 | | September 22, 2015 | | New Products | | |
| | Today's Review | Mackie FreePlay Personal PA
By Strother Bullins
In my review-based pursuits, I’ve auditioned most portable PAs (PPAs) currently available in the marketplace: many great ones, some very portable ones, some not-so-portable ones and a lot that fall somewhere within those ideals. Currently shipping, the FreePlay Personal PA ($399 street) is the result of Mackie’s latest and greatest brainstorm: a super portable “swiss army knife” sound reinforcement problem solver, quite useful in many applications both personal and professional.
Visually, the black polymer-encased 9.5” x 17.8” x 9.1” FreePlay chassis best resembles a new century “boom box.” It seems to be built well and is primarily designed for portable, on-the-fly use, weighing in at 11 lbs. (without batteries or optional battery pack). As a child of the ‘80s, I was thrilled to use it as such, too: outdoors on the beach, while camping, and at any potential performance location for both playback and performance. The quick scoop? FreePlay is my favorite boom box, ever.
Most importantly, Mackie's FreePlay is a perfectly capable small PA: one ideal for coffee shop-style singer/songwriter uses, quick/easy sound reinforcement tasks, etc. As such, it's the type of pro audio box that musicians, audio wranglers, etc., would just keep in their cars. More » |
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| | Today's Blog | White Noise Wackiness
By Clive Young
If system engineers use white and pink noise to tune a concert PA, and audiophiles vehemently insist that everything sounds better on vinyl, how about using vinyl records of white noise to prep a speaker system?
I'm joking, of course, but here's the thing: Between September 9-18, 2015, if you happen to be in Brighton, England, you can visit the White Noise Boutique, custom-design your own random white noise, and have it lathe-cut to vinyl by hand, while you wait. Seriously. More »
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| | Today's Video | Sonnox Oxford Restore Plug-ins Update, Special Pricing
Sonnox's Restore suite of audio restoration plug-ins from Sonnox—featuring Oxford DeNoiser, Oxford DeClicker and Oxford DeBuzzer—has been released in 64-bit format, bringing compatibility for DAWs such as Pro Tools 11/12, Logic Pro X and other 64-bit DAWs. The following plug-in formats are now supported: AAX Native, RTAS, Audio Units and VST. Once $1,995, Sonnox Restore has a new lower retail price of $630, but is currently offered at a special price of $449—until October 31st 2015. More » |
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