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Incredible, Over the Top Giveaway from our Friends at Audix!
Check out this incredible prize package from our friends at Audix! You could win a StudioLive 16.4.2AI, a MONSTER drum set from Pacific and Sabian, and an 8-Piece Custom Mic package. It’s worth nearly ten grand! Click the image below to enter, and make sure you do so before November 31, 2013.
Here’s all the news on the giveaway, straight from Audix themselves:
OVER THE TOP GIVEAWAY!
Audix 8-Piece Custom Mic Package, May Internal Mounting System, Pacific Drums, DW Hardware, Presonus Digital Mixer, & Sabian Cymbals. Total value $9878!
- Audix mics—MSRP $3875
- Sabian Cymbals—MSRP $1295
- Pacific Drum Set—MSRP $2209
- PreSonus StudioLive 16.4.2AI Mixer—MSRP $2499,
- Audix Customized 8-piece Microphone Package includes:
- One D6 Silver kick drum mic with internal May Monorail mounting system
- One i5 Silver dynamic mic for snare
- Three D4 dynamic mics for floor and rack toms with internal May mounting system
- One ADX51 pre-polarized condenser mic for high hat
- Two SCX25A large diaphragm condensers for overheads
Total Value—$9878
StudioLive™ 16.4.2AI
16x4x2 Active Integration Digital Mixer
Features:
- Dual Fat Channel signal processing on all 16 input channels and all buses, with 4-band semi-parametric EQ, compressor, gate, limiter, and more—all with A/B comparison
- Tightly integrated software library includes PreSonus Studio One® Artist 2.6 DAW with StudioLive scene compatibility, Capture™2.1 live-recording software with Virtual Soundcheck mode, and Virtual StudioLive™-AI mixer-control software with Smaart Measurement Technology™, plus free StudioLive Remote-AI iPad® app and QMix™-AI iPhone®/iPod touch® aux mix app for wireless remote control.
- 16 dedicated mix buses for easy configuration: 4 subgroups, 6 analog auxiliary buses, 4 internal FX buses, and stereo main mix with mono sum
- 32-in/18-out FireWire s800 recording interface (24-bit, 44.1 and 48 kHz)
- Dedicated Ethernet port and USB 2.0 port for included Wi-Fi LAN adapter for direct networking – no computer required!
PDP Concept Series™ CB5 5-piece All-Birch Drumset
with DW 3000 Series Hardware and Pedals:
• 9×12” rack tom, 12×14” floor tom, 5.5×14” matching snare drum, 16×20” bass drum
Features:
- All Birch Shell
- STM (Suspension Tom Mount)
- Cherry to Black Fade Lacquer Finish
- True-Pitch™ Tuning System
- MAG Throw-Off
- F.A.S.T. (Fundamentally-Accurate-Sized Toms)
- Graduated Counter Hoops
- Remo Heads
DW 3000 Series Hardware Pack includes:
- 3000 Single Pedal
- 3500 Hi-Hat Stand
- 3700 Straight/Boom Cymbal Stand (3)
- 3300 Snare Stand
- 3100 Throne
Sabian AAX Series pack includes:
- 14” AAX Stage Hats
- 16” AAX Stage Crash
- 20” AAX Stage Ride
The AAX Series from Sabian is a game changer! AAX are the first B20 Bronze cymbals designed and manufactured using completely modern lathing and hammering techniques. The result? Increased brightness, cut and musicality – for the widest dynamic range ever achieved. And suddenly, the bright, explosive tone of AA cymbals are present even at low volume.
Rules: Giveaway is open world-wide. The winner must reside in a country where the participating companies have distribution. Contest ends November 30, 2013 at midnight PST. Winner will be notified by email and have 48 hours to claim their prize, otherwise another name will be chosen. Valid ID required.
PreSonus LIVE airs today: LIVE Tech Support From the Warehouse! #ForkLiftSphere
PreSonus LIVE airs today!
ForkLiftSphere! Get LIVE tech support from the PreSonus Warehouse!
2 p.m. CST / 3 p.m. EST / Noon PST / 20:00 UK / 21:00 EU
http://presonus.com/videos/presonuslive
Learn from the team captains of the PreSonus know-it-all squad! Justin Spence and Gary Hasenbeck will put their audio cred on the line as they answer your tech support requests LIVE! Hit us up in the chat room and ask whatever questions you want. We’ll choose the best ones and answer them right on command from our glorious warehouse. No steel-toed boots required.
Photos from ExpoMusic in Brazil
This just in from Augusto of Quanta Music in Brazil! They just wrapped up the ExpoMusic show there. Augusto reports that it was a “total success!”
ExpoMusic is the largest music fair in Latin America; manufacturers and artists from all over the world arrive to show off their latest and greatest for five days! We’re glad to be a part of it, of course—big thanks are due to Quanta for making it all happen.
#PreSonuSphere Presenter: Martin Atkins!
