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| | Today's Review | Gibson Les Paul LP Series LP6 Reference Monitors
By Strother Bullins
The unveiling of Gibson’s Les Paul Reference Monitor Series at last year’s 137th AES Convention allowed us a first look at the Les Paul guitar’s aesthetics overlaid on a studio monitor. Based on initial buzz, the LP Series was just a bit shocking to those averse to “style forward” pro audio products, though absolutely logical with a marketer’s eye. After all, studio dwellers often stare into speakers while working and listening intently; why shouldn’t our “instruments” resemble one of the most attractive ones we regularly record? But for our purposes, the real question is this: Has Gibson Brands’ Pro Audio division—a group including top studio monitor brand KRK Systems and portable PA purveyors Cerwin-Vega—built another accomplished reference monitor? More » |
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| | Today's Blog | Top 10 Pro Audio-Oriented Things That Make Me Go “Hmm?”
By Rob Tavaglione
PSN/PAR's Rob Tavaglione lists pet peeves of his gear evaluation/studio engineering lifestyle:
10. The use of Styrofoam material in pro audio gear packaging. It breaks. It cracks. It crumbles. It never holds up to delivery abuse (like foam packaging does). And the only packing material worse is ...
9. Packing peanuts. They're messy, just as environmentally offensive as molded Styrofoam, and they barely even work (#shift-in-transit).
8. When there's no power button. So it's supposed to always stay on? It could've at least been put on the rear panel ... More »
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| | Today's Video | PAR-Tube: Tozzoli's 3rd Annual St. John Recording/Review Retreat, Video 2
By Rich Tozzoli
In the May 2015 issue of Pro Sound News, Software Editor Rich Tozzoli covers his third trip to St. John USVI with his musician/audio production friends in which they spend two weeks recording, performing and vacationing, not necessarily in that order. In this video, Rich's cohorts take you on a tour of the main house, or "Studio A,” detailing the very-portable, fully-pro grade gear goodies in use, all to a freshly-recorded Reggae soundtrack. More » |
| | Events | | 18th Annual AudioMasters Charity Golf Tournament, May 14-15, Harpeth Hills Golf Course, Nashville » | | Sweetwater GearFest 15, June 12-13, Fort Wayne, IN » | | InfoComm 2015, June 13-19, Orlando » | | Summer NAMM 2015, July 9-11, Nashville » |
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