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27/11/2025

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11/11/2025

Neve have announced their new 88R LBC compressor module - delivering the dynamics from the legendary 88RS console in a compact 500-series format - combining precision VCA compression with the classic Neve sound.

Main Features:

🔹 True 88RS VCA Compressor Circuit
🔹 Auto Make-Up Gain - Set-and-Forget Simplicity
🔹 Group Compression Capability
🔹 Variable Sidechain Filtering
🔹 Console-Grade Headroom and Performance
🔹 Adaptive Attack & Intelligent Auto Release
🔹 Powerful Transient Control
🔹 Precision Metering

TECHNICAL SPECS:

• True Neve 88RS VCA Compressor
• 500-Series (VPR Alliance Compliant)
• Headroom: +27.9dBu @ 1kHz (0.1% THD)
• THD+N:

21/10/2025

Solid State Logic (SSL) have released their new SUPER 9000 SuperAnalogue Channel Strip.

From their press release…

“Super 9000 is Solid State Logic’s all-in-one analogue channel strip, combining the best of SuperAnalogue™ technology to deliver the modern SSL sound. First introduced in the legendary SL 9000 J, the Super 9000 Channel Strip offers the ultra-low distortion, exceptional punch, and breathtaking clarity of our SuperAnalogue™ studio consoles in a 1U rack.

The 9000 Series made rock and pop mixes sound bigger than ever, while enhancing hip-hop and R&B with deep, extended low-end and shimmering highs. Renowned for making music sound larger than life, with unmatched dynamics and depth, the 9000 Series became the industry standard of its. Now, the Super 9000 brings that same professional polish – once exclusive to the colossal 9K consoles – straight into your studio.

SuperAnalogue™ technology creates a signal path so transparent and wide bandwidth that nothing is lost, putting the engineer right there in the room with the artist. Key design elements include:

• Super-wide audio bandwidth.
• Ruler flat frequency response: ±0.1 dB between 20 Hz – 20 kHz.
• Ultra-low transient intermodulation distortion.
• No electrolytic capacitors in the audio path.
• Extremely low noise and harmonic distortion.
• Exceptionally low phase shift across the audible spectrum.

The result is unmatched punch, definition, and a larger-than-life sound stage—qualities that define the modern “SSL sound” and are why SuperAnalogue™ consoles remain the professional’s choice for music production.

FEATURES

🔹 Dual Mic Pre – Choose between SuperAnalogue™ (9000) & VHD™ (Duality) w/ +48V, Polarity invert, and Pad.
🔹 2 Impedance options for the mic pre: 1.3 kΩ and 11 kΩ.
🔹 Dedicated LINE Input with “Input Flip”.
🔹 Quintessential 9000/Duality Dynamics section.
🔹 High-Performance THAT 2181A VCA compressor section.
🔹 Peak/Hard Knee or Soft Knee modes.
🔹 FAST attack on/off.
🔹 Classic Gate/Expander section.
🔹 Fast attack on/off.
🔹 Hold control.
🔹 4-band SSL EQ with switchable modes.
🔹 Fully parametric mid-bands.
🔹 Switchable between G-Series ‘Pink Knob’ 292 and E-Series ‘Black Knob’ 242 circuits.
🔹 High and Low Pass filters.
🔹 18 dB per octave HPF & 12 dB per octave LPF.
🔹 Insert point for connecting external devices into the signal path.
🔹 Extensive ‘to sidechain’ functionality.
🔹 Filters to Dynamics sidechain.
🔹 EQ to Dynamics sidechain.
🔹 Flexible process-order routing.
🔹 Filters to input, Dynamics post-EQ, and Insert to output.
🔹 Line Output Trim.
🔹 Switchable Input and Output metering.
🔹 External sidechain (key) input.
🔹 Dynamics sidechain link – allows 2 x Super 9000’s compressors to work as a stereo pair (loudest signal wins). Linking via a TS/TRS jack cable (not included).

Priced in the UK @£1499 inc. VAT – SSL Super 9000 is IN STOCK and available for next-day delivery Audio.

