
Recently Harman gave us the opportunity to demo the (little known in this country) entry level Lexicon interfaces. If you are unfamiliar with Lexicon products then you have probably been mixing in your bedroom for too long. Lexicons heritage is just plain damn incredible with a reputation for pioneering and producing the worlds best reverb algorithms . The Lexicon 960L became a high end industry standard for 5.1 and 7.1 surround reverb processing. But at $ 6 500 second hand, its no drop in the ocean. I remember buying my first Lexicon processor back in 2001. Feeling like I had just lost an arm and a leg I began to appreciate the value of loosing every penny simply for the purpose of enjoying a decent sounding reverb in my mix. So yes, you could say that I’m a fan of Lexicon and have been for years. Read more »
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Tags: "home recording", "low cost", "south africa", Audio, Audio Engineering, budget, Cape Audio College, i-onix, interface, lambda, lexicon, review, sound engineering, u42s, Wild & Marr
Gear, Review | Richard Harriman February 27, 2012 |
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Recently I was given a whole bunch of MXL microphones to run through the mill. MXL are a little bit of an unknown company down here in our fishing village at the tip of Africa. And its no wonder, since RODE have been dominating the budget scene down here for quite some time. The MXL microphones are cheap, very cheap and from an initial point of view I was a bit apprehensive to say the least. I mean, come on! How can these things possibly sound any good? I was convinced that horror was a foot and I would end up chundering the instant the channel was un-muted. But I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised at results that emerged after A-B’ing the selected range. Read more »
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Tags: 2010, 550, 550/551, 551, budget, Cape Audio College, cr24, demo, microphones, MXL, review, shootout, v67i
Review | Richard Harriman February 8, 2012 |
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