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The proliferation of wireless systems is a blessing for contractors, virtually ensuring that the right combination of price, features and performance can be found...
I don't want to date myself, but my relationship with Otari goes back to 1979 when I first bought a 1-inch, 8-track Model 7308...
The U95S is the latest microphone in the growing Soundelux line, features audiophile grade electronic components throughout and is designed to be the
From cost-conscious table-toppers to multi-thousand-dollar mainframes, effects manufacturers have added at least 25 new units in the 18 months since Winter
Howie B. has been something of a ubiquitous figure in popular music the past few years, particularly in Europe. The producer/engineer/mixer/composer/DJ
Mike Shipley's work is practically a fixture on the Billboard charts. His credits include a wide range of successful artists, such as Def Leppard,...
If audio signals are the lifeblood of an audio production facility, then wiring is the circulatory system through which those signals move. Once installed,
John Storyk has been a fixture in studio design almost since there were studios to design. At 53, he can trace his professional lineage...
When Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released their self-titled Shelter Records debut in 1976, few would have predicted that we would still be talking...
Many studio listening environments today depend upon near-field or midfield monitors. And many veteran recording engineers make the mistake of placing
With both DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD on the horizon, the compact disc may face two serious challenges to its long-held position as the...
Roger D'Arcy, 42, and Nick Whitaker, 37, started the English firm Recording Architecture in 1987, believing that, when it comes to studio design, acoustics
Audio on the Internet. Does that intrigue you or scare you? If you work for a large record company, or your business depends on...
No one would ever accuse Craig Huxley of being timid. In 1985 he opened a sprawling, Memphis-modern decorated, multiroom recording complex in Burbank
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...
It takes a long time to grow a basement studio to the point where moving to a new facility is possible. For us at...
Of all the incredible advances currently occurring in digital audio, perhaps the most impressive of all is in the area of digital mixers. The...
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,...
Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris could hardly believe they were finally all seated at the large Elektra Records conference table promoting
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
Lauryn Hill was only 15 years old (and working part-time as a soap opera actress) when she got together with high school classmate Wyclef...
Once upon a time, when there were only a handful of large-scale loudspeaker system manufacturers, enterprising sound companies typically built their own
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...
The exhibit floor of an AES show is hardly the place to judge the quality of a mic preamp, but Lew Frisch of Comprehensive...
The Ashly Protea 4.24G is a rackmount digital equalizer featuring four independent channels of 11/43-octave graphic equalization, plus high and lowpass
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...
In 1971, I wrote a college paper on the use of electronic music studio techniques in popular music. The paper, one of the favorite...
It is difficult to imagine what popular music in the latter half of the 20th century would have sounded like if the electric guitar...
Everyone needs a typical gear story to maintain historical perspective when products like the Yamaha DSP Factory come along to shatter price and performance
In the whole realm of recording, there's no place where art and technology are more hopelessly intertwined than in tracking vocals. Ask vocal-recording
In audio circles, the Lexicon name is virtually synonymous with "digital." The first commercial manufacturer of digital audio devices, Lexicon never made
Following is a guide to the top-of-the line offerings from various makers of disk-based recorders-emphasis on recorders. This is not intended to be a
Jonathan Deans is one of the most successful sound designers in the current musical theater. His credits as sound designer include Fosse, Ragtime, Mystere,
There has been much talk about the sky falling down on wireless microphones. So far the RF environment, like the air quality in major...
Instead of simply giving rock fans more of the same, Roy Thomas Baker has managed throughout his long and distinguished career to produce audacious...
For those of us engaged in professional recording on a daily basis, the availability of "classic" microphones is often more a necessity than a...
"For the Love of Money" made it to the Top 10 in the spring of 1974 (Number 9 pop, Number 3 R&B) and catapulted...
There are more than a dozen entries in the "low cost" (i.e., less than $10,000) category of digital consoles, but in terms of pricing,...
Nearly 100,000 industry enthusiasts ventured to Frankfurt, Germany, to see the latest audio and music technogadgets at the 20th annual Musikmesse, held
The Robert Cray Band: Take Your Shoes Off (Rykodisc) So many times you read a review of a new R&B release, and the press...
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...
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