All items tagged with microphone preamplifiers (105)
CMA Audio Acquires Lake People and Plans Future Catalog Expansion
April 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

CMA Audio Acquires Lake People and Plans Future Catalog Expansion

CMA Audio acquired audio manufacturer Lake People Electronic. For 2020, CMA Audio plans to invest in the extension of research and development in the company's headquarters in Constance, in the South of Germany, to overhaul the entire product catalog, which includes Lake People, Violectric and Niimbus brands, and to establish a new cable manufacture operation in cooperation with Japanese manufacturer Mogami. Target markets continues to be professional audio, hi-fi and high end audio enthusiasts.
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SPL Announces New Crescendo duo 2-Channel Microphone Preamplifier Featuring 120V Technology
April 1, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

SPL Announces New Crescendo duo 2-Channel Microphone Preamplifier Featuring 120V Technology

SPL of Germany has announced the new Crescendo duo mic preamplifier that extends the company's 120V technology portfolio with a two-channel version of the original SPL Crescendo. The Crescendo duo offers an entry-level solution to SPL 120V technology microphone preamplifiers, and is perfectly suited for the most demanding stereo recordings but is also ideal for mono signals such as vocals. SPL describes as "the ultimate front end for all professional recording studios."
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RME Debuts New Audio Networking Products for AVB Conversion and Recording
February 3, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

RME Debuts New Audio Networking Products for AVB Conversion and Recording

German manufacturer RME Audio launched the new 12Mic, AVB Tool and M-1610 Pro solutions at the 2020 NAMM Show. The three new audio networking products provide professionals with state-of-the-art mic preamps, flexible conversion and recording solutions for AVB and MADI applications. These products are now AVB-Milan compatible and are complemented with the new AVDECC controller, a software GUI for use alongside the device’s AVB networking capabilities.
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Steinberg Introduces AXR4 Audio Interface with USB-C
January 29, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Introduces AXR4 Audio Interface with USB-C

Steinberg presented its latest audio interface at the 2020 NAMM show in Anaheim. The new, rack-mountable AXR4U audio interface, provides a USB-C alternative to the already available AXR4T Thunderbolt 2 interface. Featuring the highest audio quality, DSP effects to monitor the sound with various signal processors alongside hybrid microphone preamps and Rupert Neve Designs SILK technology, the AXR4U audio interface provides USB 3.0 data transfer with USB-C connectivity.
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Focusrite Introduces ISA 828 MkII, ISA ADN2 and ISA ADN8 with Dante
January 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Focusrite Introduces ISA 828 MkII, ISA ADN2 and ISA ADN8 with Dante

Focusrite Pro showed its full range of Dante-enabled Audio-over-IP interfaces in a dedicated booth during NAMM 2020, where dedicated solutions specialists were on hand to answer any networking questions. For this edition of the Anaheim show, Focusrite announced three new products in the ISA range that bring the classic Focusrite sound to Dante Audio-over-IP networks: The ISA 828 MkII Eight-Channel Mic Preamp, and the ISA ADN2 and ADN8 A/D cards.
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Apogee Introduces Symphony Desktop USB-C Audio Interface
January 22, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee Introduces Symphony Desktop USB-C Audio Interface

With the new Symphony Desktop, Apogee launched its most affordable Symphony series interface ever. Unveiled at NAMM 2020, the new USB-C compact audio interface combines the flagship sound quality that the Symphony interface range is known for, with vintage mic preamp emulation, Apogee hardware DSP with premium plugins, and an immersive touch screen interface. A powerful, compact recording and music production solution.
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Drawmer Introduces the 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amp at NAMM 2020
January 21, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Drawmer Introduces the 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amp at NAMM 2020

Drawmer has expanded the breadth and depth of its dynamic processing offerings with the new Drawmer 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amp. Audio engineers will notice the similarity of the 1970’s layout to the company’s flagship 1960 Mic Pre & Vacuum Tube Compressor, and, according to the brand, it is destined to fit a similar role in applications where transparent preamps and punchy FET compression fit the bill.
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PCB Awarded Patent For Universal Phantom Powered Preamplifier
December 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

PCB Awarded Patent For Universal Phantom Powered Preamplifier

PCB Piezotronics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of MTS Systems Corporation, was awarded a patent for a universal phantom powered preamplifier. PCB engineers Mark Nowak and Drew Karkau are inventors of the patent for Model 426A14, describing a phantom powered preamp for use with a microphone cartridge having a unique mechanical interface, which allows the phantom powered preamp to function with both 1/4" and 1/2" microphone cartridges.
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Fresh From the Bench: The DPA d:vice MMA-A Mobile Recording Interface
November 27, 2019 by Stuart Yaniger

Fresh From the Bench: The DPA d:vice MMA-A Mobile Recording Interface

Stuart Yaniger reviews the DPA d:vice MMA-A Digital Audio Interface, a two-channel microphone preamp and A/D converter that allows the use of the renowned DPA microphones with any iOS device, a Mac or a PC. Apart from being an audio measurement expert, Yaniger is also an enthusiastic music recordist and this device not only fit in his pocket but he also found it to be "a slick piece of engineering and industrial design." Originally published in audioXpress, October 2019.
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Sound Devices Announces New 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder
October 25, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sound Devices Announces New 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder

Sound Devices announced the third mixer-recorder in their new 8-Series: the 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder. The 888 is the smallest location mixer-recorder available that offers Dante for sending and receiving audio over Ethernet. Featuring also 8 ultra low-noise, 8-Series microphone preamplifiers, 16 channels, 20 tracks, multiple powering methods, and support for multiple USB control surfaces, the 888 can be easily tailored to any sound professional’s workflow.
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