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2020 NAMM
Show Report
Slate Digital
Infinity EQ Plugin

Price: Included in Slate All Access Pass $14.99/Month......slatedigital.com
Infinity EQ is the latest plugin
EQ from Slate Digital. It's a graphic, click and drag curve-style EQ
with zero latency, perfectly analog-matched curves, and it also
has a M/S mode. The Slate team
claims it's so fast and intuitive that
they insist you do not read the manual!

Solid State Logic
SSL2+ USB Audio Interface

Price: $279..................................................solidstatelogic.com
Solid State Logic generated
quite a buzz at the show, entering the USB interface market
with two of the company's most
affordable products to date, the
SSL2 ($229) and the SSL2+.
The SSL2+ is a 2x4 box with 2
mic/line/instrument preamps, a
4K Legacy Mode, MIDI I/O, USB bus power, and it comes
bundled with both SSL and third-party software.

Soyuz
The Launcher

Price: $199............................................ soyuzmicrophones.com
We asked Soyuz Marketing
Manager Marc Kuzio what was
cool at the Soyuz booth, and
he was pretty excited by the reception that The Launcher has
received since its...launch. Marc
tells us that The Launcher is not
your usual transparent passive microphone booster, but an inline active preamp made to add color and transformer-based
console vibe to any source.

SPL (Sound Performance Lab)
Mercury Mastering DA converter

Price: $2,999............................................................. spl.audio
SPL came to Anaheim with its
new Mercury Mastering DA converter. With a total of seven digital inputs: AES/EBU (AES input
2 supports Dual-Wire mode), SPDIF (x2), TOSLINK (x2) and USB,
Mercury is the first mastering converter to use 120v rail technology.
Plus, it's available in red or black!
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Steinberg
Padshop 2 Granular and Spectral Synthesizer

Price: $129, $29 upgrade........................................steinberg.net
When we asked Nithin Cherian of Steinberg/Yamaha what
was cool in the Steinberg suite
at NAMM, we expected him to
choose the new USB-C interface
card in the Steinberg AXR4U
($2,699), or perhaps the URC series of interfaces (review forthcoming), but he surprised us with
the updated Padshop 2 Granular and Spectral Synthesizer for
VST, AU, and AAX. Note: it's included in Cubase Pro 10.5.

Strymon
Iridium Amp & IR Cab Pedal

Price: $399............................................................ strymon.net
The coolest new pedal at the Strymon
booth was the Iridium Amp & IR Cab
Pedal. It uses Matrix Modeling technology to offer tube amp realism, accurate
cabinet response, and realistic room
sounds in a stompbox. Check out our
review in the February 2020 issue.

TASCAM
Model 12 Mixer / Interface / Recorder / Controller

Price: $599............................................................ tascam.com
Model 12 is the latest all-in-one integrated mixer from Tascam. In addition
to being a ten mono channel / two
stereo channel mixing desk, it's also a
multitrack recorder, USB audio/MIDI
interface with DAW control functions
and podcasting capabilities.

Telefunken-Elektroakustik
TF39 Copperhead Multi-Pattern Tube Microphone

Price: $1,495............................... telefunken-elektroakustik.com
I asked Alan Venitosh what he thought
was the coolest microphone at the Telefunken booth. He found it hard to choose from
among the new Alchemy Series mics, but he
finally went with the TF39, a mic that turns the
previous cardioid-only Copperhead into an
even more versatile multi-pattern version. Look
for a review soon, and see last month's issue
for reviews of the TF51 and TF47 models.

TK Audio
T-Komp Dual-Mono Compressor

Price: $1,599....................... tkaudio.se
The folks at TK Audio were showing
off its latest compressor (or should we
say kompressor...) The T-Komp is a dual-mono device with a choice of two
fixed ratio ranges that increase with the input signal. It provides
a choice of feed-forward and feedback operation modes, and
a blend control.

http://www.steinberg.net http://www.steinberg.net http://www.slatedigital.com http://www.slatedigital.com http://www.strymon.net http://www.solidstatelogic.com http://www.solidstatelogic.com http://www.tascam.com http://www.soyuzmicrophones.com http://www.telefunken-elektroakustik.com http://www.tkaudio.se

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