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February 17, 2014 New Products NAMM 2014 Best of Show Award Winners! » AKG K712PRO Reference Studio Headphones: TEC Award Winner » IsoAcoustics Modular Acoustic Isolation Stands » Radial Engineering StageBug SB-7 EarMuff Headphone Interface » TC Electronic DB6: Software Upgrade » Today's Review 500 Series Microphone Preamps featuring Sonic Farm Creamer, Pete's Place Electrodyne 501 and Classic API Heider FD312 by Russ Long, PAR Senior Contributor "I honestly cannot get enough of the 500 Series gear. Between my two facilities, I have a 10-slot API 500V chassis, an API Lunchbox and a Tonelux V4 Roadster and I'm already evaluating my best option to increase my 500 Series module capacity. The modular format makes it simple to swap pieces between studios or easily record in a remote location. Trying out a new piece of gear or substituting a few unique pieces for a tracking session doesn't require any additional cabling or installation headaches. The format's low supply voltage, limited maximum current draw and size restrictions do pose some significant design challenges, but manufacturers have overcome these issues as evidenceed by the plethora of quality options out there." More » No subscription to Pro Audio Review? Get on the inside track with the best peer-to-peer pro reviews in the audio production biz: visit http://myparmag.com now! Today's Video Audio-Technica Presents Basic Drum Miking—The Kick Drum Courtesy of Audio-Technica, this informative video series starts with useful kick drum miking techniques and adjustments with audio examples, followed by a piece-by-piece miking tutorial for all parts of a full drum kit. More » Today's Blog Tunes for Tuning Steely Dan's PA by Clive Young "We've written a lot of posts on the PSN Blog, but the most popular one ever, hands down, was from 2011: "The 'Freebird' of Pro Audio" looked at how every FOH engineer on the planet seems to use either Steely Dan or its singer Donald Fagan's solo track, "I.G.Y." to tune a PA. Heck, it was so popular that it was even quoted in the Wikipedia entry for the album "I.G.Y." is from, The Nightfly. After the post, in the comments section, reader Sam Bryant joked, "What does the FOH guy for Steely Dan listen to when they are tweaking their system?" As it turns out, we found out the answer." More » Click The Covers — Digital Edition Quick Links Months of PAR's digital edition reviews are just a click away! More » The 2013 PAR Excellence Awards » 2013 marks the second year of the PAR Excellence Awards as a reader-voted program, presented by the Editors and Contributors of Pro Audio Review (PAR) magazine. An online balloting system allowed voting privileges to Pro Audio Review print and digital subscribers from the mail date of PAR August 2013's issue through November 15, 2013. Without further ado, here are the winners ... Events 2014 NAB Show, Las Vegas »

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