Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring 2013 PAR Excellence Awards Nominees plus Audio-Technica, Bose, Focusrite, Hosa & Mackie

August 26, 2013 The 2013 PAR Excellence Awards—PAR Subscribers: Vote Now! » New Products Bose ControlSpace ESP Engineered Sound Processors » Focusrite Tape App for iPad » Hosa Technology High-Speed Microp HDMI Cables » Mackie VLZ4 Analog Mixer Series » 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 Billionaire Redefines Portable Studio by Clive Young Ask 10 audio pros what you need for a great portable recording rig, and you'll get 10 different answers. One will name his favorite laptop and DAW software; another might talk about JoeCo BlackBox recorders hooked up to a club's FOH mix area; and at least one will start raving about an app that'll let you multitrack on your phone. The problem with all these answers, however, is that they're the result of thinking small—of thinking, quite reasonably, about what you can bring with you. After all, if the rig is too big to carry, or at least roll in a rack, it's not portable…is it? That kind of thinking is just boxed-in. It’s not like you have to think “outside the box,” however; you just have to redefine what the box is. And if you’re Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen—a part-time guitar slinger worth an estimated $15 Billion—you can afford a pretty awesome box. 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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