MARTIN ATKINS
Presenting in the Hartley Vey Workshop Theatre on Friday, Oct 25 at 3:30 p.m.
Prepare for the Worst…and Other Cheerful Insights from Industry Legend Martin Atkins
Martin Atkins’ three decades in the music business spans genres, borders and industries. Having experience in nearly every aspect of record production and promotion has given him a unique perspective not only on where the music industry is currently, but where it’s going in the future. And basically things are grim unless you embrace new promotion, distribution, and monetization methods. This presentation is less a commercial for Nimbit than it is a blueprint for prospering in a new world.
Atkins has been a member of Public Image Ltd. and Ministry, and has collaborated with Nine Inch Nails. His distinguished speaking resume includes: SXSW, Warped Tour, CMJ, New Music Seminar, Unconvention, NAMM, By:Larm, Dfest, USC, Drexel, , Full Sail, Weiden + Kennedy, Chicago Cultural Center and many more. We’re all glad he can now add PreSonuSphere to this prestigious list.
For more on Martin’s experience with PreSonus, check out his PreSonus Artist bio here.
Click here to register for PreSonuSphere!
Learn how StereoSpread and Banmier Generate Unique Synth Tones in Studio One
“Using Sample One, I zoom in on an interesting looking section of my recording and loop it, creating a buzz. Then I tune the sample by tweaking the tune knob, measuring the results with a tuner. Once the sample is in tune, I add effects and adjust the ADSR to tailor the sound. The results can be quite surprising and wonderful. Best of all it’s a totally custom sound that is the result of a really fun creative process.”
James shares a bit about his workflow in Studio One as well:
“Working in Studio One has enabled me to create better than before, I can literally take a single word of Sara’s vocal track—and create a pad using Sample One from the same sound, or even create a bass! We’ve done this on so many of our songs it’s actually pretty funny; sometimes people are like ‘how did you get that low bass sub-it’s so clean!’ They never realize or even believe me when I say it’s based around Sara’s vocal. Same with some of our drums, I’ve literally taken the sound of our dogs barking. compressed them in pitch/tempo then thrown into Sample One and created hits which to use as kicks, snares, etc.”
If you want to get your hands a little rusty, and learn how to turn a radiator into a cello, then this seminar is for you!
Banmier is the creative project of Waynesville, NC, where he currently lives and operates a home studio. Caden has played drum set, marching snare, hand drums and auxiliary percussion in many music settings including symphonic band, marching band, as well as several metal and funk groups. Caden’s venture into electronic music was brought about by the need to express musical thoughts that were more complex and melodic than drum beats.
James is a member of STEREOSPREAD and has produced and remixed for many projects including Haap, Ask You in Gray, Ilima and The Sexbots, Ummagma, Thy Fearful Symmetry, Diffuzion, Venn Diagram, Jadugara, King George VIII, and Between the Now.
You can hear some of Banmier and Stereospread’s sonic trickery in the collaboration embedded below!
Announcing the Winners of the “Why StudioLive” Video Contest!
The “Why StudioLive” video contest was a smashing success. And that’s all because of you.
Furthermore, everyone who entered gets a PreSonus T-shirt.
SL Remote, QMix, and AB1818VSL Remote updates now available
Updated versions of SL Remote, QMix, and AB1818VSL Remote, all compatible with iOS 7, are now available for free in the Apple App store. Have fun and happy mixing!
Remix Contest: Enter to Win an Incredible Prize Package from @GearAddictsShow!
Feeling inspired? Ready to take on a new project? Check out The Gear Addicts Show new “No Nevermind Remix Contest” with Sir Mix-a-Lot and Outtasite.
Click over to the Gear Addicts show for the full prize list—it’s a whopper that includes Eris E5 monitors and Studio One Professional 2.6!
Entering is easy: Download the stems, make something creative, upload it to SoundCloud, add it to the “No Nevermind Remix Contest” group, and post it on the Gear Addicts Facebook Page. All submissions must be posted by midnight, Oct 31st, 2013 PST.
Follow The Gear Addicts Show on Twitter!
Eddie Stephens on the StudioLive 32.4.2AI
Lucky Eddie! He is among the first to receive and install a brand-spankin’ new StudioLive 32.4.2AI at his venue. He created this great walk-through video walking us through his applications for That 80s Bar. Thanks Eddie, and best to you and your mixer. 🙂
- Click here for more info on the StudioLive AI mixers
- Click here to find out where to buy a StudioLive AI mixer in the USA
- Click here fo find out where to buy a StudioLive AI mixer internationally
QMix and VSL Remote Updates Delivered to Apple
Good news: We have submitted updated versions of StudioLive Remote and QMix to the App Store for Apple’s approval. We expect it to release in the next few days.
Please note that we have no control or influence over how long Apple may decide to take to give us the green light on this—thanks for your patience!
Click here for more info: http://bit.ly/18Buo7G