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Book Review: The Sound Book
With a title like The Sound Book (W.W. Norton & Co.), you might expect Trevor Cox’s new tome to be a dry textbook full...
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40 Years Of Gear
The music industry suffered a loss in December, 2014, when Ardent Studios and label founder John Fry suffered a cardiac arrest and died at...
Studio Sense
PAR for the Course: First Impressions on the Mackie DL32R
From an applications standpoint, the DL32R covers the broadest range of audio tasks in the simplest way of any single product I’ve reviewed, ever.
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Is The Vinyl Revival No Longer A Fad?
Left for dead in the early Nineties as consumers switched to compact discs, the lowly vinyl LP has bounced back in recent times, adopted...
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It’s All About the Experience
You can’t talk about recording studios without talking about their “vibe.”
2014
Don’t Forget to Stretch
At the start of every new year, I like to take an assessment of my studio life, looking at both the gear I have...
2014
Fundamentals
As often as possible, we need to remind the people we mentor that the fundamentals of audio apply to both studio and stage.
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Perry Margouleff on Supporting Music “for the Right Reasons”
Located about an hour outside of Manhattan in Glen Cove on the North Shore of Long Island, Pie Studios has attracted an impressive list...
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Sounding Off On ‘Unbroken’
The sound team at NBCUniversal StudioPost recently completed work on Unbroken, based on author Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 best-selling biography of long-distance runner Louis Zamperini...
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Setting Up SoundGirls.Org
Given that women have better hearing than men and also comprise more than half the professional workforce in the U.S., you’d think they’d be...
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B-Side Studio: A ’70s Throwback Sitcom
Remember B-Side Studio, that wacky 1970s sitcom about a struggling Chicago recording studio? No? Well, maybe that’s because it wasn’t really a hit. Or...
Mr. Bonzai's Music Smarts
Studio Life: The Other Side of the Tracks
Join the crew at Ryan Recording—Mr. Bonzai, chief engineer Cart, receptionist and apprentice engineer Layla, and chief tech Smilin’ Deaf Eddie—as they...
2014
Education Through Teamwork
Although the major stars don’t often admit it in public (except, perhaps, on the awards podium), success in the music business is the result...
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Book Review: ‘Sound Man’ Is A Breezy Read
One of the first studio engineers in England to break through into producing, Glyn Johns worked with the greatest acts of the Classic Rock...
2014
Professional Development
One question I hear most often from students who want a career in pro audio is how can they break into the business.
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Pro-Audio Gift Help: PSN’s 2014 Book/DVD Reviews
Finding something for the pro audio person in your life is never easy, so here’s a compendium of books and DVD/Blu-rays we’ve reviewed this...
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10 Things We Learned From Glyn Johns’ “Sound Man”
Legendary producer/engineer Glyn Johns’ autobiography Sound Man is filled with cool stories about creating classic albums with dozens of household names. The tales are...
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FCC Wireless Changes on Horizon [Expanded Edition]
The following is an expanded version of the cover story for Pro Sound News, November 2014.On September 30, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released...
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VIDEO: Mastering Iron Maiden
When Iron Maiden re-released all eight of its albums from the 1980s on 180-gram black vinyl, Parlophone Records interviewed Abbey Road mastering engineers Sean...
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DVD Review: LFO Brings Suspense to Audio
When Scandinavian director Antonio Tublen’s 2013 film LFO came across my desk, I wasn’t sure what to expect—the film’s synopsis gives you a brief...
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City Winery Bounces Back After Earthquake
When a 6.1 earthquake hit Napa Valley this summer, the region’s wine industry was left shaken, but not destroyed. Among the business affected was...
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Studio Sense: Pro Audio Review – The Future Is Now!
PAR has recently launched “PAR-Tube,” our new video initiative that commences our move into the future. The digital revolution has just begun...
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Video: How To Mic A Zombie
Recognizing that "knowledge is power," the folks at Audio-Technica have released How To Mic A Zombie, an 8-minute instructional video on, well, how...
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Interview: Alan Parsons on George Martin, Dark Side of the Moon and the Art and Science of Sound Recording
For most people, being an assistant engineer on The Beatles’ Abbey Road would be the high point of their careers. For a 19-year-old Alan...
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Interview: Bruce Swedien on Compression, Mentoring and his New Book
Legendary recording engineer Bruce Swedien might be best known for his work with Michael Jackson—he recorded all of the late singer’s prime ...
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‘Chicks In The Mix’ Clicks
While the audio industry continues to remain a male-dominated profession, there’s no denying that women have established their own legacy within the...
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Audio and Art Meet in NYC Pop Up
Home theater sound system design company Sonos recently held a week-long residency in New York City, bringing in performance spaces and interactive audio installations...
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Robair Report: Time and Space in L.A.
"If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late."
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Tech Talk: 18 Years in L.A.
I’ve lived in Cleveland, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and now twice in Nashville, but the city I spent the biggest chunk of time in is...
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Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga Step Out in Hi-Res
Celebrating the release of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s collaborative jazz album, Cheek To Cheek, a High-Resolution Audio listening party was held at New...
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AES: The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
If a car company can appropriate a Christmas tune for an annual sales event, surely the audio industry can do the same, the sentiment...
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The Ultimate Ears IEM Creation Process—“Analog and Digital”
For those who've had the experience of getting a custom set of IEMs made, there are two steps to the process. First is getting...
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Bose New World
Demonstrating its professional line array system, RoomMatch, Bose Corporation’s pro audio division took up residence in the New World Stages in New York City'...
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The Record-Breaking Record Collection
The vinyl revival has been a fascinating social movement, as Millennials have gotten into buying LPs, joining ranks with nostalgic Baby Boomers and Gen...
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Book Review: The Worst Gig
Over the years, I’ve interviewed a lot of live sound engineers for PSN, and occasionally I’ll ask them, “What was your best gig ever?”...
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The Roots Celebrate Times Square Guitar Center Grand Opening
To celebrate the grand opening of Guitar Center’s newest store in the heart of Times Square, R&B group and resident Tonight Show band, The...
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VIDEO: Inside Florida Georgia Line’s Treehouse Studio
Some time ago, the Animal Planet series Treehouse Masters built a treehouse that could double as a recording space for Bear Creek Studio outside...
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Guest Blog: The Value of Music Education is Incalculable
My friend Jim Anderson, the director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo, recently reminded me of something I did when we were both in...
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Under The Hood: Semiconductors In Audio
Semiconductors are essential building blocks of most modern electronics, with the progression from discrete transistors to integrated circuits largely universal, chips dominating usage.
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Photo Fest: Yamaha Marks First Synth’s 40th Anniversary
Yamaha marked the 40th anniversary of the introduction of its first synthesizer, the analog SY-1, with a special event at its offices in Burbank,...