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Do Converters improve the quality of sound captured with External Clocks?

This has been an oft bandied about rumour: get a better clock and your converter will capture sound more accurately, giving you better recordings and more accurate monitoring. We have sought to shed some light on this controversy by throwing down the gauntlet, and getting some of the most widely regarded clocks in the world,

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NEW Apollos by Universal Audio: The Next Generation of Sound

It seemed only yesterday that the audio world was trying to decipher the role of the Universal Audio Apollos.  Today, with the presentation of the second generation of Apollos, (including the introduction of a new unit that includes 8 Unison-Enabled Preamps).  Universal Audio is affirming what a lot of us in the business have been

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Empirical Labs EL8X Distressor Single Channel Distressor Stereo Link Mode

Do Converters improve the quality of sound captured with External Clocks?

This has been an oft bandied about rumour: get a better clock and your converter will capture sound more accurately, giving you better recordings and more accurate monitoring. We have sought to shed some light on this controversy by throwing down the gauntlet, and getting some of the most widely regarded clocks in the world,

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Blue Microphones Dragonfly Cardioid Condenser Microphone Mode

Universal Audio Console 2.0 – Time to link up multiple UA devices

I recently had an install job for producer and studio owner Rayito who is not only a frighteningly talented guitar player (more on this later) but a uber talented composer and producer. For his recent projects with Ricky Martin, he wanted MORE UA might, and the ability to combine his separate travel and studio Apollo

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Soundtoys Decapitator, Ubk-1, Vertigo VSC-2 and more…..Compression for drums

Lukas Rimbach was kind enough to lend us a hand by doing a video giving great pointers on how to treat Drum Bus. I love these subtle and not so subtle ways of introducing compression in parallel and directly to the signal as an insert. Product used: Kush UBK-1 Vertigo VSC-2 IK Multimedia T Racks

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Millennia Media STT-1 Channel Strip – Twin Topology. The entire Tonal Palette Review

I often get requests for super high end, desert island channel strips by professional recordists. The Millennia Media STT-1 channel strip is a great choice for those that require unparalleled clarity, dynamic range, and tonal control. Tube and solid state choices at every point in the signal chain allow the user to dial in the

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