I have just come across something interesting, the best 20 new products for 2009 chosen by the editors of MIX at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) show. I was delighted to see Sonar 8.5 was amongst the list. All the rest is now on my Christmas List. There are some cracking professional hardware and software products here – check these out - in alphabetical order:-
1. ADAM SX Series Monitors
2. AKG C 414 XLS/XL II Microphones
3. Audient Zen Console
4. Audio-Technica AT4080/4081 Ribbon Mics
5. BIAS SoundSoap Pro 2
6. Cakewalk SONAR Version 8.5

7. Dangerous Music BAX Equalizer
8. Elysia Museq Equalizer
9. Genelec 8260A Monitors
10. Grace Design M103 Channel Strip
11. iZotope Alloy
12. Mackie Onyx-i Series Consoles
13. Manley MicMAID
14. Neumann TLM 102 Microphone
15. Radial Workhorse 5000
16. Solid State Logic Duality SE Console
17. Sonnox Restore
18. SoundToys Decapitator
19. Trident HG3 Monitors
20. Waves Vocal Rider Plug-In
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