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Digital Audio Processing
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Yamaha AW16G Professional Audio Workstation
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by J.D. Casey, 8.01.2003
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A little over 20 years ago, TASCAM set the bar with their Portastudio. That "box" spawned an entire category of "studio-in-a-box" products providing affordable creative tools for songwriters and musicians. Today, Yamaha raises the bar with their AW16G, which blazes new trails in digital economics. Most certainly, the AW16G takes advantage of the drill-down technology found in Yamaha's more costly big and bigger brother digital audio workstations, the AW2416 and AW4416
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Weiss DS1-MK2 Dynamics Processor
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by Bob Katz, 7.01.2003
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While I was working as a freelance mastering engineer, I was privileged to use and lust over Daniel Weiss's 102 modular series of dynamics processors at various high-end mastering studios. But after opening my own room, I felt I could not afford the down-payment to get started in the Weiss world.
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Peavey Freq-Out
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by Will James, 7.01.2003
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For many years Peavey has manufactured affordable, time-tested musical items. They have, in the past few years, ventured into the installation market, in addition to their current presence in the portable systems market, by introducing a new line of product called the Architectural Acoustics line. This product is one of those Architectural Acoustics items, called the Freq-Out.
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Otari FS-96 Converter
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 4.01.2003
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From my original Digital Domain FCN-1E, VSP-PRO and Spectral Translator boxes of the mid-90s, to the Kurzweil DMTi, Z-Systems z32.32r, M-Audio S.A.M., Apogee Trak2 and Merging Technologies Onouris units I have reviewed to the various digital patchbays I've put together over the years, I seem to have accumulated a rather large number of such gizmos. But still, I have no box in my studio which does as many things as simply and as elegantly as the Otari FS-96 ($3,499).
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Klark Teknik DN9340 Helix Digital Equalizer
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by Will James, 3.01.2003
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Is there a better, more reliable EQ than the Klark Teknik DN360 or the DN27? Klark Teknik may have surpassed even its own industry standard graphic EQs with the introduction of the digital function EQ, the DN9340 Helix ($3,663).
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Genex GXA8/GXD8 Converters
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 9.01.2002
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In my continuing quest for better sound, I habitually audition every new digital converter I can get my hands on. When I learned that the new pair of Genex converters featured every standard sample rate known to man, plus DSD conversion, I simply had to try them out.
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TC Helicon VoicePrism Plus Vocal Processor
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by Stephen Murphy, 8.01.2002
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TC Helicon is a collaboration between TC Electronic of Denmark and IVL Technologies of Canada. TC Electronic's expertise in DSP wizardry is known worldwide; lesser-known IVL pioneered vocal pitch processing with Digitech's near-vintage Vocalist range.
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Line 6 POD Pro Guitar Effects Processor
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by Russ Long, 7.01.2002
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Since its release two years ago the Line 6 POD Pro guitar amp processor/emulator has proven to be a mainstay in the world of electric guitars. The POD Pro is a rackmount version of the original POD with several additional features and expanded I/O.
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EVENTIDE Eclipse Effects Processor
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by J. Arif Verner, 4.01.2002
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Eventide has a 30-year history manufacturing state-of-the-art processors for the pro audio industry. What has set them apart over the years is the sheer horsepower of their equipment.
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Yamaha SREV1 Digital Sampling Reverb
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by Alan Silverman, 3.01.2002
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Shortly after the introduction of real-time sampling-reverb technology to the professional mixing community by SONY with its DRE-777, Yamaha has followed suit with its own offering, the SREV1. These units bring a new level of realism and sophistication to the art of synthesizing reverb in the recording studio.
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Rosendahl Nanosyncs Reference Clock
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 3.01.2002
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It has become common knowledge that, for optimum digital audio sound, it is preferable to use a single, high-quality audio clock reference with multiple outputs, rather than, say, employing the first device in the digital chain to drive everything else downstream in a daisy-chain arrangement.
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Lexicon 960L V2.5/3.0 Effects Processor
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by Alan Silverman, 3.01.2002
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The recent release of v2.5 software and the imminent release of v3.0 mark the continuing development of Lexicon's flagship multichannel reverb and effects processor. Additional surround reverb algorithms have been added as well as new stereo and multichannel delays.
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TC Electronic Triple C Digital Compressor
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by Richard Alan Salz, 12.01.2001
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Some of the most coveted compressor/limiters are simple in circuit design, offer few controls and are intuitive to use. The TC Electronic Triple C compressor is not one of those devices. The Triple C, thanks to its multilevel interface, offers nearly unprecedented control over its operational parameters.
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EMM Labs ADC8 & DAC8 DSD/PCM Converters
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by Tom Jung, 12.01.2001
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As the model numbers might imply, the ADC8 is an eight-channel A-to-D converter while the DAC8 is an eight-channel D-to-A converter. What makes these converters unique is that both are designed to work in either the 1-bit DSD world or in the more well-known PCM domain.
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BSS Audio MINIDRIVE FDS 336 Digital Speaker Processor
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by Will James, 9.01.2001
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The name BSS Audio (formerly known as Brooke-Siren Systems) conjures up images of ultrahigh-quality professional audio electronics: crossovers, DI boxes, EQs, delays, dynamics and power amps. The UK-based company's latest entry into the digital speaker crossover/processor category, the MINIDRIVE, lives up to the BSS Audio legacy.
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QSC Audio DSP-3 Digital Signal Module
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by Ted Wetzel, 7.01.2001
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QSC Audio has developed pioneering audio products and systems for three decades. Its DSP-3 Digital Signal Processing Module (DSP) is an integrated power amplifier accessory designed to reduce or eliminate the need for any additional signal processing gear. Its small size and numerous capabilities are sure to be a hit with sound contracting professionals.
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Crane Song HEDD 192 Digital Processor
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by Bob Katz, 7.01.2001
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The Crane Song HEDD 192 (Harmonically Enhanced Digital Device) is a handsomely designed, brushed-aluminum, one-rackspace device that is solidly built with custom-molded "Crane Song-green" knobs and a neat, old-fashioned incandescent power indicator.
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Gemini BPM-1 Automatic BPM Counter
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by Sid Vanderpool, 6.01.2001
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Designed with deejays in mind, but with applications for live and studio use (setting delay times, etc.) Gemini Sound Product's Automatic BPM counter, the BPM-1 ($199.95), is a one-rack-space unit that uses new proprietary circuitry to count the tempo of almost any song.
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Focusrite Platinum VoiceMaster Mic Preamp/Vocal Processor
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by Bruce Bartlett, 6.01.2001
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The Focusrite Platinum VoiceMaster ($675) has a wide range of signal processing specially tailored for vocals. It provides - all in one rack-space - a noise gate/expander, saturator (distortion), compression, EQ and a de-esser. The unit is intended mainly for vocal use, but it can be used on any signal.
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CEDAR DNS1000 Dynamic Noise Suppressor
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by Alan Silverman, 6.01.2001
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The diminutive CEDAR DNS1000 Dynamic Noise Suppressor may well create its own new product category. This impressive device allows the user to interactively define the shape, level and tonal characteristics of noise to be removed from final audio in real-time.
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