Studio Deals from Universal Audio, Sennheiser, and Steven Slate
A range of discount offers on studio gear.
Studio Deals from Universal Audio, Sennheiser, and Steven Slate · Source: Universal Audio / Sennheiser / Steven Slate Audio
In this edition of Studio Deals, you’ll find exciting offers on studio gear from top brands like Universal Audio, Sennheiser, and Steven Slate.
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The holiday season is almost upon us, which means you’ll have more time for getting creative. Sometimes, a shiny new piece of gear can provide just the right kind of inspiration for spending time in your studio. Let’s take a closer look at the selection of deals currently available.
Studio Deals: Sennheiser HD 650
The Sennheiser HD 650 is an open-back dynamic headphone design that has been created for critical listening. With 42mm transducers, the HD 650 produces a frequency response of 10 – 41,000 Hz, with a sound that is both neutral and incredibly detailed, whether you’re mixing your latest project or listening to your favourite albums.
The familiar design is lightweight and comfortable with a padded headband and soft velour ear pads that hug your ears for a luxurious listening experience, even after long hours. With an impedance rating of 300 ohms, the HD 650 will perform better with professional audio devices, especially if you have a dedicated headphone preamp.
Along with the headphones, the HD 650 ships with its detachable 3-meter cable that gives you plenty of slack for movement if required, as well as the minijack connector. Overall, the HD 650 comes from a renowned headphone family and is unlikely to disappoint in any area.
Studio Deals: Steven Slate VSX Platinum Edition
The VSX Platinum Edition is a modelling system that provides a wide range of acoustic environments for you to use as references when mixing on headphones. Included with the bundle is a set of closed-back studio headphones with a neutral sonic profile and a 37 ohm impedance rating that allows you to get great performance straight from your laptop’s headphone port.
The VSX system caters to a wide range of producers and engineers, because the developers have considered that mixing for Spotify or Netflix presents a range of common playback devices used by the respective audiences. For instance, very few of us enjoy series while driving, but it’s absolutely essential that music translates on car sound systems.
For this reason, VSX gives you access to a selection of carefully modelled audio environments ranging from control rooms in top recording studios to car stereos, and other playback devices such as boomboxes and more. This allows you to truly put your mix through its paces on different systems without leaving the comfort of your chair.
Studio Deals: Steven Slate Raven MTi MAX
The Raven MTi MAX is a 27-inch 2560 x 1440 resolution touchscreen controller designed specifically for DAW integration with its own specialized Raven 4.0 software system. On a basic level, the Raven MTi MAX controller lets you view up to 32 of your DAW faders, and its multitouch capabilities allow easy navigation, particularly with functions like zoom, scroll, selection, and editing.
However, this is only the tip of the iceberg, because the Raven software supports all of the major DAWs and comes with a range of preset gestures to speed up your workflow. This smooths functionality like opening and closing plugin windows, or muting multiple tracks, which could actually be a hassle on a touchscreen interface.
Meanwhile, the Raven’s Batch Commander feature allows you to create and customize your own multi-level macros for buttons and gestures so you can gear the system up for your specific workflow style. The Raven MTi MAX connects to your computer via USB 2.0, and there are HDMI and DisplayPort connections for running additional displays.
Studio Deals: Mackie CR3.5
The CR3.5 is a compact and affordable active/passive monitor system with all the electronics contained within one speaker, while the other is passive. There are different operating modes, so you can switch from desktop to bookshelf mode according to how you’ve set the speakers up in your room.
What’s more, there is a handy tone control on the front panel that allows you to adjust the frequency response between a more neutral profile for critical listening and an enhanced profile for entertainment. The CR3.5 uses 3.5-inch fabric woofers and silk dome high-frequency drivers powered by a 50W Class-D amp, which delivers a 70 – 20,000 Hz frequency range and a maximum SPL of 97 dB.
On the rear panel, there are inputs for balanced TRS, unbalanced RCA, and unbalanced minijack connections, and you can change the LR configuration of the speakers. Overall, the CR3.5 offers a nice balance of convenience and professional features at an unbeatable price.
Studio Deals: Universal Audio Apollo x16 Gen2 Essentials+
The top-of-the-range Apollo x16 Gen2 is an 18×20 24-bit 192 kHz audio interface with immersive mixing capabilities and a HEXA Core system that includes the Essentials+ UAD bundle of plugins designed to run on the Apollo’s DSP environment. This makes the Apollo x16 ideal for any professional mixing or post-production studio.
You can expand the Apollo x16 with an optional monitor correction feature to optimize mixing on any monitoring system or headphones. What’s more, there is support for up to 9.1.6 mixing formats, including Dolby Atmos, Sony 360, and Auro-3D. Meanwhile, you can get the most from your subwoofers with the bass management feature.
While the digital I/O is limited to AES/EBU, you can cascade up to four Apollo units for a system that scales up to any size you need. In addition, the analogue I/O is covered by D-Sub connectors, allowing you to wire the Apollo directly into your patchbay for flexible signal management.
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