"10%" must be the magic number for sales in 2009. Through January 11th, use coupon code FEAWeekend at Front End Audio on anything to get 10% off. This an opportune time to hit their demo/b-stock section (which is never filled with DJ lighting and MIDI adapters) or their rebate page to get even more savings.
Well, another year/month another Cascade Fat Head mic offer. This special offer is to celebrate NAMM. Seriously though, this looks like a good mic for $175. The diaphragm is huge and has kudos from both EM and ProAudio Review and the specs seem pretty solid.
Quickie specs:
Cascade Mics
Use the $50 mail in rebate to get the a Crown XLS 402 power amp for only $349.97.
Quickie specs from the product page:
- Free shipping
- Rugged, all-steel 2U rackmount design with forced-air cooling
- Three-year, no-fault, fully-transferable warranty
- 300 watts per channel at 8 ohms, 400 watts per channel at 4 ohms, 800 watts at 8 ohms bridged
- Electronically balanced XLR inputs
- Accepts banana plugs, spade lugs or bare wire
- Two linear opto-coupler clip limiters
- Selectable high-pass filter on each channel
- LEDs indicate clip, power and fault conditions
Yeah, we know Musician's Friend is posting an identical deal on their site this week. This one carries the guarantee of the full manufacturer's warranty and have a 45 day money back guarantee which is pretty great for you nervous types.
10% discount requires coupon code 10BLEM at check out and offer is good until January, 15, 2009.
Music123
It's back, the Amazon Friday 5.
- The Who - Who's Next - Classic.
- Rascal Flatts - Greatest Hits vol 1. country pop. Movie soundtrack type-stuff.
- Jeremy Camp - Speaking Louder Than Before. No kidding. They put this guys vocals way on top.
- Paramore - Riot!. Female fronted band with adult contemporary rock sensibilities as mixed by the drummer.
- Lecrae - Rebel. Some standard hip-hop production, but denser mixing giving more meaning to his points of view. Jeremy camp could learn a thing about mixing vocals on this one.
Bonus
Bon Jovi -Cross Road: $1.99. Greatest hits compilation of career.
AudiMIDI has a great deal on the Mackie Control C4 Pro. This control surface retails just about everywhere else for over $1k. If your used to running a board, a control surface is a great solution for those of you who "feel" their mixes or like to mix live in your DAW.
Run down of the features from audioMIDI:
- Proprietary Mackie communication protocol for seamless music production software integration
- Works with Logic, Reason, Sonar, Tracktion and others
- Control up to 32 parameters simultaneously
- 32 V-Pot rotary encoders with integrated push-buttons
- LED rings around every V-Pot display exact knob positions and other visual feedback
- Use alone or with Mackie Control Universal Pro / Extender Pro system
- Includes C4 Commander Pro software for control of external MIDI-enabled hardware effects, instruments and other device.
- Shipping: ???
This DTV broadcast thing is really messing up the country. First the government runs out of cash to reimburse people for the DTV D/A converter boxes and now Sennheiser has to swap out their wireless that operate between 698 - 806 Hz - which is incidentally the frequency that the Digital TV broadcast operates on starting Feb. 19, 2009.
The rebate applies ot mostly Evolution G2 series up to $2000 (depending on model) minus how long you've owned the gear. Last receipt date for the gear to be elgible is December 1st, 2009.
Full details here.
If you are a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), you are eligible for 50% off Waves tools thanks to Pro Audio Solutions until January 31st, 2009. Details with link to rebate form here.
AGD may be underestimating our audience, but we're willing to be not everybody is a member (don't feel bad, neither are we). But it may be easier than you think to become a member. Hell, you may even qualify now as they have new Digital Distribution qualifications for potential applicants. Wrote 12 songs about your dog and digitally published via Ioda? You could be a member already. PLUS, if you become a member, it means you can vote for the Grammys to prevent atrocities like Jethro Tull getting the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Yes, I'm still bitter.
NARAS Member Info
Variety has a great article on how many films, mostly with Indie leanings, are favoring more subtle sound design rather than manipulating the audience with overwrought string arrangements and cymbal crashes. It's nice to see the sound department getting acknowledged for it's work aside from being almost dead last in the credits at the end of the film or eyes being rolled when we only want 1 minute of silence for room tone on set.
