Blog
Tech Talk: Moving Forward, the Next Chapter
At this last NAMM show, I accepted a new gig as a team member at Pro Tools Expert.
Blog
Tech Talk: The Importance of Protection
By Kevin Becka. “Protection” as a theme covers more than just ears.
Events
NAMM Show 2018: Pro Audio Edition
By Kevin Becka. This year’s NAMM show was a jaw-dropper in many ways. The following represents just some of the great gear I saw...
New Products
New Products for February 2018
New Studio and Live Sound Equipment from Placid Audio, PreSonus, Soundcraft and more
New Products
NAMM 2018: Day One
Winter NAMM opened on Thursday with the introduction of the new North Hall giving the giant show in Anaheim more space than ever. Mostly...
news
Product Hits from AES
The 2017 AES show, which was held in New York City in October, was given a shot in the arm this year by being...
2017
Spatial Audio at AES
For amateurs and pros alike, the tools to produce slick-looking 3D, 4k content with post-produced audio are here.
2017
KEF LS50W Wireless Studio Monitor
Compact Active Speakers With 4 DACs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and App Control
news
NAB 2017: An Audio Tour
The National Association of Broadcasters met in Las Vegas this week, and as is usual, there were plenty of new products introduced—television production and...
2017
TechTalk: Time to Gear Up?
The gear bug is infectious: Once bitten, you’re always looking for the next and newest thing that will improve your workflow and inspire you...
2017
3 New Headphones, 3 New Approaches
We’re now well into the 2017 trade show season, and no matter the event, there are always plenty of new mics, speakers and headphones...
2017
Spotlight: Pro Tools | MTRX Interface
Soft-announced at AES last September and now close to release is the Avid Pro Tools | MTRX Interface. This is the highend box that...
2017
Placid Audio Copperphone Microphone
Engineers and music producers are always looking for that certain something in a production that sets their tracks apart from the rest. It could...
2017
Tech Talk: Production Hacks
Making sure you have top gear and proper gain staging along the signal chain goes a long way to assure you have great sounding...
2016
Tech Talk: The Year in Gear
Here we are again at the end of another year in audio. How’s the weather? I live in Nashville, which is growing at an...
2016
Tech Talk: Fresh and Futuristic
The 2016 AES just wrapped up, and I saw some great new gear. Pro Tools 12.6 is rocking new clip-based processing, among other updates,...
2016
Chandler Limited Abbey Road RS124
Mono tube compressor brings vintage flavor to the 21st century
2016
Data Drama
I just had a valued hard drive fail. I know it happens, but I still went through the eight emotional stages after data loss.
2016
MBNM 622 E-PZ & Solomon LoFReQ Microphones
Unique Transducers for Stereo and Low-Frequency Capture
2016
Evolving Transducers
It wasn’t that long ago that we started trusting digital enough to be all-in. Since then, and especially lately, the evolution of digital products...
2016
Big Studios Bring It
Unless you just woke from a 20-year sleep, you know that digital recording and the Internet have pushed us into a multi-level world of...
2016
Live Sound Takeaways
In the past, I’ve written about the growing similarities between live sound and recording studio workflows.
2016
Think Again
The part of my job that excites me the most is when I come across new technologies and approaches that change the way I...