Music Production
PAMA Event to Explore Preserving Legacy Recordings
PAMA will host an online presentation, “The Challenges and Wonders of Preserving Legacy Recordings,” on August 18.
Recording
Music Production
Richard Devine Dives into L-ISA Software
Richard Devine has been using L-Acoustics' spatial audio platform, L-ISA Studio, at his Devinesound studio in Atlanta, GA.
Music Production
Snarky Puppy Project Captures 19 Musicians with 26 Mics
Engineer Nic Hard employed 26 Lauten Audio microphones on Snarky Puppy’s 14th album, Empire Central.
Music Production
Jesse Ray Ernster Talks Mixing Doja Cat, His New Plug-In and ‘The Donut Story’
Grammy-winning engineer Jesse Ray Ernster talks about working with Ye, Burna Boy and Doja Cat, as well as building his new Yamaha NS-10-based...
Facilities
The Village Taps Kali Audio for Atmos Upgrade
The Village has upgraded Studio F for Dolby Atmos work in response to the growing demand for the immersive format.
Facilities
Finding Emotion in Unseen Sound Sources
Dr. Antti Saario, head of music at Falmouth University in Cornwall, England, has been using Amphion Two15 and Argon 7LS monitors for his work.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like The Wolf”
Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes and legendary producer David Kershenbaum share how they hod-rodded "Hungry Like The Wolf"—and half the 'Rio' album—to appeal to American...
Music Production
First ‘Fix the Mix’ Job Fair Announced
The Fix the Mix Job Fair, a networking event for women and non-binary music industry pros, will take place this weekend in New York.
Facilities
Steakhouse Mics Kits with New Drum Pack
Steakhouse Studio, which opened in L.A. in 1986, now has one the largest collection of microphones from Telefunken Elektroakustik.
Blog
Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 7: Inside The Screen Wall
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
Music Production
Voice Actor Gets Animated About Microphones
Voice over artist Debi Derryberry shares her insights into not only her mics of choice but also making the profession work as part of...
Business
Don’t Miss MixNYC: Immersive Music Production This Saturday!
Check out this full rundown of all the Grammy-winning, multiplatinum pros; top manufacturers; and crucial topics being covered this Saturday at MixNYC (and then...
Facilities
Bravo Ocean’s New Suite Opens with Origin
Atlanta-based multi-room hybrid facility Bravo Ocean Studios has launched its new Ocean Suite.
Business
New at MixNYC: Creating Immersive Audio for the Metaverse and Cinematic 360 Video
A new session and demo on creating immersive audio for the Metaverse and Cinematic 360 music video has been added to MixNYC.
Business
New at MixNYC: Atmos Mixing & Mastering—Maintain the Artist’s Vision Without Compromise
As part of MixNYC, IK Multimedia will host 4x Grammy-winning, Diamond and multi-platinum mastering engineer Alex Psaroudakis (Illenium, Rosalía, Gente De Zona) and 2x...
Music Production
Empire of the Sun’s Luke Steele Flies Solo
Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele takes a long-awaited solo turn on his new album, 'Listen to the Water.'
Business
Blues Legend Joe Bonamassa Joins MixNYC: Immersive Music Production!
Blues guitar giant Joe Bonamassa will discuss creating his new Time Clocks immersive music album as part of MixNYC on August 6, 2022.
Music Production
How …Trail of Dead Went Quad for ‘XI: Bleed Here Now’
When …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead recorded its new 'XI: Bleed Here Now' album, releasing it as a two-disc...
Business
New at MixNYC: Explore Spatial Audio Tools with Sennheiser, Neumann and Dear Reality
At MixNYC, Studio G will host cutting-edge spatial audio technologies from Sennheiser, Neumann, Dear Reality and Merging Technologies.
Business
New at MixNYC: Learn to Tune A Multichannel System with Kali Audio
At MixNYC, Kali Audio’s Director of Systems and Acoustics Engineering, Charles Sprinkle, will share how to use a moving microphone measurement to tune a...
Business
Discover Mixing Hip Hop & Other Genres for Atmos with IK Multimedia at MixNYC
At MixNYC, IK Multimedia is taking over Studio C to present top pros all day long, discussing Mixing Hip Hop for Atmos, The Challenges...
Business
See and Hear SSL’s System T Console for Immersive Music at MixNYC!
