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category detail
- To go to manufacturers' Web sites, click here or as noted below.
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acoustic materials
- Auralex
- Primacoustic
- RPG Acoustics
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- Acoustic design is not the black art it was once thought to be, the province only of experts. Certain basic principles and rules apply to most situations. Good books are available for do-it-yourself'ers. The literature of an informative manufacturer like RPG may tell you all you need to know. So non-experts can get surprisingly good results in many spaces. For other situations, expert designers are available for hire.
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amplifiers, power
- Bryston
- Crest
- Crown
- Hafler
- Meyer Sound
- QSC
- Rane
- Stewart
- Yamaha
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- Power is much cleaner and quieter than it once was. It is rarely a weak link sonically in a sound reproduction chain. Depending on your application, considerations in your choice may include sound quality (especially in combination with particular speakers), amount of power, protection, reliability, ruggedness, serviceability, etc.
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- go to manufacturers' web sites
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- guidance or recommendations
consoles & mixers
- recording/production
- remote trucks
- radio & TV edit/production
- sound reinforcement
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- Allen & Heath
- Crest
- Mackie
- Panasonic/Ramsa
- Sony
- Soundcraft
- Tascam
- Yamaha
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- Choosing a mixer or console, especially a large console, can seem dauntingly complex. Usually though, once you have studied the features and benefits of the candidates, and have sorted out the factors that matter most to you, your choice will neatly narrow to one or two models. We have much experience with this process, having sold hundreds of all sizes into all kinds of applications: recording, production, broadcast and post, and sound reinforcement.
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converters, D/A, A/D, etc.
- Apogee Electronics
- Benchmark
- Lucid Technologies
- Lynx Studio Technology
- Prism
- Sony
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- Some of our customers like to use outboard converters to bypass those installed in consoles. Others find that, for their purposes, the differences among converters are negligible. Relevant to you or not, converters do sound different, one from another. Their features vary too.
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digital audio workstations
- computers (Macs and PCs) & monitors
- controllers
- drives
- plug-ins
- accessories
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- computer-hosted & stand-alone systems
- Digidesign
- Mackie
- Merging Technologies
- MOTU
- Nuendo
- SADIE
- Steinberg (Nuendo)
- Tascam
- 360 Systems
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- software
- Antares
- Arboretum
- Bias
- Cedar
- Digidesign
- Focusrite
- Metric Halo
- MOTU
- QSoundlabs
- SEK'D
- Serato
- Sonic Foundry
- t.c. electronic
- X Vision Audio
- Waves
- ...and many more
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- drives
- Avid
- Glyph
- La Cie
- Rorke Data
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- controllers
- Contour Design
- Digidesign
- J.L. Cooper
- Mackie
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- We have created a separate page about choosing and using workstations. Go to buying a DAW?.
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- It begins as follows:
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- Workstations are us. We have sold hundreds of them: Digidesign Pro Tools, SADiE, Nuendo, MOTU, Sonic Solutions, Emu/Ensoniq Paris, etc. We are familiar with their uses, their fast-evolving capabilities, and the realities of owning and using them. We are skilled at helping people to choose a suitable one, and to get started using it. We provide system configuration, sales, installation, and training. After-sale, we can advise you how to troubleshoot, and how best to deal with the manufacturer's operational technical support.
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duplicators, disk & tape
- Microboards
- Tascam
- Telex
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- Disks are so cheap now, and disk players so common, that facilities of all descriptions own duplicators. We also sell many single-transport CD recorders, for making one-off's.
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education
- Golden Ears CD series, CD lecture series, and Total Recording text book — by David Moulton; to develop critical listening skills, and knowledge of all aspects of professional audio.
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- Cool Breeze Systems — DAW training CD's
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- As a saying goes: You've got to stop sawing now and then so you can sharpen your saw. You might want to take courses at the Parsons Center for Audio Studies.
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equipment cases
- Anvil
- Calzone
- Pelican
- SKB
- other manufacturers
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- We can help you specify whatever suits your need.
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equipment racks
- Atlas/Soundolier
- Middle Atlantic
- Omnirax
- Raxxess
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- ...rugged metal ones, nice-looking wooden ones (of varying ruggedness); all sizes and colors, with various accessory hardware.
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furniture, studio
- Atlas/Soundolier
- Middle Atlantic
- NigelB
- Omnirax
- Raxxess
- Sound Design
- custom
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- There are many good choices, from industrial-grade to elegant, suitable for recording studios, broadcast studios (on-air, production, master control, edit suites, etc.), post houses, tech rooms, etc. If you own a workstation or one of the smaller consoles that are common these days, there is specialty furniture that can enhance their ergonomics and as well as make them look good. We have examples in our showrooms.
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headphones & headsets
- AKG
- Audio-technica
- Beyer
- Fostex
- Sennheiser
- Sony
- Telex/RTS
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- ...for monitoring, editing, IFB, etc. Headphones' sonic quality has much improved in recent years. Many engineers, editors, etc. use good 'phones frequently, as a major reference. We also sell complete IFB systems.
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headphone amps
- Rane
- Studio Technologies
- U.S. Audio
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- ...single-channel and multichannel
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intercom & IFB
- Sennheiser
- Telex/RTS
- etc.
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- ...wired or wireless, for TV stations, remote trucks, theaters, auditoriums, etc. For many facilities, good communications systems are of critical importance.
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microphones
- AKG
- Audio-technica
- Audix
- Beyer
- Brauner
- Coles
- Countryman
- Crown
- DPA
- Earthworks
- Electro-voice
- Equitech
- Microtech-Gefell
- Neumann
- Rode
- Royer
- Sennheiser
- Shure
- Sony
- Soundelux
- Soundfield
- Stedman
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- Developments in microphone technology have been dramatic in recent years. There is now a tremendous variety of "flavors" to choose from, at all prices. And with surround sound becoming more in demand, new miking challenges lie ahead for recording engineers.
