Facilities
Keith Urban Brings A Nashville Classic Back to Life, Part 2
Country supersrtar Keith Urban takes us inside his new studio—the legendary facility formerly known as The Tracking Room.
Recording
Facilities
Keith Urban Brings A Nashville Classic Back to Life, Part 1
Country supersrtar Keith Urban takes us inside his new studio—the legendary facility formerly known as The Tracking Room.
Facilities
Berlin Firm Joins WSDG Network
WSDG has expanded its international network with the official renaming of ADA Acoustics & Media Consultants GmbH (ADA-AMC) in Germany to WSDG Berlin GmbH.
Facilities
Chilean Studio Installs New Analog Console
Studio owner Raúl Aliaga Lewis has upgraded his TOC Música facility in Chile with a 32-channel SSL Origin analog mixing console.
Events
Mix Nashville Announces “Entering Phase 2 of Immersive Music Production: What’s Next?”
Art and technology will intersect this Saturday as producer/engineers Chuck Ainlay and Ben Fowler sit down with Ceri Thomas, the industry’s leading technology expert...
Facilities
Synth Engineer and Musician Opens Immersive Track/Mix Studio
Two immersive spaces, with Focal 7.1.4 monitoring system in the main mix area, and quadraphonic playback for tracking/rehearsal.
Music, Etc
The Songs of Coleman Mellett
Late jazz guitarist sends a posthumous love letter to his wife—and vice versa.
Events
Mix Nashville Announces Keynote Conversation
Legendary producer, engineer, inventor and educator George Massenburg to sit down with three talented, up-and-coming Nashville engineers for a conversation titled: “Emerging Engineers…And What...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Elvis Presley, ‘Burning Love’
It's one of Elvis' best-known songs, but "Burning Love" nearly wasn't recorded by The King.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Merle Haggard’s “Mama Tried”
Country music legend Merle Haggard recounts how he came to record the massive hit, "Mama Tried."
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Jennifer Warnes’ “Right Time Of The Night”
“Right Time of the Night,” released in 1976, was all about firsts—and it was no easy gig for producer Jim Ed Norman.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm”
“When we first recorded ‘Riders on the Storm,’ it was a nice, light song—but when we got into mixing it is when it all...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Cars’ “Just What I Needed”
The Cars' self-titled album is a quintessential new wave classic, taking the sound of the 50s and making it modern and new.
Post and Broadcast
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Sidebar: Peek Inside Endpoint Audio Labs
Peek inside the audio stronghold that meticulously transferred all the rare audio formats in 'Becoming Led Zeppelin'.
Post and Broadcast
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary, Part 3
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Post and Broadcast
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary, Part 2
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Music Production
Recapturing Led Zeppelin’s Sound for New Documentary
Discover the incredible effort Bernard MacMahon and Nick Bergh made to recapture the true sound of Led Zeppelin in the 1960s.
Business
Level West Studioworks Opens to Create Modular Studios
Level Acoustic Design and Westwood Joinery have teamed up to found Level West Studioworks, a modular studio brand.
Business
Mix Nashville III Announces Studio Crawl!
Once the day ends on Music Row, the night begins in Berry Hill, with stops at Blackbird Studio, East Iris, Custom House by GC...
Music Production
Fame Studios Teams with UA for Console Rebuild Documentary
Muscle Shoals’ legendary Fame Recording Studios has teamed with Universal Audio for a documentary series on rebuilding the facility’s UA 610 recording console.
Music Production
Chaikin Keeps Things Real for Acoustic Recording
Engineer Peter Chaikin recently recorded a duet between Ian McCrudden and Wendy Joyner.
Business
Sony and BandLab Partner on Spatial Tools
360 Reality Audio to be integrated into the BandLab app, including selection of beats, sounds and immersive music production tools.
Facilities
Beijing’s 8082 Audio Studio and the Immersive Boom
More than 100 Genelec monitors add consistency, confidence across 10 studios, 14 production rooms.
news
UK’s 2025 MPG Award Winners Announced
A.G. Cook named Producer of the Year for his work with the likes of Charli XCX; Danny L Harle garners Writer-Producer of the Year.
Facilities
Bob Bullock Looks Back While Moving Forward
Classic Harrison 32C console sound in a new 500 Series three-pack for producer/engineer’s Nashville studio.
Facilities
Josh Gannet Gets Comfy at Skunk Hollow Recordings
Interface lineup wired through the patch bay and then routed into the computer, or connected via Dante for control.
Music Production
Queen, Cars Producer Roy Thomas Baker Passes at 78
Across a 50-plus year career, Roy Thomas Baker captured some of rock’s most incredible performances by its biggest names.
Business
Genelec Scholarship Applications Open
Genelec has announced that applications are open for two annual scholarships to be presented to U.S. audio graduate students.
Music Production
Multi-Platinum Producer Talks Favorite Monitors
Laureano “Lauro” Pardo shares his journey from beginner watching YouTube videos to a pro with Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Fireballs’ “Sugar Shack”
In August 1958, George Tomsco was facing a dilemma that many high school graduates face: what should he do with the rest of his...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Arlo Guthrie’s “City of New Orleans”
Sometimes, a so-called "career record" can affect more than one career.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: k.d. lang’s “Constant Craving”
Nashville still had the door closed for us in country, so we figured, ‘What the hell, we’ll do exactly what we want,’ says producer...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Waylon Jennings’ “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way”
“Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” is on Waylon Jennings’ Dreaming My Dreams, the only record he made with legendary engineer/producer Cowboy...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Do You Believe in Magic”
Fortunately, nice guys don't always finish last. Sometimes they reach the top of the hill and stay there for quite some time.
Music Production
Ex-Heartbreaker Returns to the Trenches with The Speaker Wars
The Speaker Wars was born while Stan Lynch, former drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, was producing a solo record for Jon Christopher...
Music Production
Live Looper Talks Up Improvising Tools
Live looper John Allen performs his real-time, improvised planetarium scores nationwide.
Music Production
Tracking With Immersive Music in Mind, Part 2
Unlike stereo recording, there are no ‘standard techniques’ for mic placement when capturing immersive music at its source— in the studio. So…let the innovations...
Music Production
Tracking With Immersive Music in Mind, Part 1
Unlike stereo recording, there are no ‘standard techniques’ for mic placement when capturing immersive music at its source— in the studio. So…let the innovations...
Music Production
Baby Brown Calls on Nugen
Music producer and composer Baby Brown discusses plug-ins used on projects like the Keanu Reeves show Brawn on Disney+.
Facilities
Bay Area’s 2200 Studios Unveils Studio A
The Bay Area’s 2200 Studios (formerly Record Plant Sausalito) now has an SSL Origin 32-channel analog in-line mixing console in its flagship Studio A.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Suzanne Vega’s “Luka”
There was life before "Luka" and there was life after "Luka," engineer/producer Steve Addabbo says of the impact that the 1987 Suzanne Vega hit...
Music Production
National Recording Registry Adds Chicago, Elton, Minecraft and More for 2025
25 recordings that will join the National Recording Registry, including releases by Elton John, Chicago, Mary J. Blige, Amy Winehouse and the cast of...