14/10/2025

Barefoot Sound have announced Second Generation revisions of their hugely successful Footprint01 and Footprint02 monitors. Redesigned from the ground up for greater precision, power and transparency, Footprint01 Gen 2 offers a raft of design upgrades including:

🔹 Fully tri-amplified 3-way architecture, providing dedicated Class D amplification for each driver (60W tweeter: 150W midrange: 500W woofers). This ensures maximum headroom, minimal distortion, and perfectly tuned crossover transitions (170 Hz / 3600 Hz), delivering seamless clarity from 36 Hz to 40 kHz.
🔹 Newly designed 1-inch dual-ring radiator tweeter, now featuring a signature aluminium-coloured cone, includes a stronger magnet, extended linear excursion, and improved thermal handling. Housed in a precision-machined aluminum enclosure with a rear waveguide chamber, it delivers crisp transient response, accurate imaging, and extended high-frequency detail with exceptionally low distortion
🔹 A powerful 5-inch aluminium cone midrange driver. Upgraded with a larger voice coil, a more robust motor structure, and an extended excursion range for razor sharp clarity and exceptional phase coherence
🔹 New DSP platform featuring SPOC™ (SPectrally Optimized Conversion), Barefoot’s patented technology that introduces analogue crossover filtering before digital conversion preserving high frequency detail and significantly improving signal to noise ratio
🔹 The cabinet has been acoustically refined with increased internal volume, optimized bracing, and enhanced damping, housed in a sealed enclosure

UK Pricing for Footprint 01 is £4495 inc. VAT per pair, and £3495 for Footprint 02.

We're really looking forward to getting our hands on these - the included technical bumps promise to make an already highly impressive monitor even better...

For more info and specs: https://tinyurl.com/mt82hez4

30/09/2025

Audient have released their new ORIA MINI DSP-based hardware room correction solution in partnership with Sonarworks.

From their press release…

If you can’t trust what you’re hearing, you can’t trust your mix. The truth is your room is likely holding you back. Introducing ORIA MINI, the room correction powerhouse that sits between your audio interface and speakers - transforming your studio monitoring and giving you an instant performance boost.

We’ve partnered with Sonarworks to bring you a dedicated hardware solution that analyses and corrects your room’s acoustic imperfections in minutes, taking your studio from a guess-and-check system to a reliable professional monitoring environment.

Room measurement and correction is handled by SoundID Reference software, with calibration run directly on ORIA MINI’s hardware DSP - allowing users to close the plugin and continue enjoying the benefits.

FEATURES

● Supports up to 2.1 speaker systems
● Remote Control
- Stream Deck + iPad
● Pro-level audio performance
- advanced 32-bit converter technology
- 127db dynamic range
● Onboard Room Calibration Processing
- EQ, trim, delay, bass management
● Rear Panel:
- 1 x stereo input (TRS)
- 1 x digital input (S/PDIF)
- 1 x stereo speaker output (TRS)
- 1 x sub output (TRS)
- 24bit / 96kHz
- USB 3.0 bus powered
- MacOS and Windows compatible

Pricing in the UK starts at £249 for the hardware only, or £335 including Sonarworks software for existing Sound Reference users, and £379 for new users.

11/07/2025

Just over a week until GearFest UK recording equipment show on Saturday 19th July, hosted by Sound On Sound at Tileyard London.

As usual, we’ll be there with a STACK of great gear from manufacturers including API Audio, Rupert Neve, Tube-Tech, Cranborne Audio, Genelec, BURL AUDIO, Focal, Bricasti Design, SPL, Gainlab Audio, WOLFF AUDIO, Black Box Analog Design, Kii Audio, Chord Electronics, Audeze, Auratone, HLabs, Dangerous Music, JoeCo Limited, Studio Electronics, Metric Halo, Avantone Pro and more…

We’ll also have a tasty selection of boutique synths, a gorgeous API Audio 1608 MkII console, a pair of the thunderous Genelec 8381A SAM monitors and the first UK showcase of Focal's flagship Utopia monitors 🔥🔥🔥

Visit our stand for gear discounts and free merchandise on the day

More info and tickets available from: https://tinyurl.com/ys54rz8u

10/07/2025

A reminder that there’s only a few weeks left to save £200 OFF Locomotive Audio's new POWER-MU 500 dual channel valve compressor.

Another great looking (and no doubt sounding) product from designer Eric Strouth, Locomotive Audio take vintage circuit designs from the 1950s/1960s and adapt them for modern engineers. They are always well featured, very high quality and sound fantastic - all without the stratospheric prices commanded by some other comparable boutique gear. We’re really looking forward to this one!

FEATURES:

▪ Stereo Link switch
▪ Sidechain Low Cut filter control: Off-350Hz
▪ Hard-wire bypass switch
▪ Two position VU meter switch: Gain Reduction - Output
▪ Custom Sifam backlit VU meter
▪ Custom interstage transformers
▪ Hand-built in USA
▪ Heavy 16 gauge steel chassis
▪ Lifetime warranty parts and labor

First shipment due in August.

