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Stewart Audio ADB4 Four-Channel Active Direct Box
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by Will James, 7.01.2002
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The ADB4 features an XLR output on each of the four channels, immediately flanked by a 1/4-inch connector that can serve as the input from the Hi-Z source, or as the output link to an instrument amplifier. On the same surface, also directly next to the XLR, is a +4 dB or -30 dB input level switch.
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Hosa Technology PBP-362 Modular Lightpipe Patch Bay
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by Andrew Roberts, 6.01.2002
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With computer interfaces, digital consoles and, of course, ADATs incorporating the ADAT optical standard, the need for a patch system should seem obvious. With the introduction of the PBP-362 patch bay, Hosa Technology has "seen the light at the end of the cable," so to speak.
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Henry Engineering TwinMatch Impedance/Level Interface
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by Gordon Burnett, 1.01.2002
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Henry Engineering's TwinMatch is a dual stereo level and impedance converter box designed to convert two sets of consumer or semi-pro stereo outputs to pro-spec 600 ohm balanced lines. A typical application is for incorporating unbalanced CD, MiniDisc, cassette or DAT players into a professional setup.
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Swissonic USB Studio D Audio Interface
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by Nick Baily, 7.01.2001
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It is no secret the personal computer is rapidly becoming the centerpiece of the recording process, especially in home and project studios. The weak link for most users, however, remains the communication with the rest of the studio.
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RCI Custom Products BM-30T Mult Box
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by Andrew Roberts, 6.01.2001
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If you are in the sound reinforcement or broadcast business, there will more than likely be a day when you require a mult box. This device, which allows a signal to be directed to multiple recipients, is mandatory for high-profile events where there will be radio and TV journalists clamoring for a piece of your audio. RCI Custom Products manufactures the BM-30T ($1,895), as well as several other mult boxes targeted toward the audio and video professional.
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Horizon Silver-Flex Cables
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by Will James, 5.01.2001
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Horizon Music, manufacturer of cable products and black box-type interfaces, recently added the Silver-Flex series of patch and microphone cables is to its line.
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Little Labs PCP Instrument Distro DI Box
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by Jeff Severson, 1.01.2001
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Just when you thought you had all the tools you needed, along comes the PCP Instrument Distro, a multipurpose distribution, impedance and level-matching box.
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Merging Technologies Onouris Long-Distance Fiber-Optic Converter
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 11.01.2000
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These days, if one wants to transmit multichannel digital audio data optically, the only store-bought eight-track solution available involves putting one of Apogee's Fiber DX AMBUS card into one of its AD-8000 boxes. The AMBUS card converts the internal Apogee AMBUS data format to the long optical wavelengths and ST connectors used by Wadia and Apogee.
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Mark of the Unicorn 308 Digital Interface
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 8.01.2000
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If your Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) 2408-family DAW setup is anything like mine, you've already filled up most of its input and output connectors. When MOTU first announced the 308 last summer, my immediate reaction was, "Oh goody! Now I can connect more stuff to my system." It was only after I became more familiar with the 308 that I noticed even more interface possibilities it brought to my setup.
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Merging Technologies Sphynx Modular Digital Interface
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 4.01.2000
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It gladdens me to discover a manufacturer who makes a product that perfectly fits the way I work. Merging Technologies' Sphynx Modular Digital Interface is such a product. I've been separating the analog source (by hundreds of feet of glass fiber-optic cable) from my digital recording equipment for my location productions since 1988 and am always searching for products to make that process more efficient.
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Professional Audio Sales and Service MD-Report! Portable Interface
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by Rich Rarey, 4.01.2000
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With the MD-Report!, Professional Audio Sales and Service (PASS) took the need for insulating these small portable recorders to its logical extreme. Audio professionals will appreciate the MD-Report!'s solid construction and the protection it provides small field recorders.
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MIDIman M Audio CO3 Digital Switch
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by Dr. Frederick Bashour, 11.01.1999
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With two Z-Systems digital detanglers, two Digital Domain switchers, MIDIman programmable patchbay and a variety of hardware "manual" patch panels my studio should certainly have all the digital flexibility I need. Wrong!
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