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1. ing and editing software that can talk to the Windows 95 WAV device driver so you don t have to give up your fa vorite software There s even custom software bundled with each card for those who are just getting started with hard disk recording Call now for special pricing ACCESS OUR 1 800 PAGE WEB SITE DAY OR NIGHT AT WWW SWEETWATER COM Sweet Notes Fall 1997 From the moment you sit down in front of a Kurzweil Mark Se ries Digital Piano you ll be impressed Not only by the look of the instrument with its hand crafted genuine wood cabinet and not just by the authentic feel of the 88 note weighted keyboard but by the sheer quality of the instrument From Kurzweil s critically acclaimed sampled sounds to the clear powerful custom designed sound system that is a unique and in tegral part of every Mark Series piano these keyboards are the ultimate combination of art and technology They have been designed for the home or school for the stage or place of worship with prices that are surprisingly affordable Unlike some other electronic pianos that have flimsy plastic keys each and every Kurzweil digital keyboard features 88 notes with full weighted action for outstanding playability and true grand piano feel The Mark 5 and Mark 5W are the most affordable instruments in the Mark Series family yet they still offer an exciting array of features like Kurzweil s world famous grand piano sound plus 22. material you print to tape during the actual mastering pro cess This virtually eliminates the possibility of encountering mistakes after the fact You ll also find the DA 98 s Input Monitoring switches to be a very useful addition for critical listening requirements and aren t they all Positioned right under each track s record select switch they allow convenient checking of Source Tape levels The DA 98 also has a cool new electronic patchbay fea ture SO you can route any input to any track at the touch of a button Now you can leave a mic preamp permanently attached to as an example input one yet route that signal to any track you want You can just imagine what a time saver this is You know the frustration if you have even a moderately complex studio setup All the pieces just don t want to work together Enter the new Opcode Studio 64 XTC 319 95 list It will take all the uncooperative pieces of equipment in your studio your computer various MIDI Keyboards and modules ADATs and DA 88s stand alone digital and analog multitracks and even professional video decks and have them working together in perfect harmony exactly as nature intended With simultaneous wordclock and superclock out the Studio 64 XTC makes it easy to lock your hard disk digital audio tracks to digital tape with perfect single sample accuracy This solves what were once difficult and expensive problems like syncing DA 88 SY 88 with Pro Too
3. the unit also sports a 37 pin D sub connector for establishing a parallel interface with an external device With all these amazing new features the DA 98 doesn t forget where it comes from Users will find full compatibility with both the DA 88 and the DA 38 so you can exchange tapes interconnect any combination of machines and as ex pected expand the DA 98 by adding any of the optional ac cessories such as the RC 848 remote controller the MU 8824 24 channel meter bridge or the IF 88AE or IF 88SD digi tal interfaces remember these numbers as there will be a test We can t wait to tell you more about this superb machine All you have to do is give us a call Your Sweetwater Sales Engineer will be happy to give you all the details specs and of course your exclusive low Sweetwater pricing The Stu dio 64 XTC has an internal sy clock that can act as the master Or if you re working with video the XTC has Blackburst and Video reference input for locking to Blackburst House sync You can even add standard Sony 9 pin video transport control available soon so that video decks will integrate into your setup seamlessly On top of all this the XTC is also a 64 channel 4x6 MIDI interface with sophisticated MIDI patchbay and pro cessing functions for any Mac or PC For the PC or Mac MIDI sequencer user the XTC provides full MMC control and perfect synchronization of ADATs with no additional hardware needed But if you th
4. a limited time and for about the same price as a typi a cal high quality analog board you can have this 16 channel mixer with 24 in puts 8 bus architecture four Aux buses 24 bit internal signal path two discrete stereo digital effects processors 3 band EQ with parametric mid band and much more for just 999 Okay how can we do that Simple We bought every single one of these mix ers that Korg had in its inventory at a mind boggling price and we re passing the sav ings on to you How can you pass up a deal like this Answer s simple You can t Want automation in your studio Of course you do The 168RC features sophisti cated internal snapshot automation along with full real time automation via any MIDI sequencer It has 12 ul tra smooth faders a dual 12 segment LED meter to aug ment the large 240x64 graphical display and a control room monitor section plus separate headphone control The unit looks deceptively simple with a clean func tional design and easy to identity knobs faders and but tons On the back the 168RC has a total of 24 inputs DIGIDESIGN UNVEILS 24 BIT PRO TOOLS 24 SYSTEM SWEETWATER OFFERS THE BEST PRICES SELECTION TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND SERVICE WHY SHOP ANYWHERE ELSE Sweet Notes Fall 1997 Considering the phenomenal success of every product Mackie Designs has introduced it s a bit of a surprise that the company took so long before manufactur ing other products
5. in the control room hears the same incredible sound The HR824 s wave guide maximizes dispersion time aligns the acoustic center of the HF driver to the LF transducer s center and avoids enclosure diffraction Since we re talking about enclosures this might be a good time to mention that the HR824 s front board is one inch Page 2 MACKIE HR824 ACTIVE MONITORS volumes every HR824 has a three position Low Frequency Acoustic Space control This maintains flat bass response regardless of whether you place the monitors away from walls whole space against the wall half J space or in room corners quarter space A low frequency roll off switch at 80Hz allows you to emulate small home stereo speakers or popular studio monitors a nice touch In the October 1997 Electronic Musician Power Stations article Stephen Webber wrote J The imaging and high frequency dispersion is bril I liant was amazed at how far off axis could scoot my chair and still hear what was going on in both J channels Who can argue with that By now you re probably wishing you had a pair of HR824s in your own studio Hey who wouldn t And since we now have them in stock in our giant new warehouse we ve got a great price for you on these amaz ingly accurate monitors All you have to do is pick up the phone and give us a call at 219 432 8176 Just tell your Sweetwater Sales Engineer that you re ready to own a s
6. leader rather than a follower Then take the next step in building the career you ve always wanted It s simple Just pick up the phone and call us right now at 219 432 8176 Ask for the Sweetwater Career Center Maybe Sweetwater Sound is much more than just The Right Call for your music needs Maybe it s also the right call for your career Don t let another moment go by without finding out the answer Call us now abed A1ojs aag jasow Auew pue Seiqoy auoydidy xo uinqysen puejoy UIPoD JeysseWN 785 1 Wew YPWS pray pned UOsqID Puipnpu Auysnpul y ul saweu Saq y W014 S aJJa pue sdwe s sseq ssezinb Punnponzul GNNOS YHAIVMLAAMS wey pelsenbey u01 9981100 SSOJ divd ew ADVLSOd SN AlVd WIN 8089p NI JNAVM ld GU Ssvasees i ON NOS fa re IEM E
