Recording
Tenderdyn Arts Beats Remote Recording Latency
Many artists and musicians have taken to streaming during the coronavirus pandemic but few have attempted real-time collaboration due to latency. Tenderdyn Arts in...
Steve Harvey is senior content producer for Mix and also contributes to other Future titles. He has worked in the pro audio industry — including as a touring musician, in live production, installed sound, and equipment sales and marketing — since November 1980.
Recording
Soultrain Sound Studios Pulls Into Nashville
Canadian recording artist Johnny Reid has acquired the historic Scruggs Sound facility near Nashville, rebuilding the studio from scratch with new gear and a...
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Huey Lewis and the News Deliver ‘Weather’ Report
Steve Harvey talks with Johnny Colla, founding member and longtime producer of Huey Lewis & the News, about their latest album, Weather; mixing with...
Music, Etc
Lara Downes: Reinterpreting Freedom Songs and African American Women Composers
Pianist Lara Downes shares insights about recording her new album, which mixes interpretations of revered freedom songs with pieces by celebrated early 20th century...
Music Production
Library of Congress Aims to Jumpstart Collage Hip-Hop with Citizen DJ
The LoC’s Citizen DJ project creates new ways for the public to discover, access and use public domain audio and video material for music...
Music Production
Dirac Moves into Control Room Correction
Dirac threw its hat into the control room correction ring at NAMM 2020, launching a version of its Dirac Live product intended for the...
Recording
Studio Showcase: Azmyth Changes with the Times
Azmyth Recording Studios, a multi-room facility in Indianapolis that incorporates the Azmyth School of Music Technology, recently entered its 21st year of operation, serving...
Music Production
Chicano Batman, Production Team Reinvent Band’s Sound
'Invisible People,' out May 1, puts a modern spin on the Chicano Batman sound, courtesy of producer Leon Michels and mixer Shawn Everett.
Recording
New Halo Music Studio Inspired by Legendary Le Studio Facility
The Canadian facility Le Studio Morin Heights outside Montreal recorded classic albums before it was abandoned and ultimately burned down. Now Halo Music Studio,...
Live Sound
Dolby Atmos Moves into Live Sound
By Steve Harvey. Immersive audio is already available in cinemas and homes. Live sound is increasingly exploring ways to bring that element to the...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Guster
Alternative folk-pop mainstay Guster spent the start of the year on the road with a U.S. acoustic tour that not only showed off the...
Recording
Valhalla Studios Jumps into Analog Immersive Mixing
Valhalla Studios owner/Manowar founder Joey DeMaio collaborated with Grammy-winning mastering engineer Darcy Proper and top engineer Ronald Prent to upgrade the facility’s main room...
Music Production
Immersive Mix Room Studio 1 LA Debuts
Karma Auger and longtime collaborator Erich Gobel have teamed up to create Studio 1 LA, a new mix facility built from the ground up...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc. – Rob Graves – Creating an Atmospheric Solstice
Dove Award-winner Rob Graves talks about producing hard rockers Red, recording his own new album and why coronavirus might become a positive experience.
Post and Broadcast
Resonate Recordings Powered by Podcast Services
Resonate Recordings has carved a niche for itself in the podcast industry since launching in 2014 by providing post-production services to all comers, from...
Recording
MilkBoy’s Unique Ecosystem Grows
A quarter century after composer Jamie Lokoff and producer/engineer Tommy Joyner partnered on MilkBoy, the operation has grown to encompass a top studio, two...
Recording
Tiny Telephone Hangs It Up in San Francisco
Tiny Telephone has been a mainstay of the San Francisco indie music scene for 22 years, but owner John Vanderslice is bringing things to...
Live Sound
Grammy Awards Show Begins Transition to AoIP
The Grammy Awards show has long employed a large splitter system to distribute microphone and instrument signals from the multiple stages to the house...
Recording
Mercer Music at Capricorn: Revitalizing a Studio for the Next Generation
Literally on the verge of collapsing only a few years ago, Capricorn Sound Studios, the Macon, GA, facility that invented Southern rock, has been...
