MUST SEES AT AES 2012

As AES 2012 approaches, this special promotional guide provides an advanced look at some of the exciting and innovative launches and introductions you will find in San Francisco, October 27–29. Grace Design | AKG | Audio Engineering Associates | Audix Corporation | Millennia | Rupert Neve Designs | Sound Devices Grace Design m905 Stereo Monitor Controller The m905 is our second generation stereo monitor controller, engineered from the ground up to provide unrivaled audio playback performance with a comprehensive and intuitive feature set. Included are all requisite professional audio inputs and outputs, both analog and digital, with an asynchronous USB input for jitter free 24/192 computer playback. Outputs include 3 stereo speaker sets, two subwoofer, and our reference headphone amplifier. The remote is powerful, clean and ergonomic. It includes a headphone output, talkback microphone, and dedicated real time SPL meter. Controls are designed so that anyone unfamiliar with the system can operate it immediately and intuitively, but with a minimal time investment advanced setup and calibration features are accessed with ease. The m905 offers more monitoring management features than any current monitor controller. But its true essence is as the most sonically reliable and innate centerpiece for any studio – homebase for your ears, eyes and hands. Booth: 612 Website: www.gracedesign.com Back To Top AKG C451 & K702 65th Anniversary Limited Edition Celebrating its 65th anniversary, AKG is proud to introduce a line of limited edition products to commemorate its industry leading, quality and reliable audio equipment offerings to the professional market. The limited edition C451 condenser microphones and K702 headphones are now available to music enthusiasts around the globe. AKG's C451 65th Anniversary Edition condenser microphone embodies sound from the legendary C451 EB with the CK1 capsule delivering stunning quality and precision. K702 reference-style headphones boast an over-ear, open-back design, with extremely accurate response. Handcrafted in Vienna with the highest attention to detail, the limited editions of these prestigious products are positioned to deliver renowned AKG quality to sound engineers, producers and musicians around the world. Each are individually tested and numbered to ensure the highest quality. "With the limited edition C451 and K702, users with these extraordinary pieces of equipment will enjoy AKG's ever evolving history, with a sound experience they will never forget!" Booth: North Hall D – Booth T1 Website: www.akg.com Back To Top Audio Engineering Associates RPQ500 The RPQ500 module is a single channel of AEA's acclaimed RPQ preamp. It has 81 dB of quiet gain, a musical J-FET signal path and intuitive CurveShaper EQ. It compliments any microphone, is inexpensive, and uses one API 500 slot. Whatever your needs: an uncolored condenser preamp, effortless gain for ribbon and moving coil mics, or smooth, sweet mix EQ through the line input – the RPQ500 delivers it all at an unmatched price point. No wonder it is currently nominated for both a PAR Excellence and a TEC Award. Hear, see and feel the RPQ500 at AES booth 829. Discover why AEA preamps and ribbon mics are the secret weapons of award winning engineers and musicians. AEA is family owned and operated in beautiful Pasadena, California. Proudly independent, we still manufacture all our microphones by hand right here in the United States. Booth#: 829 Website: www.ribbonmics.com Back To Top Audix SCX25A Studio Condenser Microphone The SCX25A is a professional studio condenser microphone with an elegant design and a patented capsule suspension system. Uniquely shock-mounted within an intricate machined brass ring, the capsule is completely isolated from the mic body and electronics. By successfully minimizing acoustic reflections and diffractions, the SCX25A delivers a pure, open air sound with exceptional detail and realism. The SCX25A is consistent when responding to on and off-axis signals. This mic exhibits outstanding phase coherence and minimal proximity effect. With a wide cardioid polar pattern, the SCX25A enables the sound engineer to blend the sound of the instrument or vocal with the sound of the room. The SCX25A will handle SPLs in excess of 135 dB and provides up to 20 dB of ambient noise rejection. Also available in matched pairs, The SCX25A is perfectly suited to capture the sound of acoustic instruments such as pianos, guitars, vibes, woodwinds, brass, percussion toys, drums, orchestra and symphony sections. Booth#: 719 Website: www.audixusa.com Back To Top Millennia's HV-37, Because Not Everyone Wants a Lunch Box Based on Millennia's award winning HV-3 preamp circuit, the Millennia HV-37 is a pair of the critically acclaimed 500 series HV-35 preamp modules housed in a rugged 16 gage steel, single rack-space package with an on board universal power supply. The panel front has an instrument input jack, DC coupled ribbon mic switch with 10dB gain boost setting, 80 Hz roll off filter, 48V phantom switch, 15 dB Pad, Polarity flip, single present and overload LEDs and a continuously variable gain control. The rear panel has XLR mic ins and XLR lines outs along with a standard IEC power connector. It can be power directly by mains voltages between 100V and 240V. Booth#: 515 Website: www.mil-media.com Back To Top Rupert Neve Designs Satellite 16x2+2 Mixer Built around many of the topologies and custom transformers made famous with the 5088 and Portico II Series, the 5059 Satellite 16x2+2 Summing Mixer is designed to deliver the ultimate "out of the box" sonics and ergonomics in a 2U, rack-mountable chassis. The 5059 includes 16 channels with individual level, pan, inserts, stereo-2 sends, and master texture controls. This feature set provides easy integration with outboard equipment, complete control for two separate stem mixes, and the ability to dial in transformer saturation with two silk modes. With the same sonic heritage as mixers used to create countless hit records, the 5059 Satellite Summing Mixer imbues tracks with the legendary warmth and presence of a Rupert Neve design. Booth#: 1131 Website: www.rupertneve.com Back To Top Sound Devices 664 Field Mixer Sound Devices introduces the 664 Field Mixer, the new flagship in Sound Devices' line of portable audio mixers. Building on the foundation of the popular 552 mixer, the intuitive 664 is built for audio professionals mixing feature film, episodic TV, reality-style production, news, and documentary production. It has six high-performance microphone inputs, four output buses, 10 channels of built-in recording, and a complete time code system with internal generator. All inputs and outputs are recordable to both CF and SD cards. This unprecedented amount of I/O and recording capability makes the 664 perfect for any production application, large and small. For applications requiring more inputs, the available CL-6 Expander adds six line-level analog inputs, additional LED output metering and additional recording transport controls. The 664 a with CL-6 has 12 inputs, four output buses for 16 total record tracks. Booth#: 934 Website: www.sounddevices.com Back To Top This is a Sponsored Message