Post and Broadcast
Studio Goes Above and Beyond with Immersive Room
Des Moines, IA-based marketing agency Trilix built a studio to handle its in-house AV needs last year.
Recording
Events
Recording Academy P&E Wing Ready for AES 2024
The Recording Academy’s P&E Wing has multiple panels and events lined up for next week’s AES Show in New York.
Business
Producer/Engineer Ken Caillat Sues Broadway’s ‘Stereophonic’
Ken Caillat, co-producer and engineer of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours,’ has filed a lawsuit alleging the Broadway hit 'Stereophonic' knocked off his 2012 memoir.
Music Production
Michael Romanowski Talks Tools
Michael Romanowski, owner and chief engineer at Coast Mastering in the Bay Area, has used a variety of audio tools on his way to...
Facilities
Inside the Clubhouse
Instruments, amps, mics, console, monitors, outboard racks, space and owner Paul Antonell -- why we still love big studios.
Music Production
Michael Badal is All-In on a Hybrid Workflow
Composer Michael Badal recently completed an SSL upgrade at his home studio in L.A.
Music Production
Beabadoobee and Rick Rubin on the Epic Journey from Shangri-La to Number One
Legendary producer Rick Rubin and pop songstress Beabadoobee share how they conjured and captured her new album, 'This Is How Tomorrow Moves.' It's a...
Events
Jack Antonoff Sets AES Convention Return with Laura Sisk
The AES will host Jack Antonoff and his longtime mix engineer Laura Sisk as the focal point of a special event session at AES...
Business
Latin Grammy Engineering and Production Nominations Announced
Latin Grammy Award nominees for categories honoring recording and mastering engineers, mixers and record producers have been announced.
Blog
Reggae’s Greatest Console? Legendary Helios Desk Up for Sale
A rare vintage Helios console used to record Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Big Youth, Bunny Wailer, Yellowman and many more has been put up...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Traveling Wilburys’ “Handle With Care”
The Traveling Wilburys were perhaps popular music's most unusual George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty and Roy Orbison wrote all the material
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Dobie Gray’s “Drift Away”
Take a deep dive into the recording of the Dobie Gray classic, oft-covered 1973 hit “Drift Away.”
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Average White Band’s “Pick Up the Pieces”
There was something audacious about it: a group from Scotland calling itself The Average White Band. If the funk don't fly, then the honky...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”
"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful..." That's the memorable opening to "The Logical Song" by Supertramp.
2014
Classic Tracks: Midnight Oil’s “Beds Are Burning”
Midnight Oil's “Beds Are Burning” was powerful on every level: musically, politically, sonically, even visually.
Business
AES Show 2024 Announces Keynote and Top Sessions
The Audio Engineering Society has announced the keynote speaker and several session highlights for its upcoming convention.
Facilities
New Monitors Help Bring the Mix Home for Robin Hunt
Originally from the Netherlands, music mixer Robin Hunt recently completed a new studio at his home in Attendorn, Germany.
Music Production
Producer Brings His DAD to Orchestra Session
Producer Christian Amonson specified his favorite converters when he oversaw a new recording of a John Williams theme in honor of the NASA Chandra...
Facilities
Jonathan Wyndham Talks Tracking at Studio 606
On a session at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 for the Audix All Access YouTube series earlier this year, Nashville singer-songwriter Jonathan Wyndham and his...
Facilities
Korean University Adds New Dolby Atmos Studio
Students at the Korea University of Media Arts are learning to mix and master for immersive audio in the school’s 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos studio.
Business
Guitar Center Professional Opens Dolby Atmos Studio
GC Pro has opened a new Dolby Atmos mix studio inside its Hollywood flagship store, to be used for customer education and content creation.
Business
Bentley Meeker Opens Multiple NYC Facilities
The Bentley Meeker family of companies has opened new studio and rehearsal facilities in New York City and has appointed William Garrett head of...
Music Production
A Matter of Trust: How Brad Leigh is Remixing Billy Joel for Dolby Atmos
Brad Leigh helped record half of Billy Joel’s discography; now the veteran engineer is carefully bringing it into Dolby Atmos.
Facilities
Audio-Technica Launches AT-ONE Radio Podcast
New series debuts with focus on the creative energy of the NYC music and arts scene, from inside TECHNICA HOUSE.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: “This Love,” Maroon 5
The band’s breakout hit in the summer of 2002, produced by Matt Wallace, nearly had a very different sound.
Facilities
South Korea’s KoKo Sound Studio Upgrades to Atmos
Analog conversion and Dante connectivity, with stereo and immersive setups, handled by a single Prism Sound Dream ADA-128.
Facilities
Rüfüs Du Sol Mix Engineer Goes Atmos+LR
Stereo PMC 6-2 monitors added to Cam Trewin’s immersive studio.
Facilities
Automaker Opens Immersive Audio Lab
Stellantis built an in-house studio that includes a 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos system based around Genelec Smart Active Monitors.
Music Production
Two Countries, One Reference Monitor
Whether music producer, songwriter and TV show creator Jose Luis “Pepe” Pagan is working in Argentina or the U.S., he always uses the same...
Business
Inside Iron Mountain: It’s Time to Talk About Hard Drives
Iron Mountain Media and Archive Services sounds the alarm: Aging tracks created through an all-digital workflow aren't guaranteed to play back.
Facilities
Peek Inside Mega-Producer Boi-1da’s New Home Studio
Go inside the mega-producer’s new home studio, specifically built for the way modern records are made.
Business
Audio Scholarship Recipients Announced
Genelec, in association with the Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation, has announced the recipients of its annual scholarships.
Facilities
Striking It Rich at Estudios El Dorado
Estudios El Dorado, a multi-room, multi-purpose production facility in Quito, Ecuador offers an all-analog workflow focused on the “British sound.”
Music Production
Focusrite Group Offers Immersive Audio Guide
The Focusrite Group’s Focusrite and ADAM Audio brands have teamed up to demystify immersive audio with a free guide.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: George Jones’ “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
He Stopped Loving Her Today: It's the saddest song, and the most mournful voice, and the most histrionic production and the cruelest punchline in...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”
“Walk This Way” likely would not have come to be if Aerosmith hadn’t gotten itchy in the studio and decided to go to the...
2013
Classic Tracks: Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers’ “Tomorrow People”
Two albums into his career, Ziggy Marley took a gamble on working with a producer team that had never made records for anyone other...
2013
Classic Track: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride and Joy”
The story of the recording of this Classic Track begins far from Texas, in Switzerland at the Montreux Jazz Festival in July 1982.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Oingo Boingo’s “Just Another Day”
Oingo Boingo's new wave classic “Just Another Day” turns out to be more timeless than one might have imagined in 1985.
Business
Roland Future Design Lab Launches
Roland Corporation announced it has founded a specialized R&D group, Roland Future Design Lab, to explore and suggest “the future of music creation.”
Music Production
Recording Johnny Cash’s ‘Songwriter’
Johnny Cash's new, posthumous album, Songwriter, was created from forgotten tracks recorded more than three decades ago before his momentous career revival.
Music Production
Preserving the Past, One C90 at a Time
Producer Dan Vargas recently rescued more than 120 unheard tracks from forgotten cassettes and CD-Rs that were recorded by East L.A. musician Eddie Ayala.