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EXCLUSIVES beyerdynamic MCD100 RSP Circle Surround Sonodore RCM -402 Grace Design 201 Yamaha 02R v2 GPS SoundPals Vac Raac TEQ -1 SA &V Octavia Joemeek SC3 Symetrix 628 Orban 9200 Jünger e07 MARS LANDING broadcasting from space TAPELESS LOCATION RECORDERS PAFI INTERCHANGE ARRIVES The POSTING CONTACT NARADA EQ: THE GUIDE MICHAEL WALDEN Interview 0 9 770144 59 ii i www.americanradiohistory.com Coi 131 While other companies wrestle with the digital learning curve, AMS Neve provides sixteen years of experience as LOGIC 2 Digital Mixing Console the leading designer of digital mixing and editing solutions. 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Sound Designer Randy Thom The first triple Axiom I 'rthcoming pro -audio events and dialogue rerecording mixer Tom Johnson talk movie magic manoeuvre into commercials Reviews 36 Features 101 12 Joemeek SC3 AES gold SA &V Octavia v3 E:xclusie: next generation retro 51 A ',Oth anniversary profile of the Audio Engineering Society Exclusive: SADiE's 8 -track sister The Guide: 38 Equalisation 16 Sonodore RCM -402 The Studio Sound guide Comment SoundPals t:xclu,i e: 1%urld-hcating mic> to EQs and equalisation 118 Exclusive: Graham -Patten's audio Comment 40 52 International news and analysis 19 Jünger e07 Technology: Optimod 9200 Exclusive: digital filter benchmark Equalisation 119 Exclusive: Ail audio processor The principles of outboard Broadcast 42 equalisers explained Defeating the enemy within 23 Grace Design M201 RSP Circle Surround Exclusive: classy US mie preamp 70 130 Exclusive: new surround system Interview: 44 Open Mic Narada Michael \rrhiving tor the future 27 IC Vac Rac TEQ -1 Walden Exclusive: a new classic in EQ Yamaha 02R v2 The drummer who beat Technology Exclusive: software update 46 the producers 121 31 Symetrix 628 80 Dr John SSL Aysis Air Exclusive: radie voice processor Postproduction: John \latkinson on cabling Exclusive: A- series desk preview 57 Contact 125 32 First contact for alien Nonlinear Focus sound postproduction Professional Audio DAR Genesis Location recorders: Zaxcom File Interchange Exclusive: new software preview Deva; Mandozzi ME -DART The case for a practical audio file exchange standard 34 BELOW: Aretha Franklin one of a host of stars produced by beyer MCD 100 Narada Michael Walden; Vonk Sound commercial installation In WWW.prostudio.com/studiosound Exclusive the first fi ital mir Amsterdam; Joemeek SC3 comp; Grace Design M201 mic preamp Studio Sound September 1997 3 www.americanradiohistory.com World Headquarters Tel: (415) 855 0400 Los Angeles (West US) Tel: (818) 766 1666 New York (East US) Tel: (212) 302 0696 www.americanradiohistory.com *we IaIio II A 4. www.euphonix.com , digital control audio s y:_itams Nastville (Central US) Tel: (615)327 1933 Landon (Eurcpei Tel: (171) 602 457E Tokyo (Japan) Tel: (03) 3288 4423 www.americanradiohistory.com http: / /prostudio.com /studiosound I DO IT, the chap in front of you and the group of people huddled together over there do it, and, given that you're reading this, you probably do it too. We all make use of the Internet in one way or another be it for e-mail, surf- ing or the downloading of natty bits of software for your boxes of tricks. And it's pretty useful stuff. E -mail has revolutionised how a magazine like Studio Sound operates on a core basis while the ability to search for informa- sounIncorporating Broadcast Engineering tion across the entire Web has no equal. It can be a hit slow, certainly September 1997 Vol 39. No 9. ISSN 0144 5944 temperamental but it's mind -blowing in its potential. Above all it's a commu- nications medium that takes some beating. If you've spent any amount of time Miller Freeman plc, 4th Floor, 8 Montague Close, London browsing and have followed the evolution of the Web Bridge, London SE1 9UR, UK. even over the last year, Tel: +44 171 620 3636. then you will have seen a phenomenal step -up in sophistication and smart- Fax: +44 171 401 8036. ness. There's a lot of great stuff out there but still an amazing amount of crap. Email: cz73 @cityscape.co.uk We're lucky in the audio industry because with the exception of disciplines Website: http : / /prostudio.com /studiosound like computing and telecoms, there can't be many walks of life where suitably- Editorial equipped computers are more commonly encountered. Sure, you