“Music and audio engineering is my second life. I very often do stereo location recording of live concerts of classical music. Most recently I recorded a small orchestra in a church.

I used the new MIO v.4 software for complete MIO-only DSP processing using my ULN-2 + DSP unit: minimal surgical stereo EQ, Mid-Side processing for stereo enhancement with different dynamics on the mid and side channels, plus a gentle stereo limiter. These were needed to correct for the problems in acoustical environment.

I used the Record Panel [of the Console application] to feed the material recorded on-site [with the unit of course] to the DSP processing blocks and to simultenously re-record the processed material without even a physical loop. No other hard- and software was used (only the final editing, fades, etc. and CD printing was done in a DAW). All sounds great and the tools are very powerful.

The MIO hardware and software constantly amazes full-time audio engineers in my town. BTW, did you know that the compressor can also be used as an expander?” — Tibor Páli

+DSP plugins

MIOConsole version 4 includes the release version of previously beta-only plugins. With this new release, MIOConsole includes over 100 exceptionally high quality 40-bit floating point signal processing plugins, with Metric Halo’s unique single-sample graph processor. The plugins range from simple math primitives to MIOStrip — a complete integrated channel strip processor. The integrated latency compensated single-sample graph processor provides a rich tapestry for signal processor creation allowing the user to tailor the signal processing environment to his or her unique needs. From mixing and mastering to live zone control and loop processing, the +DSP environment is only limited by your imagination.

“When selecting gear for Soundkeeper Recordings, I choose the best possible sound quality I can find.  The fact is, when I’m going to do a recording for Soundkeeper or anyone else, there’s nothing I trust as much as my MIO and the Record Panel in MIOConsole.” — Barry Diament

Record Panel

Version 4 marks the official release of the MIOConsole Record Panel. The Record Panel is a streamlined, multi-channel recording system built right in to MIOConsole!

Optimized for location recording, the Record Panel is perfect for mission critical large scale location recording projects. With native support for multi-box recording, you can record anywhere from 1 to 72 channels across multiple chained Mobile I/O units. The Record Panel supports recording to Aiff, WAV, BWAV, SD2 and CAF at either 16 or 24 bits.

“There is only one number one. For my work on the road I rely on MIO gear and Record Panel as it is better to avoid problems in the first place rather then trying to solve them afterwards…

Here is the real life variant of the famous question as what you want to take with you to a remote island: I can tell you what I took with me into the mountains when they asked me to record an electric guitar in a Swiss glacier… First on top of my list is the ULN-2. Next a good pair of matched (earthworks) omnis, a pair of (remote audio) headphones and some device (sound devices 722) to store the data bits…

The ULN-2 is the first and ultimate choice for remote, mobile sonography!

— Floris van Manen

Universal Binary

The other big news in this release is that MIOConsole is now a Universal Binary! It runs native on both PPC and Intel. Performance boost on Intel is rather large (2-3 seconds to launch rather than 15-18 seconds). This update enables large channel-count recordings using the Record Panel on Intel Macs, and maintains the efficiency that you have grown accustomed to on PowerPC.

New Look

Metric Halo has updated the drawing system used in the MIOConsole UI to better integrate with the look of Mac OS X. MIOConsole also has enhanced the use of antialiased text and localization support including a complete localization for 日本語 (Japanese).

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