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Trio6 nominated for NAMM 2025 TEC Awards - Vote!
Voting has started for the 2025 NAMM TEC Awards and the Focal Trio6 monitors are one of the finalists in the “Studio Monitors” category...


DJ Life Mag reviews the Alpha 80 EVO
DJ LIFE Mag reviewed the Focal Professional Alpha 80 Evo monitors and was “Blown away” by their “killer sound…”. Reviewer Wesley...


Nick “Squids” Squillante on immersive audio and his all-Focal setup
Producer and engineer Nick “Squids” Squillante (Hozier, Fletcher, Dirty Heads) takes us through how his career in Audio and Music started, and explains his vision regarding immersive formats, and how these break new barriers of creativity from a production and mixing standpoint. His Alpha 50 EVO / SubOne immersive rig (9.1.4 Dolby® Atmos™) is, in his own words, “the foundation of the Atmos mix”, due to the transparency and accuracy it provides, allowing him to not think abou


Jacob “Biz” Morris on his new studio and his custom-white Trio6
Mix Engineer Jacob “Biz” Morris (Dave Kushner, Lecrae, GET MXD , Reach Records) opens the doors of his new home studio in Atlanta, where he discusses his mix process and explains how having a properly treated room and appropriate monitoring system allows him to obtain better translation more efficiently, with less ear fatigue. His white, custom painted Trio6 are a critical part of this process and key to achieving the result he’s looking for faster, while completing the aest


ArchieBeatz reviews the Alpha Twin EVO
After reviewing the Trio6, in 2023, it was time for composer and engineer, Archie Boone a.k.a. ArchieBeatz (Trak Starz, Jibbs, Bruno...


Chase Houston reviews the Shape 40
Musician and composer Chase Houston, aka Duskmos, recently checked out the Focal Professional Shape 40 monitors at his studio, he noted...


Sound On Sound reviews the new Trio6
Sound On Sound (SOS) magazine recently reviewed Focal's Trio6 studio monitor. "... the Trio 6s exhibit a tight, well-controlled low end,...


Colt Capperrune reviews the Solo6
Colt Capperrune has done an in-depth review of the Solo6 studio monitors. These are currently being used in his two-channel stereo...


Recording Studio Loser and the new Trio6
Recording Studio Loser took the new Trio6 for a spin. In Jeremy's words: "... I was definitely surprised with how the new tweeter design...


TapeOp reviews the new Trio6
Tape Op Magazine recently reviewed the new Focal Professional Trio6 ST6 3-way studio monitors and noted: They are “... a serious...


Mix Magazine reviews the new Trio6
Mix Magazine recently reviewed the Focal Professional Trio6 ST6 monitors: “there is no doubt that the Focal Trio6 monitors sound great!...


Wavy Wayne reviews the Alpha EVO line
Audio Engineer and Producer Wavy Wayne recently added to his review of the Alpha Twin Evo with coverage on the other Alpha Evo...


Focal at MixNik 2024
The MixNik 2024, in Atlanta, was an incredible event! It was great to see such talented engineers, producers, and artists coming from all...


Recording Magazine reviews Twin6
Recording Magazine recently reviewed the Focal Professional Twin6 ST6 monitors, and noted they offer: "a firm, robust low-end, smooth...


Keef Keyz reviews the Alpha Twin EVO
Engineer Keith Coston - a.k.a. Keef Keys - reviews the Focal Professional Alpha Twin Evo and says: “I love them! They have great stereo...


Focal at Mix Immersive Nashville 2024
It was a great pleasure to sponsor the Mix Immersive 2024 event, in Nashville, back in May, in collaboration with Universal Audio. Focal...


Focal Dolby® Atmos™ System in Sweetwater's Studio C
The Focal Professional team had the opportunity to participate with Sweetwater in the creation of an educational video about immersive...


Brad Smalling on his Dolby Atmos setup with Trio6, Trio11 and Solo6
Brad Smalling (J Balvin, Story of the Year, Charlieonnafriday, Carly Simon) lays out the mission of Evergroove Studio and how every element – from the location and the space to the Focal immersive system – has a significant contribution to the artists’ inspiration. Brad also talks about the Dolby ® Atmos ™ format and its impact on how people listen to music. Focal monitors have been paramount to allow the engineers at Evergroove to be versatile in the range of services they p


New Trio6 - Launch Event @ Studios Piccolo (Montreal, QC)
After the launch events in the United States, it was time to take the new Trio6 to Canada, for a great event at Studios Piccolo, in...


John Osborne of Brothers Osborne upgrades studio with Focal monitors
Half of the country music duo Brothers Osborne, John Osborne, recently upgraded his Nashville-based studio with a few sets of Focal...
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