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TC Electronic (tcelectronic.com): The LM6 Radar Loudness Meter plug-in ($599) is a new software equivalent of TC’s hardware loudness metering devices, showing loudness history in a radar-like rotating view, full statistics recording, logging, and accurate true-peak warnings and bar graphs. Telefunken Elektroakustik (t-funk.com): The ELA M 260 TRI-MONO System ($3995) is a fully-configured system for “Decca Tree” style recordings. It includes three matched ELA M 260 small-diaphragm tube microphones with cabling and shockmounts, three interchangeable capsules for each mic—cardioid, hypercardioid, and omni—two adapter spheres to convert the omni capsule to a spherical omni design similar to that of the vintage Neumann M 50, and a 2U rackmountable 3-channel power supply. If stereo is your thing, the ELA M Tube Stereo Field Set and Tube Stereo Studio Set ($2895 each) come with two matched mics with three capsules each, cabling, shockmounts and cases, the Field Set with a rechargeable battery power supply system and the Studio Set with a conventional power supply. Vintage King Audio (vintageking.com) showed several new products from companies it distributes. Black Box Analog Design (blackboxanalog.com) debuted a Vacuum Tube Preamp ($TBA) with an innovative new design that uses the tubes themselves to shape the tone of incoming mic signals. AMS Neve (ams-neve.com) offered the 2264ALB ($1395), a 500Series module version of the classic 2264A limiter/compressor with independent limiting and compression, a Slow Attack switch for bus compression, and the ability to insert the module into the signal path of Neve’s 1073LB preamp module. And Inward Connections debuted the TSL-4 Stereo Tube Limiter ($4440), a rackmounted update of the classic Vac Rac modular limiter, a stereo linkable dual-channel unit that adds transformer balanced outputs, 100 Hz highpass filtering in the gain reduction circuit, and more. Shadow Hills Industries (shadowhillsindustries.com) showed the updated Oculus monitor control system ($1795) with the new wireless Pendant controller ($975). Wave Distribution (wavedistribution.com) had several new products on display from its distributed firms. Cloud Microphones (cloudmicrophones.com) showed the Cloudlifter-Z ($299 MAP), a phantom-powered mic head amp that adds impedance selection and variable highpass filtering for more tonal flexibility. elysia (elysia.com) showed the Xpressor

stereo compressor ($1499 MAP), a sidechain-enabled rack version of the Xpressor 500-Series module. Empirical Labs (empiricallabs.com) is now shipping the DocDerr 500-Series channel strip ($799 MAP) with preamp, 4band eq, and dynamics with wet/dry mix. Kush Audio (kushaudio.com) announced the UBK-1 ($299), a plug-in dynamics processor with three engines and settings based on the UBK FATSO hardware. Pelonis Sound & Acoustics (pelonissound.com) showed the new SW-8 subwoofer ($799 MAP) with an 8" driver and 200W of power with footswitch control. And Thermionic Culture (thermionicculture.com) showed the new Culture Vulture Solo ($TBA), a guitar/bass DI and line-level processor with Clean and Dirty channels for 35 dB of gain with or without distortion.

Waves (waves.com): The H-EQ ($200 native/$300 TDM) is a hybrid equalizer plug-in with seven filter types per band plus an asymmetrical bell filter, and includes a realtime spectrum analyzer, Mid-Side mode, and a keyboard graphic for choosing frequencies based on musical notes. Waves also announced the Kramer Master Tape plug-in ($200 native/$300 TDM), a tape emulation plug-in based on an Ampex 350/351 machine with adjustable tape speed, bias, wow, and flutter, slap and feedback delay, and more. Weiss Engineering (weiss.ch): The A1 is a new 500-Series mic preamp and de-esser with highpass filtering and output line driver and flexible frequency control.

Clockwise from top left: Runnur, SSL Duende Native plug-ins, TC Electronic LM6, Inward Connections, TSL-4, Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter-Z, Waves Kramer Master Tape, Telefunken ELA M 260 TRI-MONO, TASCAM X-48MKII, Sound Devices MixPre-D
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