Variety
Probably one of my favorite features in Mix Magazine next to the late Stephen St. Croix's "Life in the Fast Lane" is "Classic Tracks". Basically, they talk to the people who recorded those great tunes and what was involved. And thanks to the Internet, they are posting them on their website.
While I have to say that Mix Mag is a bit elitist (if not showing the age of the people who write the articles) , there have been some pretty interesting music productions post 1992 and those productions should be accounted for.
But regardless of my opinion, I'm just happy that Mix magazine has stepped up to this at all. I always find these articles really grounding from a recording and production perspective.
The sheet music is for free for solo piano and in guitar tabs. Download and print and get those chords down for your epic punk cover version. Sing it like Lee Greenwood, Johnny Rotten or Bruce Springsteen, depending on your political affiliation. Yes they printed the lyrics, too.
Musicnotes
Normally $41.99. Get your Pert on with more cymbals. Musician's Friend
This month's drawing at Front End Audio is the Audeum 500 GB hard drive. Here's the specs from the product page:
- Quiet operation due to fanless design
- 7200 RPM, 3.5 inch hard disk drives
- Oxford 911+ chipset designed for audio and video applications
- Convection cooled aluminum chassis
- USB 2.0 and eSATA connectivity
Last day for entry is Jan 31, 2009.
This happened while you were seeing Empire Strikes Back for the 10th time in 1981. Amazon
The lower price is for the white color only. Considering these are great for plane rides, noisy places, it's still a good deal. I like to use them to help me mic pianos (and other stationary instruments) from a distance in the studio to find interesting sweet spots.
Specs and features:
- Free shipping
- Frequency Range: 25Hz 18.5kHz
- Output Connector: (3.5mm) stereo plug
- Cable Length: 56" (141 cm)
- Dynamic MicroDriver Technology for full sonic range
- Interchangeable sleeves for a comfortable, personalized fit
- Included "Fit Kit" contains foam, soft flex and triple flange sleeves plus a cleaning tool
Don't know how we missed this one folks, but Alfred Shaheen, the inventor of the Hawaiian shirt died last Sunday at age 86 of diabetes.
While Mr. Shaheen was hugely influential in the garment industry, his biggest impact will be in the audio industry. The Hawaiian shirt is pretty much handed out the moment you get behind an audio desk along with the pony tail here in California and rumor has it's not uncommon in other parts of the world.
As someone who used to have a massive collection of Aloha inspired shirts through my audio education, "thank you" Alfred.
Article: LA Times
Personal song writer with odd beats, adult contemporary sound. http://is.gd/eHxX
Through January 31st, you get can get an extra 10% select items at Guitar Center by using the coupon code EXTRATEN.
Some of A-list items are a no-no, but there are some goodies if your eyes can stand the pain of the list: Blue mics, Euphonix, DigiTech, MOTU, Nord (nice!), and Rode mics.
Guitar Center
Get 8 GB of free space for your portable recorder at Adorama with this pro quality, high speed flash memory card.
Specs:
- Speed rated at 133x
- Minimum sustained write speed of 20MB per second
- Works with records such as the Zoom H2 and H4, Tascam DR-1, Edirol Ro9HR, etc. (Sweetwater has a pretty good list - for the exception Sony uses proprietary memory sticks ).
It has been confirmed that the RIAA has dumped MediaSentry - known for scrubbing the tawdry digital seas for music pirates - for DtecNet Software ApS to do their dirty work. Judging by the name of DtecNet alone, it's pretty scary looking ...like something you'd see in your background processes hogging 75% of your system resources or putting 1Khz beeps in all your dirty rap.
Since the RIAA announced it wasn't going to sue users anymore, but cut them off that those folks at the ISP level instead, DtecNet probaly offered a more compatible system that can report data of infringers directly to ISPs thus reducing labor costs to the RIAA. At least that's how this stuff *usually* works...but I am only a simple recording guy, so take my opinion as far as you can throw an MTR-90 (that's a big ass 24 track for you youngsters).
Get your wanna be Goth on for a bargain basement price. http://is.gd/eBhC
Instant, fast response kick pedal. Better than chain drive, IMO. http://is.gd/eBdI
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