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A true union of performance and style, the sleek Output Frontier 6.5" 2-Way Active Studio Monitor is the product of a collaboration between Output and Barefoot Sound. Originally known for their software instruments and plug-ins, Output has attracted a dedicated following with their line of stylish and affordable studio furniture, including the popular Platform desk, Sidecar rack, speaker stands and acoustical panels. Barefoot Sound revolutionized the world of monitor speakers back in 2006 with innovative technologies and expert acoustical design, and continues to advance the art of speaker design with each offering.

The first thing you notice about the Frontier monitors is their utterly unique look—but it’s not all for show. The solid walnut base not only gives each speaker a distinct look, it also helps isolate the cabinet, reducing vibrations transmitted to your desk or speaker stands. A small gap between the base and upper portion of the cabinet is highlighted by a tasteful white LED that doubles as a status indicator.

The next thing you notice is the coaxial, dual-concentric driver arrangement, which combines a time-aligned 6.5-inch woofer and 1.25-inch tweeter for point-source sound that remains perfectly in phase from any listening position. Designed and tuned by Thomas Barefoot, the aluminum-alloy driver diaphragms produce a flat, anechoic response from 45 Hz to 25 kHz with low distortion. The forward-facing bass port allows you to place your speakers close to a wall without worrying about low-end buildup, giving you an accurate representation of the bass in your mix.

Committed to reducing their impact on the environment, Output has designed Frontier to minimize waste and reduce power consumption. An EcoMode switch on the back of each speaker dramatically reduces power draw from its 265-watt maximum to just 280 milliwatts, helping you save power when you’re using them for casual listening. Recyclable aluminum, renewable wood and 100% recyclable packaging reduce waste—not that you’ll ever want to part with these monitors.

Want to keep your 500-series modules out of a rack and mobile? Radial's Sixpack holds six 500-series modules in an easy to transport enclosure. The Sixpack, unlike rackmount enclosures, was meant to sit on your desktop, move around the studio, or take it with you to keep your favorite processors at hand when you're recording on site. This easy-to-use unit not only powers your 500-series modules, but allows you to connect them together in a complete signal chain. A convenient handle lets you easily move the Sixpack from place to place. Keep your 500-series modules ready to go with the Radial Sixpack enclosure.

Not to be indelicate, but in music production, size matters. You want your mixes to sound BIG. And that’s the focus of BiG, a double-wide 500 Series stereo image processor from SPL. Billed by SPL as the “Bigger Maker,” BIG offers a unique spin on stereo soundstage processing. With its simple, intuitive control set, BIG makes it easy to obtain impressive results quickly. You start by selecting a frequency range with the Range control, and then use the Stage control to move it forward or backward in the soundstage. The large Bigness knob is used to control the intensity of the processing. And the Bass toggle switches engages a passive bass boost derived from the AirBass circuit in SPL’s Iron mastering compressor. If you’re looking for huge-sounding mixes that punch right out of the speakers, Sweetwater recommends you give the SPL BIG a serious audition!

The mpressor 500 brought the signal-shaping prowess of elysia’s acclaimed rackmount mpressor to the 500 Series format. Now, the elysia mpressor qube packs two of these excellent high-performance compressors into a sleek desktop chassis to deliver two channels of powerful punch and detailed Class A sonics. Its sound and versatility make the mpressor qube ideal for both recording and mixing, and its special features give it capabilities far beyond most conventional compressors. Like its 19-inch rackmount sibling, the mpressor qube features negative ratios, extreme time constants, Anti Log release, and elysia’s proprietary gain reduction limiting. Unique to the 500 Series modules is switchable THD Boost harmonic enhancement, which lets you dial in delightfully gritty saturation and signal coloration.

Add air to your tracks, with Maag Audio's EQ4 500 series equalizer. Have you ever wanted to get condenser-style high-end coloration from your dynamic microphones? The EQ4 is just what you need. Its AIR BAND control features five fixed shelf boost curves that add breath and lightness to your sound. From snare drums to solo guitar, this highly celebrated tone-shaping tool is the secret weapon of engineers everywhere. The EQ4's six fixed-width frequency bands provide you with minimal phase shift, providing you with the purest EQ sound possible. What's more, every control is fully detented, so you can easily recall the tone curves you create with the Maag Audio EQ4 500 series equalizer.

Pulsar Massive is designed and built to complement Pulsar Audio's variable-bias compressor plugin, Pulsar Mu. This powerful combo already constitutes a complete mastering chain that allows a musical and colourful control of the spectrum and dynamics. Take your mix even further and give it warmth and colour while remaining transparent.

