Business
Tiësto Remixed for Auro-3D
Tiësto’s “Elements of Life” has been remixed for release in DTS-HD MA 5.1 and Auro-3D by Ronald Prent, chief sound engineer and co-founder of...
audio processing-digital
Business
Cheap Trick In The Mix
NEW YORK, NY—Since its inception in 1973, Cheap Trick has given more than 5,000 performances, sold 20 million records, contributed to 29 movie soundtracks...
news
A Once Staple Processor Reborn Anew
Within the first minute of listening to the “new” AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb Plug-In from Universal Audio (uaudio.com), I said, “Damn—I forgot how badass...
Business
Icon Petty Reaches #1 in Just 37 years
LOS ANGELES, CA—Nearly 37 years after their debut record first entered the Billboard 200, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers scored their first U.S. Number...
Business
DSO Refits with Merging
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra (DSO) replaced the entire recording chain at the Meyerson Symphony Center this summer, installing Merging Technologies’ Horus and Hapi Networked...
Business
Swineshead Adopts New DAD
Award-winning recording engineer David Bowles has adopted DAD's new AX32 AD/DA converter and digital router interface for his productions.
Business
PAR Studio Feature: Hey, Pro Tools Pros—What’s New? by Rich Tozzoli
PAR Software Editor Rich Tozzoli recently spoke with five engineering peers on their recent purchases and choices in both software- and hardware-based audio tools.
Business
Decker Mixes Hits with Metric Halo
Engineer Billy Decker has been using Metric Halo's ChannelStrip plug-in on radio-friendly mixes for a who's who of country music talent.
Business
Live Sound Showcase: Katy Perry – Pragmatically Prismatic
NEW YORK, NY-Since the release of her fourth studio album, Prism, back in late 2013, pop diva Katy Perry has hit some significant landmarks...
Business
40 Years On, Deep Purple And Crew Reunite
COSTA MESA, CA—Deep Purple, part of the triumvirate of U.K. bands— along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath—that kickstarted hard rock and heavy metal...
International
Back To The Retro Futura
The Retro Futura Tour was out to revive that ’80s vibe with co-headliners Howard Jones and Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins, joined by Katrina...
Gear and Technology
Maxing Out, Optimally
The colorful BBE Sonic Sweet Optimized from Nomad Factory re-introduces four popular BBE plug-ins, but specifically for Avid AAX and Pro Tools 11 users.
Business
Studio Showcase: Staking A Claim For Sonic Heritage In Southern Ground
NASHVILLE, TN—If Music Row is largely selling out, Zac Brown isn’t buying it.
Business
NightBird Flies Underground At Sunset Marquis
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA—“To be honest, I never planned on being in the studio business,” says Jed Leiber, composer, producer, arranger, songwriter and owner of...
Gear and Technology
One Man’s Personal Studio Essentials
Today I was working in my studio, composing some TV cues, and I took a moment to just look around.
Business
Studio Showcase: Bountiful Options, Abundant Flexibility
While noted as the USA’s top online/catalog retailer of professional audio and musical instrument gear in the USA, Sweetwater Sound is also home to...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Cher—Dressed To Kill, Rigged to Wrap
Her job these days may be to “come out in silly outfits, sing and be fabulous,” as Cher commented onstage at the Staples Center...
Business
If/Then Sounds Off On Broadway
NEW YORK CITY, NY—People the world over may know Idina Menzel as the voice behind the omnipresent “Let It Go” in the recent animated...
Business
Appetite for Digestion
Providing live sound for the chow-down throwdown that is the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, NY, is a task to be...
Live Sound
Avid Everywhere Supports Gent Jazz Fest
Avid was chosen as an exclusive partner of the 2014 Gent Jazz Festival’s Garden Stage live sound workflow—a move which the manufacturer says highlighted...
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: National Pastime
After years of hard work and dedication, The National is seemingly universally adored for its brand of unsettling indie rock, but more than a...
Business
Ojai Gets Immersive
OJAI, CA—Established in 1947, the Ojai Music Festival presents an eclectic and challenging program curated each year by a guest music director, who this...
Business
MsM Favors MH Plugs
Michalis “MsM” Michael mixes almost entirely in the box, using Metric Halo plug-ins on projects with J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Diddy and Tom Prior.
Business
Morrissey Tracks Peace With Lynx
Joe Chiccarelli used Aurora 16VT converters from Lynx Studio Technology while tracking Morrissey’s latest album, World Peace is None of Your Business, in France.
Business
Zimmer Records Bonham for Spitfire
Spitfire Audio has released HZ02 - Hans Zimmer Percussion Los Angeles, the composer’s second cinematic percussion collection for Native Instruments’ Kontakt, which features drummer...
Business
Master Mix Live Moves
Master Mix Live has moved into a new, 2,000 square-foot soundstage/studio. A flexible, multi-use facility that will alternate use as a recording studio, rehearsal...
Business
Racy Rolls With ChannelStrip
Eric Racy has used Metric Halo’s ChannelStrip on every song he has mixed since discovering the plug-in four years ago.
Business
PAR On Audio Production Touch Screens
I think one of the big changes on the horizon is touch screen technology utilizing touch screen panels (TSPs). It’s time to re-imagine the...
Recording
New JoeCoRemote Software Bows
JoeCo has released a new version of its JoeCoRemote software app for the iPad, now available in the iTunes App Store.
Business
Michael Marquart Makes His Windmark
Michael Marquart, a multi-hyphenate on both sides of the studio glass, acquired the Flyte Tyme Productions building in Santa Monica late last year, renaming...
Business
Avengers Assembled
The Avengers is now the third highest-grossing film of all-time; building on the 2012 movie’s tale of superheroes saving New York City, it’s only...
Business
Creating Transparency In A Glass House
After spending more than three years looking for a new house into which he could relocate his private production studio, Eric Hart was able...
Business
Daking Gear No Myth for Glassman
Seth Glassman recently added to his collection of Daking outboard gear with a borrowed Daking FET III compressor to mix a forthcoming album by...
Business
VK Helps GCC Upgrade
Vintage King recently worked with Glendale Community College in Arizona to upgrade its recording studios.
New Products
Studio Review: Rich Tozzoli’s St. John Recording Retreat
This year's recording session in the U.S. Virgin Islands features AEA, DPA, Fender Passport Studio, Grace Design and Universal Audio products.
Business
French Wins Delicious Prism
Jesse French, subscriber to Delicious Audio’s The Deli Magazine web site, won a Prism Sound Titan audio interface after taking part in a competition...
Business
Franglen Goes Solo with Metric Halo
Nick Franglen, best known as a founding member of the British electronica duo Lemon Jelly, is producing a solo album to be released under...
Business
Kraftwerk’s Catalogue of Concerts
Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider started their Kraftwerk multimedia project in 1970, setting up the innovative Kling Klang Studio in Düsseldorf, Germany, where they...
Recording
Innovations: The Manufacturer’s View: Softube Console 1 NEXT-GENERATION MIXER
Software plug-ins have been central to the DAW production environment for nearly as long as DAWs have been in existence.