AES in L.A.: The Sequel
Los Angeles is the home of Hollywood, and certainly Tinsletown is all about sequels, so it’s only fitting that this month will see the...
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Los Angeles is the home of Hollywood, and certainly Tinsletown is all about sequels, so it’s only fitting that this month will see the...
That women aren’t well-represented in pro audio is not exactly news, but it’s one thing when this kind of discussion plays out in the...
With a few exceptions, most recent DAW changes have been incremental: We haven’t seen huge breakthroughs like when Opcode’s Vision merged hard disk audio...
Control Theory doesn’t often come up in casual conversation. But it’s come up for me lately, quite a bit actually, and I still have...
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...
Veteran FOH engineer Monty Lee Wilkes died August 26, 2016; while he was known for mixing everyone from Prince and Britney...
The dearth of women in pro audio is no secret, and organizations like Women’s Audio Mission and soundgirls.org have long proven that women belong...
While Simple Minds remains best-known for the eternally omnipresent "Don't You Forget About Me," the group's true highwater mark has always been...
New York State has seen a downturn in music production and the recording industry. As other music- and technology-savvy regions around the country line...
When multitrack tape recording progressed beyond a few tracks, a new phrase was added to the recording lexicon: “Fix it in the mix,��...
As an engineer or producer, you’re surely used to seeing weird looks on the faces of the talent—maybe it’s just looking through the...
The upcoming AES Convention in Los Angeles next month promises to have some momentous offerings, including its first International Conference on Audio for Virtual...
There are different levels of home studios—typical consumer ones outfitted with basic MI gear; serious workspaces owned by professional recordists and musicians; and then...
Last night, in Santa Fe, I had a nice dinner with David Schwartz, co-founder of Mix and the man who hired me as an...
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...
There's been a lot of talk about how creating sound for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality apps will change the face of pro audio;...
Until very recently, Conway Recording Studios was something of a mystery to me.
In the past, I’ve written about the growing similarities between live sound and recording studio workflows.
Converse sneakers were invented in 1908 and have been beloved by musicians ever since. Now, more than a century later, the company still can’t...
In Pro Sound News’ July 2016 “Live Sound Showcase” featuring legendary Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, FOH engineer Joe Iwan shares insight on...
I spent more time in museums, and thinking about museums, over the past month than I typically do.
The part of my job that excites me the most is when I come across new technologies and approaches that change the way I...
In the June, 2016 issue of Pro Sound News, my editorial delved into the world of standing desks and their application in the studio...
McDonalds Netherlands has something new on its menu: McTrax, an interactive placemat that doubles as a recording controller. If they don’t get ketchup smeared...
With the death of Prince in late April, 2016, the music world lost a genius who was equally adept on stage, in the studio...
We use the term “golden ears” every now and then in the pages of Mix, usually to describe an engineer whose taste and talents...
I regularly come across tech, music and general info that I immediately put in my “remember this” folder. Recently, I hit the Mother Lode...
While the world still reels from last Thursday’s passing of enigmatic superstar Prince, mainstream press outlets and social media platforms have become rich with...
All music producers record artists, but Grammy, SESAC, Billboard and Dove Award-winning producer/songwriter Seth Mosley doesn't stop there. He also records engineers, songwriters, label...
There are “aha” moments in life when you realize that a change doesn’t simply affect you, but rather is a tide that raises all...
Three things struck me immediately after two separate days of walking through the stunning new Dolby Building at 1275 Market Street in San Francisco....
MicDrop has been formed with the specific mission of catering to both performers who want the last word and sound engineers who are sick...
I was wandering around a junk shop a few weeks ago when I came across this behemoth. ‘What the heck is that?’ I...
It’s great when you find things that make your life easier, things that become such a part of your day-to-day world that it’s hard...
So many speakers. And they’re everywhere. In your living room, kitchen and bedroom. In your car, on the plane, on the bus, on the...
Writing fiction about our complex and talent-focused industry is not for the faint-hearted. That seasoned music journalist Howard Massey has taken on that task...
I write this in the Thursday early morning from Room 335 of the Anaheim Marriott, just a football field and a few hours away...
When it comes to tuning your product news, music, sports, and more, streaming is king.
Best-known as one-half of Eurythmics, producer Dave Stewart shares great insights on recording and creativity in his autobiography—here’s just a handful of them
With the news that Jefferson Airplane-founder Paul Kantner, 74, died in late January of a heart attack, pro audio raconteur Mr. Bonzai pulled this...
Pro Sound News covers the biggest concert tours on earth, but there’s another kind of tour that we rarely cover: The endless string...
For almost a decade, Mical Caterina has produced “Fallen Brothers” videos every year to pay tribute to production professionals who passed away over the...