AES 2018 Gear Roundup & Photo Journal
October 22nd, 2018 by SonicScoop
We just got back from AES and are ready to share some of the most interesting new gear releases with you!
This year’s show was compact, but not without some intriguing innovations. Gaze on for a few of our favorites.
Microphones
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- Just announced, Antelope Audio adds two new entries to its line of modeling microphones—a smaller, single capsule model at left, and a stereo model with 4 outputs, pictured at right.
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- Perhaps one of the most unusual microphone innovation displayed at the show, Zylia’s mic and software package offers “one-mic multitrack recording”, along with its more general 3D audio and Ambisonics capabilities.
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- Zoom also showed off its new 3D audio mic.
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- Royer unveiled its latest—a broadcast style ribbon microphone.
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- Not to be outdone, the retro-styled, Russian-made, high performance Soyuz line also announced a new broadcast style mic.
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- All in the family: A shot of the newly -expanded Soyuz microphone lineup.
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- Continuing with the theme of mics tailored for spoken word, Apogee released a new mic aimed at the podcast market, complete with a built-in compressor.
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- Audio-Technica, which has been taking the streaming market by storm, just released its own line of low-cost podcasting kits in the popular 20 series..
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- Also for the very first time, AT began offering deals on drum recording kits as well. About time!
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- Earthworks showed off their latest drum mic pack as well.
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- It features a gooseneck tom and drum microphone that has quickly become the company’s fastest selling product—ever.
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- Classic mics could also be found in abundnance, like the FET 47, U67 and limited edition U87 pictured here.
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- Along with classic emulations like the Warm line, seen here.
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- Lewitt Audio, of Austria, debuted its newest affordable model, pictured at center, which features 360 degrees of pattern selection, and even a pattern select randomizer for the adventurous.
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- Lewitt’s complete line.
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- Sanken debuted a titanium capsule small diaphragm condenser capable of withstanding tremendous SPLs, making it suitable for close mic’ing horns and very small jet planes.
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- A new mini “true” shotgun mic from Sanken.
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- That’s one tiny, tiny new microphone from DPA. Fingernail sold separately.
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- Sennheiser is now offering Neumann capsules for its top of the line digital wireless kits.
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- The Lauten Audio line looks bigger every time.
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- Avantone’s affordable lineup on display.
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- Here’s a microphone accessory for you: An inline booster from sE electronics.
Speakers and Monitoring
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- It’s ABOUT. TIME. Avantone reissues the legendary, the useful, the indispensable, NS-10 monitor with help from Chris Lord-Alge.
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- NTI’s DS3 “Dodecahedron Loudspeaker” is designed to be a ound source for measurement applications in room and building acoustics.
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- Kali Audio shows off its new low-cost, high-performance speakers.
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- Kali’s room correction features are so easy to use that the manual for it fits on the back of the speakers and requires exactly 0 words to get the message across.
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- Dynaudio added to its consumer line with new bluetooth speakers.
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- Under the hood, these are real Dynaudio speakers!
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- Handsome new colors from Augspurger.
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- A beautiful-looking line from amphion.
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- And one sexy-looking headphone amp from Manley.
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- Speaking of good looks, some new acoustic treatment series from GIK acoustics.
Hardware Effects and Interfaces
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- UAD shows of its new Apollo “x” series.
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- Four units in all, these new rackmounts contain 50% more DSP power than before…
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- …And they look handsome alongside your LA-2A! (If you have one.)
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- Eventide shows off its faceless H9000R processor.
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- Focusrite’s Clarett and Scarlett expansions.
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- SSL’s new Fusion processor is designed to color your mix bus and stereo stems in a way that only SSL can.
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- Nagra is still on the scene, now with new hardware…
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- …And newly refurbished vintage reel-to-reels.
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- One mac daddy of a console from Lawo.
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- The latest from RME at top.
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- Heritage has a new EQ.
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- Neve-style goodness from Warm.
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- Burl unveils its transformer loaded 4-channel output card, the BDA4.
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- A new 1073 and API style pre from Black Lion.
Software
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- Apogee releases its first ever plugin effects. A direct competitor to UAD’s “Unisom” technology, these effects run on DSP or natively and are designed to improve workflow when tracking with effects.
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- Eventide released plugin versions of its classic Stereo Flanger and Stereo Phaser to go along with its new Stereo Room plugin.
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- iZotope shows off its latest, including the newly-unveiled RX7.
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- Empirical Labs’ Arousor.
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- Nuendo has a whole new suite of 3D Audio tools and more for its PC users.
Did we miss any of your favorites? Tell us all about them in the comments below!
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- A fine place for an audio show. The atrium at the Javit’s Center.
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