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New Neumann Mic - baby cake! Coming soon
No, it's not a dream. This really is a NEW Neumann microphone, pictured with a sweet little cupcake. What's the story? The soon-to-arrive Neumann TLM102 is one tiny little studio star. Due into Australia sometime next week, we're really looking forward to the new arrival.
Boasting 144 dB max SPL, it's not quite as innocent as it looks. You bet we're excited. Let us know if you want in on the first lot. At $999 as the Recommended Retail Price (then take some Factory Sound love off the RRP), this is the best way to get a Neumann microphone into your home studio. Vocals, amplifiers, drums, horns, anything loud will work. And with the little rise around 6 kHz, it is going to be the best way to lift your home studio / voiceover booth to a new level of quality.
Read full postA new golden age of mic preamps, priced perfectly.
Vintage, new, what's best for you? If you're in the market for a preamp or two, you've already had a bit of a chew over this and other salient points. BUT, have you checked out the new Golden Age Pre 73 mic preamp yet?
Word on the street is that it is the best BFB* preamp available.
Just who is best suited to Pre 73? Basically anyone who needs an awesomely priced mic preamp. Class A circuitry, a discrete signal path with three separate transformers for the balanced mic input, the line input and the output (the two different output sockets are paralleled, just in case you need a split). Bass players and other instrumentalists can plug straight in to the front panel. And whether you're a singer, player, engineer or all of the above, we will make sure you get well hooked up with a smoking price on this one. You know it!
A very well priced rack mounting kit is available, and the incremental gain steps make it easy to set up again and again for similar recording sessions (voiceover studios take note!). We've got a big stack of these in the shop, so take advantage of the bulk buy we have done. If you need to compare this with an Avalon VT737, Universal Audio LA-610MKII, Joe Meek OneQ, Presonus StudioChannel, TL Audio 5050, or any other mono preamps in our audio world, don't be a stranger ... give us a call, or shoot off an email for info.
Pre 73 - what's in a name?
For those who've not picked up on the vintage bit of this post yet, here's a grab from Golden Age on the Pre 73: "The circuit is very similar to the classical preamp section of the Neve 1073 pre/eq module with a corresponding sound character that is warm, punchy, sweet and musical. This classical sound has been heard on countless recordings through the years and it is a versatile sound that works very well on most sound sources and in most genres."
*BFB: Bang For Buck
Read full postStudioLive and StudioOne with Presonus' Jim Odom
We're lucky at Factory Sound. Not only do we get to play with the best gear around, but we also get to meet the makers of much of this equipment. Sept 24th was another one of those golden moments for us.
Jim Odom was in town, and he dropped in for a beer and a chat. Lucky for us the camera was rolling, and we managed to get 3 episodes for Factory Sound TV. Jim's got a very laid-back manner, but he's 'right on it' which becomes evident the more he talks. Not only is Jim the founder and president of Presonus, but he also still rolls the sleeves up and designs much of this great gear.
For these episodes, we mainly focus on some of the 'new stuff' - and when we say new, we mean Released-on-Factory-Sound-TV-New. If you've got a couple of spare minutes, check out the videos below. We've popped a couple of comments above each of them, so you can skip straight to the bits that are of most interest to you.
Part 1: Getting to know Jim. He takes us through the birth of Presonus in Louisiana, including his first studio above the horses, when he was just seventeen...
Part 2: StudioOne - NEW Software! Presonus StudioOne looks to be a great software package. StudioOne Artist will be bundled with all Presonus soundcards from now on, and as a Stand-alone DAW alternative, StudioOne Pro has got all the goodies you need to make a record.
Part 3: This one is all about his awesome StudioLive digital console. We learn how to join multiple units together, and find out how powerful this puppy really is. As both designer and keen user, Jim is the perfect tourguide.
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