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microphone preamps
- Aphex
- Benchmark
- Bryston
- Crane Song
- dbx
- Drawmer
- Grace Design
- Millennia
- Sound Devices
- Summit
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- As they should, mic pre's differ in their sonic qualities and how they match with particular microphones. We keep a good selection, tube and solid-state, and single-channel to multichannel.
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mic accessories
- power supplies, filters, pads, windscreens, stands, popper-stoppers, etc.
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- ...many brands.
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- OUR GUIDANCE OR RECOMMENDATIONS
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MIDI hardware & software
- BitHeadz
- Coda Music Technology
- EMagic
- Emu/Ensoliq
- J.L. Cooper
- Kurzweil
- M Audio
- midiman
- MOTU
- Roland
- Sibelius Software
- Steinberg
- Tascam
- X Vision Audio
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- ...synthesizers, samplers, sequencers, notation, interfaces, etc. Several people on our staff are professional users of MIDI — composing, sequencing, notating, performing, etc. They are skilled advisers.
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playback devices
- Denon
- HHB
- Panasonic
- Sony
- Tascam
- Technics
- 360 Systems
- etc.
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- We carry every sort of device that plays back CD, hard disk, DAT, DVD, MD, MO, cassette, etc. — all the major brands.
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recordable media: disks, tape, etc.
- Apogee
- HHB
- Panasonic
- Sony
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- We supply many facilities with their recordable media. We usually have a good selection in stock. Also DAT cleaning tapes.
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recorders
- CD
- hard disk
- DAT
- MD
- cassette
- reel-to-reel
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- Alesis
- HHB
- Mackie
- Marantz
- Panasonic
- Sony
- Tascam
- Yamaha
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- We carry all kinds of recorders, all formats, for all situations — studio, broadcast, remote, duplication, etc. New advances are happening all the time. Some are beginning to have appreciable editing capabilities, for instance, blurring the line with DAWs. They're one of our leading product categories; we can tell you all about them. We keep a wide assortment available to demo.
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signal processing
- dynamics
- equalization
- multi-effects
- reverbs
- Dolby (a category all by itself!)
- on-air
- plug-ins
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- Aphex
- Arboretum
- Avalon
- BBE
- Behringer
- BSS Audio
- Cedar
- Crane Song
- dbx
- Dolby
- Drawmer
- Empirical Labs
- Eventide
- Focusrite
- Furman
- Joemeek
- Klark-teknik
- Millennia Media
- Prism
- Sabine
- Sony
- Summit
- Symetrix
- Tubetech
- Waves
- Weiss Engineering
- White Instruments
- Valley Audio
- Yamaha
- ...and more
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- We sell just about every brand of signal processor that is useful to audio professionals. We keep in our demo inventory a large collection of mid- to high-end processors, to suit recording, production, on-air, edit, and sound reinforcement applications. For years our staff has been actively involved in our customers' evaluating of processors. We have learned much about which units best suit various applications. Tell us your interests and needs; we can advise!
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signal routing
- digital audio
- Dolby encoders/decoders
- patch bays & cords
- wiring
- telehybrids
- fiber optic
- workstation networking
- direct boxes
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- ADC
- ATI
- Audio Accessories
- Dolby
- Furman
- Gentner
- Leitch
- Little Labs
- NVision
- Pro-bel
- ProCo
- Radial
- Redco
- Rorke Data
- Sansamp
- Studio Technologies
- Whirlwind
- Wohler
- Z-Systems
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- We carry all kinds of solutions for all kinds of facilities: analog, digital, software- or hardware-controlled; for broadcasters, post houses, studios, workgroups. Our staff, along with manufacturers' product specialists we may call upon, can help you design a system to suit your facility.
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speakers
- studio monitor
- edit suites
- TV remote
- sound reinforcement
- etc.
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- Alesis
- ATC
- Auratone
- Dynaudio
- EAW
- Electro-voice
- Event
- Fostex
- Galaxy
- Genelec
- HHB
- JBL
- KRK
- Mackie
- PMI
- Quested
- Tannoy
- Yamaha
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- This is another product whose sonic characteristics often differ clearly from manufacturer to manufacturer; sometimes from model to model. Buying studio monitors commonly requires listening to them first. Factors for you to consider may include what you need speakers for, the acoustics of your listening space, speaker placement, listening position, ambient noise, the material you work with, your critical listening skills (buy the Golden Ears CD's from us, or take David Moulton's courses if you can), and sometimes even what you like the sound of! Our staff has been a partner in that choosing process hundreds times, so can help you with it, if you'd like. We have demos in our Showroom.
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test & measurement
- metering
- test sets
- wiring
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- ATI
- Audio Control
- Dorrough
- Goldline
- NTI
- Prism
- RTW
- etc.
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time code equipment
- generators
- readers
- synchronizers
- etc.
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- J.L. Cooper
- MOTU
- Sony
- Tascam
- Timeline
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- ...for film, video, digital audio, MIDI, etc. As you know, it all has to be in sync or civilization will suffer for it!
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wiring: cables, harnesses, snakes, etc.
- Hosa
- Mogami
- ProCo
- Redco
- Tascam
- Whirlwind
- custom
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- ...premade or custom, for all audio applications — recording, broadcast (studio or remote), reinforcement, manufacturing, etc. We can help you to specify what you need — appropriate wire, connectors, boxes, switches, etc.
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