Music Production
Cover Story: The Creative Genius Of Dave Stewart
Artist, producer and studio trickster Dave Stewart brings it all back home on ‘Ebony McQueen’
Recording
Music Production
Hogarth Details Mic Choices on Brother Johnny
Ross Hogarth, who produced, recorded and mixed Edgar Winter’s 'Brother Johnny,' used Royer ribbon mics to capture many of the record's guests.
Facilities
Skunk Anansie Singer Reveals Home Studio Details
Skin of Skunk Anansie has been using an Audient iD4 and iD22 interface for her solo and group work.
Facilities
K-Pop Company Outfits New Studio
K-Pop purveyors SM Entertainment recently installed an SSL AWS 924 console in its facility, Blue Ocean Studio.
Facilities
Instrumentoz Promotes Affordable Immersive Music
Miami-based creation facility Instrumentoz has created a new Dolby Atmos mix room outfitted with KRK Rokit monitors.
Facilities
Airshow Mastering Adds New Tool for Color and Vibe
Grammy Award-winner David Glasser, founder and chief engineer of Airshow Mastering, has added a Solid State Logic The Bus+ compressor to his setup.
Business
Jack Antonoff to Keynote AES New York 2022 Convention
2022 Grammy Award winner for Producer of the Year Jack Antonoff will keynote the AES Convention in New York on October 19.
Music Production
Inside Spotify At Mateo Studios
Spotify’s new campus in Los Angeles features a world-class studio, podcast bays, a performance hall and Dolby Atmos mixing.
Music Production
X Marks the Spot for Audio Pros
A recent listening event featuring the immersive mix of X, the latest album by A Bad Think, attracted a bevy of audio professionals.
Music Production
The Resilience of Jeff Saenz
After losing both hands, engineer/guitarist/studio owner Jeff Saenz has returned to music, focusing on his work as a producer.
Music Production
Rounding Up John Fullbright and the “Usual Suspects”
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter John Fullbright celebrates Tulsa musicians past and present with his new album, ‘The Liar.’
Recording
P&E Wing Shares Immersive Audio Panel
The Recording Academy P&E Wing panel, "Immersive Audio 101," with Mike Piacentini, Brian "BT" Gibbs, Jimmy Douglass, Darcy Proper and Leslie Ann Jones is...
Facilities
Spoon’s Jim Eno Dishes on Recording ‘Lucifer on the Sofa’
Jim Eno's studio, Public Hi-Fi, has hosted Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Roky Erikson, Arcade Fire and now his own band, Spoon, which recorded and...
Music Production
Nick Mac Dishes on Picking Pres to Record 24kGoldn, Post Malone
Nick Mac, chief engineer of Electric Feel Entertainment, has been working with rapper 24kGoldn for the last couple of years, both traveling and in...
Facilities
Master Mix Live Upgrades for Immersive Productions
Studio and live sound engineer Rick Camp has upgraded his Master Mix Live facility in Las Vegas with an SSL System T S300-48 console.
Facilities
Inside the ‘Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium’ Atmos Mix
The 1990 concert film, ‘Billy Joel: Live at Yankee Stadium,’ hits theaters this week, newly remixed for Dolby Atmos.
Business
METAlliance Returns with Drum Recording/Mixing Workshop at AES 2022
The METAlliance—recording legends Chuck Ainlay, Niko Bolas, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, and Elliot Scheiner—will present a free one-hour workshop on drum recording and mixing...
Music Production
Mauro Castillo Might Not Talk About Bruno, But KRK…
Mauro Castillo, who played Félix in Disney’s 'Encanto,' recently added KRK monitors and headphones to his home studio setup.
Music Production
Now Toto & Solo: Hitmaker David Paich Records ‘Forgotten Toys’
Recorded with the help of friends, bandmates and Bob Clearmountain, Toto keyboardist David Paich steps out with his first solo album.
Facilities
Naples’ Nut Academy Launches Dolby Atmos Training Room
Italy’s Nut Academy recently added a Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 studio outfitted with Genelec Smart Active Monitors.
Recording
Panic! In The Studio at United Recording
Panic! At The Disco is back with 'Viva Las Vengeance,' tracked at United Recording in Hollywood.
Music Production
Miking Maren Morris
Producer Greg Kurstin used his Lauten Audio Eden mics to capture Maren Morris on her new album, 'Humble Quest.'
Business
Recording Academy Announces Two New VPs
The Recording Academy has appointed two new vice presidents: Maureen Droney, the new vice president of the Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing, and...
Recording
Richie Furay Tilts Toward Country
The Buffalo Springfield co-founder is back with a new album produced by Val Garay and tracked at Blackbird.
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Latin Grammy Engineering, Production Nominations Announced
Miami, FL (September 20, 2022)—The Latin Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording...
Post and Broadcast
Mixing It Up With Jason LaRocca
Scoring mixer/producer Jason LaRocca draws equally on his punk rock roots and time working with Mark Isham as he mixes everything from Amazon's 'The...
Music Production
Foals Reinvents Its Recording Process For ‘Life Is Yours’
Frontman/producer Yannis Philippakis reveals why it took four producers and two mixers for the UK pop act to make its seventh album, Life Is...
Recording
Andres Mayo: Set Up for All Things Immersive
Former AES president Andres Mayo recently upgraded his Buenos Aires, Argentina facility for immersive mastering and mixing.
Music Production
Sweetwater Studios to Host Bainz Hip-Hop Mixing Masterclass
Sweetwater Studios will host an in-person Hip Hop Mixing Masterclass with Bainz.
Facilities
Stockholm’s Atlantis Studios Adds Immersive Mix Room
Transformation from 5.1 into Dolby-certified 7.1.4 Genelec system revealed depth, presence and positioning of sounds that had never been heard before.
Business
The Most Metal of Modules Go to Auction
Used for recording iconic albums by Soundgarden, Marilyn Manson, Hole, Ozzy Osbourne and Korn, Michael Beinhorn's rack of vintage Neve 1057 mic preamp and...
Facilities
RG Music Mixes Immersive Michael Bublé Collection
Michael Bublé’s first immersive collection, The Essential Michael Bublé, was mixed at RG Music in Los Angeles.
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Recording Engineer/Educator Steven Eigner Passes at 65
Grammy-nominated studio engineer and audio educator Steven Eigner died Thursday, August 18, due to complications stemming from a stroke.
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Dean St. Studios Launches Dolby Atmos Mastering Suite
First Atmos mix facility in the UK followed by first Atmos mastering suite, based around PMC monitoring.
Facilities
Mansion Sound Unveils New SSL, Genelec-Outfitted Studios
Branson, MO's latest studio, Mansion Sound, features the first SSL 96-input Duality Fuse SuperAnalogue console anywhere in the world and Genelec 7.1.4 speaker systems.
Music Production
In The Studio with Wilco for ‘Cruel Country’
In January, Wilco returned to The Loft, its Chicago studio, to conjure its new 'Cruel Country' album with producer Tom Schick.
Music Production
New CLIR Study Explores Audio Tape’s Longevity
A new study published by the Council on Library and Information Resources has found that some tapes are likely to be playable for as...
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.
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.