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Click Here For The Digital Edition | | Today's Review | Mackie 2404VLZ4, Gator Cases GMIX Series and JoeCo BlackBox Recorder
By Strother Bullins, Editor of Pro Audio Review
The third component of this month's live mixing/recording trifecta is the JoeCo BlackBox BBR1-US Recorder ($1,999 street), a lightweight 1U multitrack capable of recording up to 24 analog channels at 24-bit, 96 kHz. It's not a new product, but I've been tempted for years to try it. JoeCo recently unveiled a new model, the BBR1MP, boasting comprehensive digital and analog I/O, 24 mic preamps and the JoeCoRemote for iPad control feature; it joins an already-deep BlackBox lineup. Visit this link for detailed model specifics: joeco.co.uk/main/BBR _models.html. More » |
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| | Today's Blog | Studio Sense: Pro Audio Review—The Future Is Now!
By Rob Tavaglione, PAR Contributor
Neither riding the top of the charts nor clamoring to get my foot in the door: I'm a journeyman. Pro audio has been my everything for all but four years of my adult life, almost 25 years now. Some days I'm “just the engineer,” and those are the good days. Many days I'm wearing the fedoras of the engineer, producer, bassist, de-facto arranger, receptionist, runner and psychologist. Such juggling is what we audio engineers do, whether running monitors or FOH (or both); tracking, overdubbing, editing, mixing or mastering; calibrating tape machines, de-fragging drives, or soldering output jacks; scoring film, dubbing ADR, or cutting a 30-second donut. I am an audio engineer—the first on-location and the last to leave, perhaps the smartest person in the room and the least understood. Sound familiar? Chances are, you are me. Or maybe you were me, back before you clawed your way to the top. Or maybe you will be me, as you wrestle incredible sounds out of that laptop that I can only dream of. You know the struggle: the competition from above is getting serious as the big rooms aren't eager to close, even as many are; the competition from below is hungry and eager to steal away a piece of precious pie; and the competition from either side is relentless with dropping rates, skyrocketing quality and a hunger to survive to in the post-recession/post-information/DIY-age. More »
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