will still find Executive Editor: Zenon Schoepe Editor: Tim Goodyer a few individuals in this business that will proclaim proudly that they've 'never Production Editor: Ben Mallalieu used one... wouldn't know how to switch one on' but your mother probably Editorial Secretary: Jenny Skelton warned you about talking to nutters when you were small. Consultants: Francis Rumsey; John Watkinson Columnists: Dan Daley: Barry Fox; Kevin Hilton Computers? We've got them and know how to use them. Which is why you Design Consultant: Ben Mallalieu can now find Studio Sound on the Web. Regular Contributors: Jim Betteridge; Simon Croft; Ben Duncan; Dave Foister: The world's longest established pro-audio magazine has gone on -line corn- Bill Foster; Tim Frost: Yasmin Hashmi; Rob plete with links to sister publications like Pro Sound News Europe and One James: Caroline Moss: Philip Newell; Terry to One. A gateway to the editorial content that has made Studio Sound the Nelson; Stella Plumbridge; Martin Polon; George Shilling; leading international pro-audio title, Prostudio.com/studiosound is the only Sue Sillitoe: Patrick Stapley; Simon Trask address you'll ever need. Publishing Editor: Joe Hosken Zenon Schoepe, executive editor Advertisement Sales Group Sales Manager Chris Baillie Deputy Ad Manager: Phil Bourne US Representative: Debra Pagan Freedom of choice Classified Ad Manager: Rebecca Reeves Advertisement Production: Carmen Herbert PARTISAN EDITORIAL has no place in Studio Sound. So when I chose to dis- cuss comparative listening tests of Quantegy's 499 and BASF's SM900 in this PA to the Publisher: Lianne Davey space I was aware of the danger of inviting comparisons with less objective Managing Director: Doug Shuard magazines. BASF's motivation in hosting the listening sessions -there have Publisher: Steve Haysom been a series of them held around the States too-is easy enough to see. Given m Miller Freeman plc. 1997. All rights reserved. No part of this pub 499's lead in this area of the market, BASF is eager for people to recognise that lication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means. electronic or mechanical including photocopying. recording SM900 is capable of matching or bettering it. But beyond a simple bid to ease or any information storage or retrieval system without the express prior written consent of the publisher. The contents of Studio Sound some of the market away from Quantegy, these events illustrate another aspect and Broadcast Engineering are subject to reproduction in informa of the present situation: bon storage and retrieval systems. Studio Sound and Broadcast that while more people currently thread 499 onto their Engineering incorporates Sound International and Beat Instrumen- tape machines than SM900, they all have the option of substituting the other tal. Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering is published monthly. The magazine is available on a rigidly controlled requested basis. tape should they need to. They have a choice in tape as they have in many only to qualified personnel. The publisher may pass suitable reader addresses to other relevant suppliers. If you do not wish to receive other operational aspects of running a recording session. sales information from other companies. please write to Circulation and subscription at the address below. Subscription Rates. UK At present, this choice is being maintained by BASF's interest in the tape annual: 136.00. Europe: £50.00/ USS80.00. overseas sinned!. American continent: 162.50/ USS100.00. Rest of Ore World: market. If enough of us pick up on that choice, we will retain it. But if we 162.50/USS100.00. Refunds on cancelled subscriptions will only be provided at the publisher's discretion. unless specifically guar- neglect it, we run the risk of having it withdrawn. anteed within the terms of the subscription offer. Circulation and subscnption. Circulation Manager: Sue Winspear. UK: Miller Freeman Taken towards its logical conclusion, this withdrawal of choice could rob us Entertainment Ltd. Royal Sovereign House. 40 Beresford Street. London of many of the options we currently relish when making recordings -and of SE18 68Q. Tel: 0181 855 7777. Fax: 0181 -317 3938. US: Studio ABC AUOII IUISAU Or CRC. AliONS the variation that forms an essential part of recording as art. Implausible? 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