Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring Blue, Line 6, Mackie and Manley Labs plus 2013 PAR Excellence Awards nominees

October 1, 2013 The 2013 PAR Excellence Awards—PAR Subscribers: Vote Now! » New Products Blue Microphones’ “Free Fall 2013” Promotion — Free Gear With Purchase » Line 6 StageScape M20d Smart Mixing System: Updated with V1.2 Software » Mackie DL1608 and DL806: Updated with Apple Lightning Connector » Manley Labs 25th Anniversary Rebates » Today's Product Review Manley Labs MicMAID 4X4 Microphone/Preamp Matrix Switcher By Rob Tavaglione for Pro Audio Review I seldom find products worthy of unmitigated praise, and that suits me just fine, as such praise often appears insincere and/ or biased. So I am just going to have to take my chances this time as Manley Labs has done it again: They've built a box just the way you would (if you could) based on a novel idea, one so cool that you'll desperately want it and you don't even know it yet. The MicMAID is basically a routing matrix, albeit a rather specialized one. Its 17 rearpanel XLRs provide I/O for four microphones and four mic preamps, direct outs for the mic amps and a master out, the Mon/Rec output. The primary purpose here is the ability to set up connections between the mics and preamps, in any combination you desire, and quickly audition them. As anyone who has ever staged a product shootout will have learned, the fundamental task here is to get levels matched closely enough to avoid giving the loudest source an unfair advantage; the MicMAID solves this dilemma with a gain range of plus or minus 19.5 dB (in half dB increments) for each mic pre. More » Today's Blog Vocal Microphone Invitational A Hit AES Nashville, one of the most active sections of the Audio Engineering Society, held its Vocal Microphone Invitational at Belmont University's Ocean Way Nashville, Studio A, on Saturday, September 21. Featuring an all-star panel of engineers, as well as a cappella vocal performances by male and female vocalists through a wide variety of studio and live vocal microphones, the free event was a big success. More » Events 135th AES Convention, New York City » The NAMM Show 2014, Anaheim, California » 2014 NAB Show, Las Vegas »

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