V Collection 9 is a premium suite of professional software instruments ranging from modern hybrid synth engines to emulations of the most evocative instruments ever made, enhanced for today’s production workflow. From classic keyboard emulations to state-of-the-art synth engines, physically-modelled pianos to evocative hybrid strings, this curated 32-instrument selection delivers instant access to professional sounds and deep creative functionality alike.

Only the best software instruments from past, present, and future, powered by exclusive modeling technology and decades of engineering expertise, delivering unparalleled sound quality and functionality that’s simply essential for today’s music makers.

Omnisphere® is the flagship synthesizer of Spectrasonics - an instrument of extraordinary power and versatility. Top Artists all over the world rely on Omnisphere as an essential source of sonic inspiration. This award-winning software brings many different types of synthesis together into one amazing-sounding instrument that will spark a lifetime of exploration.

Roland Cloud is an evolving cloud-based suite of software synthesizers, drum machines, and sampled instruments for modern creators. Team Roland Cloud is our vibrant, worldwide community of music makers and producers—all developing and sharing innovative sounds.

Use over 50 Roland virtual instruments. Embrace the future with ZENOLOGY. Share your sounds across software and hardware with the ZEN-Core Synthesis System. And keep your music fresh with genre-specific patches, patterns, and sound packs.

The power of Noiiz, in a plugin!

The Noiiz plugin gives you all of the sound content on Noiiz, from within the convenience of a plugin.

Browse sample packs, playlists, folders, favourites or find new sounds, then play them back in time and in key with your music and drag and drop the ones you want straight into your DAW. The Noiiz plugin is a world first concept, harnessing the power of the cloud and combining it with the convenience of a plugin.

Use Noiiz DNA to explore sound by similarity, brightness and more, putting new tools at your fingertips for exploring ideas and finding sound.

Key Features

• Access the entire Noiiz sound library from your DAW
• Audition sounds in time and in key
• Drag and drop sounds right into your project
• Access from anywhere with an internet connection
• Folders, favourites and downloads stay in sync with the website

System Requirements'

• Mac OSX 10.9 or above
• PC Windows 7 (SP1) or above with IE 11 installed
• VST, AU, AAX plugin formats
• 2.4GHz dual-core CPU or higher
• 512MB RAM or higher
• Minimum 1GB of disk space
• Internet connection of 1Mbps or higher

The power of Noiiz, in a plugin!

The Noiiz plugin gives you all of the sound content on Noiiz, from within the convenience of a plugin.

Browse sample packs, playlists, folders, favourites or find new sounds, then play them back in time and in key with your music and drag and drop the ones you want straight into your DAW. The Noiiz plugin is a world first concept, harnessing the power of the cloud and combining it with the convenience of a plugin.

The Cranborne Audio 500ADAT is a multitasker that will streamline and supercharge your studio workflow. First off, it’s home to eight of your favorite 500 Series modules. It’s also an 8-in/8-out ADAT expander that can increase the I/O of any ADAT-equipped audio interface. It’s an analog summing mixer, as well as a cue mixer. Combining the convenience and ubiquity of ADAT with the power of the 500 Series format, the 500ADAT incorporates a high-current 8-slot 500 Series chassis with digital conversion and ADAT — a powerfully easy way to get your 500 Series modules into your digital tracking and mixing workflow.

Rode takes their world-class podcast production studio to a new level with the Rodecaster Pro II. The Rodecaster Pro II blends everything you need for podcasting, streaming, and studio recording into a single, streamlined production console. Users with limited experience can get started fast, thanks to the intuitive layout and RGB color-coded workflow. The Rodecaster Pro II has enough inputs for four hosts and effortlessly connects to phones, USB, and Bluetooth sources. Plus, there are individual headphone outputs for each host. Rodecaster Pro II also includes stellar factory presets, APHEX-powered DSP, and onboard effects to help you achieve a pro-level sound. Whether you're a veteran podcaster or a livestream star in the making, the Rodecaster Pro II is your best bet for pro-level audio production.

Audio-Technica's ATH-R70x professional open-back reference headphones are the company's new flagship R-Series model. Designed to bring out all the detail in your mixes, the ATH-R70x features proprietary 45mm large-aperture drivers tuned to accurately reproduce extreme low and high frequencies while maintaining perfect balance. With their acoustically transparent aluminum honeycomb-mesh housings, these premium headphones are ideally suited to studio mixing, personal listening, mastering, post production, and audio forensics. At Sweetwater, we get excited about products that make engineering easier - and the Audio-Technica ATH-R70x does just that.