Experience SSL's System T S500 immersive mixing console as part of a full-fledged 7.1.4 immersive music mixing system at MixNYC!
Business
F. Reid Shippen to Explain Immersive Mixing Workflows at MixNYC Event!
Grammy-winning producer/engineer F. Reid Shippen explains workflows for expanding a stereo mix to immersive at MixNYC, August 6, 2022 in New York City!
Facilities
Starstruck Entertainment Launches Dolby Atmos Music Room
Starstruck Entertainment has a new Dolby Atmos for Music mix room featuring a Solid State Logic System T S500 desk.
Live Gear
Tokyo Concert Hall Installs Analog Recording Desk
The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre recently installed a Solid State Logic Duality Fuse console in its recording room.
Business
New MixNYC Panel: Mixing, Mastering and Distributing Immersive Music
Producer/engineers Ronald Prent, Darcy Proper, Donna Kleupfer and Daniel Schlett will break down the processes of Mixing, Mastering and Distributing Immersive Music at MixNYC:...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Al Stewart, “Year of the Cat”
Folk singer Al Stewart reinvented his sound when he met producer Alan Parsons, resulting in the classic "Year of the Cat."
Business
MixNYC Update: Bonamassa Immersive Team to Speak August 6!
Famed audio pros Bob Clearmountain, Kevin Shirley, Troy Germano and Jason Staniulis to discuss the creation of blues master Joe Bonamassa’s new immersive album.
Recording
Taking a Mastodon Album from Stereo to Immersive
Grammy-winning producer David Bottrill and Grammy-nominated engineer Ryan McCambridge recently created a Dolby Atmos mix for Mastodon's new album, Hushed and Grim.
Business
Al Schmitt Equipment Collection Auctioned Online via ANALOGr
The recording equipment of late, legendary recording engineer Al Schmitt is currently being auctioned online by global music industry marketplace ANALOGr.
Facilities
Realizing a Dream in Mexico
Producer/engineers Max Arnold and Francisco Oroz worked with WSDG (Walters-Storyk Design Group) to bring their studio, Sonic Den, to life.
Events
Discover the Future of Music at MixNYC!
Don't miss MixNYC: Immersive Music Production—an all-day, in-person event taking place August 6, 2022 inside Power Station at BerkleeNYC!
Facilities
Miami Mixer Upgrades for Immersive Audio
Grammy Award-winning recording and mixing engineer Javier Valverde has created a Dolby Atmos room with a 7.1.4 monitor setup from KRK.
Facilities
The Ones are Numero Uno for Spanish Studio
Jesús Rovira, bassist and composer for Catalan rock band Lax ‘n’ Busto, has added a pair of Genelec’s The Ones 8361 monitors to his...
Profiles
Nashville Producer and Engineer Bil VornDick Passes at Age 72
Music Row veteran producer and engineer Bil VornDick died on July 5 at age 72, less than a week after being diagnosed with cancer....
Music Production
T Bone Burnett’s ‘Ionic Original’ Bob Dylan Recording Auctioned for Nearly $1.8M
A one-off recording of Bob Dylan performing "Blowin' In The Wind" on producer T Bone Burnett's experimental Ionic Original acetate format has sold at...
Blog
Building Paul Massey’s Dolby Atmos Mix Room—Part 3: Juggling the Dance
Bruce Black, project acoustic designer, documents the creation of Oscar-winning re-recording mixer Paul Massey's personal Dolby Atmos mix room.
Music Production
5 Best Practices for Composing Production Music with Authentic Emotion
Sam Wale, composer / VP of Production at ALIBI Music, shares how to ensure production music you create conveys authentic emotion.
Recording
Taking a Plug-In Path Less Traveled
Skyler Gibbons, a partner at the Grand Bay studios complex in Tampa, has been using Polyverse plug-ins on a number of his music mixes....
Music Production
One Monitor to Hear Them All
Songwriter and Grammy-nominated engineer and producer Ryan McCambridge has been using Amphion Two18 monitors.
Business
View From The Top: Murat Aktar, Studium 33
Murat Aktar discusses the organic creation of studio administrative software company Studium 33.
Facilities
RAK Studios Revamps Room for Immersive Sound
London’s RAK Studios has completed a top-to-bottom rebuild of its Studio 4.