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L.A. Grapevine, July 2008
During the 1970s and '80s, I made frequent visits to the Sunset Marquis, a high-end but unpretentious hotel tucked away on Alta Loma, a...
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The Class of 2008
On the Cover, Inner Machine Inner Machine (Buffalo, N.Y.) is enjoying a second life thanks to a couple of former studio gofers, Robby Tacak...
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Going Green in the Studio
Whatever your view is on global warming, making your business and your studio more is not only a wise investment in tomorrow, but can...
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New York Metro, June 2008
Many of the world's great studios are meticulously designed with the latest that acoustical science and architecture has to offer and sometimes studios
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Nashville Skyline, June 2008
There are manuals, for sure. And aspiring producers can follow directions in learning to tune vocals, set compression ratios and manage signal chains.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Maybe it's all the time I've been spending in airports, but I've read a lot of trashy tabloids lately; it's my guilty pleasure. My...
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Blackbird Studio
There's something about Blackbird Studio. Producers pop in and out (some of them have their own rooms), and talent comes and goes at all...
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Mastering Lab Closes
Shortly after celebrating its 40th anniversary, Doug Sax (above) announced that Mastering Lab Hollywood will close; its Ojai, Calif., facility remains
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Allaire May Close
Allaire Studios, the Shokan, N.Y., destination studio that was the home of two Neve-based rooms, appears to be closing. In March, all staffers were...
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New York Metro, May 2008
In New York City, a lot of people in the business of building music need something called a music building. There are a few...
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L.A. Grapevine, May 2008
More and more L.A.-based rock producers, engineers and mixers are doing projects in Nashville studios these days, not only because Music City boasts a
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Nashville Skyline, May 2008
The trap door is cool, even if Elvis Presley never got to go through it. Oh, yeah, I had a set of stairs with...
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Wildfire Post-Production Studios
Leslie Shatz and Chris David can admit now that when they first floated the idea of buying Wilshire Stages two years ago, the industry...
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Helios’ New Home
Producer/mixer Clemens Schleiwies opened his new studio, The Private Room (www.the-private-room.com), in Munich, Germany. The facility is built around
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New York Metro, April 2008
The year 2006 is just a couple of notches back on the calendar, but in the lightning-fast world of New York City audio post,...
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L.A. Grapevine, April 2008
The technological revolution has given rise to an entrepreneurial revolution. As proof, I offer you my own 'hood in Studio City, a name that,...
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Nashville Skyline, April 2008
Asked to close the door, I'm having trouble. Heavy, isn't it? asks Kevin Kritch, the Great American Country cable network's VP of studio operations....
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Red Bull Studios
Does it really surprise anyone in 2008 that Red Bull would build a world-class recording studio in the heart of Santa Monica, Calif., a...
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New York Metro, March 2008
Keep the horse you rode in on, or switch to a new steed? For New York-area audio facilities where a mainframe analog or digital...
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Quad Names Swan Manager
New York City's Quad Studios, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last year, named Glenn Swan studio manager; he most recently was at Sony Music...
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Nashville Skyline
A couple of months ago, Omnisound Studios (www.omnisoundstudios.com) was acquired by Billy Austin's Platinum Pen company. The new owner has made good
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Coming Soon: Avron’s New Studio
Delta H Design reports that the firm has designed a Hollywood studio for producer/engineer Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Everclear). The facility,
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White Mark Celebrates
Acoustic and technical design company White Mark Ltd. (www.whitemark.com) celebrated its tenth anniversary by completing its 100th audio post-production
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Bookshelf
Fourteen-time Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Phil Ramone takes his unimpeachable skills from behind the board and onto paper. His Making Records:
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Avatar, Mix Throw Bash
On October 5, during the N.Y. AES Convention, hundreds of industry heavyweights traipsed through Avatar Studios to celebrate two Big 3-0 anniversaries: