Lauten Audio Oceanus LT 381

Review by Andreas van Engelen At NAMM 2006 Audio Lauten showed her lifelight with a new tube microphone, the Horizon. Within a few years three new models showed up, the Torch (a pipe), the Clarion (FET) and Oceanus. Brian Loudenslager, produces hand built  microphones under the name Lauten Audio in the United States. Object of the test is Lauten Oceanus LT-381, flagship tube microphone. As a first indication is...

Shadow Hills – Mastering compressor

Alright, so here I am finally writing this review or the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor for my man Necola! So here are the specs for this heavy baby (from VK website): The input stage is transformer balanced, followed by our fully discrete optical compressor. This section utilizes the same T4B optical attenuator as the LA2A and LA3A, but is optimized for mastering. The second stage is our discrete Class-A VCA...