Gear News

A current hot trend in the industry – collaborative products. Aviom have teamed up with Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems (US) to bring us the D800-Dante A-Net Distributor. This enables up to eight Aviom personal mixers to be connected directly via the Dante ports of a Yamaha CL Series mixing system, eliminating the need for any…

Allen & Heath has introduced the GLD-112, a larger version of the popular GLD-80 mixer, with an extra bank comprising 8 control strips, increasing the channel count to 28 fader strips in 4 layers. GLD-112 retains the same analogue-style channel processing control section complemented by a graphical 8.4 inch touch screen as the GLD-80. Four…

Ceiling mics are becoming increasingly popular in corporate installtions, and Audix have now added the new M55 to their range. This mini condenser is designed for conference, boardroom and classroom applications, where aesthetics and sound quality are critical.  The mounting system allows for drops between 30mm and 1200mm.  Interchangeable speech optimised capsules allow a wide…

Avid have introduced the new S3L System, a modular mixing system with a 16 fader control surface that can handle up to 64 input channels. The system is comprised of a high-performance HDX-powered mix engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools® software for…

Waves Audio announces the availability of its new GEQ graphic equalizer plugin. Developed primarily for live users , Waves GEQ is a full-featured graphic equalizer plugin with both Classic and Modern mono and stereo components, featuring 30 ISO bands plus high and low pass filters, a high precision floating parametric EQ bell filter, and a…

TASCAM’s DR-60D is a new audio recording solution for on-set filmmakers and videographers using DSLR cameras. The DR-60D is a 4-track solid-state recorder utilising high-grade HDDA pre-amps and AD converters, and a durable but lightweight structure and shape. This device will fit snuggly under any camera or into any rig, and record up to 96kHz/24-bit…

Symetrix have announced the SymNet Radius AEC, a core acoustic echo-cancelling device for deployment in teleconferencing installations of any size. The 1U rack unit contains 8 mic/line wideband echo cancellers, 8 line outputs, and 4 auxiliary line inputs. Application specific input or output expansion of a single Radius AEC is facilitated with a configurable slot…

The Riedel iOS App “Artist Input Monitor ”is now available at the iTunes Store. The Artist Input Monitor is the first application of a new series of utility apps for the iOS platform from Riedel Communications.  The Artist Level Meters application can monitor and control up to eight freely assignable audio inputs of an Artist…

Martin Professional is targeting the installation market with the launch of an all-new, cost-effective line of effect lights – RUSH™ by Martin. RUSH will comprise a comprehensive range of affordable effect products with the first RUSH lights launched in March at the Prolight + Sound trade show in Frankfurt. The new product line-up includes  the…

Bose Professional have expanded its PowerMatch amplifier platform with three additional models of configurable power amplifiers – the PM8250, PM4500 and PM4250.  The Class-D amplifiers and power supplies are designed to cope with unexpected variations in AC line voltage, rack temperature, and output load conditions. Configurable through the use of QuadBridge™ technology, each amplifier is…

Radial Engineering Ltd. has announced a new addition to the 500 series range of processing modules, the PreComp combination preamp and compressor. The PreComp is a single wide module, designed to fit the popular 500 series “Lunchbox”. The design begins with a high performance preamp equipped with Radial’s unique Accustate gain control that simultaneously sets…