Front End Audio

AVALON DESIGN introduces a NEW high-voltage, Pure Class A, multi-purpose instrument, line and microphone pre-re-amplifier incorporating a unique passive TONE SHAPER network and Front End Audio is taking orders. The Avalon V5 Class A DI-Re-Microphone Preamp follows the tradition of the "world's most powerful DI box preamp - the U5" The U5 DI box has been in continuous production since 1995 and is used by leading music professionals in both studio and live sound reinforcement applications.....and NOW the V5!  The Avalon V5 introduces a fifth generation DI-RE-MIC PREAMPLIFIER loaded with professional features, including; a low noise, high-gain, Pure Class A, microphone preamplifier with dual impedance ideal for ribbon-dynamic and high level condenser microphones, 10 meg.ohm instrument DI input with zero impedance loading, ideal for sensitive acoustic pickups together with a +36dB maximum input capability for active preamp-line sources including acoustic and electri

Waves is now shipping their hardware version of the PuigChild compressor and Front End Audio is taking orders. Modeled on a rare vintage Fairchild 670 from the personal collection of Grammy award-winning producer/engineer Jack Joseph Puig, the Waves PuigChild Hardware Compressor faithfully recreates the unmistakable sound of the original. Featuring dual mono, linked, and lateral vertical stereo modes, 16/24-bit digital I/O, and outstanding AD/DA converters, housed in a rugged 2U rack unit, the PuigChild is a world-class compressor - in the studio or on the road. Among audio professionals, the Fairchild 670 is the most coveted of all compressors, not only because of its unique color and character, but also its rarity and price: With fewer than 100 units ever made, original Fairchild routinely go for tens of thousands of dollars on the vintage market. Now, with the Waves PuigChild Hardware Compressor, you can have the legendary Fairchild sound-in the studio or on the road-for less

Let's face it: Shift happens. That's why Waves created the Waves InPhase Phase Correction Plug-In , the ultimate phase correction plugin for phase shift treatment, phase alignment and complex phase manipulation tasks and Front End Audio is taking orders! Phasing can occur throughout the production process: In recording, when multiple signals are combined: Like individual drum mics and overheads; guitar amps and DIs; and sources recorded with more than one microphone. In mixing, when phasing issues that weren't addressed during recording need to be corrected. In mastering, when the final stereo mix has phasing problems. To help you restore phase coherence, InPhase features high resolution dual waveform displays; phase shift filters with adjustable frequency and Q; and an intuitive correlation meter which shows you just how much your tracks are in-or out of phase. You can move your waveforms manually or using the delay control, and even align them in relation to a sidechain