Front End Audio

Primacoustic has updated to the VoxGuard, offering a new improvements and Front End Audio is taking orders. The Primacoustic VoxGuard High Performance Ambient Noise Attenuator (Updated) is a high performance ambient noise absorber designed to surround the microphone and reduce unwanted sounds from contaminating the recording. This nearfield absorber works by creating an acoustic boundary around the microphone that at once contains the voice while eliminating room reflections. Unlike other similar offerings that employ complex steel parts that are both heavy and cumbersome, the VoxGuard is light weight and extremely easy to use. It starts with a high-impact ABS outer surround shell that snugs onto the mic stand using an included adapter to hold it in place. The light weight design makes positioning the VoxGuard easy without the usual fear of the stand falling over which could ultimately damage the microphone. This makes the VoxGuard effective when used with ro

The Speck Electronics LiLo analog line level mixer on display at their AES booth. Solid State Logic rack gear on display at their AES booth. The Solid State Logic Matrix on display at their AES booth. The Toft Audio ATB analog recording and mixing console on display at their AES booth. Tony Maserati at the Avid booth discussing the new Pro Tools DAWs. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Vince Poulos of Speck Electronics . Waves new hardware version of the PuigChild compressor on display at their AES booth.

The new Radial Firefly 2 channel tube DI on display at their AES booth. The new Radial MC3 monitor controller on display at their AES booth. Focusrite RedNet 8 channel ADDA , 16 channel ADDA, 32 channel Pro Tools HS I/O, and 8 channel remote controlled pre amp on display at their AES booth. Rupert Neve Designs gear on display at their AES booth. The sE Electronics The Egg studio monitors on display at their AES booth. Softube Plug ins on display at their AES booth. Sonnox Plug ins on display at their AES booth, announcing 64bit support.

The new Mojave MA-301 FET mic on display at their AES booth. The new Moog The Ladder on display at their AES booth. The Pendulum Audio booth at AES. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Peter Montessi of A Designs . Phil Moon of Lynx Audio with the new Lynx Hilo at AES. New 2'x2; printable acoustic panels from Primacoustics (also available in 2'x4') on display at their AES booth.

The JoeCo Blackbox (Analong, Adat, AES, and Madi versions) on display at the Full Scale AV AES booth. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Jonathan Little of Little Labs . Larry Villella of ADK and 3 Zigma at AES. The Lynx Hilo on display at their AES booth. The new Miktek drum mics and handles on display at their AES booth. The new Mojave MA-300 tube mic on display at their AES booth.

Crane Song gear on display at their AES booth. A demo of the Eventide guitar effect pedals at their AES booth. The Focusrite ISA line of microphone pre amps on display at their AES booth. Grace Design M802 , M801 , and M201 on display at their AES booth. The Grimm Audio MP1 at AES. LS1 Reference Studio Monitors on display at their AES booth.

The 131st AES Convention at the Javits Center in NYC. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Eveanna Manley of Manley Labs . Front End Audio's  Sales Manager Alan Moon  and John Jennings of Royer Labs. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Paul Stewart of Genelec . Adam Audio professional studio monitors on display at their AES booth. The AEA KU4 Unidirectional Ribbon Microphone on display at their AES booth. Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Hutch Hutchinson of Rupert Neve Designs . Front End Audio's Sales Manager Alan Moon and Wes Dooley of AEA Microphones . The Audio Technica AT4080 and AT4081 Ribbon Mics  on display at their AES booth. Chandler Limited gear on display at their AES booth.

NEW FROM WAVES! Front End Audio the first to break the news on this one. While we were in New York City attending AES 2011, our fantastic Waves rep Todd Stevens showed us the new HARDWARE version of the PUIGCHILD 670 2-Channel Compressor . We're anticipating it to begin shipping in about a month from now. Basically, this puts the sound of the PuigChild 670 plugin in a 2-rackspace unit that can now hit the road or fit nicely in your outboard rack and be patched between analog hardware components such as stereo equalizers, etc.

AEA has just announced the AEA RPQ500 500-Series Microphone Preamp and Front End Audio is taking orders. Originally designed to deliver the truest and most natural gain for impedance and noise sensitive ribbon microphones, the full-rack AEA RPQ 2-Channel Ribbon Microphone Preamplifier has proven itself to be the perfect match for any microphone, ribbon or not. The new AEA RPQ500 500-Series Microphone Preamp module is based on this successful design and provides the same ultra-clean, high-gain signal path that has earned AEA preamps their great reputation, in a 500 series package. The RPQ500 has been enhanced with additional features, turning it into a workhorse tool for your API 500 compatible rack. The RPQ500 delivers the bandwidth and quietness needed for high resolution recording. JFET circuit topology delivers all the dynamics, subwoofer bass, and fast transients that your microphones can record. No Load input impedance above 10,000 Ω means the RPQ500 will not lo

The True Systems PT2-500D 500-Series Dynamic Microphone Preamp is here and Front End Audio is taking orders. The True Systems PT2-500D provides more gain (76 dB versus 70 dB) and higher input impedance, along with a unique low-frequency adjust control. The LO-F Adjust is a 6-position switch that provides nuanced low-frequency contouring that can be particularly effective with vocals and bass DI applications. A discrete FET DI with In and Thru connections completes the package.

Grace Design will introduce their new Grace Design m102 Optical Compressor and Grace Design m502 500-Series Optical Compressor to the industry at the October AES show in New York and Front End Audio is taking pre-orders. Designed for audio professionals in the music recording, broadcast  and fixed installation markets, both units offer the sonic performance characteristics from the compressor section of their well regarded m103 channel strip . Both pieces are based on an optical attenuator; the purest, high fidelity gain control mechanism available, and provides gentle limiting to fairly aggressive compression while remaining neutral and transparent.  

M-Audio has introduced two new Fast Track C-Series audio interfaces ( M-Audio Fast Track C400 Audio Interface and M-Audio Fast track C600 Audio Interface ), as well as two new bundles: M-Audio Fast Track C400 w/ Pro Tools MP 9 Bundle and  M-Audio Fast Track C600 w/ Pro Tools MP 9 Bundle . Transform your ideas into professional-quality music with two new interfaces and Pro Tools MP music creation systems. The original, best-selling M-Audio Fast Track recording interfaces set the standard for quality and ease of use. Now the new Fast Track C-series audio interfaces make it simpler than ever to transform your ideas into professional-quality music. Get the M-Audio Fast Track C600 Audio Interface or M-Audio Fast track C400 Audio Interface bundled with industry-leading Pro Tools MP recording software-or buy the interfaces separately for use with your favorite software.

The Summit Audio TLA-100A is the "set-and-forget" compressor, with a program-dependent nature that works with the signal to provide optimal performance without constant tweaking. With the Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A Tube Leveling Amplifier Plug-In, Softube has brought the TLA-100A to the plug-in world! The TLA-100A's ease-of-use and warm, rich sound is why the it is still, after more than a quarter of a century, regarded as an industry standard for mixing, tracking and live usage. Both tube and solid state technologies are combined in this innovative design which has made the TLA-100A a tried-and-true choice for vocals, in addition to bass, drums and guitar.

The Waves Bass Rider Plug-In is here and Front End Audio is taking orders! The Waves Bass Rider Plug-In is an innovative, easy-to-use plugin that rides bass levels automatically. A companion to the popular Vocal Rider plugin, Bass Rider delivers perfect bass levels, without changing the natural sound of your bass. Optimized especially for the frequency range and envelope characteristics of bass instruments, Bass Rider covers all the basses: DI, amplified, acoustic, synth, upright—you name it.