Review: Sennheiser/Apogee AMBEO Smart Headset
By Russ Long. The concept of the AMBEO Smart Headset is a high-quality pair of earbuds that integrate a microphone on the exterior, allowing...
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By Russ Long. The concept of the AMBEO Smart Headset is a high-quality pair of earbuds that integrate a microphone on the exterior, allowing...
With the MA-1000 tube condenser microphone, Mojave built a world-class studio microphone with no compromises, and the result is an audio gem.
The R-10 ribbon microphone offers exceptional sonic performance and build quality, and is the most affordable Royer ribbon studio mic to date.
By Rob Tavaglione. I’m quite familiar with the unique response of ribbon tweeters, especially from my previous reviews of ADAM Audio monitors—Eve’s founder was...
By Rob Tavaglione. Gullfoss is not truly AI, just quite intelligent; it requires your experience to gauge severity, appropriateness and artistry.
By Rob Tavaglione. At right around $1K per pair at retail, these KH80 DSPs are hardly the most affordable of the micro-monitors out there...
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione put Audio-Technica's AT5047 to the test on a variety of sources. And the verdict was...?
By Russ Long. Sound Forge Pro Mac 3 is an audio editor and processor that incorporates a highly customizable single-window architecture. While the look...
Arguably more important than any other element in the control room, the monitor controller is the heart of the modern studio.
By Russ Long. Can Audiophile headphones cut it in the world of music production?
By Rich Tozzoli. The company describes this mastering plug-in as a “unique multiband limiter, human-ear EQ and powerful audio maximizer” that will increase the...
By Rich Tozzoli. Check out Sony's C-100 two-way condenser microphone, suitable for vocal and critical instrument recording in the studio.
By Rich Tozzoli. The Savage 120 glories in an unabashedly modern aggressiveness and punch.
By Rich Tozzoli. Dig into Universal Audio’s new software emulation of the classic Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor.
Alesia Hendley takes a look at Allen & Heath's dLive S Class audio mixing console.
By Rob Tavaglione. What do PreSonus' Eris E66 studio monitors bring to the table in the crowded 'under $1,000' marketplace? We find out.
PSN reviewer Liz May put Yamaha's TF-RACK through its paces, discovering that this rack-mount version of the TF Series is both familiar and unique.
By Russ Long. I’ve had the opportunity to work and audition several of Tatz’s proprietary PhantomFocus monitoring system-equipped spaces, and they are sonically spectacular....
The 8320A and 7350A three-piece monitoring systems are part of the Genelec Smart Active Monitoring, or SAM, portfolio and were the perfect size for...
Last month was the annual NAMM Show, and it was great to be in attendance. For guitar players/guitar-based composers like me, you can’t beat...
I own many older TASCAM units, but had not seen much—other than a few film sound products—that interested me over the last decade.
TASCAM’s latest incarnation of their DR-100 Linear PCM Recorder—the mkIII handheld—is a rugged and uniquely-equipped location recorder that is notably featured in its versatility,...
Designed for use as a broadcast vocal microphone, the BP40 is actually quite superb in a broad range of applications where a large diaphragm...
As we become ever-more dependent on computers, we increasingly run the risk of being blindsided by our tools.
Legendary producer/music executive LA Reid has penned his memoir, Sing to Me: My Story of Making Music, Finding Magic, and Searching for Who's Next,...
Advancements in microprocessing technology allow for an increasing number of affordable digital recording tools to be created with each passing year.
In PSN, we often boil the idea of “good sound” down to equipment specs, but that only tells part of the story, because pro...
Newcomer Neat Microphones has launched a line of affordable mics bold bee-inspired color schemes and some highly unusual design features.
It was a cliff-hanger that had showgoers panicked—but literally minutes before the show opened, all lawsuits concerning the catered food at last year’s Anderton...
At the Opening Ceremonies of this year’s AES Convention, held October 29-November 1 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, the...
Howard Massey’s latest book, The Great British Recording Studios, tells the story of the iconic British facilities where many of the most important recordings...
Yamaha’s flagship Rivage PM10 digital audio console has been undergoing a real-world shakedown of its software in recent times, being used at select high-profile...
You’ve probably seen the attitude before—clueless people who say “It’s a big facility that’s a relic from another age.
A shotgun microphone is simply a tool worth having in any “workhorse” microphone collection, and the MCE 86 II is an ideal specimen.
Studer has unveiled the Vista 1 Black Edition digital mixing console, intended for live, production and broadcast use, at IBC 2015.
Yamaha emerged as a leader in high-end live sound mixing with its digital offerings long before many stalwart analog-centric live console companies dipped their...
Touch-centric with an intuitive proprietary OS, the TF is capable yet easy.
Blue's 180-degree pivoting capsule SDC "sounds fantastic, feels expensive."
Rich Tozzoli tested an AEA R88 mk2 stereo ribbon microphone at Clubhouse Studios.
by Rich Tozzoli. Recently I’ve been working on a recording project that was just so refreshing, I wanted to write about it. Sometimes, especially...
For the past three years, Rich Tozzoli has organized a grand recording, gigging and equipment review opportunity by gathering his most fun-loving musician and...