Solid State Logic Unveils New Oracle Analog Mixing Console

Solid State Logic (SSL) announced the launch of Oracle, a new analog mixer that offers instant, effortless, and complete recall and reset across the entire console, promising to reenergize studio production. The famous British brand calls it a “future analogue console” concept that uses ActiveAnalogue technology to deliver SSL's signature analog sound and processing with the convenience of digital control, fulfilling the dreams of producers, engineers, and studio owners worldwide.

Drawmer Electronics introduced the all new Drawmer 1971 4-Band Parametric EQ. This new design performs subtle shaping for mastering purposes that require a delicate touch and easy recall, but is just as capable of tonal sculpting, adding the analog warmth and character that is near impossible to emulate in the digital domain. Unique to the 1971 is the CRUSH button, a switchable option available on each band, adding a fixed time constant, auto gain makeup compressor with a wider rounder bandwidth and musically pleasing harmonics.

Drawmer introduced the 1972 Dual Mic, Line and Instrument Pre-Amplifier, developed for capturing and recording from a variety of sources and utilizing the multitude of microphones found in the studio, from budget to high-end dynamic and also ribbon mics. Uniquely it has added features that help out in difficult to record situations that are not found on other preamplifiers. A new classic for a wider market, from the British audio brand.

These days, it's very rare to see new studio mixers being announced and even more if they are analog designs. That's why the announcement from British brand Audient that the ASP4816 Heritage Edition console is ready for shipping is something to take note. Previewed back in June, at the 2022 NAMM show, the new console features a brand new look and a few more tricks up its sleeve, inspired by its larger counterpart: Audient’s flagship console, ASP8024-HE.

Linear Integrated Systems, the world-class designer and manufacturer of precision, high-performance, small-signal discrete semiconductors, announced the release of its 2022 Small Signal Discrete Data Book. The Data Book provides all Linear Systems’ datasheets in one spot. The Table of Contents includes product category, part number and part description, so users can browse the entire product line with ease. There is also a dedicated section on packages, highlighting the latest package innovations and packing options.

In this article for audioXpress, Bill Reeve helps us to make sense of a misunderstood circuit. A capacitance multiplier is useful as a power supply low-pass filter. It is commonly said that, like Miller capacitance, the capacitor’s value in this circuit is “multiplied” by the transistor gain (β) to lower the filter’s pole frequency. The transistor-enhanced filter does that and more, as the article explains in detail. This article, an excellent tutorial on analog circuit design, was originally published in audioXpress, August 2012.

British company iFi Audio is one of many manufacturers that persists in the never-ending search for the ideal headphone amplifier design and DACs, be it for improving design specifications, or establishing new price points. As iFi Audio explains, the premise for the new ZEN CAN designs was: Is it possible to make an analog headphone amp that delivers high-end performance with any type of headphones and bring it to the market under US$149? iFi thinks they CAN.

Spanish company Heritage Audio announced the HA-609A, a modern, improved take on the classic tracking/mixing diode bridge compressor. As with the other outboard products in their Elite Series, the HA-609A dual-mono/stereo compressor and limiter takes advantage of the latest in manufacturing technology to offer improved value without compromising audio quality — all built at the Heritage factory in Spain.

Heritage Audio just announced the new HA-73 EQX2 Dual Mic Amp/Equalizer, equipped with two mic pre/equalizers in the same rack unit to tender twice the mojo for less than twice the cost of its single-channel HA-73 EQ unit. Part of the company's premium processing Elite Series, the HA-73 EQX2 brings back the philosophy of the golden age of recording, adapted to the needs of today's studios while contributing to transitioning music into a new era in the process.