Profiles
Capturing Calexico’s ‘El Mirador,’ Part 1
Calexico's latest album began in a multi-shipping container studio before moving to Tucker Martin's Flora Recording.
Recording
Music Production
Snarky Puppy Goes Directly to Empire Central
Snarky Puppy recorded the band’s seventh live album, 'Empire Central,' in a converted venue space.
Business
Exclusive: Inside T Bone Burnett’s High-Tech Reinvention of the Record
Legendary producer T Bone Burnett takes his new Ionic Original discs—a format, he says, that offers the greatest fidelity and durability ever on an...
Facilities
Sweetwater’s Studio B Reopens for Dolby Atmos Work
Sweetwater Studios has upgraded and reopened Studio B as an immersive audio mixing and mastering suite.
Facilities
UK Producer Swaps Out Console for Latest Version
Romesh Dodangoda, a producer and mixer who has worked with Motorhead, Bring Me The Horizon and Funeral For A Friend, recently installed a new...
Facilities
Henszey Sound: Mastering for Atmos, Hand in Hand with Stereo
David Henszey has been making waves by mastering Dolby Atmos tracks for clients like Sting, among others.
Recording
24th Annual AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament Starts Thursday
The 24th AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament kicks off tomorrow at the Harpeth Hills Golf Course in Nashville, TN.
Facilities
Kali Audio Announces Educational Immersive Audio Brunch
Kali Audio has announced that it will be holding an educational brunch on Dolby Atmos at The Village Studios.
Music Production
Gareth Johnson Gets In-Sync with New Monitors
Music producer Gareth Johnson has installed a pair of PMC6-2 speakers in his room at London’s Metropolis Studios.
Music Production
…And You Will Know Trail of Dead by Its Quad Release
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is back with 'XI: Bleed Here Now,' released in both stereo and Regular Matrix...
Facilities
Reto Peter Talks Miking with Audix
Swiss native Reto Peter has been turning to his four large-diaphragm condensers from Audix to capture a variety of sources.
Facilities
Tenderdyn Arts Upgrades to Dolby Atmos and Gets to Work
Tenderdyn Arts founder and owner Tad Wheeler upgraded his Denver-area facility with a 7.1.4 Genelec speaker system.
Music Production
Recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love,’ Part 5
In our final segment, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith and John Frusciante and engineer Ryan Hewitt discuss some of their favorite songs on...
Music Production
Recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love,’ Part 4
Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante and engineer Ryan Hewitt tackle mixing 'Unlimited Love' in analog at EastWest Studios.
Music Production
Soy Emilia Finds Her Groove with New Studio Monitors
Colombian artist and producer Juanita Carvajal (AKA Soy Emilia) recently completed her second album, Argidulce (“Bittersweet” in English).
Music Production
Recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love,’ Part 3
In Part 3, John Frusciante talks playing synths with Flea, Ryan Hewitt discusses capturing bass and guitar, and much more.
Music Production
Recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love,’ Part 2
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back with a new hit album, 'Unlimited Love;' today, discover how longtime engineer Ryan Hewitt captured Chad Smith's...
Music Production
Recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Unlimited Love,’ Part 1
Kicking off our coverage of recording the Red Hot Chili Peppers' hit 'Unlimited Love' album, guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith share how...
Music Production
Capturing ‘Blues & Hues’ in Two Tracks, Part 2
In Part 2 of our look at the live-to-two-track recording of 'Blues & Hues New York,' we ironically travel to Capitol Studios in Los...
Music Production
Richie Furay Goes Country at Blackbird Studio
Richie Furay teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Val Garay to record his first studio album in seven years at Nashville’s Blackbird Studio.
Facilities
Tascam Lifts Off at Spaceman Sound
CAS Award-winning sound recordist and musician Tom Tierney has been using Tascam’s Model 24 multi-track live recording console.
Music, Etc
Music Etc.: Klaus Schulze, ‘Shadowlands’
German composer and musician Klaus Schulze is considered by many to be one of the founding fathers of electronic music.
