Audio Technology

Turramurra Music is Sydney’s leading professional audio equipment destination. Our recently renovated live sound PA showroom features a wide range of mixing consoles, from compact analogue and digital rack mixers, through to large format digital cons

Christopher Holder chris@audiotechnology.com Philip Spencer philip@alchemedia.com.au Preshan John preshan@alchemedia.com.au Greg Simmons Dominic Carey dominic@alchemedia.com.au Daniel Howard daniel@alchemedia.com.au Philip Spencer philip@alchemedia.c

After 33 years, Studio 52 at Johnston St Collingwood has closed and moved to newer, bigger and much greater facilities in Heidelberg, between Northland shopping centre and Latrobe Uni. For over a year the new Empire Music Studios have been built whil

$999 CMI Music & Audio: (03) 9315 2244 or www.cmi.com.au One-knob compression is handy Solid, roadworthy build quality Up to 192k over ADAT S/MUX 52dB gain is a little stingy No nonsense preamp with serviceable compressor. Great addition to any inter

$1199 CMI Music & Audio: (03) 9315 2244 or www.cmi.com.au Quality preamps with heaps of gain Routing software is intuitive and comprehensive Two headphone outs would be nice Software allows only one cue mix Life is too short to use troublesome interf

$1699 CMI Music & Audio: (03) 9315 2244 or www.cmi.com.au Excellent sounding interface with expandability Generous free bundle of DSPaccelerated plug-ins Desktop design great for home studios None If you can’t work out of a million dollar studio, the

Expect to pay $369 Røde: (02) 9648 5855 or info@rode.com Works with almost any device Lightweight and rugged construction. Mic sound quality not incredible Rode continues to impress with its innovative product design and problem solving. While you ma

The Sennheiser HD 25s are available in three offerings. While the new HD 25 Light is cheapest, the established HD 25 model sports a single sided cable, split headband and rotatable ear cup. The HD 25 Plus is the deluxe package — same headphones but w

$179 RRP Sennheiser: (02) 9910 6700 or sales@sennheiser.com.au Impressive tone with gutsy lows Lightweight Headband feels a little delicate Sennheiser’s HD25 Light won’t disappoint as a trusty ‘desert island’ monitoring tool for audio engineers or re

To illustrate their mix approach for I,I, Hanson and Messina chose ‘Jelmore’ as the most indicative. The first six tracks are sends to outboard gear – an Eventide H3000 side chain and a Thermionic Culture Vulture side chain. Below that are nine drum

$9,999 RRP Audio Brands Australia: (02) 9659 7711 or www.audiobrands.com.au Point source fidelity. Controlled dispersion. High power-to-weight ratio. Handy size. No volume control. Limited I/O. Meyer’s new Ultra-X40 is the result of decades of on-goi

$269 RRP CMI: (03) 9315 2244, cmi.com.au or sales@cmi.com.au Tube oscillator and sub-oscillator give a warmth and grit to the sound. Controls should go to 11, or even 13. A diminutive but mighty little tube-enhanced bass synth that harks back to Rola

$1399 RRP, expect to pay $1099. Dynamic Music: (02) 9939 1299 or info@dynamicmusic.com.au Rugged, small & light weight. No need to adjust input gain. Numerous powering options. Cannot adjust recording levels of 32-bit files. A small, lightweight and

Mark Woods talks with Pablo Espinosa, Meyer Sound’s Vice President & Chief Loudspeaker Designer, about the Ultra-X40. Mark Woods: How do the Ultra-X40s maintain their dispersion pattern below the horn’s crossover frequency? Is there some kind of arra

RRP: $3299.50 per speaker Amber Technology: ambertech.com.au or 1800 251 367 Plenty of power. Well-tailored low end. Just enough DSP. AES digital input onboard. Hard to fault. With the Core series, Dynaudio has stripped back from the DSP-laden Air se

RRP: $362 Mixmasters Pro Audio: (08) 8278 8506 or www.mixmastersproaudio.com.ausales@mixmasters.com.au Allows passive ribbons and low-output dynamics to be used with any preamp. Maintains original sound of the microphone. High ‘bang for buck’. A soph

Jonathan Burnside talks with Rick Perrotta of Royer Labs about passive microphones, impedance and how the dBooster does what it does... Jonathan Burnside: There are a lot of boosters on the market. What inspired you to add yet another to the fray? Ri

$1199 for a matched pair Audio Chocolate: (03) 9813 1833 or audiochocolate.com.au Great high-mid presence without sounding shrill. Well-matched pairs. Cutaway shockmounts. None While they’re still manufactured in China, Roswell has used its DIY herit

In the early ‘60s Arthur C. Clarke wrote: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Thirty years later I was baby-sitting a fully-configured CEDAR (Computer Enhanced Digital Audio Restoration) system; a great opportunity