Anaheim, California (January 11, 2019) - British audio company Audient has teamed up with leading cab simulation pioneers, twonotes audio engineering to present Sono, the ultimate audio interface for guitarists.
Combining Audient's award-winning analogue and digital
conversion recording technology with the world's best speaker-cab
simulation from twonotes, Sono is home to the ultimate valve guitar
preamp. Featuring an on board 12AX7 analogue valve and 3-band Tone
control alongside twonotes Torpedo power amp modelling and cab
simulation, Sono provides countless tonal options for guitarists,
whether they're recording, practising or gigging.
"With twonotes, the creative
possibilities are endless and you can really start dialling in the tones
your hear in your head," says marketing manager, Andy Allen. "Choose
from a wide range of guitar and bass cab models based on classics such
as the Marshall 4x12, Fender 2x12 or Ampeg Fridge, with more tones
downloadable from Torpedo Remote if needed. You can even customise
everything from the room type, microphone model and placement too, and
once you're happy with your sound, you can store your favourite presets
on board Sono and play them in standalone mode at any time - without the
need for a computer."
With near zero latency, Sono doesn't get in the way of
creativity. Monitor mix allows blending between the guitar input signal
and DAW playback, ensuring delay-free recording, playback and
monitoring, enabling the artist to stay in the creative zone with none
of the latency problems you get when tracking with software.
In addition, Audient encourages Sono users to integrate their
existing pedalboard. Andy explains, "Plug in your favourite distortion,
reverb and delay pedals directly into Sono's D.I, dial up a tone and
instantly start recording or jamming without the need to mic up and play
through a noisy amp (or annoy your neighbours).
"However, if you do want to record in the more traditional
sense, Sono will always record a clean D.I signal, so you can capture
your performances as creativity strikes and reamp through your favourite
hardware amps later without the need to buy a dedicated re-amp box,"
says Andy.
Guillaume Pille, twonotes owner, has been a fan of Audient
for some time. "Audient interfaces have long been in our list of
benchmark products used to try out our plugins and hardware units," he
says. "Today, the whole twonotes team is very excited to present what we
think is the perfect interface, not only for the guitarist and bassist,
but also for any musician who wants to bring colour into his
recordings."
Alongside the more guitar-centric features, Sono is a
powerful interface in its own right, with two Audient console mic pres
for studio quality recordings, expandability up to 10 inputs via ADAT
for recording drums, class leading converters as well as the unique 'to
valve' feature. "Try routing vocal microphones or synths through the
classic valve preamp, analogue EQ and twonotes processing and start
creating crazy new sounds or simply add that classic analogue warmth to
your recordings," adds Andy.
"Sono is all about developing creativity and providing an
easy-to-use gateway into the world of professional audio recording. It
really is a fun tool for guitarists and engineers alike. With
Sono anything is possible."
Sono is expected to ship in the first quarter of 2019 and will retail at USA MAP $449.
