On Broadway: “Hedwig” and the Secrets of Tony-Nominated Sound Design
It’s a rock and roll story of transformation. But the onstage characters of Hedwig and The Angry Inch aren’t the only ones who were changed by this Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Tim O’Heir’s...
View ArticleAvid S3L Live System Updated with New Performance Enhancements
The Avid S3L live sound system is a portable HDX-powered mixing and control surface capable of running AAX plugins for live and studio purposes. The setup is compatible with VENUE live sound software...
View Article123creative.com Releases ROCK and METAL Boutique — Digital Pedals & Combos
In partnership with G-Sonique, 123creative.com has released a boutique of seven digital pedals and two universal combos. The ROCK and METAL Boutique provide all the fuzz and distortion we could ever...
View ArticleReview: Foley Collection – Total Pack by Zach McNees
Over the past few years, my engineering work has become a hybrid between music recording and post-production for TV and film. Often times, the projects I work on are independent, self-financed films...
View ArticleEventide Giving Away UltraChannel — Until 7/8/14
Okay, here is some more Eventide news. For those who haven’t had the chance to experience previous Eventide announcements, now there is no excuse not to focus: Eventide is introducing their new...
View ArticleHow (and Why) Are MP3 Files So Damn Small?
A technician works on one of Google’s gargantuan data centers. The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats...
View ArticleIK Multimedia Announces SampleTank 3 Sound Workstation
Is bigger better? More than a decade in the making, ST3 is coming. IK Multimedia is betting you’ll say “yes”, but to their credit, massive size isn’t the only exciting thing about the impending release...
View ArticleAllen & Heath Introduces Qu-32 Mixer – 32-In/28-Out, for Live & Studio
The Qu digital line of mixers from Allen & Heath now include the Qu-32 – a 32 channel digital mixer. The Qu line radically maximizes on the advantages of digital control by including complete board...
View ArticleCulinary Audio Arts: Eating Up the 17th Annual AES AudioMasters Golf...
The Nashville Section of the AES, in cooperation with the Nashville Engineers Relief Fund (NERF), held its 17th annual AudioMasters golf tournament for the benefit of NERF on Thursday and Friday, May...
View ArticleThe Resonant Human: The Science of How Tempo Affects Us
Image courtesy of Flickr user Derek Gavey. You’re walking along, enjoying some of your favorite music on a pair of headphones, when all of a sudden you realize you’re re-enacting Survivor’s “Eye of the...
View ArticleVideo Premiere: Sterling Sound’s Chris Gehringer in RPM #2 – from Ronin...
How would you like 9:33 of inspiration today? Brooklyn mic genies Ronin Applied Sciences will provide it. The creators of astonishing products like the Dove LDC FET mic and Archangel Passive Gain mic...
View ArticleApplied Acoustic Systems Announces String Studio VS-2 String Modeling...
A string-modeling synthesizer plugin? Yes, AAS has now implemented version 2 of their original String Studio, released almost 10 years ago. Although there is minimal change to the plugin’s name, the...
View ArticleNYC Event: Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper – June 24, Manhattan JCC
Beatles inspiration never stops. Construct yo’ mind! WITH THE BEATLES!!!!!!!!! Their songs and the unique souls that produced them go under Scott Frieman’s unique microscope in his “Deconstructing the...
View ArticleUnity Audio Launches Boulder MKII 3-Way Active Monitors
Known the world over for their silky smooth ribbon tweeters, Unity Audio has released MK II of their original Boulder monitors. The integrity of the originals remain, as the majority of the components...
View ArticleAdvanced DIY: Log Cabin Recording with Kristin Hoffman
When you hear that piano on “Let Go” (RISE OF TROY REMIX), you are immediately transported. Hoffman’s upstate haunt is a place to get creative.Inside the ears of Kristin Hoffman, the artist who played...
View ArticleBalance – What’s Gone Missing on Your Way to the Studio?
So I am sitting there in the lushness of an SSL control room in a major studio here in NYC. Happy. Happy to be engineering and producing a project for a very cool young trio of musicians from an...
View ArticleFiedler Audio Releases AD 480 Reverb – Fully Featured Reverb for iOS
The AD 480 Reverb app from Fiedler Audio offers extensive reverb features for iOS devices, with unique interfaces for iPhone and iPad, respectively. What this plugin offers that differs from other iOS...
View ArticleFall Album Preview: 25 Upcoming Records & The People Behind Them
The producers, engineers and studios behind some of this Fall's most anticipated records, feat. The Weeknd, Kings of Leon and Sleigh Bells.
View ArticleFall Album Preview: 25 Upcoming Records & The People Behind Them
Indie-folk band The Head and the Heart will put out its sophomore album on Sub Pop, Let’s Be Still (Oct. 15). Peter Katis mixed and did additional recording and production for the album out of his...
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