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Reviews
RECORDING November 2024 Contents
Features
10 Focal Lensys Professional
Headphones
Soundstage, clarity and fullness in a new set of
closed-back studio cans
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
14 Plugin Outlet: Toontrack EZmix 3
The latest 'EZ' button for your mixing needs
REVIEW BY JOHN CZERWINSKI
56 PhantomFocus Master Engineer
Series eChair™ - Raven Chrome
This award-nominated chair looks as good as
it feels
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
58 On-Stage SMS7500, MS7550 &
MY230
Need new mic stands, mic clips and snazzy
white speaker stands? We've got you!
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
64 MCAudioLab LUNA
A three-dimensional, analog soundstage
manipulation tool
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
66 Barefoot Sound Footprint03
A sonically impressive, compact 3-way studio
companion
30 IK Multimedia ARC Studio
What can this room correction system do for
your space? Two reviewers find out!
REVIEW BY AARON J. TRUMM & DAVID BLASCOE
34 Plugin Outlet: KIT Plugins
BB F66/67 Compressor
A unit-specific take on a legendary compressor-
and we compare it against the real deal!
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
40 Arturia AudioFuse X8 IN & X8 OUT
A pair of effective, affordable I/O solutions
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
42 Plugin Outlet: Black Rooster
Audio OmniTec-436C & VTC-2
Two new compressor plugins dripping with
vintage vibe
REVIEW BY BILL STUNT
44 Lauten Audio Rim Mount
Your drum mics' new best friend
REVIEW BY DAVID BLASCOE
50 Shure SM4 Home Studio
Microphone
Innovations and great sound abound in a new,
cost-effective large diaphragm condenser
REVIEW BY AARON J. TRUMM
54 Plugin Outlet: Imaginando BAM
A full-fledged, powerful beat-based production
tool
REVIEW BY AARON J. TRUMM
REVIEW BY ALEX HAWLEY
68 Plugin Outlet: Strymon Echo
Plugin Bundle
The popular El Capistan and DIG pedals are
now in plugin form
REVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
Interview
36 Studio 101-
Audio Repair
Joe Albano continues his
look at audio processors
and processes, focusing on
modern audio repair and
restoration tools for cleaning up your tracks.
BY JOE ALBANO
46 Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby
Creating a Vibe
When your friends
and clients leave
your studio, what are
the things that they
remember the most?
It's probably not what
you think. This month,
Producer Mark Hornsby is going Inside the
Studio to help make your studio a cool " hang. "
60 RECORDING Field Notes
Everything but the Gear
In this month's entry on studio
upgrades, Giles asks, " What else is
there besides gear? " He answers with
some guiding principles of upgrading
with a list of non-gear considerations.
GILES REAVES
Regular
4 Fade In
Studio Upgrades & Knobcon 2024
8 Fast Forward
New products from Apogee Digital,
IK Multimedia & Soyuz
18 The Compositional Worlds of
Michael Whalen
Dig into compositional collaboration with
two-time Emmy®
52 Readers' Tracks
Meteor Street / " I Need a Vocation "
REVIEW AND ADVICE FROM DAVE MARTIN
Award-winning composer,
producer, synthesist and recording artist
Michael Whalen as we discuss his vast body
of work in film and television scoring and his
latest album, Watercolor Sky which features
New Age music giants Mark Isham (trumpet
and flugelhorn), Michael Manring (bass), Nancy
Rumbel (oboe and English horn), Will Ackerman
(guitar) and Charlie Bisharat (violin).
INTERVIEW BY PAUL VNUK JR.
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72 Fade Out
Downgrading to Upgrade
GUEST EDITORIAL BY AARON J. TRUMM
Cover Photo of
TRILIX Studio
PHOTO BY TRILIX
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