New Products
Avid Pro Tools Scripting Software Development Kit Debuts
Avid’s new Pro Tools Scripting SDK aims to help automate repetitive tasks and build new workflows.
API
Facilities
Greg Miner Builds His Dream Complex, Philharmonic Studios
After decades of planning, producer/engineer Greg Miner has built his 7,000-square-foot, three-room, Russ Berger-designed dream facility.
New Products
Sonimus A-Console Emulation Plug-In Debuts
Sonimus has introduced its A-Console plug-in, emulating the vintage sound of an analog API 1604 console.
Blogs
Last Week in Nashville: Tuesday
Tom Kenny's epic travels through Nashville continue, as he scopes out Curb and Starstruck Studios, Belmont University and very respectable Mexican food at Nada.
New Products
New API Select 500 Series Modules Launched
Automated Processes Inc. has released two new 500 Series products for its ever-expanding line: the SV12 Compressor and SV14 4-band EQ 500 Series modules.
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.
Recording
24th Annual AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament Starts Thursday
The 24th AudioMasters Nashville Benefit Golf Tournament kicks off tomorrow at the Harpeth Hills Golf Course in Nashville, TN.
Facilities
Webster University Prepares for Studio Renovation
Webster University has commissioned a new 32-channel API Legacy AXS console with Final Touch Automation for its upcoming studio renovation.
Profiles
Switchfoot Calling Tony Berg – Part 2
Tony Berg treated Grammy-winning rockers Switchfoot as a brand-new band when he agreed to produce its 12th album.
Live Sound
Hella Mega Yeah! Behind the Audio of the Summer’s Biggest Tour
Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer brought the rock—and the most surprising FOH console of the year—on the road this summer.
New Products
Product of the Week: API Select
The all-new Select line includes an all-tube mic pre, tube compressor,, solid-state compressor and a 2-channel, 4-band EQ.
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 5: Finishing Up
In the final installment of our five-part series, the production team and Foo Fighters decamp to Henson Recording Studios to fine-tune the tunes and...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 4: The Gang’s All Here
In part 4 of our 5-part series, the band decides whether record playing together or separately, and percussion legend Omar Hakim shows up to...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 3: Miking The Foos
In part 3 of our 5-part deep dive into the recording of Medicine at Midnight, the production team starts miking up Foo Fighters to...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 2: Setting Up Shop
In Part 2 of our five-part series, Foo Fighters and their production team figure out how to turn a rental house into a world-class...
New Products
Product of the Week: Plugin Alliance Lindell Audio 50 Series
The famous API processor sound, modeled and placed in a modular channel-strip format, stereo or mono, with Channel and Buss options.
Facilities
Groovyland Opens Home-Based WSDG “eStudio”
Producer David Molho Builds 'Within His Walls' at Home
Guides
Build Your Own Analog Studio in 2021
Spoiler Alert: It Will Most Likely Be Going in Your Home
Recording
Studio Spotlight: Noise Nest Invests in the Future
Inspired by pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek’s now-defunct Fantasy Factory, producer/entrepreneur Nick Gross developed a small songwriting facility into Noise Nest, a sleek, new...
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...
Blog
Mix Blog Studio: Dispatch “From” the AES Showcase
Mike Levine has been attending the virtual AES Show for the past week or so and finds that while the number of exhibitors might...
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Jackson Browne Lets the Rhythm Lead
Rock legend Jackson Browne tells how he and a group of musicians and songwriters from four continents traveled to Haiti to record while also...
Live Sound
CRAS Student Wins API Scholarship
Student Ponie Jones at the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences in Arizona has won the 2020 API Saul Walker Memorial Scholarship.
New Products
Product of the Week: API 312 Mic Pre
Delivering the classic API sound in a 500 Series unit, the reissued 312 Mic Pre includes a fully discrete circuit design and proprietary components—and...
Recording
Studio Showcase: Azmyth Changes with the Times
Azmyth Recording Studios, a multi-room facility in Indianapolis that incorporates the Azmyth School of Music Technology, recently entered its 21st year of operation, serving...
New Products
New Product: The API 2500+ Stereo Bus Compressor
The API 2500 debuted in 2002 and became an instant classic, bringing an analog warmth to the stereo bus in the emerging digital productions....
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: The Misfits Attack MSG
The Misfits, headed by singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig and bassist Jerry Only, brought their sinister sound to New York City’s Madison Square Garden this past...
Recording
Mercer Music at Capricorn: Revitalizing a Studio for the Next Generation
Literally on the verge of collapsing only a few years ago, Capricorn Sound Studios, the Macon, GA, facility that invented Southern rock, has been...
Music Production
Machines with Magnets Attracts API 2448 Console
The Pawtucket, RI mixed-use facility recently upgraded to a new API 2448 desk.
news
Tom’s Travels Through AES
What follows is excerpted from what I call my “name-dropping” column in the AES Show Daily.
Blog
A Few of My Favorite Things
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix editor shares “a few of his favorite things” at this year’s AES
Music Production
University of Rochester Nets New API Console
New console aids learning process for audio students.
Music Production
Stevo’s Studio Goes West
By Steve Harvey. Stephen "Stevo" George's name is on more than 100 million albums—and now a number of Netflix series.
Recording
New Desk Roosts at Red Barn Studio
Founded in 2014, the studio specializes in audio and video production.
Blog
Seen on the Scene: 2019 NAMM Show—More from the Floor
Roving PSN photographer Steve Harvey captured more of the ongoing goings-on at NAMM.