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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, but to stop there would sell him short.
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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,...
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TechTalk: Upgrade? Is It Time Yet?
As an engineer, educator, content creator and communicator, I’m constantly wrestling with tech upgrades. But the first question I have to always ask myself...
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Robair Report: The Eternal Swap Meet
Do the products we use for music production ever become obsolete if they still work?
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NJ Raises Ruckus Over NYC Pier 97 Shows
Across the Hudson River, New Jersey residents are getting a free spot to catch some of the summer’s hottest concerts taking place on Manhattan’s...
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Video: Abbey Road Remasters A Classic New Wave LP
The vinyl revival isn’t just a U.S. phenomenon; pressing plants and mastering facilities around the world are seeing the same bump in business we’ve...
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Spectrum Recording Marks 30 Years
August 14, 2014 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of James Kalamasz founding Spectrum Recording Studios in Pompano Beach, FL. Over the years, the long-running...
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Book Review: Behind the Boards II
Riding off the success of his first edition, author Jake Brown recently released Behind the Boards II, the second volume of accounts by record...
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Misperceptions Lead To Reinvention
The internet is a pretty big deal; in fact, you’re probably using it right now. While it has given us interesting advancements like social...
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Sweetwater GearFest 2014: Homecoming In The Heartland
A city of better than a quarter million people, Fort Wayne, Indiana is a two-hop from all but a handful of major airports, and...
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Paul Horn: Blowin’ in the Wind (1930-2014)
Grammy-winning alto-saxophonist and flutist Paul Horn, whose career spanned mainstream pop jazz to the New Age genre he pioneered, died June 29 at...
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Creating Rhythmic Variations Quickly
In an age where spare-room studios are the norm and artists are becoming increasingly DAW-proficient, the lines between songwriting and production are more blurred...
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TechTalk: Do Nothing
I’m always looking for something to do. Call it OCD, OMG, WTF or whatever you’d like—one of my dearest friends calls me her “favorite...
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Heading Downtown
While New York City’s fashionable SoHo neighborhood in lower Manhattan is predominantly known for its designer boutiques, the recording industry still plays a strong...
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MFB Sneak Peek: Clearwater Festival
The Clearwater Festival—officially known as Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival—will be featured in an upcoming issue of our new magazine, Music Festival Business, but...
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Seen on the Scene at InfoComm 2014, Part 2
We were onsite all week at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas, discovering the latest and greatest in Pro Audio and AV. Here’s just a...
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Seen on the Scene at InfoComm 2014, Part 1
InfoComm 2014 was one of the biggest pro audio events of the year, and we were on the ground to see what there was...
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Book Review: Mad World—An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s
Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists and Songs that Defined the 1980s interviews a list of acts that reads like a...
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Broadway Backs Sound Designers
In the wake of the Tony Awards Administration Committee’s controversial decision to eliminate the Best Sound Design categories, members of the theater community have...
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A Glimpse of GearFest
Sweetwater held its 13th annual GearFest, June 6-7, at its sizable headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN. Open to the public, the event served up...
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Insight From Omar Hakim: Working With A Technically Savvy Artist
Pro Sound News columnist Rich Tozzoli sat down with Omar Hakim to discuss how the legendary drummer/producer/composer got started with the studio bug and...
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TechTalk: On Being A Sponge
Everyone knows the Chinese blessing/curse, “May you live in interesting times.” For me, the polarity-flipped blessing would be, “May you always be surrounded by...
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Meyer Making Metallica’s Monitors
In recent times, Metallica has increasingly opted to headline festivals around the world rather than tour, so using smaller, lighter wedges became a priority...
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
It’s been a time of changes in pro audio—one filled with new beginnings, like Harman buying AMX, and endings, such as Todd-Soundelux filing for...
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AudioMasters 17th Annual Benefit Golf Tourny Kicks Off
The 17th Annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament was held this week on Thursday, May 15, and Friday, May 16, at the Harpeth Hills Golf...
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Plundering The Grateful Dead
Deadheads have always loved "Dark Star," one of the Grateful Dead's most out-there live jams. In the mid-90s, Canadian avant garde composer John Oswald...