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Author: Barry Rudolph

Barry Rudolph

  • New Toys: KAZROG KCLIP 3 

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Kazrog’s KClip 3 is an intelligently designed audio clipper and a multi-band track saturator that has unique features to implement just the right amount of this modern process to suit ...
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  • New Toys: D’ADDARIO HUMIDPAK ABSORB 

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    D'Addario's Humidipak Absorb ensures instruments are protected and safely maintained at a stable relative humidity, ideal for any climate or locations with humidity levels above 50 percent. Wooden instruments can ...
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  • New Toys: SSL PUREDRIVE QUAD/OCTO MIC PRE-AMPS 

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    PureDrive Quad has four PureDrive™ mic pre-amps from the SSL Origin console, while the Octo version has eight. PureDrive Pre-amps have three different amplifier operating modes and sound signatures: Clean, ...
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  • New Toys: MARTIN X SERIES ACOUSTIC GUITARS New Toys:

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    The X Series is an affordable and versatile choice for both beginner and professional musicians. Pictured is the X2E and this new collection aims to raise the expectations of what ...
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  • New Toys: FISHMAN’S THREE NEW AFX MINI PEDALS–AFX ECHOBACK MINI DELAY 

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    The AFX Series features three new guitar pedals and are an essential addition to any guitarist’s finished acoustic guitar sound. All three are the same, small physical size measuring just ...
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  • New Toys: VOCOPRO THREE SINGER-SONGWRITER WIRELESS SYSTEMS 

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    March 27, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    There are three different wireless systems specifically designed to meet three very different uses. All of the wireless systems use the UDX-Dual-Channel Digital PLL (phase-locked-loop) Receiver and VocoPro’s innovative Mic-on-Chip ...
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  • New Toys: Black Lion Audio Revolution EXP

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 26, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Black Lion Audio’s Revolution EXP is a 1U expansion chassis to augment Black Lion’s existing line of portable recording interfaces. There are 8 analog ¼-inch TRS balanced input/output connections with ...
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  • New Toys: Focal Trio6 Studio Monitors

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 26, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Focal completes the ST6 line with the beautiful Trio6 ST three-way studio monitor. These come with dark red, natural ash veneered side panels and have a frequency response down to ...
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  • New Toys: Mixland Subloom Plug-In

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 26, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Subloom (version 1.07) is a low frequency processor for kick drums but it is great for other drums and low frequency instruments in my music mixes. I use Subloom as ...
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  • New Toys: D'Addario Backline Gear Transport Pack Solo

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 26, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    For the single musician or audio engineer, the Backline Gear Transport Pack Solo is two-thirds the size of the original that many players found too large for their needs. Like ...
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  • New Toys: Shure Microphones SM7DB Vocal Microphone

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 26, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    The new SM7dB is the first upgrade of the SM7B in 20 years and includes a custom Shure-designed pre-amp with technology licensed from Cloud and tuned by Shure engineers specifically ...
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  • New Toys: Lauten Audio Snare Mic

    Magazine, New Gear/New Toys Reviews, Reviews
    February 23, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Lauten Audio’s Snare Mic is a phantom-powered FET condenser microphone specifically-designed for snare drums. It has a 32-mm diameter capsule, cardioid polar pattern and a 20-Hz to 20-kHz response. It ...
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  • New Toys: Wolff Audio MeMore Headphone System

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 24, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Famed designer Paul Wolff has a new, all-analog headphone system that is expandable to accommodate any number of musicians with their own, personal 12-channel headphone mixer. This system has eight mono ...
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  • New Toys: Audix PDX720 Signature Edition Dynamic Microphone  

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 24, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    Audix adds the PDX720 Signature Edition, a futuristic-looking hyper-cardioid professional dynamic studio microphone to their studio collection. The PDX720 is finished in a flat black color and trimmed out in beautiful ...
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  • New Toys: JBL Professional Introduces FIR Tunings for Loudspeakers

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 24, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    JBL Professional now has FIR or Finite Impulse Response tunings for certain Control Contractor Series loudspeakers to further enhance their performance. These FIR filters optimize both frequency response and phase response ...
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  • New Toys: Fishman Loudbox Micro Acoustic Amp

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 23, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    The Fishman Loudbox Micro is a well-designed vocal and acoustic guitar amplifier with two separate input channels—each with their own equalizer and digital effects. Weighing just over 9 pounds and measuring ...
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  • New Toys: Mäag Audio PREQ2-500 Mic Preamp

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 23, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    The Mäag Audio PreQ2-500 Mic Pre-amp with EQ comes with the company’s very popular Air Band® shelving equalizer built-in. This all-analog single-channel module is suitable for both recording and mixing and ...
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  • New Toys: FabFilter Pro-R 2 Plug-in Reverb

    New Gear/New Toys Reviews, New Toys, Reviews
    January 23, 2024
    by Barry Rudolph
    FabFilter’s Pro-R 2 is much more than an updated version or a "bug fix" of the original Pro-R Reverb. It takes all the great sound of the algorithmic Pro-R reverb and ...
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  • New Toys: D’Addario's New Accessories

    Magazine, New Toys, Reviews
    December 25, 2023
    by Barry Rudolph
    There are three new standout accessories released in 2023 from D'Addario. The Comfort Leather Auto Lock straps are the newest in the D'Addario strap line that combines the easy security ...
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  • New Toys: Nugen Audio AB Assist 2 

    Magazine, New Toys, Reviews
    December 25, 2023
    by Barry Rudolph
    Nugen Audio's new comparison tool AB Assist 2 "automates" and organizes the process of quickly and accurately comparing multiple audio streams. Now different performances or "takes" such as lead vocals, ...
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