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New Products - June 27, 2012 Aphex EX•BB 500 Series Module featuring Aural Exciter and Big Bottom » Arturia Origin Hardware Synthesizer, V1.4 Firmware Update » JDK Audio 8MX2 Eight-Channel Preamplifier/Mixer » Neutrik's Rean Components for All Behringer & Bugera Products » Today's Product Review Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter Plug-in By Russ Long "The Waves Aphex vintage Aural Exciter plug-in is a software model of one of the original, tube-powered Aural Exciters. It delivers the unique character of the original within a Native ($250) or TDM ($500) plug-in shell. The original device had two modes, the MIX mode (called MIX 2 on the plugin) that allowed the unit to be used as an insert, or the AX mode that allowed the unit to be used in an aux send/return configuration. Because of the way the box processes audio, both modes sound entirely different." More » Today's Blog On The Road With the Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Tour By Clive Young "All surviving members of The Beach Boys have reunited this year for the band's 50th Anniversary, embarking on a world tour and releasing an all-new album to boot: That's Why God Made The Radio, which debuted at a career-high Number 3 on the Billboard chart. While hardly boys anymore, the group blasts through a lengthy show that crams 40 songs into two sets averaging around 70 minutes each. Though the concert pauses for moments of subtlety and the occasional deep cut, towards the end, it all dissolves into an unrelenting barrage of hits, pummeling the audience with one after another, underlining just how many of the band's sing-along chart-toppers are now deeply woven into the American psyche. It's really quite something to experience, and with that in mind, we stopped in on the tour when it hit the Nikon at Jones Beach Amphitheater recently." More »

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