Allen & Heath Releases V1.7 Arclight Firmware For Qu Series Mixers

Allen & Heath has released a major firmware upgrade for its Qu series of compact digital mixers, paired with key enhancements to the Qu-Pad and Qu-You apps. The V1.7 ArcLight firmware now allows up to 2 iPads running Qu-Pad to be connected to a Qu mixer at the same time.

Because design matters, high-end studio processor manufacturer elysia announced a new unique look to its product line by offering a limited-edition series of its best-selling compressor, the xpressor 500, with handmade wooden front panels, available in both “coffee” and “cream” flavors.

During the 137th International Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in Los Angeles, CA, a session on the Broadcast & Streaming Media Track discussed “Loudness for Streaming and Radio.” Thomas Lund (TC Electronic), an expert and longtime promoter of the loudness standards currently implemented in TV broadcast, chaired the session, which included an interesting angle from Bob Orban (Orban) and Frank Foti (Telos/Omnia).

Everyone else’s doing it, so why shouldn’t an historic brand like dbx do it as well? With the new model 676 Tube Mic Pre Channel Strip, HARMAN’s dbx offers a Class A vacuum tube-based microphone preamplifier combined with its classic compressor/limiter designs and dynamics processing in a vintage-style solution.

This month’s audioXpress brings a great article from our regular contributor Thomas Perazella, in which he revisits the art of studio reamping and the different approaches and implications of that two-stage studio process. During the process, we first record a …

Our first issue for the New Year highlights the main technologies and product launches at the 135th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, one of the best audio engineering-related events in the US. While there, AES celebrated its 65th anniversary. And, …