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/orgasms]]>May 3rd 2009 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 5:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
oh and FIRST]]>May 3rd 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 3:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
Any idea what this sells for?

If I were rich, I would buy one JUST to play with.]]>May 3rd 2009 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
The price will depend on the installation, the number being bought and so on. A company I used to work for bought the Vista 8, a similar sized (but more music-oriented) desk to this Calrec for around £250,000GBP, I imagine the Calrec will be similar.]]>May 3rd 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/

"yeeeaa... this is the CAL-REC A-POL-LO right heea, yea that's right, if you ain't got this, you ain't doin it, naw I mean?"]]>May 3rd 2009 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
Analog vs Digital has been hashed over many hundreds of times, by nearly everyone in the pro audio world, and i am not going to pretend to contribute anything new...

But just keep in mid that this console is intended for "live production and on-air television broadcast", where quick access to every parameter is vital. When doing live work, warm, smooth, analog sound is worth a lot less, than fixing a compressor's threshold in and instant, instead of searching for the right channel it in the racks.

Nerve has its place in the studio, but brilliant digital consoles, like this one, also have their utility. ]]>May 3rd 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/Yeah, um...Go get married to Elton John.
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Without (at the very least) instant digital recall you simply can't keep up with the demands of high track-count bands with short changeovers.

And since you mention it, high end digital desks, such as the Studer Vistas, Euphonix S5, and the Calrec range do sound *very* good, on a par with analogue SSLs and Euphonix desks we used to use. There's no reason you can't insert your favourite Urei compressor to keep that analogue tone where it's needed.

In the end, however, it's not enormously important when you consider that the broadcast engineer will be squeezing your mix down a 128kbit pipe which is played through a pair of 2" TV speakers.]]>May 3rd 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
Uhh...if my microwave suddenly starts spewing out beautiful frequencies, you better well believe I'm going to record it and use it. The whole point of analog synths is that they're imperfect; any dolt with a DAW on his computer can access the same synth presets and recreate the exact sounds with a few button presses. Not so with an analog synth.

One person's broken is another person's opportunity, I guess.]]>May 4th 2009 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 4th 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/Jun 11th 2009 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
I learned more from the heading than the article.]]>May 3rd 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 4:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/]]>May 3rd 2009 5:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
Of course it doesn't have the name of didgi, neve, or SSL, so it will probably flop. I love the readouts and control layout though.]]>May 3rd 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
The presonus board does not have motorized faders, which makes it a lot less functional than something like the tt24. It has lots of cool blinking lights, but that money would have been better spent on moving faders. Its a real bummer, since its otherwise looks like a cool product.]]>May 3rd 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
I've held a Yamaha M7CL a few dozen times and plaed with it, and it's a much cleaner look, though I think this thing is a class higher than even that.]]>May 3rd 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
I need one of those so very, very badly.]]>May 3rd 2009 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/May 3rd 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/
Raymond sure wishes he had one!]]>May 4th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/03/calrecs-apollo-digital-audio-console-is-an-oled-laden-beaut/nothing beats walking into the studio stoned and staring at vegas mode for 15 minutes before starting a project]]>May 4th 2009 2:44AM