PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring Blue Microphones, KRK Systems, Line 6, PreSonus & Radial Engineering

New Products - November 30, 2012 Blue Microphones, KRK Systems, PreSonus & SoundCloud: “Dream Rig For Your Dream Gig” Contest » Carvin RX1200L 3-Piece Portable PA System » Monolith Interactive Test Oscillator for iOS » Radial PZ-DI Acoustic/Orchestral Instrument DI » 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 Slice & Dice ... & Still Sound Nice? by Paul Grundman It happens all the time when modeling software comes around or a new computer plug-in is all the rage and people tell me, ‘I had this and that and three instances of an EQ on this channel.’ And then, of course, it’s like slicing up your music a hundred times and reassembling it in real time and creating a new pile of numbers. More »

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