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New Products - December 4, 2012 Porter & Davies BC2rm Personal Drum Monitor System » PreSonus Studio One DAW, Version 2.5 » Radial PZ-DI Acoustic/Orchestral Instrument DI » Waves REDD Console Plug-ins » Today's Product Review Line 6 StageScape M20d Digital Mixer By Strother Bullins I’ve come to expect the unexpected from Line 6, a pro audio company with an overall design philosophy that, first and foremost, serves musician end-users. From their first incarnation of the POD digital guitar amp modeler in the late ‘90s to their 2010 entree to live sound, their XD Digital Wireless line, Line 6 has well served those not tied to the traditional standards of legacy pro audio equipment. The StageScape M20d live sound mixer is another Line 6 innovation of that kind; at first glance, it's nothing like the channel-stripped mixers of old. Unique and high-tech sexy, it is streamlined, largely naked of knobs and buttons and provides no vertical faders. Paired with complimentary Line 6 StageSource loudspeakers, is built to do things that traditional portable PA rigs do not, such as provide touchscreen visual-based mixing; multichannel recording with soundcheck loop capabilities; comprehensive iPad remote control; auto-sensing I/O; loads of DSP power; and much more, all in an intelligent, digitally-networked rig. More » Today's Blog New Jersey Studio Destroyed By Sandy by Clive Young When Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast, it caused billions of dollars in damage as it upended lives and businesses. For Patrice Devincentis, however, Sandy did both, as it demolished Sonic Surgery, the studio she's owned and operated for the last 24 years. Founded in 1988, Devincentis' facility was a full-fledged studio housed in her extensively rebuilt garage, complete with isolation room, floating floors, audio workstations, a variety of instruments and more. There, she tackled any project that came through the door—editing radio shows, voiceover work, tracking band demos, mixing Electronic Press Kits for major labels like EMI, or simply recording MIDI orchestrations for area theater groups. If she wasn't behind the console, the single mom (and cancer-survivor) could probably be found teaching audio engineering at Bergen Community College or giving piano lessons — like many entrepreneurial small studio owners, Devincentis wore many hats in the process of keeping the doors open. More »

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