Mics, Speakers, Decapitators At AES…Starting Friday!
AES NYC kicks off this Friday, and we’ve received advance notice on some new technologies that will be on display at the Javits Center. Check it out:
Bock AM 50 Omni-Tube mic
Bock Audio’s new AM 50 omni-tube microphone, designed after classical orchestral recording mics of the ‘50s, will be at the TransAudio Group booth (#555). The AM 50 will excel at capturing natural ambience of acoustic ensembles and large orchestras, and is well-suited for use in a Decca Tree configuration.
TransAudio will also be showing the new three-way studio control monitors by UK manufacturer ATC. ATC’s SCM25A Pros have been designed for positioning on a meter bridge or rack-mountable for broadcast apps, and incorporate a tri-amplifier generating 150 W RMS for the woofer, 50 W RMS for the midrange and 25 W RMS for the tweeter.
Prodigy Engineering (Booth #642) will be showing off its new remote-controllable mic pre for the API 500 Series, called Bella. Bella can be remote controlled from DAWs, including Pro Tools and Apple Logic, as well as from Digidesign ICON control surfaces.
Sound Toys (Booth #640) has announced a couple new plug-ins — the PanMan and Decapitator — which will be available in this fourth quarter of ‘09. PanMan is a rhythmic auto-panner plug-in, featuring a range of panning modes emulating classic analog panners, such as the PanScan and Spanner, along with completely new modes of panning.
The Decapitator
SoundToys’ Decapitator is a dedicated analog saturation modeling plug-in. Based on years of research and analysis of vintage and modern classics from Neve, API, Ampex, EMI and Thermionic Culture to create accurate models of properly aged (and even abused) gear, Decapitator creates the sought-after “analog sound,” from subtle harmonic changes to extreme driven distortion.
Both PanMan and Decapitator will be available for TDM/RTAS/AudioSuite, Audio Units and VST for Mac and PC.
SonicScoop will continue to fill you in on exciting new technologies coming to AES as we learn of them, and actually see them on the show floor later this week!