Flat bed mixer for 788T recorder announed

[stephenb]

Sound Devices has released the CL-9 Linear Fader Controller. The CL-9 Linear Fader Controller is a dedicated mixing surface for the 788T. With the addition of a CL-9, the already powerful 788T becomes a complete mixer / recording system, perfect for audio capture in sound-for-picture and music-oriented productions.
http://www.sounddevices.com/products/cl9.htm
Stock will be available in 4-6 weeks.
Key features
• Eight 100 mm linear faders for precise input level control
• Rotary trim control for each input with ring LED metering
• Sweepable, single-band parametric EQ per input with variable frequency, gain and filter Q
• Four rotary level controls for Left, Right, Aux1, and Aux2 tracks
• Input pan control
• Quick control of input, track, or output solo monitoring
• Output level control for outputs 1–6
• Two communication return inputs for private talkback circuits
• Record and Stop control
• Slate circuit for recording slate mic to tracks and sending to outputs
• Power and control from the 788T over the USB connection
• Remote level metering on Mac OS or Windows computers using Wave Agent
• Output muting
• Footswitch input for programmable switch closure (GPI)
• Four additional user-progammable controls, useful to assign menu items to physical controls
• Stainless-steel chassis with and machined aluminum end panels