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Click Here For The Digital Edition | | Today's Review | Lynx Aurora, Hilo & LT-TB LSlot Interface Card
By Strother Bullins, Editor of Pro Audio Review
The Lynx Aurora has been a mainstay in recording since 2005 and is still considered the best I/O option by many top engineers. Last year's news that it was the primary interface used in the making of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (arguably the 21st century's best sounding album release to date) has brought more attention to the device. In 2012 Lynx released the Hilo (pronounced HE-low) 2-channel converter system, which provides world-class D/A and A/D conversion as well as an audiophile quality headphone amp. Both interfaces are equipped with Lynx's LSlot expansion slot, allowing use of the Lynx LT-TB Thunderbolt Interface released earlier this year. The LT-TB provides Thunderbolt connectivity making the Aurora and Hilo perfect options for engineers and musicians seeking outstanding sound quality in a Thunderbolt-equipped device.
I purchased Lynx Aurora after reviewing it for the March 2006 issue of PAR (www.lynxstudio.com/nav/getFile.asp?i=9&t=contentfile), and it's been my primary converter ever since. 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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| | Today's Video | PAR-Tube Presents — World-Class Microphone Preamplifiers, Favorite Flavors: Earthworks 1024 ZDT
By Rob Tavaglione for Pro Audio Review
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 » |
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