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Be a Cyclone Chaser

Be a Cyclone Chaser

10/15/2014
Meet the Rycote Cyclone Windscreen
Thursday, October 23rd from 2pm-5pm
at Gotham Sound New York

Come get your hands on the latest in zeppelin technology and meet Rycote's Simon Davies and Chris Wolf and Redding Audio's Scott Boland! You'll also enjoy a celebratory cake specially commissioned for the occasion and a cyclone cocktail (with storm chaser)!

The brand new Rycote Cyclone will be available in December and features advancements in wind and shock isolation performance, a unique multi-suspension design, and an all-new floating-basket suspension that provides isolation between the basket structure and the microphone suspension with a 3D-Tex cover and magnetic attachments.

Update: The Cyclone's release date was originally listed as November; the estimated ship date has been changed to December.

 

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JoeCo BlackBox BBR1-MP Recorder Now Shipping!

JoeCo BlackBox BBR1-MP Recorder Now Shipping!

10/07/2014

As suggested by the subject, the new JoeCo BlackBox is available to demo in our NY store and for order right now!

The BBR1-MP adds 24 remote controlled preamps and switchable Madi and Dante interfaces.

And, of course, it comes with all the usual award-winning BlackBox features:

  • One rack unit in size
  • 12v power
  • iXML compliant
  • USB hard drive/thumbdrive recording media
  • Compatible with WiFi and hardwired iPad remote control
  • Rock solid reliability

The BlackBox BBR1-MP is one of the lightest, smallest, and coolest recorders available and it comes in a variety of flavors to suit your needs:

Check out JoeCo's Joe Bull showing off the unit at NAB last year:

Get more details here, contact us to arrange for a demo, or order yours today!

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Steven R. Smith, R.I.P.

10/06/2014

We are saddened to report that Steven R. Smith, production sound mixer of Army Wives and much more, passed away yesterday morning.

We'll post memorial info when we have it.

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Comm-biner Harvest

Comm-biner Harvest

09/29/2014

The Comm-biner is a handy stereo audio interface from Tony Smyles that combines production and walkie talkie audio into a single headphone feed. V2 introduces a new chassis and DIP switch, which allows the user to choose whether to feed the walkie audio to the left, right, or both channels.

Also available in a dual variation, which can be used with two walkies simultaneously.

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K-Tek K-Tuesday

K-Tek K-Tuesday

09/29/2014

Meet Dave Fisk from K-Tek 
Featuring a Special Preview
of the New K-Tek Audio Harness
Tuesday, October 7th at 11am
at Gotham Sound New York 

It's the K-Tekiest K-Taco K-Tuesday of them all! Come see the newest items from K-Tek line! In addition to the harness, we'll also have the Stingray 2 Audio Bag, Slip-on Fuzzy Windscreens, and the usual assortment of quality boom poles with which you can poke Dave himself from up to 637.54 cm away!

And, as subtly alluded to earlier, there will be delicious tacos from Gotham alumni-run Otto's Tacos!

Come for the K-Tek, Stay for the K-Tacos.


The K-Tek Harness prototype as seen at NAB. Photo by Natalie Lowe.

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