Simon Allen, Author at gearnews.com

Simon is an internationally recognised Professional Sound Engineer/Producer with over a decade in the industry. Working mostly in music, his reputation as a mix engineer continues to reach new heights. Sound Engineer (Studio & Live) Freelance Record Producer Pro Audio Specialist / Consultant Pro Audio Journalist Pro Audio Trainer

Check out this interesting insight by Focusrite into high-quality AD/DA’s

02 Mar 2016 in Studio

Focusrite have just published a fascinating web page, including an exclusive interview with Dr Dave Malham in which he describes the development of their AD/DA converters.

Hammer time: A-Designs re-shapes its HM2EQ

02 Mar 2016 in Studio

Are you looking for a tasty piece of analog hardware to colour your mixes? Perhaps this new version of A-Designs Hammer EQ is the answer.

Flux:: plugs on Waves SoundGrid – Stepping into the future of digital audio

28 Feb 2016 in Deals, Studio

Two great plugin manufactures join forces, releasing Flux:: plugins for the Waves SoundGrid platform. The future of digital audio is flexibility.

What happened to the new ND mic range from Electro-Voice?

26 Feb 2016 in Studio

Electro-Voice announced a new ND Series of mics at NAMM 2016. Little news has built up around this potentially significant release, where are they?!

BVE 2016: Suck up the Bass with this new PSI Audio AVAA C20

25 Feb 2016 in Studio

Seen at BVE London Excel this week, this is PSI Audio's AVAA (Active Velocity Acoustic Absorber) - not something you see everyday!

BVE 2016: Ferrofish A32 on show in the UK for the first time

25 Feb 2016 in Studio

This interesting new 1U converter from Ferrofish looking great at BVE London Excel

Waves model the reverb plates at Abbey Road as used by The Beatles and Pink Floyd

23 Feb 2016 in Studio

Still at an introductory price and included in the Waves Abbey Road collection, users are unfortunately reporting heavy CPU usage.

Audified’s inValve Effects 2 with shinny valves that actually glow

21 Feb 2016 in Studio

This is Audified's 2nd Generation of their inValve effect plugins. Are these valve pre-amp, EQ and compressor emulations the drive you needed?

iZotope’s new RX Plugin Pack can rescue your audio (and wallet)

19 Feb 2016 in Deals, Studio

Wish you could use that first take, but the gain was set too high? Here's a professional plugin to the rescue, at an affordable price.

Drumdrops releases the “Modern Folk Rock Kit” for BFD

18 Feb 2016 in Studio

Folk Rock is definitely 'in' at the moment, but is this drum kit to much of a hybrid?

Sonnox’s new Oxford Envolution on trial

17 Feb 2016 in Studio

Sonnox released their new Envolution plugin before the new year, so I put it through its paces to see if it's worth the old-school price tag.

HoRNet bring colour to the digital realm with AnalogStage

16 Feb 2016 in Studio

Looking for some analogue vibe but on a budget? This looks like a sweet, yet affordable little plugin.

TB Pro Audio’s Mastering limiter LA Xlimit, finally updated to version II

14 Feb 2016 in Studio

As the mastering and limiting plugin world has recently become more refined, this is a necessary update for LA Xlimit, but have they done enough?

Equator Audio D5 studio monitors “enhanced” for 2016

14 Feb 2016 in Deals, Studio

With some technologies included that are unusual for the budget end of the market, these well-regarded monitors are receiving a 2016 revision with a deal to be had. Or is this just a marketing ploy?