“BRAZIL” ON DVD: Criterion reintroduces the 1985 cult favorite
Big-time recording artists receive the box-set treatment from record labels, but it takes quite a movie to receive the same level of attention. The...
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Big-time recording artists receive the box-set treatment from record labels, but it takes quite a movie to receive the same level of attention. The...
Last month, I decried the problems of dealing with tech support lines at companies whose hardware and software we expect-often unrealistically-to work
An ochre harvest moon rises over the eastern rim of New Orleans. It rotates smoothly across the black sky, and just before it sinks...
Film sound is not quite a Black Art, but it can feel that way sometimes when you read the magazines or are introduced to...
Don't let the title fool you into thinking this is a dry textbook about arcane microphone facts. On the contrary, Inventor of Stereo: The...
If you were looking to broadcast your morning news show from a location that registers "center of the world" to millions of people around...
Concert composer Michael Schelle may have never written music for film, but after penning his most recent book, it's safe to say he knows...
Ricky Martin has been called the Latino Elvis, but on the weekend before Thanksgiving at the San Jose Arena, it probably would have been...
Anne Dudley, the Oscar-winning composer of the score for The Full Monty, took a cue from the title of the standard English hymnal when...
Throughout his 30 years of experience in studios, Bobby Owsinski interviewed many well-known engineers, from Bruce Swedien to George Massenburg, and the
Spark, the newest software from TC Works, is a 2-track digital audio editor unlike any other, with integration of real-time effects and a unique...
Absent from the touring scene for some two-and-a-half years before the release of her latest album, Breakdown, Melissa Etheridge took to the road in...
"I am going to equalize the room." We've all heard that statement so many times that we scarcely think about what it literally means....
ISO BOX Computers have added a great deal to my studio: creative control, new capabilities and copious quantities of...fan noise. Thanks to the Iso...
February 1, 2000 Technology DACS FREQUE Shure E5: PERSONAL MONITOR EARPHONE Cycling ’74 Pluggo: PLUG-IN SUITE AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TC Works Spark: REAL-TIME DIGITAL...
JoeMeek gear always evokes an inner chuckle from me when I see and use those striking green-faced units. And their namesake's philosophy-"If it sounds
Many recording artists make the newspapers for record and concert reviews and personality profiles. A few go on and make the gossip and celebrity...
All too often we hear complaints that the sound is too loud at concerts. Further, widespread enactment of sound control regulations often requires concert
Stan Ridgway has always been a keen observer of modern life. From his days as the frontman of the unusual but always compelling Los...
The tip-off that Marshall Crenshaw recorded his latest CD, enigmatically titled #447, in his own project room is the name of the studio in...
It's no surprise that Dolly Parton could make a fine album of acoustic string band music; the wonder is that it's taken her so...
The state of Virginia probably didn't know what hit it when Dave Grohl moved there recently, but for Grohl and his band, the Foo...
Q: How many engineers does it take to mike a drum kit?A: One, assuming the drummer shows up.With all due respect to drummers-having endured...
Tech support. Two words that strike terror in the hearts of studio personnel and manufacturing executives alike. The former because they know that once
Professional associations with the likes of Miles Davis, The Crusaders, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Brian Setzer would tame the ambition of many
First came the Alesis ADAT and Tascam DA-88, which started the whole democratization of the audio industry by making good-sounding equipment available
Sometimes you can judge a book, or a CD, by its cover. This is the case with Iggy Pop's new one, "adorned" with a...
MIXER JAMEY STAuB AND BLuES EXPLoSIoN'S RuSSELL SIMINS FIND BALANCE AT ASToRIA LouNGE Artists and engineers often talk how important a tight relationship
It's easy to get jaded about microphones today. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting another new condenser mic. And the constant din...
It's been more than 30 years since multitrack tape machines radically changed the nature of recording. In most cases, a recording of a given...
Songs and Stories from Moby Dick," the latest touring show by Laurie Anderson, is a one-and-a-half-hour theatrical presentation that makes extensive use
Organized and hosted by Pegi and Neil Young, the annual all-acoustic benefit concert for the Bridge School has become one of the most anticipated...
This latest collection of covers is perhaps Bryan Ferry's most audacious artistic statement since his genre-busting solo debut, 1973's These Foolish Things.
An everyday story of a man and his lawn mower, The Straight Story is a surprisingly involving film, a gift both for film aficionados...
From its inception, WaveFrame was primarily designed to serve the post market. The major strengths of the WaveFrame system have been file management and
In the past decade, the substantial demand for tube-based outboard gear has driven prices in the vintage gear market steadily upward. As a result,...
Walking into Dave Kershaw's project studio, The Glass Elevator, is a bit like walking onto an Austin Powers set: colorful surroundings and an assortment
Bryan Adams really pisses me off! That's because he's usually right. He was right when he said he could get Tina Turner to sing...
Sonic Foundry's Acid software has fundamentally changed the way many people create loop-based audio productions. It's the first program that actually