7. price Plug ins were a hot item TDM format re leases included offerings from Line 6 Amp Farm Aphex Aural Exciter Drawmer Dy namics Lexicon Lexiverb Focusrite D3 compressor limiter Mark Of The Unicorn Pure DSP pitch shift time compression and Liquid Audio Internet delivery of Pro Tools audio In other plug in formats Mark Of The Uni corn eVerb for MOTU Audio System Opcode Direct X and Premiere format Vocode vocoder and Vinylizer turntable sonics simulator DUY four plug ins in MOTU Audio System format and Sonic Foundry Direct X version of their Noise plug in Arboretum Systems Ray Gun is a a 99 noise remover in Premiere format Several microphones of interest to project studio owners were presented at the show this year Neumann s TLM103 995 combines the capsule from the leg endary U87 with transformerless electron ics while AKG s Solid Tube mic offers the warm fat sound of tubes combined with clean modern electronics Beyerdynamic didn t have their upcoming Digital Micro phone yes we said digital on dis play but they told us that it is in the warehouses waiting on patent approv als to start shipping Mixers are always a big deal at AES and this year was no different Oram s new digitally controlled 48 bus console turned a LOT of heads with an amazing new take on architecture a dedi cated CPU for each channel and automa tion The new board features Oram s leg
8. that day I say let s all keep making music It s the best feeling in the world to create a song that comes from your heart While I m still on this particular subject I want to thank all of you who sent me your albums Some were excellent some were how can I put this nicely less than polished but every single one of them proved that the act of making music is truly its own reward On to another subject before I find myself in even more trouble than I usually am I recently received evaluation copies of the new Pro Tools 4 0 software from Digidesign and Mark of the Unicorn s Digital Performer 2 11 which was featured in our last is sue of Sweet Notes I ll be discussing them in a minute but first at the risk of getting into additional hot water with some readers something I m pleased to say I m really good at I want to briefly discuss copy protection and authorization disks We all understand that hundreds of thousands of dollars sometimes millions of dollars go into the creation of these programs meaning that the pro grammers and software publishers absolutely de serve to get paid for their hard work Unfortunately some musicians don t share that view which is a shame since it causes manufacturers to continue using copy protection However as software gets more and more complex and more powerful simply copy ing it is no longer enough You need technical sup port to make it run at peak performance as
9. 2 other instruments as well as a choice of contemporary black console Mark 5 or real wood fin ishes SW The Mark 10 and Mark 10W are the mid priced members of the Mark Series Available in a wide selection of finely crafted real wood cabinets 10W only they offer superb sonics plus 127 sounds auto accom paniment General MIDI capabilities a sequencer and effects section The Mark 110 has all the features of the Mark 10 built into a small hand crafted grand piano cabinet It is perfect for those desiring the look of an acoustic piano but with limited space The Mark 12 is one of the newest Kurzweil Digital Pianos It starts with all of the features found in the Mark 10 and adds more sounds 325 to be Korg Gets Interactive with the 11 Workstation With a full 88 note keyboard and such outstanding new features as a built in stereo speaker system 32 newly programmed Styles and expanded user memory the Korg i1 takes professional capabilities out of the studio and right into your living room A dy namic digital effects section combines with 14 megabytes of PCM samples which in cludes a beautiful grand piano plus 128 other me ticulously programmed m sounds and a full GM gt drum kit for extraordi nary realism There s also a ten song 40 000 note sequencer section that lets you play what you feel We have one i1 available for delivery right now at a super price So call your Sales Engineer for additional information today T
10. D All in all this is serious documentation that really en hances the product Well as much as the Sweetwater Team enjoys a darn good review its our own customers satisfaction that truly makes all our efforts worthwhile Here are just some of the comments we ve received online just wanted to congratulate you on the great review in Keyboard Magazine purchased the Ultimate Guitar and Grand Piano CD ROMs last week and could have written those accolades myself The great touch response of your programs is a major advantage when bringing life to my work And they cut well in the mix without having to com pensate with EQ and or processing Steve just received the Power Translator String Sec tions for my K2000 loaded some Programs and am there is no word for it The sounds are simply the best have ever heard Please say thanks to whoever programmed those sounds Alex love the Young Chang Piano programs They are the best I ve ever played on a keyboard own a 6 foot Mason Hamlin and my ears prefer the warmer tones these files are very Satisfying thanks again for the excellent sup port of your products Glenda I can t really tell you how liked a the kits on the Total Stereo Drums CD ROM because after loaded Funk Kit my friend Rob and had to make music with it The hi hats are awesome the rides are handy and the snares cut through without being brash T
11. GUITARS SWEETWATER HAS THEM faaMsNaRSsdi f i 7o N gt wes x j yo oN a gt ae i d i ich a A i N A ry j d F A f fey bee RK a a aN INCREDIBLE PERFO Your first reaction when reading the headline is probably That s impossible A digital mixer for under a grand It s not a misprint folks Right now but only while supplies last Sweetwater can ship the Korg 168RC Digital Mixer right to your door at the absolutely astonishing price of only 999 You read about this incredible studio tool in the Winter 1997 issue of Sweet Notes and like everyone else you thought Hey this is very cool Imagine full automation pro quality internal effects processing and 16 channels of ADAT digital inputs in cluded as standard equipment Wow Who the heck wouldn t want one of these incredible machines f youre in the market for a high end digital multitrack recording sys tem we invite you to compare the raw performance superior fidelity and extraordinary user interface of fj the new Digidesign Pro Toolsl24 F System 7995 list price for the Core System to any other product on the market tape or disk based at any price None are quieter more pristine and honest to the Continued on page 4 aN E FOR JUST 9991 Unfortunately the list price of 3200 may have been just a bit too steep a for you But now for
12. ation for each given section of the mixer In most cases there are actually two choices of selector buttons for each mixer section The first lays out the mixer fully graphically with representations of knobs and or faders while the second shows the corresponding routing table for quick and easy signal routing and recall Although the graphic representation of knobs and faders can be controlled and automated via MIDI there are eight honest to goodness knobs that you can grab to adjust any parameter on the screen Listen ing to my completed automated mix from my ADAT concluded the 168RC is well designed extremely flexible user friendly in a big way and bottom line It just sounds great Why don t you call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer today and find out how easy it is to step up to the next level in mixers in your studio Sounds good to us but at just 999 you know you d better hurry and get yours while supplies last ORAM OCTASONIC Continued from page 4 needs if had wanted to record the group direct to a DAT ma chine for instance In my case wanted to go back to the studio with eight discrete tracks since we would be adding three more horn parts later to double the horn lines and at least three or four vocal tracks all on a second ADAT At that point we would mix down to stereo and burn a set of CDs Not only was the group totally impressed when we all gath ered in my studio about a week later to lay down the additiona
13. ay We had a huge booth literally crammed with cool new equipment most no tably a full selection of Oram amp consoles and rack gear includ ing the premier showing of the incredible new Series 48 digi sie tally controlled analog console which you ll be hearing a lot more about in the near future as well as a Digidesign Pro Toolsi24 system an Ensoniq Paris system Roland s V Drums Event s Gina and tons more We also featured special appearances by TEC award nominee John Oram and RPG CEO Dr Peter D Antonio had a live hook a i our haem E pl E E P BE E dh hi tae Pe Welcome to the 103rd AES Convention and Exhibit Show 1 800 page Web site and gave away three Oram Octasonic 8 channel microphone preamps To say that we were busy is an understatement Sweetwater s e zine inSyne also set a new standard for timeliness by transmitting live re ports and photos of the show to our Web site each day Check out the results at www sweetwater com reports 103rd AES But enough of that let s get to the main reason for the show and this report the new gear Big news was the latest addition to the Digidesign family Pro Tools 24 which supports 24 bit audio up to 32 tracks per card with free software upgrade and up to 72 tracks total The new PTI24 core will be listing for 7995 and its companion 24 bit 888 digital interface will run 3495 Pro Tools III will remain avail able but Digidesign will be dropping its
