Studio Hardware

Alesis 3632 Compressor introduced

Alesis 3632 Compressor introduced

Alesis, a leading manufacturer of professional audio electronics and musical instruments, announces the 3632 Compressor, a dual-channel compressor, limiter, and gate unit. The Alesis 3630 Compressor™ is the most popular dynamics processor ever made. Its successor, the 3632 Compressor, builds on the 3630’s popular design and features. The single rack-space unit provides two independent, fully featured compressor and limiter units with excellent sonic quality for any application from studio recording to live sound or broadcast.

Akai EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub announced

Akai EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub announced

Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces the new EIE I/O premium audio interface and USB hub. The EIE I/O is a tabletop USB audio interface perfectly tailored for project and portable studio setups. This four-in, four-out (4×4) device enables users on Mac and PC-based systems to record up to 24-bit resolution into virtually any DAW, recording or performance software. The EIE I/O also houses three convenient USB inputs, in addition to its main USB port, enabling users to connect controllers, hard drives or any other peripheral when native ports on a computer may be limited. The compact recording interface contains high-quality components including nickel-plated input jacks, analog-style VU meters and a rugged aluminum casing for a powerful, professional, portable audio solution.

RME Fireface UFX updated with revolutionary Direct USB Recording

RME Fireface UFX updated with revolutionary Direct USB Recording

RME upgrades the award-winning Fireface UFX with a new and revolutionary feature: an integrated recorder for all inputs and outputs directly to USB memory devices with up to 2 TB. Live concerts, band rehearsals or spontaneous jam sessions can be directly recorded and played back from the medium – plugged into the front of the interface – even completely stand-alone without computer or software. All 60 input and output channels can be individually chosen for recording.

Toft ATB04M – Legendary Power in a Small Package

Toft ATB04M – Legendary Power in a Small Package

Over the years, the Trident Series 80 ® console has heard its praises time and time again for its excellent quality, pristine accuracy, and most of all, its premium vintage equalizer. This powerful combination produced an enormous amount of hit records and is still revered as one of the best analog recording consoles made to date. With so much history behind the Trident name, Toft Audio Designs is proud to announce that the Series 80 boards have been redesigned by the original designer himself, Malcolm Toft. The end result is none other than the new Toft ATB Series Consoles.

Orange Amps bring you Dark Terror Amp

Orange Amps bring you Dark Terror Amp

Dark forces have been stirring at Orange Amps where mysterious alchemy has created the beast to be unleashed. Striding out of the shadows is the new Dark Terror, guitars amps will never be the same again! Menacingly small, easily recognisable, this aggressive little amp comes with a mind blowing sound which combines the shape control of the Thunder series with the weight and size of the monster Terror family. This Frankenstein like amp has creepy amounts of gain on tap with disturbingly pleasurable responsiveness. It is uncompromisingly brutal, doubtless unhinged, even ferocious!

 

RME BOB-16 break-out boxes now shipping

RME BOB-16 break-out boxes now shipping

RME starts shipping three different BOB-16 breakout boxes – perfect rack solutions for interconnecting multichannel XLRs with the common D-sub connector format. The BOB-16 connects up to 16 XLR inputs and/or 16 XLR outputs (Neutrik connectors) with two D-sub 25-pin connectors. It works like two breakout cables D-Sub from/to XLR. The usual multicore breakout cables are replaced with a 19” rack mount unit, preventing cable chaos, errors and connection problems.

Apogee announces Mic

Apogee announces Mic

Meet Mic, the portable studio revolution continues. Mic by Apogee is the most compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad, iPhone and Mac. About the size of an iPhone, Mic makes it easy to capture your best take with incredible quality, anywhere your music takes you. Record any sound you can imagine, from vocals to vibraphones, acoustic to lap steel guitars, pianos to percussion and everything in between, and build a track right on your iPad with GarageBand. Mic is also the perfect companion to JAM, Apogee’s studio quality guitar input. Never before has the personal studio been so portable or so powerful. Join the recording revolution with Mic, JAM and GarageBand on iPad.