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Creating the Score, Part 2
Last month, composer Henry Jackman and Geoff Zanelli spoke of their processes and the importance of accurate monitoring.
Music Production
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Portable Plug-In Power
In his Continuing Adventures In Software, Rich Tozzoli explores an orbiting platform on a quest for enhanced processing.
Business
Plug-In Trends
With so many engineers and musicians now working in the box, there is a ready market for emulations of vintage audio hardware processors as...
Business
Serenity West Now
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Responding to the process by which many types of music are created these days, Serenity West Recording has repurposed Studio B as a...
Business
Taking It to The Next Level
Jim Pavett of Tucson, Arizona’s Allusion Studios has been cultivating his commercial studio operation for over 20 years.
Business
L.E.S. Records Brings the Old-School Vibe
NEW YORK, NY—In the candlelit tracking room at a studio on the Lower East Side, country/rockabilly legend Greg Garing performs in front of a...
Business
Ruston Finds Metric Halo
While working with Anthrax recently, producer and engineer Jay Ruston found Metric Halo's ChannelStrip plug-in.
Business
Mojave Has a Vision
Recording engineer Stefan Heger used several Mojave Audio microphones to record this year's Vision Festival in New York City.
Business
Jones Jumps to Metric Halo
Producer Gareth Jones has been using a pair of Metric Halo FireWire mobile interfaces.
Business
ADAM Hits b-sharp
Berlin-based b-sharp has outfitted a new studio with an ADAM Audio speaker system.
Business
Blade Grabs SSL Duality
Recently opened Blade Studios chose a 48-channel SSL Duality SE for Studio A.
Business
Jones To Hold Recording Clinic
Grammy award-winning sound engineer Leslie Ann Jones will hold a recording clinic in Madison, WI, sponsored by Sennheiser and Full Compass Systems.
Business
Trend Def Digs GC Pro
GC Pro was involved in the creation of Trend Def Studios in Hollywood, CA.
Business
Alan Parsons Sets Master Class
Alan Parsons will hold his first US Master Class Training Session in Los Angeles later this month.
Business
Radio Mixes J-Lo on X-Desk
Songwriter and producer Troy "Radio" Johnson has installed a Solid State Logic X-Desk and X-Rack in his home studio.
Business
VocalBooth’s Chewy Studio
VocalBooth has delivered the VocalBooth Mobile Studio to consumer brand giant Quaker Oats.
Business
Kiss, Collins Grasp CLASP
Engineer/producer Greg Collins and Kiss are using Endless Analog’s CLASP System to record the band’s next album.
Business
Lady Gaga Was Miked This Way
JZ Microphones were used in the production of Lady Gaga’s "Born This Way" album.
Business
Earnshaw Goes X-Desk
UK mixer/remixer Richard Earnshaw has installed a Solid State Logic X-Desk in his studio.
Business
Grimm, Was at Ocean Way
Last year’s "America's Got Talent" winner, singer/songwriter Michael Grimm, chose Don Was to produce his debut album.
Business
Manifold Has Vision
Brand-new, ground-up facility Manifold Recording is the latest owner of a 64-channel API Vision console.
Business
Tenderizing with SSL
Producer/performer Joel A. Nielsen of the band Tenderfoot has added an SSL AWS 948 to his private studio.
Business
Cliff Richard Gets Soulicious
UK pop legend Sir Cliff Richard recorded vocals for his new album, "Soulicious," at Ardent Studios in Memphis.
Business
Focusrite Powers Porter
Germano Studios staff engineer Kevin Porter has incorporated Focusrite into his recording and mix sessions.
Blog
Simple Plan’s Plan
Montreal’s Simple Plan just finished its fourth studio album, due to hit record store shelves and online outlets next month.
Business
Miking A Cappella Underground
Minnesota Public Radio recorded A cappella group, Cantus, more than 2,300 feet underground with a selection of Sennheiser and Neumann mics.
Business
Agren Taps sE for Kit Mics
Grammy award-winning drummer Morgan Ågren has adopted sE Electronics microphones.
Business
Hard Truths About Hardware
On his Continuing Adventures in Software, Rich Tozzoli gets reminded of the reality of that software can’t exist in isolation. Rule #1—hard drives fail....
Business
Going to 11.1
CALABASAS, CA—Producer, engineer and musician Alan Parsons was at the Southern California headquarters of DTS recently, discretely mixing a couple of tracks for playback...
Business
Studio Acoustics
In the studio design and acoustics business, from the smallest project room to the largest multi-room complex, every element interacts; change one design component,...
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Consider The Next-Generation Interface
Remember those giant mixers that used to be in every major recording studio?
Business
A Simple, Timeless Chain
Prior to becoming a mastering engineer and owning Magic Garden Mastering, Brian Lucey had been a writer, arranger, performer, mixer and tracking engineer.
Business
Salt of the Earth
BROOKLYN, NY—Here in the creative hotbed of Greenpoint, what may be the ultimate tape-to-disk mastering system is taking shape.
Business
API Gets Glee-ful
API's lunchbox has landed a prime role on the new reality series "The Glee Project."
Business
WAM Records Mongolian Music
Women's Audio Mission recently worked with a group of master Mongolian musicians for their first album.
Business
SSL for Basto’s Blue Room
Belgian composer/producer Jef Martens (aka Basto) has installed SSL's AWS 948 at his private studio, The Blue Room.
Business
Stewart Works in D-Box
Ned Douglas, staff programmer and engineer at Dave Stewart's studio in Hollywood, recently installed a Dangerous D-Box.
Business
Rascal Flatts Get Tatz
Rascal Flatts has been recording parts of a new album in bassist/vocalist Jay DeMarcus’ studio, The Grip, due to its Carl Tatz Design acoustics.
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Platinum Hit’s Pro Audio
Bravo's "Platinum Hit," which premiered on May 30 makes ample use of Harman pro audio gear, including AKG mics.
Business
Merging Practices, Practices, Practices
WNET's broadcast of the Carnegie Hall's 120th anniversary concert involved Merging Technologies audio and video systems.
Business
Orpheus Leads Duro To Grammys
Multi-Grammy-winning producer and mixer Ken "Duro" Ifill has acquired a Prism Sound Orpheus for his project studio.
Business
SoundField Captures Lark
UK label Chorum Records recently used the SoundField DSF-1 digital mic system to record a choral concert at Hereford Cathedral.