I wish I could have attended this year's AES show in New York. There are tons of interesting new gadgets out that I would love to have messed with.

>> How about a U47 made by... Telefunken? Yep, they're making some really cool looking mics, including an ela-m251.

>> And how about this for a 47 clone? Now Wunderaudio just needs a decent logo...

>> Talking about U47, good ol' Lawson from Nashville is releasing an all-new mic called the AIR. It's a single pattern - hypercardiod - unit intended for vocal use, which sounds interesting.

>> Neumann is out with a new inexpensive mic, the multipattern TLM127. It offers two patterns right on the mic, or five via an optional remote.

>> I love Blue mics. But it seems they've teamed up with Digidesign to make a cheapo single pattern condenser. Evil.

>> Focusrite is showing off they're new high-tech Liquid Channel preamp. It uses impulse response technology to emulate tons of classic preamps. I just wish they'd stick to their higher quality analog designs instead of jumping into the "do-it-all" midiman-mentality. But hey, this thing may actually sound good...

>> You can get four of SSL's 9000 series preamps and compression for $4k and change, which isn't that bad at all. Other 9000 outboard is available as well.

>> And, last but certainly not least, is Mackie's new digital console, the dXb. 72 inputs at 96kHz, or half that at 192kHz. Firewire interfacing, a built in UAD and Penny+Giles moving faders, plus alot more. Gimme gimme.