After 20+ years in professional audio: live sound engineering, studio technical direction (Deep Forest, Pierre Jacquot), head of digital marketing at Playback.fr. A first-hand witness to the analog-to-digital shift, I track the whole audio landscape and break it down here — no fluff.
Audio-Technica launches the ATH-M20xSTS, an all-in-one headset for podcasting and streaming: an M20x-derived listening base, a cardioid electret boom mic, and console or computer hookup via USB-C and USB-A adapters, all for €99.
Toontrack releases LA Sessions, an SDX expansion recorded by Niko Bolas at Studio D in The Village, Los Angeles: eight session-drummer kits, a percussion kit, 45 signed presets and 340 MIDI grooves for Superior Drummer 3.
The main PA never covers the whole room: the front rows, the sides and the back all need fill loudspeakers. Front-fills, out-fills, delays — what they’re for, where to place them, and how to time-align them for even coverage.
Shure updates its accessible USB dynamic mic: the MV6 Gen 2 keeps its cardioid capsule and onboard processing, but finally makes the auto level, denoiser and EQ adjustable. An interface-free podcast and streaming mic at $169.
Novation finally adapts the Launchpad concept for FL Studio: the FLpad and FLpad Mini are 8×8 pad grids built end to end for Image-Line’s software, with Channel Rack, step sequencer and finger drumming baked in. Price, specs and why it matters.
zynaptiq launches two complementary plugins: LOUD adds density to a track, bus or master without killing the punch, while WIDE widens the stereo image and upmixes mono to stereo while staying mono-compatible. Here’s what they bring to mixing and mastering.
AIR Music Tech launches two color plug-ins: the Stereophonic EQP, a Pultec-style EQ with Mid/Side mode and tube saturation, and the Stereophonic Enhancer, a width and low-end processor. Sold as a bundle or individually, across all major DAWs and the MPC ecosystem.
JH Audio opens its flagship line to universal fit, no ear impressions needed. The Layla’s twelve drivers per ear, variable bass attenuator and FreqPhase technology target the most demanding stage monitoring, at around €1,900.
DirectOut puts its PRODIGY-series FPGA architecture into ACE, a half-rack smart audio platform that unites MADI, Dante, Milan, AES3 and analog I/O. EARS redundancy, globcon control and three task-built modes in a backpack-sized box.
Producing a live show without sending the whole crew on site: that’s the REMI promise. Here’s the model, and above all its audio challenges — transporting the feeds, synchronisation, intercom and remote monitoring, where it’s all won or lost.