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The latest news and products NEW PRODUCTS BOCK AUDIO 5-ZERO-7 Bock Audio will unveil their new Bock Audio 5-ZERO-7 hand-built large body tube microphone at the 125th AES Convention in San Francisco. Engineered for high-end vocal applications, the 5-ZERO-7 is the first mic to take advantage of a new patent-pending elliptical large capsule design by David Bock and George Cardas. In development for over five years, this new capsule — hand manufactured in Germany — is different from capsule designs both past and present. Offering many technical advantages over existing round capsule designs, the Bock/Cardas Ellipse delivers higher levels of audio performance than has been seen before. Designed as a traditional tube mic/power supply package, the Bock 5-ZERO-7 is a large body mic with a beefy tube, audio transformers, fully discrete electronics and custom power supply very similar to those found in 1947 era microphones. PRICE: $6,995 CONTACT: TransAudio Group | ¤ 702-365-5155 · www.transaudiogroup.com STEINBERG Cubase 4.5 Steinberg has announced the latest update to Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 Music Production Systems, version 4.5. Both are available now as a download for all US registered Cubase 4 and Cubase Studio 4 customers from http://www.steinbergupgrades.com. V.4.5 offers many new integrative technologies, with full support for the upcoming Steinberg MR816 CSX/X Advanced Integration DSP Studios and the CC121 Advanced Integration Controller. Cubase 4.5 also introduces VST Sound, a new and improved universal media management format that is a fundamental part of Steinberg’s VST3 standard. Further, the update offers full compatibility with Steinberg’s entry-level Sequel 2 Music Creation and Performance Software as well as the new Rock, Hip Hop and Industrial Content Sets. PRICE: Free to registered Cubase 4/Cubase Studio 4 customers CONTACT: Steinberg North America | ¤ 877-253-3900 · www.cubase.net NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS STUDIO Producer and engineer Sterling Winfield is known in the hard rock music world for his heavy sounds, and for the past several years he has been exclusively mixing through the Dangerous Music 2-Bus analog summing system at Gary Long’s Nomad Studios in Carrollton, Texas. Winfield says, “I’ve been spoiled. I’ve worked with the Dangerous 2-Bus summing amp at Nomad Studios and I didn’t want to do any mixing or critical listening without that technology at my side. The [Dangerous] D-Box is absolutely perfect for what I’m going to be doing at home. I also wanted to be fully compatible with Nomad.” For more information about Winfield’s production techniques, refer to the September 2007 issue of Pro Audio Review, where he was featured in the monthly production column, “Single Slice.” Over the course of 12 years, Copenhagen-based Studie73 was built from the ground up. owner/chief engineer Johan Lei Gellett slowly amassed a nice collection of high-end analog equipment and traded up smaller spaces for ever-larger and acoustically inspiring sites. Lei Gellett recently replaced what used to be purely a Pro Tools mixing situation with a brand new analog API 1608 smallframe mixing console. The 1608 joins Neve, Gyratech, TLA, Universal Audio, NTP, and ADAM outboard gear in creating Studie73’s organic, vital sound. Until recently, music scoring engineer Armin Steiner Steiner relied “almost entirely” on cardioid Sennheiser MKH 40s for spot miking. “Although I try to keep spot miking to a minimum, when I need to include a spot mic it’s essential that the off-axis response blend linearly with the rest of the mics,” said Steiner. “Until Sennheiser introduced the new MKH 8040, the MKH 40 was my favorite all-purpose spot mic. The 8040 shares all of the best qualities of the 40, including very low noise and terrific dynamic range, and although I wouldn’t have guessed it was possible, the 8040 has better off-axis rejection and even greater clarity.” Z RIGHT STUFF Z-Bar Miking Bracket Z Right Stuff’s Z-Bar miking bracket can be used as a simple alternative to conventional microphone stands for amp and cabinet miking applications. The Z-Bar is made of lightweight anodized aluminum with dedicated hardware for attachment of any 5/827 inch mic clip. The bar can be slipped beneath a speaker cabinet or guitar amp, or hung from the top-carrying handle, suspending the microphone in front of the loudspeaker. PRICE: $20 CONTACT: Z Right Stuff | ¤ 800-771-8330 · www.performanceaudio.com TC-HELICON Harmony 4 Update TC-Helicon has released a new version of its Harmony4 plug-in for Pro Tools|HD and TC’s PowerCore platform. This version is now Universal Binary-compatible and adds an array of doubling presets, including doubling presets that emulate overdub sounds as well as octave doubling. With TC-Helicon’s Harmony4 plug-in, producers, engineers and songwriters reportedly can fatten existing harmony tracks and add new one- to four-part harmonies after the singer has left the studio. The update to Harmony4 is available as a free upgrade for existing users and can be downloaded from the company’s website. PRICE: Free CONTACT: TC-Helicon | ¤ 818-665-4900 · www.tc-helicon.com 14 | ProAudio Review | September 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.transaudiogroup.com http://www.steinbergupgrades.com http://www.cubase.net http://www.performanceaudio.com http://www.tc-helicon.com http://www.proaudioreview.com

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ProAudio Review - September 2008 Contents Publisher’s Page: It's A Hard Drive World Broadcast News and New Products Lawo mc256 Digital Production Console Studio News and New Products Earthworks PM40 Piano Mic System Onkyo Professional PR-SC885 HDMI 1.3a Surround Sound Processor Developments and Trends: Instrument Microphones Benchmark Media DAC1 Pre Focal Twin6 Be Studio Reference Monitors Cascade FAT HEAD II Blumlein Package Studio Projects CS5 Microphone M-Audio Pulsar II Small-Diaphragm Condenser Live News and New Products JBL MRX512M Live Monitor QSC: Behind The Scenes Contracting News and New Products Primacoustic Broadway Professional Acoustic Solutions Buyer's Guide: Contracting Amplifiers/Mixers Buyer's Guide: Contracting Speakers Single Slice: pc muñoz "Chatter & Buzz"

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