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about any live recording. The US-1641 packs the interfacing power of a
big console into only one rackspace. For more information www.tascam.com
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Lawo
Acquires Majority Interest in InnovaSon
Lawo, a German manufacturer of high-end digital mixing consoles and
routing systems for the broadcast industry, has become a majority
shareholder of InnovaSon, the digital mixing console manufacturer based
in France that's known primarily for its live sound technology. In 2007,
InnovaSon went into receivership; this agreement officially terminates
InnovaSon's receivership period and creates a partnership between the
companies for future development.
"It is more a strategic move for both companies than anything else,"
says InnovaSon sales and marketing director Xavier Pion. "We had been
looking for a partner for quite some time." MORE
The Funk is Back
Hitting the stores today (and already climbing up the charts) is Brian
Culbertson's Bringing Back The Funk on GRP Records. Culbertson
and executive producer Maurice White (of Earth, Wind & Fire fame) lined
up a literal "who's who" of world-class players to perform on the CD,
done as a historic revisit to ‘70s-style funk. MORE
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Mercenary
Audio Manufacturing Debuts Studio Mic
By George Petersen
Mercenary Audio Manufacturing—the equipment-creation subsidiary
of the 19-year-old, Boston-based audio retailer/broker Mercenary
Audio—is now shipping its new KM-69 small-diaphragm, cardioid
condenser microphone. For more than a decade, Mercenary Audio had
consulted with companies such as Crane Song, Drawmer, Empirical Labs,
Great River Electronics and Royer Labs in creating special, tweaked
"Mercenary Editions" of various studio products, but the KM-69 is made
in the U.S. under the Mercenary Audio Manufacturing name.
The concept for the KM-69 began as an answer to continual customer
requests for the now-scarce Neumann KM-84 microphone, regarded by many
as the perfect hi-hat mic. "We loved the 'velvet' that the KM-84 could
produce, but wanted something with a tad more shimmer to the very tippy
top of the audio spectrum," explains company principal Fletcher. "We
were originally looking for a great hi-hat mic, which then turned into a
mic that was great for overheads as well as acoustic instruments as
varied as piano, acoustic guitars, mandolin, traditional string
instruments (cello, violin, etc.) and had great transient response on
things like percussion."
Now shipping, the KM-69 was extensively tested at Mercenary Audio
Manufacturing's in-house "The METHods and Applications LABoratory"
studio, with reportedly excellent results. And with the completion of
the KM-69 project, Mercenary Audio Manufacturing plans other products in
the years to come.
The KM-69 retails at $1,450 ($950/street) and matched pairs are
available at $2,900 ($1,800/street). All include stand clips and custom
wooden storage boxes.
For more information (including downloadable audio MP3 and 44.1/96kHz
WAV samples of the mic on grand piano, electric bass, drum overheads and
hi-hats), visit
www.ma-mfg.com.
LAWO INTRODUCES mc²56 PRODUCTION CONSOLE
SOUND DEVICES INTRODUCES NEW WAVE AGENT UTILITY SOFTWARE
FOR MAC AND PC AT NAB 2008
MORE NEW PRODUCTS FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM
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Clip
Tip
If you’re making recordings at -4, -6 or even –10 dB
to avoid digital overload distortion, your dynamic range suffers, and
your pristine 24-bit system will create 20/18/16-bit recordings. Making
matters worse, some products have clip lights that kick in around -4 dB.
Unfortunately, there’s no standard for how many consecutive individual
samples (one? two? four?) must break the 0dB mark before an overload is
indicated.
Everybody knows digital overs can sound harsh, and waveforms
shouldn’t look like square waves, but if a snare hit (an instrument
that’s supposed to sound raspy) has some clipping, is that
really a bad thing? Meters and clip lights are provided as a guide.
Combining listening tests with close-up waveform examination, experiment
with your DAW or digital converters and determine the limits of your
rig. As anyone who’s bent a few analog VU meter needles can tell you,
sometimes rules were meant to be broken.
—George Petersen
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Elvis
Costello
Last week, Elvis Costello did something he hasn’t done for years:
release his new album on vinyl only. The cryptically titled
Momofuku was recorded this past winter at Sound City in L.A.,
with Costello and engineer/producer Jason Lader co-producing. A CD will
actually be in stores May 6, but for now the perennially surprising
artist is shaking things up with a great new rock ’n’ roll record
that comes with a code permitting the owner to download the full-length
MP3—but not till May 1. Confused? All we can figure is that this is an
amusing way to toy with the pirates, and encourage music lovers to dust
off their turntables and listen.
For more on Momofuku, read our review in next week’s
MixLine.
For interview features and reviews of other Costello projects, visit
Mix's Website to read a May 2002 feature on the making of When I Was Cruel; an interview
with engineer/producer Kevin Killen; a Classic Tracks
story on the recording of Elvis Costello & The Attractions' “Pump It Up”;
a review of the DVD Club Date: Live in Memphis; and a review of
Costello's soulful 2006 collaboration with Allen Toussaint, River in Reverse.
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