14. back in the stone age there was no such thing as digital recording except in theory and even analog technology hadn t evolved to today s level So when it came to signal processing good equipment was well good enough No so these days Even many analog recordings can reveal the inadequacy of certain equipment used in the audio chain And with digital recordings particularly now that 20 bit and 24 bit record ers are becoming available sonic accuracy is an absolute must This is no time for second best When it comes to signal processing that s engineered for the digital age the studio professionals of today have many choices And here at Sweetwater we believe there s no such thing as too many choices Allow us to introduce you to one of the newest additions to our stellar line of processing gear the outstanding Klark Teknik line Sporting such features as metal shafted pots for extended life and durability and three year warranties five years on some EQ products this is ex bhe Digital delays from Klark Teknik actly the type of equipment needed when flawless sonics are required These are no do everything effects boxes they are among the best studio tools available at any price There are actually so many items in the full Klark Teknik line that there s just no way we could ever tell you about all of them Essentially there are eight types of processors avail able graphic equalizers parametric e
15. besides mixers Still when the Mackie people build something you can bet they want to get it absolutely perfect So when the company announced it was going to produce a set of active monitors everyone in the industry sat up and took no tice and for good reason Like everyone else you probably saw the double page spreads in all the major publications announcing these speakers All the pre release industry buzz was enough to guarantee that the initial production runs of Mackie s HR824 Active Monitors 749 list each were in extremely short supply Musicians around the world lined up to buy a Set before ever hearing them they knew this was going to be a winner and they weren t wrong Fact is here at Sweetwater we had a huge waiting list for HR824s which was frustrating for everyone But the good news is that production is finally catching up with the over whelming demand and we are starting to get adequate sup plies of this wonderful speaker If you ve never experienced the awesome audio that ac tive monitors deliver get set for a revelation Because such systems are designed from the ground up all the subtleties of cabinet design equalization power handling and cross over frequencies can be taken into account meaning that every component works in harmony with every other component The power amps match the drivers which match the exact size of the cabinets What s more active systems like the HR824 allow y
16. digital recording editing and mixing with true 24 bit audio performance and up to 24 discrete tracks per audio card plus 24 tracks of I O capability with your Core Sys tem Add powerful real time DSP effects advanced automation integration with MIDI and digital video plus support for a host of TDM and Audiosuite Plug Ins and you ve got the makings of a true world class re cording suite You begin with a Core Sys tem which includes ad24 au dio card This isa PCl bus card which connects to your choice of Digidesign Audio Interfaces ei ther the 888124 1 0 3495 list or 882 1 0 995 list Next there s the DSP Farm card which is used for Pro Tools real time mixing and signal processing features You also get a selection of incredibly useful TDM Plug Ins bundled at no extra charge including multi band parametric EQ dynamics compressor gate peak limiter and more de lay and others Finally you also get Digi s award winning Pro Tools software To run Pro Tools 24 you ll also need at least one Audio Interface and one or more Digidesign qualified disk drives for storing your audio data You ll need a computer of course a Digidesign qualified Macintosh or Mac OS compatible Track count digital processing and I O are all completely expandable If you need higher track count and or more Pro Toolsi24 with Mackie HUI Human Interface than 24 channels of I O the Pro Tool
17. e ries instrument Every Kurzweil Digital Piano includes a premium audio sys tem designed in cooperation with Boston Acoustics resulting in a level of audio clarity and re p M alism never heard before ina digital piano Of course Mark Series digital pianos will never go out of tune there are no strings to stretch no warped soundboards to worry about no expensive piano tuners to call You can actually tune the entire keyboard to any other instru ment or transpose to play in any key with the touch of a button Every Kurzweil also has full MIDI capabilities meaning you can connect them to a computer recording system or additional sound modules or use MIDI to access hundreds of software programs that teach you to play add new songs via the built in disk drives or even notate and print your own music If you re looking for Kurzweil quality in a remarkably affordable package look no further than the RG Series Digital Pianos Pure Sound Pure Plea sure Pure Inspiration The RG 100 offers the outstanding realism of Kurzweil s legendary grand pianos plus dynamic electric piano lush string section and powerful pipe organ There are even more great sounds and features in the enhanced RG 200 model like a built in recorder sequencer 32 note po lyphony MIDI digital multi effects and a high quality sound system all in a sleek modern cabinet Also available is the Hybrid Piano KHP101 a marvelous combination of ac
18. ed Now add Wind Chimes Bell Trees Mark Trees and a cabinet full of additional Per fa a a if r cussion Toys Combine this with the smooth and re sponsive V A S T programming that Sweetwater is fa mous for and you ve got our latest Orchestral Percus sion Power Translator Ask your Sweetwater Sales En gineer to tell you more about entire line of Power Trans _ lators including Solo Strings Brass Sections Orches tral Winds and String Sections When combined with the huge and still growing Sweetwater Sound Library you have access to every single instrument you need to Create incredibly expressive music on your Kurzweil In other news our Ultimate Guitars CD ROM re ceived another excellent review this time in Electronic Musician September 1997 We received 19 1 2 points out of a perfect 20 on their EM Meter along with com ments like The programming on this disk is absolutely top notch and for good reason it was done by Daniel Fisher the Kurzweil VAST synthesis expert Editor s note Don t blame Dan for this particular quote included it Say Dan weren t you taking me to lunch today had a blast with this CD ROM Having so many Continued on page 10 Fall 1997 KORG Continued from page 1 Sweet Notes 16SRC and 16 outputs all laid out thoughtfully with the ADAT studio in mind the 168RC s designers assumed it was going to interface with ADATs but it also works great with E m
19. endary analog sonics an easy learning curve and lots of cool flashing lights your clients will love it Mackie was showing their soon to be released Digital 8 bus as well as their HUI Human User Interface for Pro Tools Panasonic Ramsa introduced their DA7 digital mixer 32 inputs 8 buses 24 bit operation under 5 000 TASCAM showed their also soon to be released TM D8000 Digital Mixer under 10 000 as promised Digidesign had their Pro Control Surface for Pro Tools on dis play They say it should ship early next year Ensonig was giving extensive demos on their hot new Paris system which it says should ship very soon now TASGAM was showing a new modular hard disk recorder developed in con junction with Timeline the MMR 8 The 8 chan nel unit can read files in Pro Tools Waveframe and OMF formats more formats to come We think you ll see a lot of these in workstation based post houses Page Mark Of The Unicorn had Digital Performer v2 11 at the show This version al ready supports Pro Tools 24 It also ships with MOTU s s cool new e Verb reverb plug in running under the new MAS MOTU Audio System format In addition to Pro Tools TDM v2 11 supports Korg s 12121 0 Apple s sound Manager no addi tional hardware required as well as Audiomedia II and IIl Event Electronics had the PC triplets on display Gina and Darla are available now Layla is expected in Novem ber Event is shooting to
