Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring AEA, Chandler Limited, D.A.S. Audio, Equator Audio and Soundcraft

January 22, 2014 New Products Chandler Limited TG2-500 Pre Amp for 500 Series » D.A.S. Audio Event Series Line Array » Equator Audio FB/E Sound Abatement Panels » Soundcraft Vi Software V.4.8 for Vi2, Vi4 and Vi6 Consoles » Today's Review AEA RPQ500 Preamplifier/EQ for 500 Series by Russ Long, Senior Contributor of Pro Audio Review I began using ribbon microphones to capture lead vocals back in the early ’90s. By the time I recorded the vocal on the classic “Kiss Me” by Sixpence None The Richer (recorded with a Coles 4038 via Hardy M-1 mic pre, GML 8200 EQ and Tube-Tech CL-1B compressor), I had figured out a vocal EQ approach with the GML that I felt perfectly complimented the tonal qualities of a ribbon microphone: a 2 db to 4 dB low-shelf dip at a corner frequency around 300 Hz and a 2-5 dB high-shelf boost around 5 kHz. The RPQ500's LF shelf and CurveShaper EQ perfectly emulate this GML setting and the clean-yet-punchy tone of the mic pre is in the exact vein of the Hardy M1. More » No subscription to Pro Audio Review? Get on the inside track with the best peer-to-peer pro reviews in the audio production biz: visit http://myparmag.com now! Today's Blog Documentary: Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio by Clive Young Brooklyn, NY has always been a nerve center of music, but one of its most interesting stories is only now getting told with the upcoming documentary, Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio. Set on the shores of the contaminated Gowanus Canal, the recording facility has been a haven of eclectic creativity for more than 30 years, but now its days may be numbered as the formerly dead-end neighborhood is starting to become gentrified. Producer/engineer Martin Bisi founded the studio in 1979 with money garnered from a chance meeting with Brian Eno. In the decades since, he recorded Herbie Hancock’s 1980s smash “Rockit,” and a Who’s Who of experimental and indie musicians, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Iggy Pop, John Zorn, Afrika Bambaataa, Bill Laswell and Material, Foetus, Dresden Dolls and others. More » Click The Covers — Digital Edition Quick Links Months of PAR's digital edition reviews are just a click away! More » The 2013 PAR Excellence Awards » 2013 marks the second year of the PAR Excellence Awards as a reader-voted program, presented by the Editors and Contributors of Pro Audio Review (PAR) magazine. An online balloting system allowed voting privileges to Pro Audio Review print and digital subscribers from the mail date of PAR August 2013's issue through November 15, 2013. Without further ado, here are the winners ... Events The NAMM Show 2014, Anaheim, California » 2014 NAB Show, Las Vegas »

©2014 NewBay Media, LLC

Manage Your Email Preferences/Unsubscribe Change Your Email Address To report abuse, click here. You have received this message because you previously gave your email address to NewBay Media LLC. © 2014 NewBay Media LLC, 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 | 212.378.0400