Software Tech: The 2020 Anderton Awards
Sizing up the NAMM Show with a moderately bloodshot eye, the Anderton Awards return.
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Sizing up the NAMM Show with a moderately bloodshot eye, the Anderton Awards return.
Peter Janis, former owner of Radial Engineering, continues his two-part look at the bad old days of his career, and how they taught him...
Small bits of eco-friendly practices are popping up all over the audio industry, from solar panels at studios to recycled plastic for acoustic treatment...
When a Rack Tom channel on a rented digital console started showing up across multiple scribble strips during soundcheck, Steve La Cerra did everything...
Grammy and TEC Award-winner George Massenburg shares some highpoints of the METAlliance's journey so far, and shares what can still be accomplished.
Do you suffer from gear lust? Many recording musicians do. I happen to have a particularly severe case. For example, I have lately found...
One busted truck driver recently discovered that the cab of a semi is no place for mobile recording.
With no traffic, Montauk is only a little more than a two-hour drive from New York City, two-forty-five if you take the Long Island...
Steve La Cerra knows that after years on the road, gear can take a beating. So when possible, he likes to take out some...
The art of recording multiple instruments together in a room is becoming a dying art.
This spacious home studio in Beverly Hills has been used to record Ozzy, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others.
Peter Janis recounts how the not-so-good old days at the start of his career taught him perseverance and that money matters.
The Billie Eilish-Finneas sweep at the Grammys put the spotlight back on home-based, bedroom studios, proving that a good song is a good song,...
We stumbled across this good-natured comedy clip picturing a Slipknot soundcheck in the early 2000s, and naturally we had to share it.
Additional aspects of the MIDI 2.0 spec have fallen into place, and the first pieces of gear with elements of MIDI 2.0 are working...
"There was glory in this room that needed to be resurrected, but we also knew that every bit of the renovation process had to...
Steve La Cerra mourns the loss of one of his real heroes, the drummer Neil Peart, who lived life with passion and grace, not...
Mike Levine went to see an Oscar-nominated film in a Dolby Cinema and loved the experience... except for the trailers, which felt more like...
While the pro-audio world loves a nice road case, it’s a safe bet that beleaguered ex-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn loves them even more.
Take a look inside rapper French Montana’s home studio, located in a guesthouse on his 3.1-acre estate.
The Ampex 351 was working, but relatively noisy, so Steve La Cerra started replacing tubes; he found that not all tubes are created equal.
My introduction to writing about sound for film and television, and most of the emphasis over the years, has been through post-production.
With two simultaneous recording projects in the works, Mike Levine finds himself working in two very different manners, both of which work just fine...
Having a tough time staying in the holiday spirit? Here’s some music to lighten your mood, in no particular order… The Christmas Song, The...
Former Radial CEO Peter Janis says, make a new year’s resolution to bring discipline to your business practices.
Craig Anderton explores how amp sims are winning over the normally conservative world of pro guitar players, both in the studio and for live...
Mike Levine has had more than a few niggling, frustrating things happen in his home studio lately, which led him to find out more...
Songbyrd Music House and Record Café is home to one of the last surviving Voice-O-Graph booths—a 1940s vending machine that recorded customers to a...
Producer/engineer Morten Lindberg has a career total of 28 Grammy nominations and 0 wins—the unluckiest streak in Grammy history. Will he finally win in...
What do you do when you show up to a gig and the mix position is, uh, less than desirable, and a bunch of...
Updating a DAW's software, and hardware, is a big deal, and Mike Levine is not a fan of the perceived push to move users...
Craig Anderton looks at the changing trends of the annual AES Convention.
The recent kerfuffle surrounding Taylor Swift singing her songs at the AMAs goes beyond a simple one-night performance, and the rights aren't as simple...
METAlliance co-founder Elliot Scheiner pays tribute to his friend, recording legend Ed Cherney, who passed away in October.
Time to decide what to buy your favorite producer, engineer or musician this holiday season—and PSN is here to help.
Thoughts on parallel compression got Mike Levine thinking about applying parallel saturation to dirty up his guitar tracks in a mix.
The exploding podcasting market is a great business opportunity for recording studios, engineers and other audio pros to provide their production services—or to start...
Former CEO of Radial Engineering Peter Janis explores why companies have to make life easy for the client, even if it’s hard to do.
Could community radio entertain a more all-podcast format?
Voice on the phone: Is this Steve? Me: Yes. Hey I’m Curly Joe (not his real name). I’m doing sound for you on (date...
Has it really been three months since we last visited the Ampex 351 Audio Dinosaur? I estimate that I’ve logged 200,000 miles since the...
The legendary pros of the METAlliance—Ed Cherney, Chuck Ainlay, Al Schmitt, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Frank Filipetti—share their wide-ranging views about how to...