20. eople who want to do hard disk recording on their Macs sound like anyone you know Admit tedly some people get a little confused because Pro Tools is both a hardware system as well as a soft ware package The newest Pro Tools hardware is the Pro Tools 24 system while Pro Tools actually ver sion 4 1 is the software that supports it To make things just a bit more confusing Pro Tools 4 0 will also work with other sound cards including Digi s Audiomedia III as well as under native code on PCI and NuBus Power Macs If you re still confused your Sweetwater Sales Engineer can answer your ques tions and get you pointed in the right direction I have an Audiomedia III card in my Mac and it runs great with this new software Those of you who have been using Digidesign software for any length of time including Sound Designer will love Pro Tools 4 0 since you can now record from two to 16 audio tracks You ll find its user interface quite comfortable and the Audio Suite Plug In architecture which takes full advantage of the host processor s CPU speed is Digital Performer 2 11 s eVerb plug in interface a a i m already being supported by all the major third party Plug In manufacturers upgrades are usually either free or at very affordable prices Pro Tools 4 0 has significantly faster screen re draws and vastly improved automation I really liked the Pro Tools Dynamics plug ins in particular the Up ward Expand
21. er which worked flawlessly on the ma terial I was processing If hard disk recording is your thing and you own a Power Mac you really need to check this software out You know the drill by now 4 all your Sales Engineer for more information and your special pricing MOTU s latest and great est is Digital Performer 2 11 795 list 295 for an up grade which incidentally is also a Macworld World Class Award winner This package is the logical step up for those who like me owned version 1 7 Of particular in terest to me was the software s ability to send and receive samples from my K2500 2 11 also works with the latest Akai E mu and Roland samplers allowing me to use the various Digital Performer plug ins like the excellent pitch shifting to process them This is a truly awesome feature Using the PowerPC chip s debit floating point calcula tions gives 2 11 owners a lot of DSP power so effects can actually be applied in real time to your tracks and they sound as good or in some cases better than 16 bit outboard modules I really liked the sound of the eVerb plug in see screen shot above which is included with every copy of Digital Performer 2 11 If you are doing sequenc ing along with hard disk recording you absolutely have to check out this software So contact your friendly knowledgeable Sales Engineer for additional information and pricing Both of these packages are outstanding examples of t
22. erson service department when they say that the company s level of sales training 8 hours a week average is unheard of in this industry it seems that the Indiana based company really does represent a completely different animal a breed onto itself Gosh we couldn t have put that better ourselves The article goes on to discuss our sales people Soundware Facility and Web site acknowledging our average of almost 2 million hits monthly The entire article is available on our Web site at www sweet waler com insidesws music inc So thanks Music Inc and thanks to all our loyal customers who have made Sweetwater he industry success story of the decade Q How come after create and save a VIP in Samplitude it doesn t show up as a Table Of Con tents within Point CDaudio A Samplitude is Hohner Midia s audio record ing editing program and Point CDaudio is Point s CD burning program These are bundled as Red Roaster Samplitude allows you to record and edit audio and it s also equipped with automatic and manual CD mastering software that creates a Table Of Contents which can then be imported into Point s CDaudio A problem between these two programs has to do with file names When naming a file in Samplitude it is possible to use more than 8 characters however Point CDaudio can t read more than 8 characters a DOS limitation so any VIP saved from Samplitude with more than 8 characters won t show up in CDa
23. et of Mackie High Resolution monitors They ll understand heck most of them are planning to add these speakers to their own studios As they say on TV Operators are standing by thick with radiused edges to further eliminate diffraction What s more during final assembly each and every HR824 is individually hand trimmed to plus minus 1 5dB from 42Hz to 20kHz And every monitor comes certified with its own Serialized guaranteed frequency response printout Because every control room and listening environment is different they come in all sizes and shapes and cubic ENSONIQ S E PRIME AND ASR SERIES KEYBOARDS Go ahead Sit down at an Ensoniq E Prime and you ll feel like you re in front of your favorite acoustic piano The newly designed flying action key mechanism simulates the weight and throw of a real piano hammer for amazingly lifelike performance This is a key ingredient missing from most sampled pianos that special tactile sensation involved in actually coaxing a real piano to life You can also customize the feel of E Prime to match your own playing style selecting from 14 velocity curves and 4 pressure settings Its 76 key range is big enough for most piano pieces and provides larger zones for split keyboard setups There are three sampled pianos onboard a pop oriented Bosendorfer arich 9 foot Baldwin grand and a warm inviting Yamaha all programmed to provide everything from a sparkling cut th
24. have Mac compatibility for all three early next year In signal processors Digitech was showing their 100 processor Priced under 200 it fea tures true stereo processing S Disc algorithms and more in a single rackspace Sabine unveiled their Power Q which incorporates seven func tions Feedback exterminator 12 band stereo parametric EQ 31 band graphic EQ real time analyzer compressor limiter digital delay and noise gating all of which can operate concur rently in the digital domain TE Electronic applied the technology found in the company s successful G Force proces sor to the new Fireworx studio multi effects 20 bit processing 8 effects at once AES S PDIF in out ADAT optical 1 0 and new algorithms The Sweetwater booth was jammed with the very latest equipment In monitors Mackie s HR824s were just about everywhere you looked while JBL intro duced their new LSR32 3 way mid field moni tors which feature a revolutionary triple coil de Sign along with a newly designed cabinet We had a chance to give them a listen in JBL s pri vate suite and we were quite impressed The editor is frantically passing me the we re out of space sign so that s it for this report Needless to say we ve barely scratched the sur face of the flood of new products introduced at the show For more information call your Sales Engineer check out our Web site and be sure to sign up to receive our daily inSync column the mo
25. he awesome power we have at our fingertips these days and depending upon your specific applications you absolutely cannot go wrong with either of them Learning how to get the most out of them is the real challenge but it s a task all of us will enjoy tackling Arrghh I can see the bottom of the page coming up way too fast so I d like to once again thank all those Sweetwater customers who sent me their CDs and cassettes as well as all of you who took the time to write even if you happened to disagree with me I love hearing from you so keep those cards letters and e mail coming PE Comm BST ACO Do you love music technology Are you mad about multitracks and microphones Do you swoon over synthesizers and sequencers Are you delighted with delays and ahs ace processors Are you just plain crazy about consoles and computers Where do you want to take your career Tired of a job with an income ceiling Want the opportunity to grow your income to the six figure mark Can you do that at your present job Can you run the marathon We don t hide it Everyone at Sweetwater works hard every day to provide the very best value to our customers Have you got what it takes Do you have the commitment energy and enthusiasm to be the best in the business What are you waiting for If you genuinely love music technology and the entire music scene and want to earn an exceptional salary we want to hear from you Want to be a
