Lindell Audio LiN76 mkII: price and specs of the 1176-style FET compressor
Lindell Audio launches the LiN76 mkII, the second generation of its 1176-style FET compressor: a new in-house transformer, redesigned circuit, lower noise…
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Mastering chain order: how to sequence EQ, compression and limiting
EQ, compression, saturation, stereo width, limiter: in mastering, the order of your processing matters as much as the tools you pick. Here…
Acon Digital Acoustica 8: price, specs and machine-learning restoration
Acon Digital launches Acoustica 8: DeNoise 3 and DeHum go machine-learning, the spectral editor gains a stereo view and immersive reaches 9.1.6…
Audio latency explained: buffer size, round-trip latency and direct monitoring
Audio latency is not a mystery but a set of distinct phenomena. Buffer size, round-trip latency, hidden sources and direct monitoring: the…
What is word clock? Jitter and master clocks explained
In digital audio every sample has to land at exactly the right instant, or your gear drops out and the sound suffers.…
Neumann KH 310 II and KH 350: price, specs and which 3-way monitor to pick
Neumann updates a mixing-room staple and adds a bigger sibling. The KH 310 II keeps the sealed cabinet that made the KH…
Arturia AudioFuse Studio Rev2: price, specs and what’s new
Arturia refreshes its flagship desktop interface. The AudioFuse Studio Rev2 keeps the chassis but reworks its four DiscretePRO preamps and Bluetooth module…
The mic preamp explained: gain, impedance, transformers and colour
The mic preamp is the first link in any recording, and one of the least understood. Gain and noise, input impedance, transformer…
Sonnox Oxford Drum Gate 2: the gate that understands drums adds phase alignment
The second generation of Sonnox's specialist gate no longer just closes on spill: it aligns time, polarity and phase across drum mics…
Warm Audio Sound Techniques Jude-MP: the preamp behind ‘Hey Jude’ returns, Z-Match and all
Warm Audio has teamed up with Sound Techniques to reissue the mic preamp from the British A-Range console that tracked The Beatles'…