Daily E-Reviewsletter featuring the NAMM 2014 Best of Show Award Winners plus Aviom, Chandler, Focusrite, Prism Sound & Studer

January 31, 2014 New Products NAMM 2014 Best of Show Award Winners! » Aviom D800 A-Net Distributor » Grund Audio Design GP Series Loudspeakers » Prism Sound Atlas Preamplifier and I/O » Studer A-Link Digital Audio Interface for Vista X Console » Today's Review Focusrite Red 1 500 Series Microphone Preamplifier by Randy Poole, Nashville-based engineer & PAR Contributor "My own testing of the Red 1 500 included comparisons with other high quality preamps, including the Amek 9098, Focusrite ISA 428, Lola 500 (a hybrid Neve/990 op-amp design) and other 500 Series pres, each used within Radial Engineering's Workhorse 500 Series chassis. Tracking instrumentation included various vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, drums and cello via a variety of microphones." More » Video of the Week Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System (VMS) Unveiled for a sneak preview at NAMM 2014, the Slate Digital Virtual Microphone System (VMS) is demonstrated here by company founder Steven Slate. The VMS is a Native running, hardware/software modeling system comprised of the ML-1 large diaphragm condenser microphone, ML-2 small diaphragm condenser, VMS Dual Preamp Converter and VMS Plug-in Module. 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 Blog 2014 Grammy Production Award Winners Announced “Music’s Biggest Night” returned yesterday with the 56th Annual Grammy Award, broadcast at Staples Center in Los Angeles in 5.1 surround sound on CBS. Watched these days as much for the spectacle and unique musical pairings as for the awards themselves, the event balanced the old and the new, as it featured everyone from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to Daft Punk and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. In terms of awards given to or shared with production pros, it was a big night for French dance duo Daft Punk and their raft of producers and engineers, as their first studio album in a decade, Random Access Memories, took home the album of the year and best engineered album, while their single, "Get Lucky," was garnered record of the year. The album and single also earned best dance/electronica album and best pop duo/group performance, respectively. The engineering, production, mastering and remixer winners included ... 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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January 31, 2014

Connect 2 Media & Entertainment, which launched in 2013, is a resource to help you as a media professional keep up with developments not only in your own business segment but across all industry sectors. Find out what's happening in TV, radio, digital media, film, event spaces, enterprise, and much more by visiting www.c2meworld.com each day. TELEVISION The Tech Behind the Super Bowl XLVIII Broadcast The biggest tech changes for this year's Super Bowl match-up between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks on February 2 will be the scale of the production that Fox Sports is putting together, with coverage of various events from multiple venues on a slew of channels. Read More» INSPIRED BY NAB SHOW HuffPost Live's Roy Sekoff to Deliver NAB Show Keynote HuffPost Live uses HuffPost stories, editors, reporters and bloggers to live-stream eight hours of original live programming, five days a week, available online, on mobile devices and on demand. Read More» DIGITAL MEDIA Second-Screen Study: More Applications Needed The report indicates that nearly all participants view the second screen as an inevitable part of the future, and see tremendous potential in content designed for synchronous viewing, the simultaneous usage of both a primary screen and second device, as well as asynchronous viewing. Read More» LIVE/PUBLIC SPACES How "Noise-scapes" Are Affecting Us Chances are you are reading this article in a noisy environment. You may be aware of the noise level, or you can push the noise into the background… for the most part. Read More» ADVERTISING NBCU, Comcast To Offer Targeted Advertising Jumping into the advance advertising business, Comcast and NBCUniversal introduced a suite of advertising products offering addressability and advanced analytics. Read More» INSPIRED BY NAB SHOW My Two Cents: Binge Viewing to Stay Awake Late at Night Binge viewing defies the way many of us were trained to watch television. It goes against healthy living and good logic, but it's just as satisfying as munching on potato chip after potato chip. Read More» More Articles & Insights Super Bowl Stats: TV Still the Hottest Medium for Video » How Super Bowl Ads Are Using Social Media » Adobe Readies Its Super Bowl "Real-Time" War Room » To Cut the Cord or Not: Is OTT Ready for Prime Time? » TV Stations Experiment With Cohabiting in L.A. » How Twitter Turned Out to Be the Only Second Screen We Really Need » CNN Announces Partnership With Twitter to "Revolutionize" News Gathering » Will There Ever Be a True YouTube Competitor? »

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January 31, 2014 TOP STORY New Gear From NAMM News of cool new products keeps rolling in—get the latest! Read More » LEARN THIS Mastering Slow Blues » NAMM SPOTLIGHT Hartke HD Bass Combos » NEW GEAR Ashdown PiBass-240 » NOW TRENDING New Dingwall Basses » SansAmp Character Series – VT Bass Rackmount Tech 21 Now Shipping Rackmount version of the VT Bass pedal. Get a one-stop history lesson in bootylicious stank. Bask in thick articulated tones, from clean focused thump to chunky funk, high gain growl, and dirty earthquaking rump. For stage and studio. 100% analog. Made in the U.S.A. SRP: $435 www.tech21nyc.com The Jason Raso Quartet Slingshot Available now Spector Artist, Jason Raso debuts his Quartet with "Slingshot." A perfect alloy forged in the soul fire of funk and cooled in the tradition and spirit of improvised jazz music. "With influences like Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten, Billy Sheehan and Marcus Miller, Jason has an effortless ability to morph from blistering fingerstyle passages to funky slap from one beat to the next." - Bass Guitar Rocks www.jasonrasomusic.com

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