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Blue Microphones, has hired in industry veteran Dino Virella as Director of Global Sales – Professional Products.
"With our expansion into the live market segment and some exciting things coming on the studio side, the timing for bringing in Dino couldn't be better,” said John Maier, CEO of Blue Microphones. “His energy
and experience will help us deepen our key relationships as well as help in building new ones."
Virella comes to Blue having served in key sales and marketing roles at a number of prominent professional audio compan [ read more.. ]
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The new RØDE M1 is built for late nights, crowded stages and long tours. With a rock solid die-cast body and sturdy dynamic capsule it can take all the abuse you or your Roadie can throw at it, without showing signs of age or neglect.
"Vocalists will love the M1’s tactility, with a great balance of weight and ergonomics."
The M1 even offers a lifetime warranty, although if you're touring too hard, this might not be as long as you'd like...
This guarantee is RØDE’s promise to offer consistent high-quality performance day after day, gig af [ read more.. ]
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Blue Microphones announce the latest additions to its award-winning line of products; the BottleRocket Stage One Solid-State Microphone System and the Bottle Rocket Stage Two Tube Microphone System.
The Stage One BottleRocket is a transformerless solid state microphone system with the clarity and detail you've come to expect from Blue. Fully compatible with the Bottle Caps, the same interchangeable capsule system used with Blue's legendary Bottle mic, you can add an array of tonal characteristics and pickup patterns on the fly. It's like havin [ read more.. ]
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In a press release from Sontronics, it claims to have had a groundbreaking year thanks to the release of the brand’s first handheld dynamic mic (the STC-80) and the soon-to-arrive European-made preamps (Chimera and Sonora).
If that was groundbreaking, wait til you get a load of this. Who's your Daddy now?
It's a mobile mounting system in the shape of the MATRIX-10 professional mic stand. Designed to support a weight of up to 6 kilograms, this light but sturdy stand with telescopic boom arm is made from brushed aluminium tubing and features [ read more.. ]
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Matt Robertson has worked with the UK’s biggest producers, on films like Hot Fuzz and The Other Boleyn Girl, as well as producing the music for over 100 TV ads including campaigns for Mercedes, Pepsi, HP and Land Rover. With such a myriad of different musical projects, Matt demands the best gear and says of his sE purchases: “price v performance really is that good.”
Matt Robertson learned his production skills from one of the best in the business: Prodigy producer Neil McLellan. “We started a music production company and he basically [ read more.. ]
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A little tip for anyone who's been saving their pennies for a Neumann U67. You might want to try a Gemini, from SE Electronics.
When producer Rob Aubrey needed to service his trusted Neumann U67, he discovered a worthy sE replacement for only marginally more than the U67’s service charge!
“My first purchase was the sE Gemini,” he says. “I then heard great reports about the ICIS and Z5600, so those were next on my shopping list along with the Reflexion Filter, mic stand and a stereo pair of SE3s.”
“With the Gemini I needed a large d [ read more.. ]
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There are mixed feelings about Marshall Electonics' latest release, the MXL USB.008-24.
A 24 Bit/96Khz, HDTV Broadcast quality USB microphone; Marshall have come up with something which is pretty much 'The Works' on paper. Podcasters and home recordists alike now have an all-in-one solution for all their needs.
Of course, the pro's are all over it, wondering whether Marshall Electronics has sacraficed quality for features. Only time will tell. If it delivers what ME says it will, though, then you're looking at the first of a new wave of plug [ read more.. ]
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A new range of day courses, founded by Sound On Sound contributor Mike Senior, has been launched by Cambridge Music Technology.
Mike is the author of SOS cover features including Recording Guitars , and the Piano Recording piece in Sound On Sound’s January 2008 issue. He will give live demonstrations of audio equipment and techniques so that atendees can compare different studio gear and recording approaches first-hand.
The courses cover topics such as vocal production, electric guitar recording, drum miking, piano recording, and mixing, w [ read more.. ]
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AKG announced the new D 4 stage microphone at Winter NAMM 2008, which is pimped for live performance. The company has developed the mic for intended use with drums, percussion instruments, wind instruments and guitar amps.
Featuring AKG’s patented Laminate Varimotion diaphragm technology, the D 4’s response is fine-tuned without extra tuning resonators. With custom-built capsule mounting, a spring steel wire-mesh grill and a heavy all-metal body, the D 4 is a durable and reliable microphone solution for the active demands of live musicians. [ read more.. ]
