PAR Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring Radial & PreSonus plus Studio Sense: Upgrading With With Solid State Drives

New Products - February 28, 2013 Avid Postpones Earnings Report » ADAM Audio F Series Studio Monitors: Now Shipping » Radial Engineering: Expanded Research & Development Facility » Radial Engineering StageBug SB-4 Piezo and StageBug SB-2 Passive Direct Boxes » Today's Product Review PreSonus ADL 700 Channel Strip By Rob Tavaglione for Pro Audio Review "Centered on Anthony DeMaria's lauded ADL 600 discrete Class A tube preamplifier, the ADL 700 is a reasonably affordable option in the premium (and premium priced) channel strip marketplace. What do you get when combining a premium tube preamp, FET compressor and EQ with a boutique design philosophy, but mass production sensibilities? That would be the PreSonus ADL 700 Channel Strip, co-designed with Anthony DeMaria of Anthony DeMaria Labs. I first noticed Anthony DeMaria Labs S/C/L 1500 stereo opto compressor/limiter when freelancing; I immediately fell in love with its boutique design, tube-based gentility and delightful mix-gluing ability. Now with the long-awaited release of the DeMaria co-designed ADL 700 channel strip, my obvious first question is, “Boutique or budget?" More » Today's Blog Studio Sense: Upgrade With Solid State Drives by Rob Tavaglione for Pro Audio Review "With a fresh new year upon us and a crippling recession now in our rear view mirrors, what are audio engineers everywhere looking to do? Raise their rig, eliminate their Achilles's heels and loosen up the bottlenecks. It's about time for some cost-conscious gear upgrades. I've recently implemented solid state drives (SSD) in my DAW as a simple, inexpensive and efficient way to up my game without pain. For my Mac Pro tower I replaced my system drive with a 120 GB 6G (meaning up to 6 Gb/s data rate, 3 Gb/s are also available) SSD for only $120. Larger drives are available (up to 480 GB), but I plan to use this drive for OS and apps, so the smaller size is enough for me to still have an adequate amount of unused space (about two-thirds capacity is recommended). I also added another 120 GB SSD to try out for audio data/sessions. My Mac Pro cannot utilize the full 6G speed of the SSD, running at 3G, but rumor has it that next generation Macs will be 6G capable and I can always move the drives." More »

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