26. he stunningly crafted Kurzweil Mark 152 i es The Korg 1i a whole new concept in music production Page 7 exact more editable auto accompaniment styles 64 a powerful 16 track sequencer large display and SRS 3D Stereo Sound reproduction For those searching for the pinnacle of elegance in the Mark Series we introduce the beautiful Mark 152 Housed in an authentic Young Chang Baby Grand cabi net this superb instrument has all the features of the Mark 12 plus the kind of quality craftsmanship you ll be proud to display in your home For over a decade Kurzweil s keyboards have been used by many of the world s finest musicians like Stevie Wonder Oscar Peterson Ray Charles and others With a Mark Series keyboard you re never limited to just the sound of a grand piano you also have access to dozens of lifelike sounds from organs and electric pianos to all the instruments of a symphony orchestra plus a superb selection of drum and percussion instruments and high qual ity built in effects for lifelike concert hall sound You also get other remark able features like built in auto accompaniment patterns that were actually programmed by real live musicians to sound like real live musicians a Re corder Sequencer that can store up to eight full songs and Kurzweil s unique Edu Games which are designed to help players develop basic musical skills check with your Sales Engineer for the specific features on each Mark S
27. high quality samplers integrate an effects processor a MIDI sequencer and a digital recorder all in one easy to use instrument With the ASR 10 you can create stunning 16 bit samples in stereo or mono with up to 16 MB of sample memory Then shape your sounds using the ASR s extensive voice architecture and editing fea tures The ASR also has the most powerful onboard effects processor ever included in a sampler 62 ef fects algorithms from the critically acclaimed DP 4 processor offer many creative possibilities There s also an onboard full featured sequencer No mere scratchpad the ASR s 16 track sequencer provides real time and looped recording modes 96 PPQ clock resolution an auto locate function and many of the same advanced yet user friendly fea tures that have made Ensoniq keyboards famous around the world Call us today for additional information or check out our Web site for details on the full Ensoniq line at www sweetwater com products ensoniq ak A q E DaN E TiVaid i i y Yamal soo 5 i Continued from page 9 high quality expressive guitar sounds at hand opens up a world of musical possibilities the samples are clean and Crisp the programming is outstanding the files are orga nized in an easy to understand fashion and the documen tation is excellent Guess they were impressed eh Hey they even liked the Ultimate Guitars Musician s Guide which ships with each C
28. his is now my default drum kit At least until load and listen to the next kit Great work Bruce B have the Stratus Exotic Instrument and Synths CD ROM won t waste bandwidth describing it except to say it is absolutely top notch and most ex tremely way cool Scott Tve received and listened to your Stratus RSI Demo CD and it s terrific Thanks to Sweetwater s efforts the K2000 is probably the best supported synthesizer on the market TW For more information and alist of all the currently avail able Sweetwater Sound Library CD ROMs be sure to check out our Web site at www sweetwater com catalogs k2 cd rom See you all next issue Continued from page 9 quency modal problems in two ways Their soon to be released Room Optimizer software will ac tually locate the optimum positions for both the listener and the studio monitors to minimize modal distortion and speaker boundary interfer ence They also offer high efficiency bass traps to attenuate modal frequencies We hope you go ahead and take this challenge then call us and see just how inexpensive it can be to optimize your listening environment By Jim Miller My column last issue stirred up a bit of a hornet s nest among some readers In case you missed it I criticized the big record companies for overcharging for compact discs Unfortunately some readers thought I was also putting down independent artists who have to charge mo
29. in the opposite position than it was when you f mixed As soon as you hear the difference we think you ll be calling your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for advice on all the RPG AcousticTools options available to you like the Bass Trap and Abflector The Solutions RPG has addressed low fre Continued on page 10 N a By Daniel Fisher Chief Soundware Engineer Nothing feels quite as satisfying to me at least as finishing off a large Soundware project Last week marked the release of our newest Power Translator for the K2000 K2500 Orchestral Percussion 199 retail Roland Orchestral Percussion CD ROM sold separately This was created in response to numerous requests from our professional composers theater musicians and film score clients to provide them with orchestral percus sion that offered the same dynamic response and real time flexibility found in a real orchestra For those of you who are new to the Soundware ocene our Power Translators are specially designed flop _ pies that contain all of the data necessary to gather the professionally recorded samples from a specific Roland CD ROM and convert them into extremely musical K2000 K2500 performance instruments which take full advantage of Kurzweil s amazing V A S T processing Imagine having a library full of Stereo and Mono Orchestral Bass Drums Snares Tympanies Cymbals Triangles Blocks and Gongs that all feature Rolls both real time and sampl
30. ink the XTC s fantastic features flexibility and functionality are impressive just wait until you get our special low Sweetwater pricing Call us now for more information EVENT PCI AUDIO CARDS ARRIVE AT SWEETWATER The first shipments of Event Electronics much anticipated PCI audio cards have begun arriving here at oweetwater and not a moment too soon We announced these landmark devices this past summer and the de mand has been growing ever since What sets these au dio cards apart from the rest of the pack is their propri etary 20 bit A D converters and true plug and play user interface translation no steep learning curve The top of the line offering is the rackmountable Layla by Echo 999 list which includes such features as eight balanced analog ins and ten balanced outs all simultaneously accessible a 24 bit digital I O super clean 24 bit signal path massive onboard DSP wordclock for sync and expansion MIDI and much more If your budget is slightly lower consider Gina by Echo at a list price of just 499 You get two analog ins and eight outs digital I O and 24 bit DSP plus all the audio quality of Layla without the rackmount interface If you don t need the digital ins and outs for just 349 list you can equip your computer with the Darla by Echo board with two analog ins and eight outs onboard DSP and a breakout box with RCA connectors All three systems are compatible with audio record
31. l tracks but the leader even offered to trim my poodle for me should ever get one see he owns a poodle parlor That s how good the recording was The horns were electrifying the bass had a fatness to it that shook the walls the keyboard parts had a nice gloss to them and the percussion well it kicked some serious butt Sure it helped that was using some nice mics AKG 414s and Earthworks OM1s but it was the Octasonic that delivered the sonic transparency we all flipped over cannot possibly rave enough about this unit At its almost shockingly affordable price it s one impressive box If you are doing any kind of live work you really need to take a close look at the Octasonic Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer now for your special pricing on this awesome preamp He or she will be glad to tell you more quote you specs etc If you want to learn more about any of the great Oram products like any of the BEQ mixing consoles or any of the company s other modules take a look on our Web site at www sweetwater com products oram Michael Rief ENSONIQ KEYBOARDS Continued from page 2 whether you play on stage at church or right in your living room Call us for more information today If your needs are just a bit more sophisticated or if you want to create your own personal sampled sounds the ASR 10 Advanced Sampling Keyboard 2695 list provides you with a complete digital pro duction studio These
