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Exclusive Interview: Guitarist Leaves Anthrax To Produce
Long-time Anthrax member Rob Caggiano surprised the metal world last month when he announced he was leaving the band to focus on record...
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Eyebeam Bounces Back After Sandy
In the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea, the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center—an organization that promotes use of media technologies for art—sustained more than three...
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Grading BerkleeMusic’s “Audio Basics for Recording”
When assistant editor Kelleigh Welch heard BerkleeMusic.Com was offering a new "Audio Basics for Recording" class, she didn't just interview professor Dan Thompson—she took...
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Film Review: Produced By George Martin
Music documentaries don't get much better than Produced By George Martin, a 2012 feature-length film now out on DVD and Blu-Ray. Charting the history...
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Robair Report | Working With Limitations
After a recent lecture about DAWs, one of my students asked me which audio recording program I used back in the ’70s. The wide-eyed...
The Tesseract
Recording Tip #35: Mixing in a vacuum. Well….with a vacuum
It's been a while since I posted, but I'll pick up where I left off with little things I do which help me with...
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New Math Museum Explores Music, Sound
New York City’s newest museum, The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath), opened its doors to the public on December 15, 2012, providing the...
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The Next Big Format: Ice?
Here’s a new record that’s cool—in fact, it’s frozen. The Shout Out Louds' latest, "Blue Ice," was released on records made out of actual...
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Mr. Bonzai Unveils Christmas Tree, John Lennon’s Tooth
Pro audio industry bon vivant, photographer and author (not to mention occasional blogger for ProSoundNetwork.com) Mr. Bonzai recently released his soon-to-be holiday...
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Inside Berklee’s Pro Audio Salary Survey
“The whole thing is affected by the sluggish economy we’re in,” commented Peter Spellman, Director of Career Development at Berklee College of...
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Another Peek Inside Grohl’s ‘Sound City’
After months of teaser clips, Foo Fighter-turned-first-time-director Dave Grohl has released the first official trailer for his upcoming documentary, Sound City, and it...
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You Review It: Warped Roadies
For the last few years, every time I interview a tour’s audio crew for Pro Sound News, the engineers will say something like, “Man,...
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The 2012 Anderton Awards: AES Edition
The backdrop: a hotly-contested conflict of national importance, with mud-slinging partisans on both sides going over the top with condemnation and praise for their...
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Terminus Takes On Times Square
For the recording industry, the building located at 723 Seventh Avenue in the heart of the Times Square district is rich with history. While...
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Daptone Records Sticks To Its Passion
After ten years of recording in Brooklyn, NY’s Bushwick neighborhood, Daptone Records co-founder Gabriel Roth said he still strives to produce the...
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New Jersey Studio Destroyed By Sandy
When Superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast, it caused billions of dollars in damage as it upended lives and businesses. For Patrice Devincentis, however,...
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Slice & Dice, And Still Sound Nice?
It happens all the time when modeling software comes around or a new computer plug-in is all the rage and people tell...
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The State of Recording
This is an expanded version of the "State of Recording" cover story found in the October, 2012 issue of Pro Sound News. Once upon...
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SPARS honors Chris Stone as recipient of the 2012 SPARS Legacy Award
On Saturday, October 27, 2012, during the AES / SPARS Joint Student Section party, the SPARS Board of Directors bestowed its highest honor, the...
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Book Review: Nirvana—The Recording Sessions
The story of Nirvana is one of both genius and tragedy, from the almost instant success of the band, to its rise in popularity,...
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Producers Make a Mark At CMJ Marathon
While New York’s CMJ Music Marathon has ended until next year, the thousands of fans, musicians, managers and promoters are left with the lingering...
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TechTalk: Quality Is Cheaper
I often have students, colleagues and Facebook friends ask, “What is the best mic, speaker, headphones, interface, etc., I can buy?” Since my job...
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Duran Duran’s John Taylor Talks ‘Groove,’ Studio Blues
In San Francisco on the eve of AES, John Taylor of Duran Duran could be found on stage, not wielding his bass but instead...
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Photo Album: Pro Sound Network’s Best of Show Awards, AES 2012 Edition!
The editorial staffs of Pro Sound News and Pro Audio Review magazines presented the second annual ProSoundNetwork Best of Show Awards for the...
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Exclusive Interview: Bob Moses, Executive Director, Audio Engineering Society
Times have changed, and the Audio Engineering Society is changing with them—but who's spearheading the effort? Since Bob Moses became the organization's...
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Musicians Flood New York For CMJ
Over 1,300 performers have descended on New York City for the annual CMJ Music Marathon, a five-day music festival that runs through Saturday. Showcasing...
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Epic Frequency Turns Sound into Art
When looking at the visual display of their home-produced podcasts in 2008, Nashville residents Bill Seaver and Nathan Moore realized waveforms could easily be...
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Audio Gear of the Presidential Debate’s Media Center
The race for the U.S. Presidency is as heated as ever this year, with Republicans and Democrats alike aiming to get their man in...
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MBK Entertainment Opens Oz Studios in NYC
The décor of MBK Entertainment’s new 7,800 square foot recording facility, Oz Studios, was designed specifically to encourage creativity for artists, so much so...
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Samson, Vinyl Aid Record Store’s Resurgence
It’s been a rough time for record stores, as consumers have turned to the internet and iPods for their music needs. A 2011 IBISWorld...
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Vintage Sound For Les Paul Documentary
When recording Thank You Les, a new tribute CD to music legend Les Paul, engineer Ben Elliot had to dig through his collection of...
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The 78 Project: Recording in a Forgotten Format
The modern studio, equipped with the latest microphones, mixers and amplifiers, allows the producer to easily capture recordings with clarity and minimal ambient sound....
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Krall’s Doll Rocks The Box
Nearly 20 years and more than 6 million albums into her career, jazz chanteuse/pianist Diana Krall is bowing her latest collection, Glad Rag Doll,...
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Book Review: Hitless Wonder—A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll
There’s been plenty of rock star autobiographies over the years, almost always penned by a ghostwriter whose job it is to turn the endless...
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SPARS Spotlights Women’s Audio Mission | Q&A with Terri Winston
SPARS recently sat down with Terri Winston, Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Audio Mission, to find out more about the organization. WAM is...
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‘Joe Meek’ Documentary Team Asks For Help
UK producer Joe Meek became a legend for his brash personality, keen ear for a hit and tragic death in the 1960s. Inspiring generations...
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Book Review: Making Rumors: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.
By Clive Young. Ken Caillat recalls every detail behind the creation of Fleetwood Mac's best-known album in his memoir, the aptly titled Making Rumours:...
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Karmin Performance Pops For Casio
Sound reinforcement is critical for any corporate event, but when the client is launching a new line of musical instruments, the stakes are even...
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Rsonist Fires Up Diamond District Studios
When hip-hop producer Rsonist (Gregory Green) decided to open his own studio in Manhattan, he wanted to keep the focus on the creativity of...
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The Ghosts of Technology Past: Online Museum Preserves “Endangered Sounds”
Ten years ago, accessing information through technology was no easy task. You would turn on your Windows 95 machine and wait a few minutes...
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Getting More Out of Pro Tools With David Franz
Los Angeles-based producer and musician David Franz wrote the book on Pro Tools—literally.
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Fashionable Music
For years, many a music fan has established his or her personality through musical preference, by displaying his or her favorite artists on t-shirts,...