audio processing-digital
House of Rock Marks Anniversary
First opened as a rehearsal facility in 2012, last year saw Santa Rosa’s House of Rock become a 15,000-square-foot venue/recording studio/education facility . A...
Chiarelli Banks on Manley
Multiple Grammy-winning mix engineer Rob Chiarelli may only use a specific audio tool when it serves the song or the recording, but there's reportedly...
Clear-Com to Debut Dante Card at NAB
Clear-Com will debut its new Dante interface card for the Eclipse-HX matrix (E-Dante64-HX) at NAB 2017.
Hard Rock Café Rolls with QSC System
The Hard Rock Café is known the world over, and that omnipresence no doubt helped ready Tbilisi, the capital of the Republic of Georgia,...
Facebook Unveils 360 Audio Tech
For the first time, Facebook engineers have revealed some of the technical details behind the platform’s new 360 audio encoding and rendering for virtual...
Montreux Jazz Festival Digitizes Archives
Forever ahead of the technological curve, the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival has recently been digitizing its entire archive in conjunction with the Claude Nobs...
Meyer Aids London’s ‘School of Rock’
London-based Autograph Sound has been providing Meyer Sound LEO Family reinforcement systems for numerous West End musicals, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock:...
All-Stars Weigh In on Album Production
LOS ANGELES, CA—The era of putting a microphone up, passing the signal through a mixing console and into a tape recorder has largely gone...
Oufitting a Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Mount Olive High School (MOHS), rated among the top schools in the nation, made some major upgrades to its facilities over its summer recess,...
Mastering Rock’s Past for the Future
For mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum, good communication is the key to any successful project.
Nevo Multitasks with DiGiGrid
Key to Yoad Nevo’s dynamic workflow is his DiGiGrid DLS soundcard, which enables the producer, mixer and plug-in developer to multitask while working with...
Gershin Adds Nugen Audio Tools
Sound designer and feature film supervising sound editor Scott Gershin, who recently joined Technicolor as its director of sound editorial, has installed Nugen Audio's...
DiGiCo Rolls with Pink Floyd Tribute
At first glance, it might seem like overkill to use DiGiCo SD consoles for a tribute act, but the Australian Pink Floyd Show is...
Balding Upgrades with Genelec
Multiple Grammy-nominated producer engineer Jeff Balding recently upgraded his studio with Genelec 8351 three-way Smart Active Monitors (SAM) and a 7360 SAM subwoofer.
WildSound Builds WSDG Mix Room
WildSound Studios owners Mike Idioma and Tony Tuviera recently called on WSDG - Walters-Storyk Design Group to create a Dolby Atmos audio mixing studio...
DiGiCo Desks Hit the Road with Adele
Adele has been making the rounds this year on her first arena tour, with audio production by Germany-based Black Box. Key to that, of...
Masque Takes On 3D Sound with ASA
In the theatrical world, creating immersive sound for the audience has long been a goal. Netherlands-based Astro Spatial Audio has developed SpatialSound Wave Software...
Appelbaum Masters with Manley
Mastering engineer Maor Appelbaum has been using two Manley Stereo Variable Mu limiter-compressors (Vari Mu), two Mini Massive EQs and a Massive Passive EQ...
Dolby, Jaunt Launch VR Portal
Dolby Laboratories and Jaunt are launching the first dedicated VR content portal featuring titles mixed in Dolby Atmos.
Remastering the Ramones at Abbey Road
Abbey Road mastering engineer Sean Magee recently worked on the 40th anniversary deluxe edition of the first album by the Ramones, with the active...
Blend, EastWest Bow Competition
Blend.io, a collaboration network for music creators, and virtual instruments developer EastWest have announced a music competition.
Mixing Mariah Live in Europe
Mariah Carey recently toured Europe for the first time in 13 years, packing arenas along the 22-city route. Ensuring that audiences could hear every...
AES Heyser Lecture To Get Immersive
Immersive Audio has been all the buzz in recent times, portending a future of surrounding, interactive sound. The Audio Engineering Society aims to keep...
Sound Generation Goes DiGiGrid
At Sound Generation in Manhattan’s West Village, recently acquired DiGiGrid technology enables the studio to switch between music and post production sessions.
Secret Eventide/Visconti Project Nears Release
Eventide and legendary producer Tony Visconti have spent the last two years working on a secret, David Bowie-inspired plug-in that is nearing completion.
Genelec, AES Talk 3D Audio in Boston
One of the most active chapters of the Audio Engineering Society in the US, the Boston Section held its most recent meeting at the...
Fitting the Entire Sea in a Box
Concert by the Sea, one of the best-selling jazz records of all-time and arguably pianist Erroll Garner’s greatest concert album, was restored, remastered and...
Recording Katy Perry, Patti Smith Live
They might come from different sides of the musical spectrum, but Katy Perry and Pattti Smith have at least one thing in common: They’ve...
Live Sound Showcase: Jump Jive An’ Jingle With The Brian Setzer Orchestra
Brian Setzer may be best known as a Stray Cat, but the man’s more like a chameleon.
Mark Knopfler Tour Makes Tracks
Dating back to his days with Dire Straits, guitarist extraordinaire Mark Knopfler has always been a stickler for sound, perhaps culminating with his 1985...
Software Tech: Stability Wars
As we become ever-more dependent on computers, we increasingly run the risk of being blindsided by our tools.
The Pros’ Go-To Gear: Studio Essentials
You’re stranded on a desert island, but were able to salvage only a handful of your favorite pieces of recording equipment. What did you...
Marciano’s Movie Music Methodology
Producer/engineer Matteo Marciano has worked around the world on different pop, rock, metal, hip-hop, R&B, funk, electronic and orchestral music projects, but he’s made...
Recording Tech at AES: From Classic to Cutting-Edge
Advancements in microprocessing technology allow for an increasing number of affordable digital recording tools to be created with each passing year.
Live Sound Showcase: Not Just Good; Thorogood
George Thorogood is many things—a guitar slinger, band leader and the man who wrote “Bad To The Bone,” the go-to track for every Eighties...
The 139th AES Convention Anderton Awards
It was a cliff-hanger that had showgoers panicked—but literally minutes before the show opened, all lawsuits concerning the catered food at last year’s Anderton...
Breach Cleans Up with Prism Sound
British DJ and producer Ben Westbeech, also known as Breach, has installed a Prism Sound Titan USB multi-track audio interface at his seven-room studio...
Finding The Right Console
Implementing a new audio mixing console for a house of worship is never a light matter.
Buying The Last Sound System
There is an axiom in the sound contracting industry that the goal is to sell a house of worship its last sound system.
Juanes Provides Loco De Amor
Colombian singer/songwriter/guitarist Juanes, arguably one of the biggest Latin music artists to emerge from the early 21st century, spent the summer performing to sold-out...