32. ls audio tracks as well as other wordclock capable digital recorders like the Akai DR 4 E mu Darwin and even some DAT decks The Studio XTC can easily control an ADAT through MIDI Machine Control MMC without any other external boxes or cards The XTC can even generate wordlock from incoming SMPTE to sync computer digital audio to analog tape tracks flawlessly Page 6 Another great function of the digital patchbay is the digital track copy feature that allows you to easily assemble multiple takes from various tracks into one virtual perfect performance entirely within the digital domain hey we told you this was an awesome recorder With its new system parameters its only logical that the you get visual feedback compliments of a new com prehensive LCD display This easy on the eyes dis play when used in tandem with the unit s dedicated function numeric keys make navigating the operating system easier than ever Of course what most post production houses are interested in is synchroniza tion and we are happy to report that sync is not only robust and rock solid on the DA 98 but itsin Cluded as a stan dard feature That s right No pricey add ons that seem to always come as a surprise just when you think you re ready to roll The DA 98 s sync capa bilities include full support for MIDI Machine Con E trol MMC and Sony P2 protocols Plus as an added benefit when integrating the DA 98 with other equipment
33. ou re ready to rock This also works for trans ferring AIFF sample data and standard MIDI files Note that the latest version of the K2500 QS is al ways available online on our ftp sserver at ftp ftp sweetwater com pub k2000 yca K25V252 Q Does the ADAT Interface work with Pro Tools 24 A No Pro Toolsi24 uses a 24 bit word data system It is therefore incompatable with the 16 bit word in the ADAT interface NO DELAYS ORDERS PROCESSED SAME DAY In most cases orders ship the same day we receive them Sweet Notes Fall 1997 A few years ago TASCAM introduced the world to its long awaited modular digital multitrack the DA 88 and it became a runaway best seller particularly among the thousands of post production houses around the world With its Hi 8mm tape format rugged dependability and full complement of synchronization options this was no surprise to any of us Now arriving at Sweetwater TASCAM s newest Modular Digital Multitrack the DA 98 here at Sweetwater So when TASCAM announced it was in troducing a new updated version of this phenomenal machine then revealed its new feature set we had only one response for the company Get us as many of these things as you can Introducing the TASCAM DA 98 5999 list Just what s SO special about this recorder Got a few minutes First of all this is the first digital multitrack with confidence monitor ing capability meaning you can verify the integrity of the
34. ou to adjust the speaker to exactly match your listening environment Let s start with the amplifiers The HR Series which stands for High Resolution monitors feature dual power amplifiers 100 watts with 150 watt bursts for the high frequencies and 150 watts with 200 watt bursts for the lows Both amplifiers make use of Mackie s high speed latch proof Fast Recovery design which features extremely low negative feedback The bass amp is directly coupled in a servo loop to the 8 75 inch mineral filled polypropylene low fre quency driver It constantly monitors the LF unit s motion parameters and applies appropriate control and damping An oversized magnet structure and extra long voice coil lets the woofer achieve over 16 millimeters of cone excursion so bass notes start and stop instantly without any overhang distortion or tubbiness Instead of relying on ports or slots the woofer is acoustically coupled to two aluminum mass loaded 6 5 inch passive drivers meaning you get bass re sponse that is the equal of 12 inch drivers with flat frequency response to a throbbing 42Hz The high resolution metal alloy dome speaker handles the critical high frequencies above 2kHz It has a flat response up to 20kHz delivering pristine uncolored treble output that reproduces exactly your source material In addition thanks to Mackie s proprietary exponential high frequency wave guide you get a gigantic sweet spot meaning everyone
35. oustic and electronic instruments with wood cabinet 88 real wooden keys real felt covered hammers and that incredible Kurzweil sound All these instruments are truly the perfect alternative to pianos because everyone in the family will enjoy playing them even the kids and you know what a hassle it used to be to get kids to sit down in front of a piano and play Now they ll love it because they can make real music the very first time they touch the keys Learning to play any instrument well takes time And if you re going to spend time learning you might as well have fun doing it right Special note to parents all Kurzweil Digital Pianos have headphone jacks which disconnects the internal speakers so anyone can play with total privacy any time of the day or night without disturbing others So whatever your needs whatever your budget Kurzweil has an instru ment that s exactly right for you Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer imme diately to find out just how affordable and how much fun owning a Kurzweil digital keyboard can be li The Mark 12 features a choice of real wood finishes Sweet Notes Fall 1997 This year s AES Convention and Exhibit Show which took place in New York City on Sep tember 26th 29th was again a rousing success presenting more than 350 exhibitors hun dreds of technical papers and seminars and a whole lot more in just four days Naturally Sweetwater was there in a re ally big w
36. qualizers dynamics pro cessors an audio spectrum analyzer two digital delays ac tive direct box active crossover and loudspeaker processors Equalizers start with the DN330 Single Channel EQ 820 list and go from there up to the DN3600 Dual Channel 1 3 Octave Programmable Graphic EQ 3300 list with optional Remote There are also parametric units including the DN405 DN410 and DN4000 starting at 924 retail For digital de lay needs there are two models to choose from the DN7103 1980 retail and the Dual Input Four Output 2 7 Second DN7204 2460 If you need to get control over dynamics Klark Teknik offers three in the 500 Series starting at 1144 Add the LBB100 Active Direct Box 196 DN800 Active Crossover 2028 and DN8000 Loudspeaker Processor plus the astonishingly versatile DN6000 Real Time Audio Spec trum Analyzer 4420 and you can see that Klark Teknik has built products that every pro studio needs Since space restrictions prevent us from telling you ev erything you need to know about this outstanding line of sig nal processors we d like to suggest that you call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer right now for accurate detailed information and our special pricing on these exceptional Klark Teknik products Sweet Notes Fall 1997 Page 4 24 BIT PRO TOOLS 24 SYSTEM Continued from page 1 Pro Tools 24 And certainly none of them offer a better price to performance value Pro Tools 24 provides
37. re for their discs to even be gin recovering their expenses Point One Within a week of my writing that col umn the national newspaper USA Today carried a feature story that essentially said the same thing that the big guys are making big bucks every time they sell a CD I stand behind my comments Point Two I wholeheartedly support every single musician who has the spirit and tenacity to forge ahead and release his or her own album To these brave souls I say charge whatever you want You will get what the market will bear Charge too much and nobody buys your CD In any case please be aware that my comments last issue were not directed at you We all know that a small independent artist or group will probably never recoup expenses no matter what they charge for a CD or cassette Still I m hoping that the Internet will provide a much better vehicle for marketing these self produced self financed albums Imagine Music from your new project could be available on the Net to anyone who owns a computer capable of playing back audio and that s most of them these days It won t be easy but enterprising art ists with the energy and savvy to succeed will prob ably have the opportunity to do so in the years ahead There s no doubt about it the marketplace is chang ing rapidly My hope is that one day soon music lov ers will be buying the albums they want to hear not what the record industry chooses to heavily promote Until
