ProAudio Review - October 2008 - (Page 34) STUDIO | REVIEW by Strother Bullins ments to fit mid- to large-sized control rooms. It is designed for a wide range of A/V production applications – music studio, broadcast audio production, video production, and so on. Additionally, the Edit Center range offers complimentary accessories, such as the Side Bay with fan-based ventilation system and sound baffling. After examining the Edit Center product line closely, measuring my work space, and carefully considering the range of audio gear I own and use (and may own and use in the indefinable future), I ordered the ES+S12D desk and side bay package ($4271 list) in Dark Cherry. Middle Atlantic Products Edit Center Multimedia Studio Furniture The flexible, ergonomically-friendly Edit Center is a built-to-last workhorse of an audio desk. Upon the recent overhaul and acoustic treatment of my personal studio space (see the Primacoustic Broadway review in September 2008 issue of PAR), I reasoned that I should take the opportunity of my work environment’s temporary disarray and move in a new, more functional, and carefully designed media production desk, too. After all, since acoustic treatment allows your ears to work more comfortably, I might as well give my body some comfort, too. Sure — you can sit a small mixer, moni- APPLICATIONS Studio, broadcast, audio and video post production and project/home studio FEATURES heavy-duty MDF construction; Dark Cherry, Honey Maple, or Pepperstone scratch-resistant laminate desktops and form-fitting desktop contours. ES desk: 60” wide (84” available) 32” desktop depth; 19” deep overbridge; pivoting speaker platforms. S12D: single-bay 12RU outboard rack with gasketed doors (plexiglass front and solid back); low-noise cooling fan and removable filter kit; a brush grommet at door bottom. PRICE $4271 list (ES+S12D), $2547 list (ES only), $1958 list (S12D only) CONTACT Middle Atlantic Products, Inc. | ¤ 973-839-1011 | · www.middleatlantic.com The Author’s Studio tors and DAW of choice on a standard yet big and sturdy office-style desk (which I had been doing for years), stack rack-mount gear all around you, and still get things done. However, specially designed studio/media production furniture — the kind that Middle Atlantic Products, Inc. specializes in — allows ideal placement of your nearfield speakers (key to accurate monitoring), comfortable and easy access to the gear that you use (because audio connections, at least for me, are always changing), and an open, flexible feel that a standard desk cannot provide. Middle Atlantic’s flagship desk series, the Edit Center, comes in a range of measureFEATURES The Edit Center ES+S12D package features a 60-inch (five foot) wide desk with an approximately 32-inch desktop depth and a single-bay 12RU outboard rack with gasketed doors (plexiglass front and solid back), and cooling kit. Edit Center desks are also available in 84-inch widths; Side Bays are also available without doors and in dual bay configurations. The Edit Center and Side Bay are primarily built of MDF material; desktops and work surfaces are available in three scratch resistant laminates — the aforementioned Dark Cherry, Honey Maple, and Pepperstone — and most of the desk has a EDIT CENTER continues on page 36 ® 34 | ProAudio Review | October 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.middleatlantic.com http://www.proaudioreview.com
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