PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring the SPL Crimson Desktop Interface/Monitor Controller

August 29, 2014 New Products Abbey Road Studios/Chandler Limited: Long-Term Development Agreement » Blue Mo-Fi Headphone » dB Technologies Sub H Series Active Subwoofers » Cakewalk Z2TA+ iOS DAW » Today's Video PAR-Tube Presents—World-Class Microphone Preamplifiers, Favorite Flavors: Earthworks 1024 ZDT by Rob Tavaglione, PAR Contributor The Editors of Pro Audio Review magazine proudly present "PAR-Tube," a new initiative starring the Contributors of PAR in an ongoing video-based review, applications and new product presentation series. Here, PAR Contributor Rob Tavaglione continues in part 4 of our first monthly topic, "World-Class Microphone Preamplifiers, Favorite Flavors" with the Earthworks 1024 ZDT. More » Today's Review SPL Crimson Desktop Interface/Monitor Controller By Rob Tavaglione, PAR Contributor Up until this review, I've never used a desktop interface or monitor controller, as I drive a console with rack-mounted converters/interfaces. Sure, I've watched my less-fortunate colleagues and students struggle with some pretty bad (and quite popular and cheap) devices that are inadequate for pro use in many ways—including their mic preamps, converters, headphone amps and general build quality. The SPL Crimson appears to solve these problems and offer enough flexibility to claim the top perch in this category. 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://www.mypsnmag.com now! Today's Blog PAR Editorial: On The Importance Of Gear By Frank Wells, PAR Editorial Director One regular client from my studio days, a superlative golden-eared producer/engineer, had a plethora of exotic analog outboard gear that he married in to a digital workflow. Then one day, he put the whole lot on eBay. He said that while he could discern differences between the hardware and the latest software versions of the devices, the differences were so minute as to be insignificant. In a full mix, he said, any differences were completely insignificant, as they were not audible in that context. None of his artists had any complaints about the transition, nor did the labels paying him for his services. More » Click The Covers — Digital Edition Quick Links Months of PAR's digital edition reviews are just a click away! More » Read the July/August 2014 Issue of PAR Now! Click Here For The Digital Edition Events 137th AES Convention, Oct 9-12, Los Angeles » The NAMM Show 2015, Jan 22-25, Anaheim CA »

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