38. rk with multiple microphones and need a mic preamp that delivers absolutely unrivaled audio quality then you should probably take a serious look at the Oram Octasonic 1795 list personally worked with this terrific sounding 8 channel mic preamp recently and can tell you trom first hand experience that this is the premier multi mic preamp for situa tions where a full console is impracti cal or maybe even impossible happened to be recording a Latin jazz group recently with tons of percussion keyboard bass and a three piece brass section and there was no way all these people could fit into my studio Fortunately they prac ticed in a small warehouse so brought over all my mics anADAT and one single rackspace Octasonic Knowing this unit has exactly the same precision mic preamps as the top of the line Oram BEQ24 con sole was absolutely confident that it could handle the extreme SPLs produced when close miking these instruments In fact the Octasonic has designated channels 7 and 8 as hot channels meaning they provide an additional 12dB of attenuation to de liver an input headroom of 34dBu That would pretty much toast most other mic preamps but even the other channels can handle super hot levels of up to 22dBu In my case was taking a direct out trom the keyboardist s mixer as well as a line out from the bass player s amp The Octasonic handled it all beautifully without the slightest hint of distor
39. rough the mix piano to a lush grand that s ideal for any concert hall If you need more than pianos E Prime 1995 list has 308 sounds for every style of music with a broad range of authentic instruments as well as modern synthesized sounds Also included are 128 General MIDI sounds and 10 GM GS drum kits Keyboard enthusiasts will appreciate the variety of organ electric piano synth and pad sounds A full complement of string reed woodwind and brass instruments will enhance any classical or pop arrangements A wide variety of drum bass and guitar sounds provide high energy dance or smoky jazz rhythm sections For the wildly adventurous raise your hands there are exotic world ethnic instruments and other unique sounds E Prime also has the same advanced yet easy to use sequencing features that have made all the Ensonig keyboards famous with user friendly recording and editing tools that help you develop your musical ideas into fully orchestrated songs You ll probably never run out of voices either since the E Prime sports 64 note polyphony All these features ensure a lifetime of music making pleasure Continued on page 7 WE ACCEPT EVERY MAJOR CREDIT CARD We make it easy to get the gear you need Call us at 219 432 8176 rers like Roland Boss Digitech eli my space is just about pane So Jim Miller KLARK TEKNIK SIGNAL PROCESSING BY DEFINITION Back when records were popular was that
40. s 24 Core Sys tem can be expanded simply by adding an additional Pro Tools 24 Expansion Kit which includes the 24 and DSP Farm cards at 4495 list You can add more DSP Farms to increase the number of simultaneously active TDM Plug Ins By adding more audio interfaces you can have up to 72 channels of discrete input output channels If you want all the mixing and editing power of the Pro Toolsi24 System and 16 to 48 tracks of 16 bit audio meets your needs hey that s CD quality then Pro Tools II is probably right for you particularly since Digidesign has lowered the list price to a surprisingly af fordable 4995 Just like Pro Toolsi24 a Pro Tools II core system also includes a DSP Farm a selection of bundled TDM Plug Ins and of course the same critically ac claimed Pro Tools software If you happen to own a NuBus Mac and want Pro Tools quality call us immediately We have a few factory refurbished Pro Tools II NuBus Sys tems remaining with full factory warranty at a price you won t believe yes it s that low Before you spend your hard earned dollars on any digital system talk to your friendly Sales Engi neer about Pro Toolsi24 Whatever your needs whatever your budget call us at Sweetwater for the Pro Tools system that s right for you Editor s note Certain manufacturers restrictions apply to Pro Tools ask your Sales Engineer for details ORAM OCTASONIC MULTI MIC MARVEL If you wo
41. st up to date source of information on new products on the face of the earth Sweet Notes Fall 1997 A SPECIAL DO IT YOURSELF ACOUSTIC Page 9 CHALLENGE FROM SWEETWATER AND RPG For the past 14 years no other acoustical com pany has introduced more acoustic innovation or been involved in more state of the art recording studio projects than RPG Diffusor Systems And Sweetwater is extremely proud to offer this remark able acoustic technology to its customers We have a lot of detailed product information that you need to check out in the RPG home page on our web site www sweetwater com products rpg Our re lationship with the company and its founder Dr Pe COMPUTER EQUAL GER ELTIF ter D Antonio has convinced us that once musi cians are made aware of the negative effects of poor acoustics on their recording projects they will make the modest investment to upgrade the acous tics of their own studios True acoustic treatments don t have the sizzle of a new synth and you don t get that heady rush when opening a box of diffusors but here s the re ality There is no more cost effective addition to any studio than room treatment packages Thanks to RPG such treatments no longer cost an arm and a leg To drive home the point we are preparing a set of articles that will run over the course of the next sev eral issues that illustrate why top audio pro fessionals around the world pay so much a
42. tion Each of the Octasonic s eight channels features 48V Oram s affordable Octasonic sports eight true studio quality mic preamps phantom power and a balanced output Oram will also be releasing a neat little module called an Octamix which when used in tandem with the Octasonic becomes a stereo out put 8 channel mixer that s perfect for live sound broadcast and theater work It would have also been perfect for my Continued on page 10 Sweet Notes Fall 1997 By Chuck and Brenda Surack Owners Sweetwater Sound Sometimes it must feel like you re reading the same Inside Sweetwater column over and over again In each issue we tell you there are a lot of ex citing things in the works Well one of the most exciting has just taken place and it is really big news particularly to all you hundreds of thousands of guitar players out there Effective right now Sweetwater will be selling a full range of acoustic and electric guitars Not just any guitars mind you but the very best in the business Names like Gibson Paul Reed Smith Martin G amp L Jackson Washburn Epiphone and even Tobias basses Of course we ll still be offering the outstanding line of guitars from Godin There are even a few other lines that because of various and complex agreements with specific manufacturers we just can t mention but if you look at that list and see who is missing you can probably guess who they are If you want g
43. tten tion to the sound of their control room The key is sue here is transferability If you never want anyone outside your studio to hear your mu sic acoustics aren t an issue But if you send a DAT or CD off to a friend a record company a master ing house etc each of these rooms are going to have a different acoustical signature and your mu sic will sound different in each of them The Problem We re all familiar with electronic distortion and the need to control it However the effects of acoustic distortion are too often over RPG s Bass Traps are designed to help control modal distortion WE HAVE ALL THE HOTTEST PRODUCTS FROM ALL MAJOR MANUFACTURERS IN STOCK Figure 1 You ll need a setup similar to this to complete our experiment looked in most semi pro and project studios Acous tic interference is caused by interference between the direct sound and the early and late reflections in any room This interference results in a variety AM of distortions including room modes speaker i boundary interference comb filtering and non uni form diffusion You may have heard all these terms before and Dr D Antonio has written numerous articles on the subject but we wanted to present this information DIGITAL DELAY STUDIO MONITOR in Our Own unique way so that each of you can experience the effects in your own studio To help with this Dr D Antonio has devised a series of eq
