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Welcome to Select
Welcome to the first issue of Sweetwater Select! Forgive us for taking the liberty of sending this e-zine to you, but we thought you would be interested in high-end professional audio gear, and we hope you'll enjoy this publication. If you do, you can subscribe by clicking the link below. Otherwise, we won't send you any further issues.
So what is Select? It's an online pro audio magazine dedicated to gear that's the best of the best — the stuff dream studios are made of. We'll be featuring high-end gear news, we'll have interviews with top engineers and producers, reviews, and feature articles. We'll pass along production and gear techniques and tips, new product announcements, cool toys and equipment, and much more! In addition to the online magazine, which you can access at any time, we'll also be sending out e-mail updates with features and information on each issue. But don't worry, we're not going to flood your inbox with noise and chatter; you're going to find that Select will quickly become your number one resource for feeding your need for high-end gear.
Enjoy this issue of Select — it's Dream Studio Central!
Mitch Gallagher
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Feature: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
Analog summing is a hot topic these days; it seems as if every day there is another story or press release on some "name" engineer making the move to using an external summing box or mixer with his DAW. But aren't DAWs supposed to be the "one-stop" tool for all audio creation? [...] Read More |
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Featured Video: Bruce Swedien
Let's talk about recording royalty. There are certain engineers and producers who transcend the average and create work that sets the standard for others to follow. One such person is Bruce Swedien. With credits including Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Natalie Cole, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Sarah Vaughan...and let's not forget the [...] Read More |
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Studio Notebook: Making Choices
Setting up a recording studio means making choices; one of the toughest is choosing the right gear. There's no way around the fact that you're going to have to do some work. And even after you've purchased gear, there are still choices to make: which mic to use, which reverb preset to apply, and so on.
In the [...] Read More |
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Hands On: New Creation Stations
Sweetwater's Creation Station computers have offered tremendous performance for recording studios, musicians, and composers for many years now. The Creation Station line of computers combines the service and support that only Sweetwater can provide, with features that make them ideal for studio, music, and audio applications, such as "Whisper Quiet" operation, which allows you to [...] Read More |
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Cutting Edge: Moving Data
Unless you're working in a 100% analog studio, then you probably have a Mac or Windows PC integrated into your system. And if you're using a computer, then you need to store data and shuffle it around during recording, mixing, and mastering — to say nothing of when you need to back up or archive [...] Read More |
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Featured Products
Here's a taste of the gear that our customers have chosen recently for their studios: |
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At Sweetwater, we're here to help you choose the equipment that works best for your studio situation.
Call us toll free: (800) 222-4700. |
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NEWS: GearFest '09!
