Apogee’s new Symphony Desktop packs the professional-grade performance of the company’s rackmount Symphony I/O Mk II into a portable 10 x 14 USB audio interface for Mac, iPad Pro and Windows. With Symphony Desktop, musicians and producers are empowered to record, overdub and mix with the music industry’s most respected AD/DA converters and mic preamps. New features include mic preamp emulation, the Symphony ECS Channel Strip plugin and ultra-low-latency recording with hardware DSP and Apogee native FX plugins.
Mackie’s CR Series studio monitors deliver clean, articulate sound. The CR3-X and CR4-X models offer 50 watts of power, while the CR5-X pumps 80 watts and the CR8S-XBT subwoofer delivers a full 200 watts. Each model boasts all-wood cabinets, polypropylene-coated woofers and specially designed waveguides for sonic clarity and consistent sound dispersion across all frequencies at all levels.
Sabian’s HHX Complex Performance Set includes a 22-inch Complex Medium Ride, a 19-inch Complex Thin Crash and 15-inch Complex Medium Hi-Hats. Featuring a combination of HH and HHX hammering, raw hammered bells and proprietary technology, all HHX Complex Performance cymbals produce exquisite, dark tones.
Inspired by popular demand among enthusiastic harp players, Lee Oskar has introduced four new lower-key major diatonic harmonicas in the keys of low C, low D, low E and low F-sharp. The new harmonicas feature the same high-quality design as the rest of the company’s product line, which now includes 47 different harmonicas in four different models (the standard model, plus three models with altered tunings) available in multiple keys.
The new JodyJazz HR Clarinet model is a free-blowing, warm-sounding and versatile mouthpiece in the tradition of the company’s saxophone mouthpiece series. HR Clarinet models with smaller tip openings pair well in concert band, symphonic, chamber and pit orchestra settings, and models with larger tip openings have a facing curve and higher baffle to enhance projection and brightness for jazz, klezmer, Latin and Eastern European clarinet styles.
