AEA and Pepper's Pro Shop sponsoring AudioMasters Golf Tournament
AEA and our dealer Pepper's Pro Shop have joined forces to sponser a hole at this year's AudioMasters golf tournament benefitting the Nashville Engineer Relief Fund. The two day event on May 17 & 18 is a cooperative effort of the Audio Engineering Society Nashville Section and NERF, Inc.
Click here to find out more about AudioMasters 2012.
Click here for more information about the AES Nashville Section.
AEA A440 Microphones featured on Dancing With The Stars
AEA's A440 phantom powered ribbon microphones appeared on the April 10, 2012 episode of Dancing With The Stars on the ABC Network. DWTS is currently in the middle of it's fourteenth season and remains among the most highly rated television shows.
A pair of A440s were used by the popular tango fusion group Gotan Project as they performed their hit, "Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)" during the band's US network television debut. Meanwhile, Karina Smirnoff and Jose Manuel Carreno danced a "sexy balletic Argentine tango" according to the Wall Street Journal's "Speakeasy" blog, in one of the show's spotlight performances.
Watch a video clip of the performance here on Youtube.
Photo: Sound On Sound
AEA KU4 leaves reviewers "speechless"
The first half of 2012 has brought us several KU4 reviews in major trade publications, such as Sound On Sound, Mix Magazine, and Pro Sound News Europe. SOS's Hugh Robjohns says that "it's hard to think of an application that wouldn't benefit from a KU4!" in the January issue of the magazine. In his February review, Kevin Becka of Mix Mag felt that "the only negative experience [he] had with the KU4 was boxing it up to send back to Wes.", while Russ Hepworth-Sawyer of Pro Sound News was left "speechless" after testing the KU4.
Click here for Hugh Robjohn's review in the January 2012 issue of Sound On Sound Magazine.
Click here for Russ Hepworth-Sawyer's review in the January 2012 issue of Pro Sound News Europe.
Click here for Kevin Becka's review in the February 2012 issue of Mix Magazine.
KU4 Microphone is Mix Certified Hit
Mix Magazine selected the KU4 Unidirectional Microphone to be a Mix Certified Hit at the NAMM Show 2012. It will be included in the NAMM follow-up article that is appearing in the March issue of Mix. A review of the KU4 microphone by Kevin Becka was published in the February 2012 edition of the magazine.
Click here for more information on the AEA KU4 Unidirectional Microphone.
Click here for Mix Magazine's NAMM 2012 report.
Photo: Victoria Schiafino
Gustavo Borner wins Latin Grammy with AEA mics
Congratulations to producer/engineer Gustavo Borner for picking up three Latin Grammys in 2011. Los Tigres Del Norte, produced by Gustavo, won the "Best Norteño Album" category with their MTV Unplugged production. The album features AEA KU4 microphones on lead vocals, as well as R84s on horns and R92s on accordions.
Gustavo was also responsible for the broadcast sound of the Latin Grammy "Person of the Year" award ceremony for Shakira a day before the main event and used R84s for the horn section on stage.
Click here for more information on the Latin Recording Academy.
Click here to watch the highlights of the "Person of the Year" event with Shakira.
"Shaking Through" Features AEA Big Ribbon™ Mics on Snowmine's "Curfews"
AEA provided a variety of microphones for today's episode of "Shaking Through" featuring Snowmine's new single, "Curfews." Featured microphones in the episode include the new KU4 unidirectional microphone and the classic R44.
"In doing sessions for chamber music, I've traditionally insisted on going to places that have really top level ribbon mics," said Grayson Sanders, Snowmine lead vocalist and songwriter. "As far as the band is concerned, we've never had the opportunity to go to a studio that has those [AEA ribbon mics] as part of their collection. To have those available as we did yesterday—the difference in the sound quality was incredible. It's amazing."
Read the press release
Watch the episode of Shaking Through featuring Snowmine and download the song "Curfews"
Watch the video "Recording Snowmine" documenting the making of the song "Curfews."
Watch the video featuring the acoustic version of "Curfews."
Official Snowmine website
Weathervane Music
AEA releases RPQ500 preamp for API 500 series
The new RPQ500 module is based on the successful design of the full-rack RPQ preamplifier and provides the same ultra-clean, high-gain signal path that has earned AEA preamps their great reputation. The RPQ500 has been enhanced with additional features, turning it into a workhorse tool for any API 500 compatible rack. The first 100 units of the RPQ500 preamp will ship by Christmas 2011 at a list price of $649.00. Fully-operational prototypes will be available for auditioning at the NY AES show this week. Visit AEA at Booth #738 at Jacob Javits Convention Center in NY, Oct 21-23.
Click here to read the onesheet about the new RPQ500.
Click here to find out more about the 131. AES Convention in New York City, Oct 21-23.
AEA KU4 and RPQ up for SOS Award 2012
The KU4 unidirectional microphone and the RPQ preamp have been nominated for the Sound On Sound Awards 2012. An SOS Award is an accolade bestowed by SOS magazine upon a music technology product chosen by its readers from a shortlist of products selected for their contribution to the music technology industry. SOS is giving away some amazing prizes for participating voters, so make sure you cast your vote before November 30th!
Public Premiere of the Listening Room
Featured in the new AEA Listening Room is a recording session with the German band Any of Both. An acoustic version of the song "Watch You Sleep" was recorded almost exclusively with AEA ribbon microphones in May 2011 at Maarweg Studio 2 in Cologne, Germany. Additional tracks were cut with high quality condenser microphones in parallel, so that they can be compared with the ribbons. The session was engineered by German producer/engineer Wolfgang Stach. In addition to isolated tracks and and a fully mastered mix of the song, an HD video introduces the band and the studio, and documents how the microphones were used in the session.
Check out the new AEA Listening Room page.
Read the press release about new projects on AEA's Listening Room.
View the youtube video about the Any of Both session featured in the Listening Room.
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