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AUDIO EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE ProAudio Review ACOUSTICS CONTROL PANELS ® RPG DIFFUSOR SYSTEMS, INC. Listen To The Music, N o t T h e R o o m TM Absorption, Diffusion & Total Room Solution Packages. Find an Authorized Dealer @ EQUIPMENT ALAN SMART COMPRESSORS www.rpginc.com/proaudio CASES Case Specialists We Will Beat ANY Price! 1-877-692-2738 www.NewYorkcasecompany.com • C1, C2 & Multi-Channel Versions • Smart 2 Tools - SSL to Pro Tools Interfaces • Smart D.I. Boxes All Exclusively Distributed by: 323-469-1186 • SunsetSound.com EARTHWORKS Continued From Page 18 STUDIO | exhibit “white noise” type tonality on those instruments. Used in a stereo configuration on a Jean Larrivee jumbo cutaway acoustic guitar, the Pulsar IIs sounded a little bit recessed and hi-fi, as opposed to natural and warm. I found that the high-end sheen that was pleasing on drums, cymbals, and percussion wasn’t quite as nice on acoustic guitar. On the other hand, while this kind of semi-cutting tonality wouldn’t be my first choice when used by itself, it could provide some assistance to help a guitar cut through a dense mix. REVIEW The M-Audio mics were a very cool choice when placed right up against the twin speakers in a vintage 1987 Gallien-Krueger 250ML guitar amplifier. This amplifier (which could never be described as mellow or recessed) really came to life through the Pulsar IIs, and its over-the-top chorus virtually exploded out of my monitors. SUMMARY The M-Audio Pulsar II microphones represent a good choice for those in the market for a low-cost matched pair of smalldiaphragm condensers. Their low self-noise makes them a contender for ambient miking duties, and the “1 dB match” between mics is impressive at this price point. In my opinion, they neatly fill the price/performance gap between the current crop of low-end, small-diaphragm microphones and the ”oldline” fully professional microphones at a price much closer to the entry-level stuff. Now if they could just re-engineer those microphone clips! Richard Alan Salz is owner of Vermont Audio Labs. M-AUDIO Continued From Page 36 put a lot of effort and love into them and I guess it shows. On the other hand, the PM40 sounds awesome — hands down and no question about it. Lay it inside a piano, connect two mic cables to your preamp, and hit record; you’re guaranteed to get a really good sounding reproduction of piano sound. For 75 percent of all piano miking jobs happening in the world today, the PM40 would do a better job — and do it with much less trouble — than any other solution currently available. It certainly wins (no contest) for recording or reinforcing a piano with the lid closed; for that application, it’s a godsend. But on half-stick, in a worship setting, or even at a classical concert where amplification (or recording) needs to be simple and invisible, I consider the PM40 to be the new first choice in piano miking. Add in a little convolution reverb or high-class algorithmic reverb and you’re there! During the past 30 years, Dr. Fred Bashour has received credits on hundreds of recordings released on over a dozen labels. 56 | ProAudio Review | September 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.panelauthority.com http://www.acousticsfirst.com http://www.rpginc.com/proaudio http://www.SunsetSound.com http://www.NewYorkcasecompany.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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