PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring Best of Show Awards: NAB 2013 plus Rupert Neve Designs, Solid State Logic & Yamaha

April 15, 2013 Events Nashville Recording Workshop + Expo, presented by AES Nashville Section » New Products Best of Show Award Winners: NAB 2013 » Rupert Neve Designs 5060 Centerpiece » Solid Stage Logic Live Console » Yamaha HS Powered Studio Monitors » Today's Product Review Rupert Neve Designs Portico II Channel By Rob Tavaglione for Pro Audio Review "Considering the fact that all sections of the Portico II are eminently useful, if not best in class, it’s hard to not like this unit, even at its premium price point ($3,195 street). ‘It’s hard not to love it’ is a more accurate statement. The EQ in general, the de-esser, the superb compressor and the Silk features will surprise you and demand daily usage. I only have a few quibbles: A master output level would be nice to have, the switches don’t feel as good as the pots do and some additional metering wouldn’t hurt, either, but these points are incredibly minor in context, as in the context of world-class channel strips, of which the Portico II Channel is one of the very finest available." More » Today's Blog Museum, BoDeans Founder Honor Les Paul By Kelleigh Welch "As part of the grand opening of the Waukesha County Museum's The Wizard of Waukesha Les Paul exhibit, BoDeans founder-turned-solo-artist Sam Llanas and his producer, Gary Tanin have released a tribute video to Les Paul with images of the famed musician and inventor's guitars. Like Les Paul, Llanas is a Waukesha native, and Llanas agreed to let the museum use his song, “The Way Home,” for the video. The song is part of Llanas’ most recent album, 4 a.m., and was produced by Tanin in his studio, Daystorm Music, in Milwaukee, WI. The song is about the desire to bring things back home and the importance of home,” explained Tanin. The song, when tied in with the June 9 opening of the Les Paul exhibit, associates with the idea that the guitars on display are returning to their final resting place in Les Paul’s hometown,” Tanin explained." More »

©2013 NewBay Media, LLC

Manage Your Email Preferences/Unsubscribe Change Your Email Address To report abuse, click here. You have received this message because you previously gave your email address to NewBay Media LLC. © 2013 NewBay Media LLC, 28 East 28th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016 | 212.378.0400