The Cranborne Audio N22H is a reference-grade headphone amplifier with advanced, cutting-edge features. Culled from Cranborne's high-end 500R8 interface, the N22H vaunts a ruler-flat frequency response and ultra-low distortion, supplying you with sparkling, transparent audio reproduction. You can connect this lightweight unit to your audio interface, mixer, pedalboard, keyboard, or any other hardware and enjoy top-shelf headphone monitoring — a massive step up when compared to the built-in headphone output on many budget-friendly audio interfaces. And with up to 950mW of power per ear, there's even enough clean volume on tap for drummers. What's more, if you're already using a Cranborne Audio interface, you can use their C.A.S.T. audio distribution system to deploy the N22H as a Cat 5e/6/7 snake, enabling you to deliver a pristine headphone mix to an artist tracking up to 330 feet away. The N22H can also be powered by a 9-volt battery — a feature that's permitted us to use it for location tracking here at Sweetwater. Whether you want to upgrade your audio interface's headphone monitoring or expand your existing Cranborne Audio-based studio, the N22H won't disappoint.

The Cranborne Audio 500R8 is, essentially, a studio in a rack. It’s an 8-slot high-current 500 Series chassis, a 28-in/30-out USB interface, an analog summing mixer, a zero-latency artist mixer, and a monitor controller — everything you need to build your dream hybrid analog/digital studio. The 500R8 is fitted with high-performance AD-DA conversion, reference-grade headphone amplifiers, a reference-quality master clock, and more. In fact, there’s very little you can’t do with the Cranborne Audio 500R8. Configure it to suit your preferred analog flavoring for any source. Pack it with vintage-style 500 Series preamps for recording drums; clean, pristine preamps for vocals; and EQ, compression, and saturation modules when it’s time for mixdown.

The Fredenstein Bento 2 "module carrier" is a high-performance 500 Series chassis that accommodates two modules in a 1-RU 19" rackmount form factor. Fredenstein designed the Bento 2 with several features that set it apart from many other 500 Series racks we've encountered here at Sweetwater. Its hefty output current capability handles virtually any combination of modules. Onboard audio routing lets you daisy-chain slot 1 to slot 2 with a simple flip of a switch on the back panel. Compressor bus linking lets you link compressor modules by engaging another rear-panel switch. A universal power supply and secondary front-panel power switch complete the feature set.

GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio right inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists. With Touch Bar features for MacBook Pro and an intuitive, modern design, it’s easy to learn, play, record, create, and share your hits worldwide. Now you’re ready to make music like a pro.

A massively powerful wavetable and virtual analog software synth two decades in the making, Arturia Pigments is a soft synth like no other. Featuring cutting-edge wavetable synthesis, granular synthesis, harmonic synthesis, and Arturia’s meticulous analog modeling, the Pigments soft synth launches a new era for the company. Arturia has spent the past 20 years analyzing and reinventing the most legendary synthesizers ever produced, so the time was ripe for a soft synth with a powerful architecture and lightning-fast workflow that makes crafting modern sounds with complex modulations quick, easy, and fun. While Arturia Pigments may stand on the shoulders of some of the greatest synths of the past, it delivers wholly modern avant-garde sounds, features, and playability. With its incredible sonic prowess and remarkable ease of use, Arturia Pigments is a groundbreaking go-to synth for producers, sound designers, and synth lovers alike.

The WesAudio Supercarrier II is an 11-slot 500 Series frame that is fully compatible with the API standard. And you can expect reliable performance even with power-hungry modules, thanks to WesAudio's Independent Slot Power (ISP) technology. ISP completely isolates each module and ensures it receives linear power — it's like housing each module in its own chassis with its own power supply. The Supercarrier II features 11 slots for your modules, XLR connections for each slot, as well as a DB-25 connector for the first eight slots. Internal link switches offer stereo-link operation between modules, perfect for using your EQs and compressors on stereo buses. Its linear power supply is capable of up to 5A. If you want the creative flexibility that a 500 Series setup provides, Sweetwater can highly recommend the WesAudio Supercarrier II chassis for housing your modules.

The Ultimate 10 bundle features over 100 UAD plug‑ins,* with top-sellers from Neve,® API,® SSL,® Fender,® Ampex,® Fairchild,® Helios,® and more. This plug‑in suite includes every UA‑developed title in the UAD library — for a fully stocked, authentic analog studio at huge savings.

Melodyne has been at the top of the pitch- and time-correction game for a long time. Celemony first impressed the audio industry by discarding the stiff controls of other pitch correction programs and giving us time and pitch correction in a familiar piano roll format. Next, they refined their already powerful pitch correction engine to accommodate polyphonic audio. Melodyne 5 studio brings even more cutting-edge enhancements, such as Melodic and Percussive Pitched algorithms, musically weighted pitch analysis, the Fade Tool and Sibilant Tool, the Leveling Macro, and recallable search. Add to that ARA compatibility, and you get one of the most comprehensive pitch- and time-correction applications on the planet.