Music Production
Legendary Metal Producer/Engineer Michael Wagener Retires
With his name on more than 90 million albums sold, hard rock and metal producer/engineer Michael Wagener has announced his retirement.
Music Production
Business
Bob Porter, Noted Jazz Producer/Radio Host, Passes at 80
Bob Porter, prolific Grammy-winning jazz and blues reissue producer turned radio host, has died at age 80.
Music Production
Bernie Grundman Masters Bill Evans Live Sets
Bernie Grundman has mastered newly discovered recordings of Bill Evans’ historic concerts in Hilversum and Amsterdam, which will debut on Record Store Day.
Music Production
Teaching Musicians Production Tech with SSL
USC Thornton School of Music’s Music Technology program has installed a new Solid State Logic Origin 32-channel in-line analog mixing console.
International
Abbey Road Institute Expands into Angel Studios
The Abbey Road Institute is relocating to London’s Angel Studios
Music Production
Smallpools Makes a Splash
The pandemic didn’t stop indie pop act Smallpools from finishing its second album, even if it meant renting a Nashville Airbnb during lockdown.
Music Production
BerkleeNYC Cross-Connects with TSL Network Solution
Diversified married TSL’s GTP-V1virtual control processor and Virtual Panels into a solution that TSL has dubbed IP-Cross Connect at BerkleeNYC.
Music Production
Pirate Sees Self-Service Studio Market for the Taking
Having conquered the UK, Pirate aims to build 4,000 unattended, self-service studios across North America by 2024.
International
U.K. Studio Adopts ITB Workflow
Producer and songwriter Gareth Nuttall recently changed the workflow at his studio in Greater Manchester, England, replacing a mixing console with a Neve 1073OPX...
Music Production
Audio Restored Digitizes for Good Time
UK-based audio restoration specialist Graham Joiner is using Prism Sound audio converters to digitize 233 analog master tapes for Good Time Records
Music Production
Zoe Thrall Joins The Hideout Recording Studio
Veteran studio manager Zoe Thrall has taken on the role of director of studio operations at Las Vegas’ The Hideout Recording Studio.
Music Production
With Engineer’s Encouragement, Idea Comes to Market
Grammy-nominated engineer, equipment manufacturer and audio educator Greg Wurth was given a Flock Audio prototype Patch system to critique; he never gave it back.
Music Production
Tracks – March 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Tracks – April 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Emily Lazar Launches Music Industry Equity, Inclusion Initiative
Emily Lazar, Grammy Award-winning founder of The Lodge mastering and mixing facility in Manhattan, has introduced We Are Moving the Needle, a new initiative...
Music Production
German Rap Producer Juh-Dee Outfits New Studio
Producer Juh-Dee hit the top of the German charts four times last year, creating both demand for his work and the need for his...
Music Production
The Wonderly of It All
You’ve heard the work of alt-folk/soundtrack mavens Wonderly; now the duo is releasing two collections about the ‘Pacific Northweird.’
Music Production
J.studio Upgrades For a Hybrid Workflow
Audio engineer Zhu Chiao Chen has upgraded his J.studio in the center of Taipei, Taiwan with a Neve 8424 console.
Music Production
PSN Tracks – February 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind five new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Graphic Nature Audio Relocates
Will Putney’s Graphic Nature Audio recording studio is relocating to a rural property in Kinnelon, NJ.
Music Production
Audio OP-ED: Socially Distanced Studio Production
How can facilities use audio networking to provide the creative environment musicians need while maintaining safety guidelines?
Gear and Technology
Repairing Spoken-Word Recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced – A Real-World Review
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione explains how he repairs spoken-word recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced in this real-world review.
Music Production
Harry Connick Jr. Does It All on New Album
Harry Connick Jr. is releasing a new album, 'Alone with My Faith,' that he engineered and recorded at his home studio, playing every instrument...
Music Production
Anamorphic Adds Hybrid Workflow
Producer Thomas Statnick has installed an AMS-Neve 8424 console in his studio to support his hybrid workflow.
Music Production
PMC Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Founder Peter Thomas takes stock of three decades of producing professional and home speakers.
Music Production
Elliot Mazer, Legendary Producer/Engineer, Dead at 79
Legendary producer/engineer Elliot Mazer, best-known for his work with Neil Young, Janis Joplin and others, died of a heart attack in his San Francisco...
Music Production
U.K. Producer Eddie Serafica Installs PMC Monitors
Eddie Serafica, Grammy Award-winning producer, has installed a pair of PMC monitors in his project studio.
Music Production
Recording Live to Vinyl to Zoom at Welcome to 1979
Nashville’s Welcome to 1979 studio overcame technical challenges to bring its ‘Direct to Vinyl’ recording summit online.
Music Production
Tools for the Personal Studio 2021
2020 drove home recording to new heights due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Top pro audio manufacturers weigh in with tips and gear suggestions to...
Music Production
Paul “Willie Green” Womack Tours Telefunken
Hip-hop and R&B producer Paul "Willie Green" Womack has been putting his new Telefunken TF11 mic through its paces at his Brooklyn recording studio.
Music Production
The Lost Treasure of Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes
Legendary UK producer Joe Meek left behind nearly 1,900 tapes when he committed suicide in the 1960s. After sitting in storage for 50-plus years,...
Music Production
Mike Smith Builds Out Analog Workflow
Cuban-American recording artist Mike Smith, who is also a co-executive producer and main judge on BET’s One Shot competition series, recently overhauled his studio...
Music Production
Sue Moreno Masters Memphis Sessions with Grundman
Paul Grundman recently mastered The Memphis Soul Sessions, the latest album by Dutch chanteuse Sue Moreno, at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood.
Music Production
Phil Spector, Producer/Murderer, Dead at 81
Legendary producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector died January 16, 2021 of COVID 19-related complications.
Music Production
Goldfinger Gets Nostalgic with Never Look Back
John “Feldy” Feldmann, leader of ska-punk heroes Goldfinger, shares how the pandemic brought the band back together again (remotely) to record its latest album,...
International
Flow Goes with SSL Origin
Flow Studios, a new recording facility based in France’s Loire Valley, has opened with a 32-channel Solid State Logic Origin console.
Music Production
Producing the Producer: Creating Rick Rubin’s ‘Broken Record’ Podcast
Rick Rubin's Broken Record podcast has seen the music industry icon interview everyone from The Black Keys and Leslie Odom Jr. of Hamilton to...
Music Production
Tracks – January 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind five new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Lisa Bella Donna Reveals New Album Workflow
Electronic music composer Lisa Bella Donna used Solid State Logic’s SiX small format mixer and SSL 2+ interface for her latest release.
Music Production
UK Producer Steve Brown, Dead at 65
Steve Brown, producer/engineer behind hits by Freddie Mercury, Wham, The Cult, Manic Street Preachers and more, has died following a fall in December.
Music Production
Tracks – December 2020
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind five new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Coast Mastering Digs In for New Facility
Michael Romanowski suffered for his clients’ art, going without heat in his home for 18 months as he dug out 10 feet beneath his...