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Welcome to another edition of feed, our new-look and somewhat random newsletter for all things Protel. Whenever you receive an email that looks like this we hope you'll read on to discover anything from product news and user stories to special promotions and useful tips and hints.

This audio-only edition features the recent Fly My Pretties nationwide tour, new classic analogue mixing console and Genelec's recently established on-line community (join now to go into the draw to win a surround sound active speaker system).

  
  Fly My Pretties - the recording
 

 

 Liquid Saffire 56


Fly My Pretties is a live multimedia event and a firm New Zealand favourite starring a selection of our finest contemporary musicians, set to a stunning visual backdrop and filmed and recorded live! Since its inception, Fly My Pretties has grown to become a local legend of music that continues to reach people all over the world. 'Fly My Pretties - A Story' is a conceptual extension of the previous two Fly My Pretties via a narrative that connects music, illustration, animation, charity and a message of change into one audiovisual experience.

For the ten show sold-out nationwide tour, Protel supplied a Digidesign VENUE for the production as part of a state-of-the-art live recording package that included a six camera shoot and a 64-track Pro Tools|HD audio recorder. Fly My Pretties is not a studio band but a live event so recordings had to be of the highest quality and the best takes needed to be auditioned easily for quick turnaround after the tour was over.

Lee Prebble (pictured) of The Surgery commented, "VENUE allowed me to capture 56 separate mic sources directly into Pro Tools|HD. I had mic preamp gain control independent from the FOH mix and even ran VENUE compression plug-ins to put myself one step ahead before starting the mixes. Pro Tools and VENUE never missed a beat throughout multiple two hour performances in different cities and the Pro Tools Sessions I'd created at the gigs simply opened up back on my studio Pro Tools|HD, all ready to start mixing".

'Fly My Pretties - A Story' CD/DVD Deluxe Set is a Loop production and released on Monday 17th August. The making-of documentary and full live concert screens on C4 this weekend, check your TV Guide for details.

  
Piwaiwaka fly again >>  
  On-Line Community at Genelec
 

 


Finland-based Genelec Oy, the world-leading manufacturer of Active Monitoring Loudspeakers, has launched an online community hosted at it's website. The Genelec Community is aimed at all Genelec users and other audio enthusiasts who want to get in touch with fellow users and fans for discussion and to share experiences with the products and studio work in general. Since launching on April 1st, the community already numbers over 800 members and is growing rapidly.

"We wanted to create a place for Genelec people around the world, where they can share experiences and benefit from the knowledge of fellow users in a modern and efficient way", says Terho Savolainen, Marketing Manager of Genelec Oy. "This is only the first step in improving the cooperation between manufacturer and end user. We are working on new ideas all the time and are of course welcoming any suggestions from our worldwide user base".

Join the Genelec Community and enter the video competition to win a 5.1 surround system. The Genelec Community features monthly user stories and technology tips, as well as a newsletter posted to all registered users. The site also features a discussion forum where users can post their experiences and questions with a direct link to the manufacturer.

  
Join up here >>  
  Audient and the art of Zen
 

 

 Audient Zen


Zen is a thoroughly modern, yet classic analogue mixing console combining DAW I/O integration with moving fader automation, transport control and the sonically pure signal path you would expect from Audient.

The art of Zen brings Audient's high resolution mixing technology to the forefront of the modern studio environment with an intuitive blend of classic analogue audio and flexible DAW integration. At its heart Zen is a compact, classic analogue recording and mixing console. Dual inputs provide the mic/line input stage and the DAW return path, offering a flexible system for connecting to a DAW or stand-alone recorder. With individual DAW record outputs, mono and stereo buses, auxes, a sophisticated monitor section and an optional digital output interface, Zen allows simple audio connection to the rest of the production set-up.

Designed for today's studio environments and in a compact frame, Zen features 2 inputs per channel, DAW record output on each channel, L/R mix bus, 2 stereo buses, 2 mono buses, 4 auxiliaries and 2 cue sends, plus a stereo compressor.

Audient have drawn on David Dearden's wealth of experience and the evolution of his designs going back to the 1970s, combining the benefits of traditional discrete circuitry with the latest advances in audio design technology. From the unique topology of the multi-transistor mic preamp to Dearden's renowned bus compressor, this is a mixer that provides the ultimate in big console sound and features in a revolutionary, compact form highly optimised for today's typical DAW-based studios.

Zen - redefining the compact console. Mix with your ears, not with your eyes.

 
Audient Zen >>  
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