Eric Broyhill
Gear Review
BAX EQ
Sep 15, 2010
Every once in a while, you run across a product that is seemingly simple, but offers so much more than its faceplate implies. The BAX EQ is one of...
Gear Review
P38 stereo compressor/limiter
Jan 16, 2006
The TFPRO P38 is an analog, optical, stereo compressor that features four very different sounding dynamics models between which you can switch on the...
Gear Review
D-2 Microphone
May 16, 2003
Since drummers are always destroying tom mics, it's not uncommon that the necessity to try something new on the toms arises. This time it was a...
Gear Review
EQ-200 Parametric Equalizer
Nov 16, 2002
As a mastering engineer, a good analog EQ is not only one of many very important tools, but the one I am most critical of. Having had the opportunity...
Gear Review
TLA-50 Tube Compressor
Sep 15, 2002
Like it's bigger brother, the Summit TLA-100 and the venerable LA-2A, the TLA-50 has a less-is-more approach, with only two knobs, gain and gain...
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L-2 Stereo Limiter
Jul 16, 2002
This is the Holy Grail of limiters - the most transparent limiter I have ever used. This is not a plug- in, but a dedicated piece of hardware that...
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Sigma 6.2 Reference Monitors
May 16, 2002
Easily the most surgical speakers I have ever heard. A good analogy would be that if the Meyer HD-1 were 16 bit these are 24. Flat within 2 dB from...
Gear Review
VT-747SP Stereo Compressor/EQ
May 16, 2002
Avalon was kind enough to grace me with the presence of their solid state/tube compressor/limiter which also includes a 6 band EQ. The first thing...
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Altiverb Sampling Reverb
Mar 16, 2002
This is one very amazing, albeit very specialized, piece of software. It will only run on a Macintosh G4 (using the Mac's Altivec co-processor)...
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MPC - 100A mic pre/compressor
Jan 15, 2001
One of my favorite new purchases this season was this tube Mic pre/compressor-limiter by Summit Audio. I first used the unit as a bass pre and it...
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E-350
Nov 15, 2000
Many of the new large diaphragm condenser microphones coming out lately make the claim that their mic sounds just like a Neumann U-67 or U-87. Sadly...
Gear Review
Masterlink
Jul 15, 2000
The Alesis Masterlink is a versatile user-friendly hard disc recorder with a built-in CD burner. I used this unit recently on a mix down that I had...