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RECORDING

September 2019 Contents

Reviews

38 Vagabon, All The Women In Me
(Laetitia Tamko, Jason Agel,
John Congleton)

12 Whitestone Audio P331 Tube
Loading Amplifier

Treat your digital mixes and masters to the
sweet sound of tubes and transformers with this
master-built analog processor.
REVIEW BY JUSTIN PERKINS & PAUL VNUK JR.

46 Avantone Pro CLA-10 Monitors and

CLA-200 Studio Reference Amplifier

16 Sennheiser IE 400 PRO dynamic
in-ear monitoring headphones

A single-driver universal in-ear monitor for stage,
studio, and casual listening, with a great fit and
sound to match.
REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

Is this the second coming of the classic black
monitor speaker with the white cone? Come find
out in this detailed review, which puts the new
model side-by-side with the original.
REVIEW BY GILES REAVES

48 JBL One Series 104 compact
This well-known speaker company's new One
Series kicks off in style with a compact 4.5"
single point source coaxial speaker.

Combination Summing and
Monitoring System

Massive upgrades take this redesigned monitor
controller, summing box and converter to
another level.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

56 IK Multimedia iLoud MTM Monitors
A symmetrical 2-way, 3-speaker design and
onboard room correction give these little monitors power and precision.

32 Neumann NDH 20 Headphones

REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY

German-made headphones from the folks at
Neumann? Immerse yourself in this top-notch
pair of cans.

34 Audient Nero Desktop

68 64 Audio A4t and A6t

Monitor Controller

in-ear monitors

Definition, depth, and clarity, in a pair of impeccably crafted custom in-ear monitors packed
with unique, aurally pleasing innovations.
REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY AND PAUL VNUK JR.

Interviews
22 Toto All In Box Set (Steve Lukather,
professional reference monitors

With advanced DSP integration and newly
designed components, nothing gets in the way
of your sound with this latest Danish-designed
3-way loudspeaker.
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

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RECORDING September 2019

Vinyl is back in force as a preferred format.
Cutting a vinyl record is equal parts science, feel,
and art. To help demystify it, mastering engineer
Stephen Marsh explains the entire performance
ritual of mastering and cutting for vinyl on the
historic Scully lathe at Marsh Mastering.
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

Features
64 Studio 101, Part 18:

Your Monitoring System

BY DARWIN GROSSE

A compact desktop monitor controller with impressive routing capabilities and a full-featured,
onboard headphone distribution amp.

36 Dynaudio Core 59 high-end

50 Cutting Vinyl in The Lathe Room

Good monitors are essential for proper mixing.
What's the best choice for your room? Darwin
Grosse helps us out in this installment of
Studio 101.

REVIEW BY MIKE METLAY

REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

with Stephen Marsh

reference monitors

18 Dangerous Music DBOX+

All The Women In Me (Nonsuch Records) is the
major label debut of Laetitia Tamko, aka Vagabon. We trace this album's journey right from
the start-from tracking and production in the
artist's humble New York City bedroom studio,
to string and brass overdubs in Los Angeles and
mixing by a Grammy® Award-winning engineer.

Gavin Lurssen, Reuben Cohen
and Elliot Scheiner)

Step into the hi-fi studio world of Toto, and
their new career-spanning 13 CD box set. Learn
about the band's history in the studio and what
it took to remaster these classic albums, from
the folks who made it possible.
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.

Regulars
4 Fade In
8 Fast Forward
58 Readers' Tracks
BY MARTY PETERS

72 Fade Out
Your Mixes Suck Less Than Your Room
GUEST EDITORIAL BY JAMES LINDENSCHMIDT

63 Advertiser Index
COVER: Coupe Studios by Alex Hawley

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