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Colby Ramsey for a chat about his influences, ambitions and habits as a producer 24 STUDIO PROFILE Natural history specialist Wounded Buffalo ‘Sound Studios unveils its new Dolby Atmos- ready dubbing theatre me lar audio issues 2 @® TECHNOLOGY HOW TO ‘Adam Liberman from Audio Precision creates a fixture for testing a condenser microphone’s phantom power 28 PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT We highlight some of the latest technologies in the studio outboard market 4 @® PREVIEWS 32 Turbosound iP1000 34 Steinberg WaveLab Pro9 36 AKGK182 38 Avid Pro Tools 12.5 40 © RTWTM3-Primus 10 SHOWNEWS 140th AES Convention/Develop ConferenceDesign for Live Sree be Reet ee Me een Seg ee ee ee oe Ren Nee eee Se em eed the engineer focused on mixing in the moment. 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Visit us on the web to find out more and hear for yourself at CommGATHER ROUND With the AES'140th International Convention on the iy PU NEN «iccmicestcome horizon, we take alook at what the Paris eventhas in Le fr atsaasoconminy store for the European audio community. 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The expois desienedto edcate andinepice attendees about whatit takes tomake tin the industry through special presentations fromexperts AlsouniquetoAES i40\saseresof special vents called Audio Projections which presents stor withthe cpportunty to takepartinarangect listening axperinces from fpmto7pm nthe Saturday Sunday and Monday. The conferencecentes though “Thursday 4th he actionot ade Tock-sesie diated spmeaudoondmusandgened The Develop Conference returns to Brighton next month specfclytowards game develoers foritsTith year. 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