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By Chris Walker ⋅ Published: 06/01/1999

Since their formation in 1969, the British band King Crimson has been questing for new frontiers. Now, 30 years down the line, they've delved...

By Chris Pelonis ⋅ Published: 06/01/1999

Many studio listening environments today depend upon near-field or midfield monitors. And many veteran recording engineers make the mistake of placing

By Mark Frink ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

The Ashly Protea 4.24G is a rackmount digital equalizer featuring four independent channels of 11/43-octave graphic equalization, plus high and lowpass

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Seventeen years between albums is an eternity in the pop music world, yet half a minute into the first track on Blondie's greatly anticipated...

By Robyn Flans ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris could hardly believe they were finally all seated at the large Elektra Records conference table promoting

By Barbara Schultz ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

To call Rockfield Studios (Monmouth, Gwent, Wales) historic might be accurate, but it doesn't tell the whole story. This legendary facility is said to

By Paul D. Lehrman ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

In 1971, I wrote a college paper on the use of electronic music studio techniques in popular music. The paper, one of the favorite...

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Kevin Killen has worked with some of the most brilliant artists in pop music. His diverse discography is evidence that he's an all-around type,...

By Michael Cooper ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

The last couple of years have seen the birth of several cost-effective, all-in-one digital dynamics processors loaded to the gills with algorithms for

By Chris Michie ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

When The Beatles played their last concert, at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in 1966, the equipment list for the show could have been written...

By John Klett ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

Audio Precision introduced the System One in 1985 and the Portable One in 1990. Since then, many features and new capabilities have been added....

By Barry Rudolph ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

The Expounder, from Scottish company CLM Dynamics, is an analog stereo/dual mono 4-band parametric equalizer with stereo high/lowpass filters that expands

By Eliott James ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

The exhibit floor of an AES show is hardly the place to judge the quality of a mic preamp, but Lew Frisch of Comprehensive...

By Paul Myers ⋅ Published: 05/01/1999

"The thing about this record is that it was their fourth studio album. I can't emphasize enough how marvelous it was to work with...

By Mark Frink ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

There has been much talk about the sky falling down on wireless microphones. So far the RF environment, like the air quality in major...

By Blair Jackson ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

It was 25 years ago that four guys from Garfield High School in East L.A.-David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Louie Perez and Conrad Lozano-formed Los...

By Randy Alberts ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Everyone needs a typical gear story to maintain historical perspective when products like the Yamaha DSP Factory come along to shatter price and performance

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Since the dawn of time, humans have recorded location audio on analog Nagra recorders. Along the way, brave individuals have made forays into other...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Nearly 100,000 industry enthusiasts ventured to Frankfurt, Germany, to see the latest audio and music technogadgets at the 20th annual Musikmesse, held

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

The demand for surround sound releases-in sound for picture, multimedia and audio-only forms-is on the rise, yet most of us work on consoles designed

By Paul D. Lehrman ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ=MSFT) announced today a change in the release schedule of its new operating system, Windows 2000, explaining that extra time was

By Maureen Droney ⋅ Published: 04/01/1999

Upon entering the premises of Advantage Audio in Burbank, the first impression is of decks cleared for action. There's nothing extraneous, nothing out