Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring 2013 PAR Excellence Awards Nominees plus Audio-Technica, Bose, Focusrite, Solid State Logic & Waves

August 22, 2013 The 2013 PAR Excellence Awards—PAR Subscribers: Vote Now! » New Products Bose ControlSpace ESP Engineered Sound Processors » Focusrite Tape App for iPad » Solid State Logic LMS-16 Multi-channel Loudness and True Peak Metering System » Waves MultiRack V9.5 » Today's Product Review Audio-Technica AT5040 50 Series Cardioid Condenser Microphone By Lynn Fuston for Pro Audio Review As I started listening to the Audio-Technica AT5040, I considered the last time I saw a really revolutionary mic design. It could have been the Sony C-800G with its Peltier cooling device, or the Sanken CU-41 with its dual-capsule design (one for HF, another for LF), or maybe the Holophone with five elements in a single enclosure for recording in surround. The truth is that, over the past 30 years, there have not been many revolutionary mic designs, with most manufacturers/importers choosing to make “variations on a theme” of history’s most beloved mics. One only has to look at the proliferation of the numbers 67, 47, 12 and 251 in any sales catalog to figure out that most mic makers are still riding the coattails of the glory days of mic designs from the 1940s to the 1960s. Is there room in today's marketplace for a totally new, brave design? Audio-Technica thinks so. More » Today's Blog AES Preps Broadcast and Streaming Sessions This year's 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention will once again bring a series of sessions focused on broadcast and streaming, chaired by David Bialik for his 27th year. This year’s Broadcast and Streaming Sessions offer a look at the implications of how new technologies will affect broadcast and streaming audio, such as “Audio For 4K TV,” and “Broadcasting During Disasters,” a look at how the close-to-home strike of Hurricane Sandy last year impacted news and other broadcast operations, as well as updated iterations of longstanding issues facing the industry, such as loudness and maintenance. More » Events AES 51st Conference on Loudspeakers and Headphones, Helsinki, Finland » AES 52nd Conference on Sound Field Control—Engineering and Perception, Guildford, UK » 135th AES Convention, New York City »

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