Musikmesse 2009 - New studio gear, rumours, expectations

[Jeremy Lumsden]

We've heard Euphonix will debut a new Artist Series product which is sub £500....

...interesting...

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by Jeremy Lumsden

We've heard Euphonix will debut a new Artist Series product which is sub £500....

...interesting...

My source on this rumour says though that this will be a product which will require an existing MC controller - ie an add-on to the existing stuff, not something that can be used by itself, so you'll still need to buy an MC Mix or Control (unsure if one or the other or both that will be needed!)

Just a rumour yet though, and I for one would love to see that proven wrong and get a nice standalone budget controller for under £500.

[terminal3]

Here's a mindf*ck -

A couple new SSL emulations, but from Universal Audio for the UAD platform...

(not authorised by SSL, mind you!)

http://www.uaudio.com/products/software/4kcs/
http://www.uaudio.com/products/software/4kbc/index.html

Cue the Duende vs Waves vs UAD vs hardware shoot-outs...

[sureno]

links getting "connection interrupted" which can indicate they have been removed?

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by sureno

links getting "connection interrupted" which can indicate they have been removed?

Still working here... slow though, they might be getting hammered by interested parties!

[Dave Boulden]

There's also something else new in the UAD plugins: The Cooper Timecube MkII... looks really kinda funky!

http://www.uaudio.com/products/softw...ime/index.html

[terminal3]

£1675 RRP (that may be ex-VAT)



I am VERY interested in this. It's all-analogue, too, btw.

[sureno]

OMFG that is really really sexy

[waxxy]

that ssl mixer looks the dogs nuts and if thats the final price most stores will be selling slightly cheaper than the rrp ..dv247 will sell loads of these.i wonder if you can daisy chain a few of these together to create a bigger desk?if you could that,d be amazing and easily one of the best new products of 2009.

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by waxxy

i wonder if you can daisy chain a few of these together to create a bigger desk?if you could that,d be amazing and easily one of the best new products of 2009.

Yes, you can, this has already been confirmed by the SSL powers-that-be....

[sureno]

i will be selling my mackie 32-8 bus for this me thinks

[waxxy]

i think a few people will be selling there souls to buy those..with them allowing daisy chaining that means youll get a 24 track ssl desk for less than 5 grand !! thats unbelieveable.

i used ssl desks years ago and they give your tracks a special something cant wait to check these out wish id gone to the festival now i hope i can go next year .

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by waxxy

i think a few people will be selling there souls to buy those..with them allowing daisy chaining that means youll get a 24 track ssl desk for less than 5 grand !! thats unbelieveable.

i used ssl desks years ago and they give your tracks a special something cant wait to check these out wish id gone to the festival now i hope i can go next year .

I suspect that these are meant to be used with the X-Rack stuff, though - you'll note that this is basically a line mixer by the looks of things - no EQ or Dynamics but sends on every channel. Since a good chunk of the SSL mojo comes from the processing in that sense, it would be good to pair this with an X-Rack and slowly build a collection of modules that would turn this into a killer little project studio solution.

That said, it's not going to be un-useful on it's own either, obviously!

[waxxy]

i think your right ive just read this on another forum that they think this is basically just a fader add on,they can be used as mixers on there own but get the most out of it you will need to add the minx boxs too it..i think ill pass then i was gonna bang some gear on ebay lol i dont think ill bother now lol..still looks a very nice mixer though great design.

[terminal3]

Originally Posted by waxxy

i think your right ive just read this on another forum that they think this is basically just a fader add on,they can be used as mixers on there own but get the most out of it you will need to add the minx boxs too it..i think ill pass then i was gonna bang some gear on ebay lol i dont think ill bother now lol..still looks a very nice mixer though great design.

Actually it may end up being a very nice summing mixer if nothing else, if you don't want to add-on the hardware. This setup + even only the bus compressor in hardware should = wow.

There's also no reason to believe that it will ONLY work with X-Rack stuff, I'm sure it will integrate very happily with other hardware as well...