Inovonics is buying Broadcast Tools, the US maker of switchers, silence sensors and routers that has bailed out stations for nearly 40 years. Its founder is retiring; the name and the catalogue stay, production moves to California.
Rob Papen brings back QUAD, his XY-pad phase distortion and wave shaping synth, in a much beefier version 2: 43 filter types, an expanded modulation matrix, new effects and over 1,200 presets, for 49 euros.
Just weeks after launching a surface-less digital console, Violet Audio ships a Firmware V2 that changes the game: Mixer Split carves the engine into four logical mixers, user profiles arrive, and an offline editor rounds it out.
MOTU shrinks its OctaPre recipe into a half-rack box: eight preamps, ESS Sabre32 conversion, onboard DSP and a clever optical-expander trick, all over USB-C for $849.95. Here is what the OctaLite really changes for tracking.
The Behringer BCR32 brought back the joy of a bank of encoders under your fingers. Here are seven rotary encoder controllers that work the same ground, from the true heir to a dedicated mixing surface, with an honest take each time on what they really do against the BCR32.
On a TV set, sound happens backstage: invisible RF lavalier mics, a mixer balancing everything live, the talent’s foldback feed and a chain locked to a loudness target. Here is how a show’s audio is really built.
Mixing front of house isn’t pushing faders at random. It’s a method: an order of priority, subtractive moves, an ear on the room. Here is how to build a live mix that stays clear, stable and in service of the music.
Imaginando launches Colapso, an additive synthesizer that draws its partials from the real emission lines of 22 chemical elements. Behind the concept sits a deep, playable and surprisingly musical instrument. Here is the tour.
ADAM Audio reveals two studio subwoofers built for stereo and immersive work: the Sub8 PRO and Sub10 PRO. Class D amplification, onboard DSP, network calibration through the new ADAM Control platform and SoundID Reference filter import. Here is what actually matters.
Baby Audio drops HyperWarp, a granular and time-shifting effect that reduces your signal to grains you rearrange on an XY graph. Seven warp modes, 190 presets and a feedback loop that turns any source into an animated sequence.