Rode RodeCaster Pro II could be the ultimate podcasting console

25 May, 2022  No Comment

Looks like the best podcast mixer on the market just got better.

 

Rode is going all-in with the hyperbole for the launch of the RodeCaster Pro II audio production studio, calling it “its most revolutionary audio innovation to date” and claiming that it “offers a plethora of groundbreaking features that have never been seen before in a single console”. Wowzer.

 

RodeCaster Pro II  is the follow-up to the original RodeCaster Pro, a podcasting console that was released in 2018 and possibly the best podcast mixer on the market. On the front-end it features four Neutrik combo inputs for connecting mics and other gear, which each benefitting from one of the new Revolution preamps. These promise an input noise rating of -131.5dBV and 76dB of gain, resulting in a sound that delivers clarity and transparency.

 

In addition, the Aphex audio processors have been overhauled. These are based on component-level analysis of analogue hardware and designed “to capture the magic of a professional studio”. There’s a quad-core audio engine – Rode claims that this provides more processing power than any other content creation console on the market – along with built-in effects.

 

You can navigate the RodeCaster Pro II using a combination of the full-colour touchscreen and a rotary encoder, and the presets and VoxLab processing editor are on-hand to ensure that even beginners should be able to make decent recordings.


Additionally, there are flexible configuration options as well – any of the nine channels can be assigned to six physical faders and three virtual faders – and the eight Smart pads can trigger both sounds and effects. They can also be used to send MIDI commands and activate automated mixer actions such as fade-ins and fade-outs, and with eight banks, you effectively have access to 64 pads at a time.

 

Complete setups on the RodeCaster Pro II can be saved as ‘Shows’ for easy recall, while further connectivity options include dual USB-C, WiFi, Ethernet and Bluetooth.

 

The RodeCaster Pro II will be available in June priced at $699 and is available for pre-order now.

 

Find out more on the Rode website.

 

 

La Voix du Luthier and Haken Audio Performance at Superbooth 2022

23 May, 2022  No Comment

 

At Superbooth 2022, vendors were invited to share musical demos of their instruments. This video captures the performance of Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne, performing with some of the latest gear from La Voix du Luthier and Haken Audio.

 

Both companies focus on creating instruments that remove some of the boundaries between acoustic and electronic instruments.

 

Haken Audio creates the Continuum family of instruments, which are synthesizers designed to give you the same degree of per-note expressive control as traditional instruments. La Voix du Luthier creates a line of acoustic resonators, which turn your synthesizer into a hybrid acoustic/electric instrument.

 

In this performance, both Eagan and Duquesne play members of the Continuum family through resonators, La Voix du Luthier’s Pyramide and Onde.

 

The effect of these resonators is that the sound doesn’t come from speakers, it comes from the resonating body of the instrument. And, like any acoustic instrument, the physical qualities of the instrument body affect the resulting sound. The result blurs the line between acoustic and electronic sounds.

 

Oberheim OB-X8 Synthesizer Raw Sound Demo

19 May, 2022  No Comment

 

 

Another preview of the raw sound of the new Oberheim OB-X8.

 

The Oberheim OB-X8 combines the three different voice architectures of the classic OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 synths into a single instrument. The individual filter types and other unique characteristics of each model have been faithfully reproduced, along with a 100% analog signal path.

 

This audio demo is by LA-based producer and sound designer Matia Simovich, INHALT, who programmed all the sounds demo.

 

Technical details:

 

Programmed, played and recorded by Matia Simovich/ INHALT, at Infinite Power Studios. The OB-X8 was recorded straight into Pro Tools HD and no post processing or FX were added. What you’re hearing is the raw synth.

 

 

 

 

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