More info: https://tinyurl.com/mukndsjh

08/07/2025

JUST IN... we currently have the mighty Genelec 8381A SAM Adaptive Point Source main monitors on demo in our North London store. With a 20Hz - 35kHz frequency response and 126dB SPL, To say they pack a punch is an understatement. It’s very difficult not to be impressed - they sound fantastic! 🔥🔥🔥

More info: https://tinyurl.com/474cxt4j

02/07/2025

JUST ADDED - we’re delighted to be supplying Heiserman Audio microphones in the UK. Their H251 and H47 reproductions are currently getting excellent reviews amongst users. Tape Op had this to say…

“my experience with the Heiserman H251 was resoundingly positive. After using it in my studio extensively and hearing it next to an original Telefunken ELA M 251E, I can say without hesitation that this is a world-class mic that stands tall next to the vintage classic it was designed to replicate.”

Check out the range: https://tinyurl.com/3p7pcx2x

26/06/2025

Solid State Logic (SSL)'s new ORACLE analogue mixing console is generating a LOT of interest... this short explainer video runs through the main features of this exciting new release. We think it looks great! 🔥

More info: https://tinyurl.com/53merrze

25/06/2025

JUST IN... Gainlab Audio's new WIZARD Stereo Tube Saturator is now in stock .

From their press release…

“Many Gainlab Audio users have reported that the most frequently used feature on their devices is the Tube Boost. This feedback inspired the creation of a device that provides fully adjustable tube saturation - THE WIZARD.

The Input and Output controls allow users to easily adjust the saturation level to match the character of the source material and personal taste, with further refinement possible via the Feed function and Bias control. WIZARD offers the ability to shape the tonal character of the saturation, featuring not just a high-pass filter but a three-band preset equalizer. This unique solution enables the sound character to vary across an unprecedentedly wide range of tones. The device provides visual feedback on both output levels and the amount of saturation. Additionally, users can influence the dynamic aspects of the saturation using the Vari-u control, which operates on the principle of tube compressors and also has a dedicated indicator."

Gainlab Wizard is priced in the UK @£2899 inc VAT.

More info: https://tinyurl.com/5n7v6pcd

24/06/2025

In a major announcement, Solid State Logic (SSL) have launched their new ORACLE fully-analogue console with ActiveAnalogue™ technology for instant recall. From SSL…

“Solid State Logic proudly introduce Oracle – a fully analogue in-line mixing console offering large-format features in a compact AWS-size footprint, with instant, effortless, and complete recall of all processing, routing, gain and pan settings, thanks to innovative new ActiveAnalogue™ technology. With the ability to instantly switch between mixing or tracking set-ups, change the session’s workflow in less time than it takes the artist to switch tracks, Oracle’s ActiveAnalogue™ technology significantly increases the potential throughput of any studio facility, while delivering the authentic analogue tone that artists and producers crave.

ActiveAnalogue™, a revolutionary new technology from Solid State Logic that combines the renowned sound and power of SSL analogue processing and summing, with ultra-precise adjustment and an active control system. No trade-offs. No downtime. No disruption. Superior SSL SuperAnalogue™ sound and workflow with instant recall at your fingertips. ActiveAnalogue™ redefines audio production for professionals by preserving the unmistakable analogue warmth and depth that producers and engineers depend on, while totally removing the flaws that disrupt creative flow and hinder studio efficiency.

FEATURES:

🔹 Large-format, small footprint, in-line console, with up to 112 inputs at mixdown.
🔹 4x Stereo Mix Busses, 16 Track Busses, 10 Aux Busses, 16 Stereo 'Flex' Groups.
🔹 Avalible with 24 or 48 mono-inline Channels.
🔹 Iconic SSL analogue circuitry, controlled with new ActiveAnalogue™ technology.
🔹 Next-gen PureDrive Mic Pre’s with ‘Drive’ control.
🔹 Legendary SSL 4-Band parametric EQ with switchable E/G Series curves.
🔹 Integrated THE BUS+ and Dynamic EQ processors.
🔹 Flexible channel architecture – track, overdub, and mix with Oracle.
🔹 Small & Large Fader paths with assignable EQ and Insert points.
🔹 Flexible monitoring provides multiple stereo and immersive mix options.
🔹 Insightful VU or Plasma ‘style’ metering with dynamic ‘Detail View’.
🔹 Advanced DAW control with SSL 360 integration.
🔹 SSL Dynamic Automation System.
🔹 O-Control App: offline tool for session preparation and console configuration.
🔹 13U 19” rack(s) houses all analogue circuity and can be located remotely, within the control room, or under the console.

UK pricing @£87k ex VAT for the 24-channel frame size and @£121k for the 48-channel.

This is the best console release we have seen from SSL in a long time. Our guys are at the launch currently underway at Real World Studios...

More info: https://tinyurl.com/53merrze