Recording
NYU’s Clive Davis Institute Reinvents Itself in Brooklyn
New York University has consolidated its media, technology and art departments into a new facility in Brooklyn. The site includes studios, editing suites, rehearsal...
Live Sound
Tool Tours with Intricate, Immersive Sound
Touring the world behind “Fear Inoculum,” Tool’s first album in 13 years, the prog-metal heroes are filling arenas with a massive audio system that...
Recording
Studio Showcase: June Audio Returns to Utah
After 20 years away, June Audio has returned to Provo, UT, with a newly built, Wes Lachot-designed multiroom facility housing EDM production suites, live...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Ranky Tanky — Gullah, Good Time and a Grammy Win
Based around the rhythms and culture of Gullah-Geechee, Ranky Tanky’s 2019 album "Good Time" won this year’s Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album.
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Gloria Gaynor — Surviving, Thriving and Testifying
Gloria Gaynor’s 2019 Gospel album, Testimony, won a Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel Album, taking the career of a disco legend (“I Will...
Music Production
Finneas on Producing Billie Eilish’s Hit Album in his Bedroom
Finneas O’Connell—Billie Eilish's co-writer, producer, older brother and an artist in his own right—discusses recording her sonically adventurous debut at their family home.
Recording
Studio Showcase: Tweed Recording Audio Production Academy
Engineer and educator Andrew Ratcliffe has relocated Tweed Recording from Oxford, MS, to Athens, GA. In the process, he’s established an audio engineering school...
Recording
A Half-Century of Innovations: John Storyk Looks Back at 50 Years of Studio Design
On the 50th anniversary of architect John Storyk’s first studio commission, he reminiscences about designing Electric Lady and reveals future plans for Walters-Storyk Design...
Recording
No Doubt, Sublime Pros Team for Moxy Brothers
Adrian Young, drummer of No Doubt, and Todd Forman, former sax player of Sublime, have partnered to launch record production team Moxy Brothers, offering...
Product Reviews
Gear of the Year 2019
Top audio pros look back at 2019 and share what new equipment caught their eye, what was added to their audio arsenal, what old...
Music Production
Sure Sure Brings It All Back Home
Something akin to a mashup of Steely Dan and Talking Heads, Sure Sure have been living together since 2014, mixing, engineering and producing all...
Post and Broadcast
Catching a Wave in New York
Wave Studios has enjoyed steady growth since it was founded in London in 1999, focusing on audio post services for advertising and film clients.
Music Production
Getting Immersive with ‘The Traveler’
Mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski teamed with Eric “ET” Thorngren to mix an immersive audio version of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s recent...
Recording
View from the Top: Tom Sumner, Yamaha Corp. of America
Tom Sumner, president of Yamaha Corp. of America, shares how the company has thrived through good times and bad, and why it’s not afraid...
Gear and Technology
The State of Plug-Ins: From Emulations to the Unknown
Having so many plug-in choices can be overwhelming—what is an engineer to do? Three top pros share their insights—and favorite plugs.
news
Mercer University Reopens Capricorn Studios
Mercer University has announced a series of events to celebrate the rebirth of Macon’s historic Capricorn Sound Studios as Mercer Music at Capricorn.
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Robert Tepper — Outlasting The Rest
After a chart-topping hit on the Rocky IV soundtrack, Robert Tepper spent the next few decades in the producer/engineer chair. Now he's back with...
Music Production
Thinking Big with A Bad Think
Michael Marquart’s latest album as A Bad Think, The Saviour, had a production think-tank behind the scenes: co-producer/engineer Dave Way; co-producer/studio owner Marquart; and...
Profiles
The Recording World of Bob Suffolk
From Rock Star Days in London to the Studio Designer’s Life in Dallas
Live Sound
Venue Installation Trends Converge
By Steve Harvey. The audio needs of nightclubs, theaters and houses of worship might appear to be different, yet, like other pro audio applications,...
Music Production
Collapsing Scenery Builds Its Debut
By Steve Harvey. The winding road to Collapsing Scenery’s debut album was a five-year journey.
Recording
Everybody Wants to Record the World
By Steve Harvey. Simon & Greg Record the World is an online reality series following a pair of engineer/producers from Montreal who travel to...