PAR E-Reviewsletter featuring Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 plus “DAW Migration: Pros Consider Pro Tools Alternatives”

September 1, 2015 New Products Auralex Sustain v2 Bamboo Sound Diffusors: Now Shipping » Book: The SG Guitar Book by Tony Bacon » Bose F1 Model 812 Flexible Array Loudspeaker and F1 Subwoofer: Now Shipping » Roland SYSTEM-100 PLUG-OUT Software Synthesizer » Today's Review Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 Synthesizer Plug-in By Rich Tozzoli After a lengthy wait (as in several years!) the new Omnisphere 2 Hybrid Digital Synthesizer from Eric Persing and the gang at Spectrasonics is finally out. As I learned, there was good reason for the delay: the new version has over 12,000 sounds with 4,500 brand new patches and sound sources. There's a completely redesigned interface, new browser, 25 new effects units, over 400 new waveforms and even the ability to import your own audio as a sound source. Needless to say, this thing is deep. 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 DAW Migration: Pros Consider Pro Tools Alternatives By Strother Bullins Especially amongst professional power users, Pro Tools (PT) is the market-leading digital audio workstation (DAW) without a doubt. However, in recent years, a number of factors have prompted some stalwart PT-based pros to reconsider their unofficial alliances with the Avid (formerly Digidesign) recording suite. Here, we share insight from a cross-section of established professionals in the midst of a DAW migration, considering DAWs from pro audio firms including Apple, Cakewalk, Harrison, MOTU, PreSonus and Steinberg. “I go way back with Digidesign,” clarifies Nashville-based recording engineer Christopher Rowe (pictured), “all the way back to the Sound Tools days. And I have historically been a dogged defender of the Pro Tools DSP-based platform. I suppose the first time I started to question the wisdom of my dedication was when I received files from Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun.) of a song he’d written with Taylor Swift for me to mix. Jack had put the song together on a Pro Tools Native rig and his laptop. My four-card TDM rig came nowhere near being able to play the session back. I wasn’t too surprised; it was a lot of tracks and of course I realized TDM was long in the tooth. So, I rented an HDX rig. Still not enough horsepower: a two-card HDX was what I needed to play the session back. That experience made me realize how powerful the native side of the fence is getting.” More » Click The Covers — Digital Edition Quick Links Months of PAR's digital edition reviews are just a click away! More » Today's Video Eventide Stompboxes: New Pre/Post Feature Watch the following video for a demonstration of Eventide's Pre/Post Routing feature, new to the Stompboxes Series. More » Events Mix Nashville Professional Audio Exhibition and Seminar Series, August 29, 2015, Nashville » 139th AES International Convention, October 29-November 1, New York City »

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