Røde NT1 5th Generation Studio Condenser Microphone Innovates With Dual Connect Output and 32-Bit Float Recording

This is an historic moment for the Australian microphone brand. Røde has announced the NT1 5th Generation, a studio condenser microphone that fuses the classic, iconic Røde NT1 with new, cutting-edge technology, becoming the ultimate capturing tool. The Røde NT1 5th Generation is the world’s first cardioid condenser microphone to feature Dual Connect output, which offers both XLR and USB connectivity in the same housing. It is also the world’s first microphone with a 32-bit float digital output.

The Listen AmpConnect 621 was unveiled earlier with the launch of SoundCheck 19 software, and is now available. The new multichannel, multifunction, high resolution audio test interface includes all the functionality required for audio testing in just one unit, including an amplifier, microphone power supply, line outputs and digital I/O. And with a sample rate of up to 192kHz, it supports measuring high resolution audio designs.

IK Multimedia announced a brand-new software suite, the Total Studio 2 MAX bundle, a complete studio collection of software instruments and FX from the company. The package brings together an amazing 94 products, 16,800 sounds, 39 high-end mixing and mastering processors and over 350 gear models for guitar and bass in one single suite for Mac/PC. With this bundle, composers, creative sound designers, producers, and performers, can find everything they need to be inspired and to take their music making and audio processing to a new level.

An innovator in audio and electronic production test systems since 2011, Avermetrics has now begun shipments of its new AverLAB portable audio analyzer, opening a completely new application segment for the company. AverLAB is the first audio analyzer to natively support both Mac and Windows computers and, at just $3000, it offers a level of features and performance that was previously only attainable at triple the price.

Several years in the making, Alcon Audio’s Sentinel dedicated controller and amplification "engines" for the brand’s Pro-Ribbon speaker systems include the Sentinel 3 (4x750W) and Sentinel 10 (4x2500W). Both are 192kHz capable solutions with AES3 inputs, a large 480 x 272 pixel color touch-screen and SIS dynamic cable compensation.

At the 2015 NAMM Show there were lots of new products, some larger, some smaller. Yamaha introduced just the right kind of “smaller” with its affordable and innovative new AG Series hybrid mixers and 24-bit/192kHz USB audio interfaces, creating a new category, perfect for multiple uses with computer and iOS devices.

Another major product launch from Antelope Audio, at the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles, is the new Pure2, a two-channel mastering converter from the renown manufacturer of master clocks and synchronization products. According to Antelope, the new Pure2 features best in class conversion quality, dual DAC architecture and Acoustically Focused Clocking (AFC) technology derived from Antelope's Flagship Trinity Master Clock.