Source Audio 2024

Source Audio is a new and brilliantly innovative company. Through their joint development project with Analog Devices™ they co-engineered the SA601 DSP chip, a highly specialized version of Analog Devices’ much-loved Sigma DSP. This advanced 56bit DSP chip is at the core of every Source Audio pedal, resulting in startling transparency,  amazing tone, and a fantastic set of…

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Adam Hall 2024

Palmer, part of the Adam Hall Group, has introduced the Supreme Soaker. A combination of speaker simulator, loadbox, direct box, and more. A professional touring and recording tool to properly manage a tube amplifier. Dial in your amp, at any volume, then reduce to the desired level for stage or studio work, cabinet or not. A wide variety of…

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RCF 2024

RCF is celebrating its 75th anniversary and the highlight was the concert featuring KingsX in the Anaheim Arena, playing through the new GTX touring system consisting of the GTX12, GTX10, and GTS29 subs, powered by the new XPS amps (with a Q338 out front, of course). In addition to all that were plenty of new products. A revamped ART 7 MK5 Series, (photo) the ART 932-A & 945-A, the NXL14A and the entireNX Series, SUB 8003AS MK3, SUB 15AX & 18AX ……

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Austrian Audio 2024

Austrian Audio, made in Vienna “again,” is setting new standards in affordable microphone and headphone quality. When MUSE chooses them for touring, what else is there to say? Shown here is the new MiCreator. Perfect for recording, content creation, podcasting, and more, a go anywhere condenser mic that is also an audio interface.  Available as a fully functional kit with a second mic, the MiCreator is only…

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DiGiCo 2024

DiGiCo does it again. At AES they announced their purchase of Fourier Audio, which is the Transform Engine pictured above. At NAMM we were able to see it in action. A Dante™ connected very robust server, fully compatible with all VST3 plug-ins, this is THE solution to using plug-ins in the live environment. Too many features to list, it is already being ordered for tour…

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Adam Hall 2023

We know it seems that everybody has a “stick” speaker system. But LD Systems from Adam Hall, really does things differently with their MAUI G3 Series. Shown is the new MAUI 28 G3. What do they do that’s unique? How about the MF/HF section being passive cardioid? Why is that important? That allows much more gain before feedback compared to other…

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ProX Live Performance Gear

Of course you know about ProX, with their wide assortment of ATA style racks & cases (like the innovative Flip Case from ZCase), bags, stands, DJ accessories, etc, but did you know they also have staging and trussing? Or lasers, fog machines, rope lights, cold spark machines, and other special effects? They have so much stuff it’s difficult to…

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Kala 2023

Now this IS pretty cool! Solid body UBasses all at $349 MAP (comes with a gig bag). A bass player can take it anywhere – toss in the car, bring on the plane, whatever. Comes with 22 pocketed frets, pickups reminiscent of those classic CA basses, quite unique!

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DiGiCo 2023

Undoubtedly the hit of the show was the new flagship console, the Quantum 852! InfoComm was the world debut (a secret preview had been held in London a few weeks before), and the crowds lined up to see it. The largest, brightest screens ever, all the I/O anybody could want … as DiGiCo says, “Sometimes More IS More!”  384×192,…

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