44. u s Darwin and the Fostex CX 8 Inputs consist of two 8 channel ADAT optical ports and eight balanced TRS jacks of which four have insert points and two have low impedance mic preamps with phantom power There are also a pair of unbalanced tape returns here The outputs include ADAT optical ports plus a S PDIF coaxial out a nice touch The master output pair and the monitor outs are on unbalanced 1 4 jacks which at first glance may seem odd But considering the fact that this is a digital mixer and that up to this point all your mixing has been done in the digital domain you re going to use the unit s digi tal outs to go directly to the digital ins of your DAT re Bee corder or even a CD recorder so it s almost like those Hy jacks are there as a convenience think of them as a free bonus You also get a word clock input and output as well as full MIDI in out through connections ADAT users will also appreciate the fact that the 168RC can take the place of an Alesis Al 1 see Q amp A on page 5 for more Our own Clay Stahlka actually got his hands on the very first unit that arrived here at Sweetwater and re ported I powered the unit up revealing a good looking backlit LCD display and here s where began to see the immense power that this mixer possesses The 168RC has no multiple menu system to get used to Each front panel selector button takes you to a single page containing all of the routing and setting infor m
45. udio as a TOC CD audio will simply report that there is no TOC Just make sure to save using less than 8 characters within Samplitude Q need to to send digital information from my ADAT s lightpipe output to an S PDIF digital in How do do this A We probably average 3 5 calls and e mails a week from ADAT users looking to pick up an Alesis Al 1 digital format converter Unfortunately Al 1 s are extremely hard to come by having been discon tinued for some time To get from ADAT lightpipe to S PDIF one inSync reader offers the following solu tion Korg s 168RE digital mixer The 168RC has 8 channels of ADAT lightpipe 1 0 and can send and return stereo S PDIF signals The really cool thing about this is that unlike an Al 1 the 168RC allows you to change levels EQ mix Free channels add effects and more while outputting to ry ae rom lightpipe inputs Not bad considering that at the new Sweetwater price of only 999 the Gage is liter ally only a few dollars more than the Al 1 was Q How do approach the Kurzweil 2500 Oper ating System Update have a Mac and the down load and Kurzweil are DOS formats What do do A Any Mac with a Superdrive floppy drive pretty much every model since the Mac Il can read and write to DOS formatted disks First download the files to your Mac s hard drive Then copy the files from your Mac s drive to a floppy formatted in your Kurzweil Insert the floppy into your Kurzweil and y
46. uitar amps we have them Included are the outstanding classic Marshall and Vox amps as well as cutting edge digital amps like the Johnson Millenium and AxSys 212 Again there are some amps we ll be carrying that we just can t list here Many de tails are being finalized just as we are going to press but for more on this late breaking story you ll want to check out page 3 of this issue or log onto our web site www sweetwater com guitars If you need more im mediate gratification just call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for all the up to the minute information Speaking of big events we re all still catching our collective breaths around here after returning from New York City where Sweetwater was an exhibitor at the 103rd Audio Engineering Society better known as AES Convention Though we have exhibited in regional SWEETWATER shows and at many edu cational events around the country this marks the first time Sweetwater has had a major presence at an event as big as AES We re happy to report that the show was a huge suc cess for us as well as three very lucky attendees each of whom won a new a S Oram Octasonic 8 is nits i Channel Microphone Preamp The Convention also presented us with a fan tastic opportunity to meet audio professionals from around the world many of whom are longtime Sweetwater customers You ll want to be sure and check out our full AES Sho
47. uivalent circuits using hardware that you prob ably already have in your studio to simulate the effects of acoustic distortion The Experiment In Figure 1 we show an equivalent circuit consisting of a source DAW ADAT console etc a graphic equalizer a multitap delay amp and speaker This will be used to simu late a wide range of acoustic distortions in this and 5 other subsequent articles The circuit simulates the effects of room mode emphasis at specific frequen 4 cies Room modes build up due to the multiple re flections between room boundaries For this ex ample we will consider only axial modes which occur between two opposing room boundaries For 4 simplicity we ll use a room with a width length and height equal to eight feet as an example Axial 4 modes will occur at multiples of the speed of sound 1 130 ft sec divided by twice the room dimension So to simulate this electronically we boost the EQ at 71 142 213 284Hz etc Signal flow will be from the source through the equalizer to the amp and w into the speaker Here s the challenge We challenge you to mix a project in a room with an unknown acoustic sig nature and not hear a completely different mix in J a room without that problem Have an assistant help you by without your knowledge either switching in the equalizer or not Then go ahead and mix a project Now listen to the final mix with the equal izer
48. w report on page 8 of this issue More late breaking news Sweetwater Sound has just renewed its contracts with Indiana University This is part of a three year project to place hundreds of MIDI stations into the new all digital music library the larg est installation of its kind in the country We will now be replacing all their Kurzweil K2000s and K2500s with new machines That in turn will allow us to take the original instruments back thoroughly test them upgrade them with the latest operating sys tems then offer them at unheard of savings to our cus tomers If you ve been thinking about adding a Kurzweil synth to your setup or want to upgrade your K2000 to a K2500 there will never ever be a better time than right now You ll get all the power of Kurzweil s V A S T synthesis at a price that may never be this low again Call your Sales Engineer for more information We were tremendously honored recently when the top music trade publication Music Inc featured Sweetwater Sound as its cover story in the October 1997 issue We are actually doubly honored considering the fact that the magazine awarded us our second REX Award this past summer for retailing excellence The main focus of the article was on our corporate philoso phy which we describe as being direct marketing long distance but very customer support oriented In fact the article states when manufacturers talk about the expertise of the 14 p
49. well as documentation you can refer to later when you be come a true power user I know J d never want any software on my Mac particularly nothing that s as complex as Pro Tools or Digital Performer that I couldn t get technical sup port for and I don t know anyone who has the time and energy to photocopy somebody else s 650 page user s manual just think about all those poor trees If you have copied software onto your computer or sampler that you don t own the ugly fact is you are breaking the law though admittedly it s a rather unenforceable one If you did so and then bought your own copy of the program or set of samples you may feel justified because you are in some small way expanding a rather lim ited market Of course no body could duplicate any software without the con sent of the person who ac tually owns the original program That makes two guilty parties I m sure software pub lishers would rather not spend the money and waste everyone s time with copy protection but until the mindset of every musician on the planet changes it s something we all have to live with For now let s all do our part and make sure no body ever copies any soft ware we happen to own Okay I m way off my subject I know Let s talk about some very cool soft ware Pro Tools 4 0 795 list upgrades available at special prices to owners of Pro Tools 3 2 is a must have for p
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