New Gear Alert: M-Audio Goes Uber, Waves in 360°, Focusrite and McDSP Join Forces & More

M-Audio announces the Uber Mic.

With USB and headphone connectivity, along with zero-latency monitoring, M-Audio’s new Uber Mic enables you to record, podcast and broadcast on-the-go with unprecedented ease and sound quality.

M-Audio’s brand-new Uber Mic features USB and headphone connectivity, enabling you to record instruments, vocals, podcasts, and just about anything else—regardless of location.

With A/D converters that provide 16-bit resolution digital audio, recordings will exhibit exceptional dynamic range that capture every nuance and subtlety of the performance. When combined with a wide-range 30Hz-20kHz frequency response and sample rates up to 48kHz, recordings are clear and true to the original source.

Uber Mic is a large-diaphragm, 3-capsule condenser microphone, featuring a choice of four polar patterns including cardioid, omnidirectional, figure-8 and single point stereo. The USB/direct mixing control with mic volume enables zero-latency recording and monitoring, so you will hear exactly what you’re recording in real time.

The M-Audio Uber Mic will be available in Q4 2017, at a U.S. retail price is $99.

Waves has unveiled new tools for audio engineers mixing in 360° and VR.

Waves ups their surround game with the 360° Ambisonics Tools, offering added components to existing plugins, as well as brand-new and powerful means of creative encoding.

Waves’ new B360 Ambisonics Encoder converts mono, stereo or surround audio into 360-degree Ambisonics B-format.

Nx Ambisonics is a new component of the Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room Over Headphones plugin, designed for monitoring 360° Ambisonics B-format audio on regular stereo headphones.

360° Ambisonics Tools is simply a combo of both plugins.

The B360 Ambisonics Encoder is available for $299; Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones is available for $99; the 360° Ambisonics Tools combo is available for $399.

Focusrite and McDSP announce new bundle for Red range.

Focusrite and McDSP have joined forces to offer users a 12-month subscription to McDSP’s All Access plugin pack—a $500 value, free for Focusrite Red customers.

Focusrite and McDSP have partnered to deliver an unprecedented interface and plugin bundle. All registered customers of a Focusrite Red 4Pre, Red 8Pre or Red 16Line Thunderbolt™ and Pro Tools | HD™ audio interface will receive a free 12-month subscription to McDSP’s All Access HD plugin pack, worth $499.99.

Including 24 of their industry-acclaimed plugins for AAX DSP, AAX Native, AU, VST and VST3 applications, McDSP’s All Access pack features dynamics, EQ, reverb, virtual tape machines and modulation plugins to help you deliver the finest sounding, professional quality mixes.

Focusrite’s Red interfaces offer the utmost flexibility with connectivity to Pro Tools | HD via DigiLink™, and Core Audio via Thunderbolt, all without the need for option cards. The same can be said about McDSP’s plugins, with support for every major DAW whether native- or DSP-based.

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PreSonus announces Eris E3.5 speakers.

Elevate your gaming and home video production audio playback with the Eris E3.5 monitors by PreSonus—the newest and most compact offering in the renowned Eris Series.

Ideal for gaming and home video production, PreSonus® Eris® E3.5 two-way active media reference monitor speakers employ much the same technology as the company’s larger Eris-Series studio reference monitors to deliver studio-quality sound, with a smooth and accurate frequency response—yet they’re compact enough to fit almost anywhere.

The weave and nature of the Eris E3.5’s 3.5-inch, custom-woven Kevlar® low-frequency driver result in a more constant dispersion pattern throughout the frequency range, resulting in less time-smeared audio and cleaner overall sound. The speaker’s one-inch silk-dome tweeter produces a smooth and refined sound, accurately reproducing transients and high frequencies.

Simple high- and low-frequency controls let you adjust the speaker’s response for your space and tastes. A convenient front-panel volume knob sets both the speaker level and the integrated headphone amplifier level.

With three different types of audio inputs, it’s easy to feed audio to Eris E3.5 monitors from a mixer, an interface, a media player, or almost any other line-level source. The speaker is equipped with rear-panel, 1/4″ balanced TRS and RCA inputs, as well as front-panel 1/8” stereo line inputs for use with mobile audio devices.

The PreSonus Eris E3.5 active media reference monitor is expected to be available in late October 2017, at a U.S. MAP price of $99.95.

Propellerhead offers new Rack Extension plugin subscriptions for Reason.

Enjoy unprecedented access to Reason’s Rack Extension platform, now available for the first time in subscription format from Propellerhead.

The new Rack Extension subscription for Reason offers a unique, flexible way to get the creative tools you need at a new low price. With hundreds of plugins to choose from, Rack Extension subscriptions let Reason users curate their own personal set of plugins; find your perfect plan, mix and match instruments each month, and keep on making great music.

Since its release in 2012, Propellerhead’s Rack Extension platform has emerged as a powerful audio plugin format, with over 100 active developers and more than 200 instruments and effects now available via the Propellerhead online store. Rack Extensions integrate seamlessly into the Reason rack, combining excellent sound, smooth workflows, and rock-solid stability with the intuitive routing, automation, deep editing, and flexibility that Reason users expect.

Rack Extensions are sold as standalone products or can be accessed via subscriptions from Propellerhead’s online store.

The Standard Subscription Plan is priced at $9 and offers up to $400 worth of Rack Extensions; The Medium Subscription Plan is priced at $19 and offers up to $1,000 worth of Rack Extensions; The Large Subscription Plan is priced at $29 and offers up to $3,000 worth of Rack Extensions.

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