Recording

Winter NAMM Show: Yamaha intro’d the Pocketrak 2G, a compact pocket recorder featuring 2GB of built-in memory, long battery life,  USB file transfer, and Steinberg Cubase AI DAW software.
The Pocketrak 2G features 2 tracks of CD quality recording in PCM, MP3 and Windows Media (WMA) formats. It’s designed for podcasting, field and location recording, audio [...]

Euphonix has announced the MC Control and MC Mix professional control surfaces for its new Artist Series line of products. The MC Control and MC Mix integrate into any studio, fitting between a computer keyboard and screen, and up to four units can be connected to create a larger, integrated control surface.

The MC Control and [...]

CEntrance’s MicPort Pro is a portable, Class A USB mic preamp that transforms any mic into a USB mic with 24-bit/96kHz performance, thanks to high-quality A/D conversion.
MicPort Pro features 48V phantom power and zero latency monitoring, and is built on the same platform as AxePort Pro. Stereo and multi-track recording is also possible with MicPort [...]

CEntrance has announced the AxePort Pro USB Direct Box, designed for guitar and bass players who want to record at home or on the road.
Plug a 1/4-inch cord into AxePort from your electric guitar or bass — or acoustic with built-in pick-up — and start recording immediately. The AxePort Pro’s compact size,  aluminum chassis and [...]

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SM Pro Audio has intro’d a white version of its portable multi-purpose acoustic treatment panel The Mic Thing and the heavy duty microphone stand The Mic Stand.
The Mic Thing is a portable multi-purpose acoustic treatment panel suitable for minimizing room artifacts and improving separation during microphone recording sessions.
Good microphone separation and isolation means a cleaner [...]

Roland has updated the Edirol R-09 WAVE/MP3 Recorder to be compatible with 8-GB SD High Capacity (SDHC) cards. With the update, the R-09 now also offers manual file splitting—activated by a single button push while the R-09 is in RECORD mode.
“We are always looking for ways to increase the functionality and capability of our products,” [...]

Steinberg today announced a new version of its Nuendo audio production environment. Nuendo 4 offers a range of new features and technologies dedicated to mixers, engineers and editors in post production, studio recording and live recording.
“Because Nuendo 4 caters directly to audio post and studio production, Steinberg is now in the unique position of being [...]

Sonoma Wire Works has reduced the list price of RiffWorks Standard recording software from $169 to $129 (99€, 69£ exc. VAT), a reduction of more than 20%.
With RiffWorks, musicians can record ideas, create songs complete with drums and effects, jam online with musicians from around the world, and broadcast to a the online community.
Doug Wright, [...]

Native Instruments has announced Guitar Rig 3, an update to its digital guitar studio.
It now offers more amps and effects, new live features, a completely reworked tone library complete with improved preset handling, and a redesigned Rig Kontrol pedal board with optimized control and audio interface functionality. Both a “Kontrol Edition” with foot pedal and [...]

Zoom has introduced a new portable recorder, the H2 Handy Recorder. According to Zoom, the H2 provides studio-quality stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device.
Description:
From seminars and conferences, to interviews, electronic news gathering (ENG) and podcasting, to musical performances, songwriting sessions and rehearsals, the H2 provides amazing stereo recording quality. The H2 is the only [...]

Neyrinck has introduced the Mix 51 Surround Panning and Mixing plug-in for Digidesign Pro Tools LE/M-Powered systems.
Mix 51 is a set of 5.1 surround panning and mixing RTAS plug-ins that allow you to take advantage of any Pro Tools system with six or more outputs such as Mbox 2 Pro, Digi 002/003, or M-Audio interfaces [...]

PreSonus is shipping what looks to be the Monica Bellucci of recording system remotes, the Monitor Station Remote for the FireStudio 26×26 FireWire Recording System.
The Monitor Station Remote (MSR) is an integrated surround sound/stereo speaker manager, input switcher and communication system. The MSR connects to the FireStudio via standard Cat 5 Ethernet cable. There are [...]

MusicXPC’s Professional S3 studio production computer is a Windows-based system specially tweaked for media production, configured from the BIOS up to handle audio tracks, effects and virtual instruments with ease.
The system features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.4GHz with a 4MB L2 Cache on a 1066 MHz FSB. The machine comes with [...]

Dangerous Music is shipping D-Box, a multi-purpose hardware product for DAW users. The 1U rack-mount box combines 8-channels analog summing technology and a collection of important features garnered from other Dangerous products. The D-Box has an integrated programmable monitor control section with analog and digital inputs, on board 24 bit/96KHz D-to-A converter, talkback, dual headphone [...]