PAR E-Reviewsletter featuring BAE Audio, Blue Sky, Focusrite and QSC

June 2, 2015 New Products BAE Audio 1073MPL Preamplifier » Blue Sky Audio Management Controller (AMC) » QSC Q-SYS Core 110f Network Audio Solution » Read the November/December 2014 Issue of PAR Now! Click Here For The Digital Edition Today's Review Focusrite Saffire PRO 26 Preamplifier/Interface By Strother Bullins My favorite multichannel preamp unit of all time is the Focusrite OctoPre Dynamic. With experience, I learned the true appeal of its preamps; they're comparably clean and accurate for the price, plus its one-knob channel compressors can be mighty handy. The 18-in/8-out Saffire PRO 26 ($349 street) shares these same mic/line amps—four of them, actually—sans compressors plus ADAT and S/PDIF digital I/O; a control section featuring monitor level knob with dim and mute buttons and dual front-panel headphone outputs/level controls; and impressive analog I/O options, all centered around FireWire connectivity to your DAW of choice. A-D/D-A conversion is 24-bit/96 kHz. Via Apple's specific FireWire adapter (sold separately), the entire Saffire range is Thunderbolt-ready, too. 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 CCM and Indie Rock: Mainstream Media Reports By Steve Harvey Below are two recent and insightful articles on our industry as reported by mainstream outlets. Each is illustrative of the current music production marketplace, including theories as to why current CCM genres and DIY recording trends are as they are. PAR Readers: Are these accurate assessments of these genres and how they evolved to today? More » Click The Covers — Digital Edition Quick Links Months of PAR's digital edition reviews are just a click away! More » Today's Video Building A Shipping Container Studio By Clive Young Matt Dever is an Australian sound engineer who specializes in recording entire tours for instant 2-CD sets released at the end of each show; clients have ranged from Blondie and Simple Minds to Devo and The Church. When he's not on the road, he also has his own facility, D4 Studio, and while it's small, there's something that really makes it stand out: It was custom-built inside a shipping container. More » Events 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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