L1 Ultramaximizer; MaxxBass; S1 Stereo Imager; Paragraphic Equalizer; and DeEsser. PRICE: $500 (MaxxStream Pack) and $1600 (Pro Pack) CONTACT: Waves | ¤ 865-909-9200 · www.waves.com 36 | ProAudio Review | July 2008 Subscribe to the Digital Edition of Pro Audio Review http://www.myparmag.com www.proaudioreview.com http://www.lawo.ca http://www.zaxcom.com http://www.waves.com http://www.proaudioreview.com http://www.myparmag.com

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ProAudio Review - July 2008 Contents Publisher's Page: Inside Broadcast Production Studio News and New Products Steinberg Nuendo 4 Digital Audio Workstation Developments & Trends: Digital Audio Workstation I/O JZ Microphones Black Hole BH-1 Apple Logic Studio Behind The Scenes: JBL Professional – A 60-Year Legacy Broadcast News and New Products WLOY: Real World Facilities For An On-Campus Radio Station Post News and New Products Hot Gear InfoComm 08 Chandler Limited TG1 Abbey Road/EMI Series Limiter/Compressor Live News and New Products Cerwin-Vega! Professional Active Series CVA-28 and CVA-118 Speakers QSC Audio Model GX5 Power Amplifier From The Road: A Week In The Life — Gear Essentials Contracting News and New Products Taming The Driving Factor — Drums UpSampler: sE Instrument Reflection Filter Buyer’s Guide: Live Sound Amplifiers Single Slice: Roger Powell “Fallout Shelter”

ProAudio Review - July 2008

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