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2008 PAR Excellence Awards Oram S200 Live Sound Rack Mixer www.oram.co.uk “You can always count on John Oram to build hearty, high-quality, and great-sounding gear. The S200 is a small-footprint live mixer that should fit—both figuratively and literally—within small to medium-sized touring acts’ gigs. It’s also a great consideration for theaters, HOWs, and other fixed-installation applications.” PreSonus StudioLive Digital Console www.presonus.com “StudioLive is a fully featured 16-channel/4bus digital mixer married to a 22x18 (22 recording inputs, 18 returns) FireWire interface. For tracking and mixing, the StudioLive offers all the features one would expect with a digital console: EQ and dynamics on every channel and output, two built-in effect processors, and snapshot scene control. Its well thought-out routing allows tracking with, or without, the channel DSP, mixing through the mixer, or mixing ITB (in the box) using the mixer as a control surface.” Primacoustic Cumulus Corner Bass Trap www.primacoustic.com “Another effective tool from one of the top modular acoustics companies before AES, I had the opportunity to install Mojave Audio M201 four Cumulus traps in a heavily FET Microphone treated room. Small in size, they were the final, yet crucial, component in making my environment the tight, controlled, and great-sounding listening environment that it is today.” Renkus-Heinz IC Live Line Array www.renkus-heinz.com “IC Live is a sound reinforcement installer’s dream come true; it is a system that integrates software, digital amplification, and thoughtful design in a package that can successfully deliver good audio in reverberant spaces such as churches and theaters where common acoustic treatment practices are aesthetically no-no’s. Visually, they will blend into nearly any such environment, pleasing ears and eyes alike.” Manley Backbone Mastering Insert Switcher Manley Backbone Mastering Insert Switcher www.manleylabs.com “Manley has always offered impeccable tools for the audio mastering market, and the Backbone doesn’t disappoint. As with all Manley gear, it’s overbuilt, pretty, and accommodates up to eight outboard pieces, great for using all of your favorite analog processors.” Massey Plug-Ins Drum-To-MIDI Converter for Pro Tools|HD www.masseyplugins.com “DTM is this year’s hands down ‘I-shouldathought-of-that’ winner! It’s an audio suite plug-in that will analyze drum tracks in Pro Tools, then create a MIDI file of the transients. Where has this been all this time? In Steven Massey’s head and our dreams, that’s where.” M-Audio ProFire 2626 FireWire Interface www.m-audio.com “The ProFire is a super-highway of audio inputs and outputs for one’s computer and one of the most sophisticated interfaces I’ve ever used its price point allows a new generation of audio professionals access to great converters and preamps, that, only a few years ago, would be cost-prohibitive to most.” Microtech Gefell UM 930 Twin Dual-Element Microphone www.microtechgefell.de “Two very nice capsules in one mic with separate outputs. Record now, choose your pattern later; you could say that it’s ‘chocolate’ to the Josephson C720’s ‘vanilla,’ another 2008 PAR Excellence winner a Gefell in your mic locker is not only a valuable asset, it’s a statement; the UM 930 twin is a great place to start with this legendary company’s product offerings.” PreSonus StudioLive Digital Console Neumann TLM 67 Condenser Microphone Mojave Audio M201 FET Microphone www.mojaveaudio.com “David Royer’s other mic company has emerged as a reasonably priced and highquality source of his ‘non-ribbon’ transducer creations. With the debut of the M201, Mojave now offers a large-diaphragm FET cardioid devoid of the negatives usually associated with modern FET mics. Judging from other Mojave releases in the last couple of years, the M201 is worth a serious look by those desiring a new large-diaphragm condenser of betterthan-good quality.” Neumann TLM 67 Condenser Microphone www.neumannusa.com “Hello! The TLM 67 is first new condenser mic I’ve heard that addresses the harshness problems of digital recording it’s audibly more linear, and more neutral, than the U87, with more attention to midrange it’s expensive and very nice.” 10 ProAudioReview | November 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.oram.co.uk http://www.manleylabs.com http://www.microtechgefell.de http://www.presonus.com http://www.masseyplugins.com http://www.m-audio.com http://www.primacoustic.com http://www.mojaveaudio.com http://www.renkus-heinz.com http://www.neumannusa.com http://www.proaudioreview.com

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ProAudio Review - November 2008 Contents Technically Speaking First Look 2008 PAR Excellence Awards New Studio Products Studio Sense Review: Solid State Logic Matrix Review: Arsenal Audio by API R24, V14, and R20 Mini-Review Review, Second Opinion, and Benchtest Review: A-Designs HM2EQ HAMMER Review: Sontronics Sigma Phantom Powered Ribbon Microphone Analog In The Studio: Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be New Live Products Worship Audio Review: Community VERIS Series Loudspeakers Installation Profile Single Slice

ProAudio Review - November 2008

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