Studio Hardware

Mackie dXb200 digital production console now shipping

Mackie dXb200 digital production console now shipping

Mackie announced today that their new dXb•200 Digital Production Console has begun shipping to authorized U.S. dealers. The first of these dealers will receive dXb•200s by the end of this week. This includes RSPE in North Hollywood, West LA Music in Santa Monica, and West LA Music in Universal City. Additional dealers across the United States are being evaluated and selected daily.

Mackie’s Big Knob and Onyx mixers and pre-amp now shipping

Mackie’s Big Knob and Onyx mixers and pre-amp now shipping

Just six months after introduction at the NAMM show in Anaheim, Mackie announced today that significant dealer shipments of the innovative Big Knob Studio Command System, as well as the Onyx 1220 and 1620 Premium Analog Mixers, are underway. These products will be available for purchase at Mackie dealers in the United States and Europe by mid June. Dealer shipments of the larger Onyx 1640 are scheduled to begin in July 2004.

Digidesign and Focusrite Ship The Liquid Channel

Digidesign, the North American distributor of Focusrite products, is pleased to ship Focusrite’s The Liquid Channel—a revolutionary professional channel strip that transports classic front-end processing into the digital age. The Liquid Channel is capable of accurately emulating every mic pre and compressor combination in history, inside a single 192 kHz-compatible 2U device.

Digidesign’s Pro Tools 6.4 Software Now Available

Digidesign’s Pro Tools 6.4 Software Now Available

Pro Tools® 6.4 software — now shipping with all new Pro Tools systems — provides a backbone of features to support ICON (and its D-Control™ tactile worksurface), AVoption®|V10, and Command|8™, while introducing features such as Automatic Delay Compensation, TrackPunch (on-the-fly track arming/punching), TrackInput (track-by-track input switching), 23.976 fps support for HD video, +12 dB fader support, foley “input mute” mode, and more.

Behringer goes Russian

Behringer goes Russian

Behringer today announces the launch of its Russian website, which was introduced as a response to the huge popularity of its products in Russia. Behringer is one of the few companies in the industry to offer a Russian version of its website in addition to a growing number of world languages.