Live Sound Showcase: Ghost’s Tour of Death
By Strother Bullins. The controversial Grammy-winning rock band from Sweden, Ghost, just wrapped up the U.S. leg of its A Pale Tour Named Death;...
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By Strother Bullins. The controversial Grammy-winning rock band from Sweden, Ghost, just wrapped up the U.S. leg of its A Pale Tour Named Death;...
By Strother Bullins. The story of NightBird Recording Studios is just about as rock and roll as it gets: producer/writer Jed Leiber was collaborating...
By Strother Bullins. Slice is the second in Kilohearts’ new duo of EQ plug-ins, following the recently-released Carve EQ.
Piper Payne's unique journey from Michigan to a Norwegian tape transfer facility to San Francisco’s Coast Mastering paved the way for Neato Mastering, her...
Audionamix has introduced XTRAX STEMS, reportedly the first fully-automatic stem creator.
By Strother Bullins. Since 2001, Atlanta has been the host city for ProgPower USA, an annual indoor music festival where progressive rock and power...
By Strother Bullins. Proprietary mix surfaces are still the norm at FOH positions around the world, yet seemingly every new digital mixing product on...
By Silas Lynch. Claudio Lastrucci began his journey into pro audio as a multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, drums and saxophone “a bit,” he admits of...
NORTHBROOK, IL—Based in an affluent Chicago suburb, Artists of the Industry (AOFTHEI) is a burgeoning creative content agency and production studio with a variety...
By Strother Bullins. Twenty-five years ago, R.E.M.’s eighth studio album—the monumental Automatic For The People—was released. On November 10, Craft Recordings will reissue the...
By Strother Bullins. Housed in an old garage space in the Gowanus neighborhood, Douglass Recording opened in May after a half-decade of planning and...
The commercial music recording business has continued to evolve at a brisk pace over the past year.
By Strother Bullins. Thursday morning, a packed special event, "Bearing Witness: The Music of Star Wars, Archiving Art and Technology,"featured Skywalker Sound's Leslie Ann...
By Strother Bullins. Thursday afternoon, in an important Special Event, “Producing Across Generations: New Challenges, New Solutions," a panel led by New York University's...
By Strother Bullins. GSI Studios is a new music recording studio located in Midtown Manhattan—something that is increasingly a rarity, offers co-founder and saxophonist...
By Strother Bullins. With the popularity of multi-act musical events at an all-time high, mixing console needs at FOH and monitor positions are broader...
By Strother Bullins. Behind 11th Street Records, a vinyl store at the corner of 11th and Fremont streets in downtown Las Vegas, sits National...
By Strother Bullins. JUNO Award-winning producer, engineer, songwriter and mixer Siegfried Meier owns Beach Road Studios, a private recording, mixing and mastering facility overlooking...
The audio involved in most church services today is a blend of spoken word, singing voices and music with instrumentation that ranges from minimalistic—...
The 2017 editions of the Pro Light+Sound and Musikmesse conventions, held simultaneously in Frankfurt, Germany, offered visitors a direct line on the latest...
By Strother Bullins. Based outside of Wilmington, North Carolina in New Hanover County, Big Rude Recording was founded by Chase O’Neal, an energetic young...
By Strother Bullins. As is common in tech industries, “faster” and “more” are generally top features of new products unveiled in professional audio. This...
As college life for Stephen Marsh abruptly ended, his career in audio began.
Audio content creators most often look to their CPUs first when upgrading their respective rigs.
With Mexico City’s Valenzo Recording Studio truly thriving a year from its opening, Horatio Malvicino, designer and managing director of Malvicino Design Group—an architectural,...
By Strother Bullins. For many, a “portable PA” (PPA) has long been the lightest, smallest and most basic live sound reinforcement tool that one...
BEXLEY, OH—With the construction of its first academic building in a half-century, Capital University of Bexley, Ohio has gained the Convergent Music Center (CMC),...
A film composer who’s scored 60-plus movies to date, Woodshed Recording owner Richard Gibbs most visibly began his professional musical career as a session...
Two childhood friends from Athens, Georgia recently graced the stage at the 2016 Aspen Music Festival and School (AMF) for a unique project blending...
Within most houses-of-worship (HOWs) and modern church environments, audio needs change on a regular basis.
Console designer David Dearden’s latest version of the audient aSp8024—the aSp8024-He, or the Heritage edition—was recently installed at the London-based institute of Contemporary music...
While preferences in tools have always varied widely among audio content creators, recent years have prompted more producers to reconsider their choices to improve...
So I’m wondering if a Samsung-owned Harman could finally be the heavyweight catalyst we theorized back in 2014: a pro-audio conglomerate powered by a...
Earlier in 2016 when Brian Johnson—lead vocalist for iconic hard rock band AC/DC in the midst of promotion for the band’s Rock Or Bust...
Headlining around the U.S. behind its latest album, Delirium, legendary Italian gothic metal act Lacuna Coil has been showing off its melodic, dramatic, dark...
What’s behind the Green Door, a popular live entertainment spot in small-town British Columbia?
As the single biggest commitment in modern gear selection, DAW choice necessitates dedication to a unique functionality and workflow, while accompanying hardware continues to...
Preparing audio engineers and multimedia content creators for the future at Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication, the faculty and facilities of the School...
The proliferation of digitally-networked audio rigs and an increased acceptance of the latest AoIP (audio over internet protocol) pro audio technologies in live sound...
In Pro Sound News’ July 2016 “Live Sound Showcase” featuring legendary Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, FOH engineer Joe Iwan shares insight on...
Throughout InfoComm 2016 at the Lighting and Staging Pavilion in Central Hall, the Live Events Experience has been an interactive opportunity for attendees to...
Choosing a vocal microphone and wireless system for touring and festival work is largely dependent on musical style, audio system technical logistics and the...