Music Production
Capturing ‘Blues & Hues’ in Two Tracks, Part 1
Clifford Lamb, Jeffrey Weber and Clark Germain capture the emotional immediacy of Blues & Hues, recording at legendary studios live to two tracks.
Facilities
Chris Lord-Alge Jumps Into Digital at MIX LA
Five-time Grammy-winning mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge recently upgraded his MIX LA room for Dolby Atmos work.
Facilities
King’s X Readies First Album in 14 Years
King's X took its first album in 14 years to Bernie Grundman Mastering in preparation for the project's fall 2022 release.
Music Production
Luis Barrera Jr. Moves Into Dolby Atmos
Mix engineer/producer Luis Barrera Jr. is outfitting his Miami studio for Dolby Atmos music.
Music Production
Edgar Winter Honors ‘Brother Johnny’, Part 2
Part 2 of our coverage on the epic recording behind Edgar Winter's new album, Brother Johnny, sees the guest list multiply and Ross Hogarth...
Facilities
A.R. Rahman’s Latest Venture Offers a “Sonic Paradise”
Promoted as a “sonic paradise,” Firdaus Studio in Dubai was conceived by both Her Excellency Reem Al-Hashimy and musician A.R. Rahman.
Music Production
Edgar Winter Honors ‘Brother Johnny’, Part 1
Co-producer Ross Hogarth helped wrangle a guest list for the ages on Edgar Winter’s tribute to his brother, the new album ‘Brother Johnny.’
Business
National Recording Registry Names Latest Additions
2022's class of audio treasures deemed worthy of preservation by the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
Music Production
Cummings + Ainlay + Haynes = ‘TEN’
Producer/engineer Chuck Ainlay shares how he captured bluesman Albert Cummings' latest album at Peter Frampton’s Phenix Studio in Nashville.
Music Production
Berlin-Based Catalyst Creative Institute Adds New Desk
Creative arts and technology learning institute Catalyst has outfitted one of its studios with an SSL Origin.
Facilities
Webster University Prepares for Studio Renovation
Webster University has commissioned a new 32-channel API Legacy AXS console with Final Touch Automation for its upcoming studio renovation.
Blog
Peek Inside Whitney Houston’s Home Studio
Whitney Houston had a voice like no other, and an award-winning, Russ Berger-designed home studio to match—and now it can be yours.
Facilities
Mix LA Adds New Desk, Appoints Veteran Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge has appointed veteran engineer Marc DeSisto to run the new room at Mix LA, which sports an SSL Origin desk.
Business
Grammy Engineering and Production Award Winners Announced
The Recording Academy announced the winners of the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording and mastering engineers, mixers, remixers and record...
Music Production
Dub Producer Gets to Grips with Tascam
Reggae and dub producer Eloy Carrero, AKA Ras Sparrow, has been using Tascam’s Model 12 integrated production suite.
Facilities
K-Pop Powerhouse JYP Entertainment Expands with New Studios
JYP Entertainment — the label behind K-Pop hitmakers like Stray Kids, ITZY, TWICE and NiziU — recently built new studios connected via Van Damme...
Facilities
Atlanta Studio Complex Unveils Flagship Room
Ronnie “Lil’ Ronnie” Jackson has launched a new flagship studio at his Einnor complex near Atlanta featuring a Solid State Logic Origin 32-channel analog...
Facilities
Evergroove Believes in Atmos: Focal in 7.1.4
Evergroove Studio in Evergreen, CO has redesigned its mix room to accommodate Dolby Atmos mixes, using 11 Focal monitors in a 7.1.4 setup.
Facilities
Engineer John Paterno On Capturing Great Performances
John Paterno has made AmphionTwo18 monitors and the Amp700 power amplifier critical components in his studio monitoring setup.
Classic-Tracks
Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters Through The Years
With the unexpected passing Friday of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, we look back at his and the band's long and prolific careers.