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  1. Finding The Right Two-Channel Digital-To-Analog Converter For Your Studio

    Posted by Eric Allen

    Finding The Right Two-Channel Digital-To-Analog Converter For Your Studio
    Digital-to-Analog converters (and their Analog-to-Digital counterparts) play a vital role in the modern studio. In particular, two-channel DACs allow us to properly monitor our audio output by converting a digital signal to an analog one. The signal remains pristine, and we hear our projects as intended on our monitors. There is no shortage of high-quality two-channel DACs for your studio...
  2. The Benefits of Mixing With Headphones

    Posted by Dante Fumo

    The Benefits of Mixing With Headphones
    Maybe you’ve gotten to know the sound of your monitors like the back of your hand or invested in a finely-calibrated mixing room for the most transparent sound possible—or maybe you’re working with entry-level monitors in an untreated room and not entirely sure you can trust the results yet. No matter what your monitoring setup looks like, headphones can always improve your mixing. Continue reading →
  3. Focal Delivers Optimized Listening Experience With Clear Mg Professional Headphones

    Posted by Eric Allen

    Focal Delivers Optimized Listening Experience With Clear Mg Professional Headphones
    Focal is often considered one of the global leaders in the realm of acoustics, a claim long backed by its innovative studio monitor and headphone designs. The brand's latest release, the Clear Mg Professional headphones ($1,490), push the technology and performance of the original Clear Professional to brand new heights. Designed with music creators in mind, the Clear Mg Professional are circum-aural open-back headphones that offer optimized performance for the full frequency spectrum. Focal is reusing the original speaker drivers of the Clear Professionals (15/8" with M-shaped inverted domes), but have constructed them with Magnesium. By using Magnesium, Focal's research and development team has created a speaker driver formula that offers the right mix of lightness, rigidity and damping. Continue reading →
  4. New Environments For Mixing With Steven Slate Audio's VSX Modeling Headphones

    Posted by Nathan Doyle

    New Environments For Mixing With Steven Slate Audio's VSX Modeling Headphones
    Steven Slate has been at the forefront of innovation in the pro audio world for over a decade now. His recent releases find cutting-edge software working in tandem with physical products to emulate classic studio technology, and thus giving engineers a number of tools at a great price. Under the banner of Steven Slate Audio, Steven is pushing modeling to a new realm with the release of the VSX Headphones. This hybrid system combines headphones featuring lightweight beryllium hybrid drivers and custom analog tuning circuitry with a modeling plug-in that recreates a variety of listening environments. NRG Recording Studio, Archon Recording, car stereo, nightclub sound system, classic reference boombox... There are all there, and there's more. Continue reading →
  5. Sound on Sound Explores Trinnov Audio ST2 Pro Processor With In-Depth Review

    Posted by Eric Allen

    Sound on Sound Explores Trinnov Audio ST2 Pro Processor With In-Depth Review
    Since Trinnov Audio was founded in 2003, the brand has been improving the way we experience sound, both out in the world and in our recording/mixing facilities. Their approach is two-fold. Trinnov's impressive room correction technology helps acoustically optimize the monitors and room that audio is created in, while also allowing users to replicate listening environments like theatres and PA systems. One of the keys to the Trinnov universe is the ST2 Pro. This monitor and room optimizer features four simultaneous processing channels, which supports any stereo speaker set-up with one or two subwoofers or bi-amp system. The ST2 Pro gives users the data and tools to set the target curve of their monitors and optimize the global acoustic response. And this is just the tip of the Trinnov iceberg... Continue reading →

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