The Wire
METalliance Celebrates Nashville Blackbird Bonanza
The METalliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is celebrating another wildly successful “In Session” weekend of live tracking and mixing January 28 & 29...
Consoles/Mixers-Studio
The Wire
“Bonzai Beat” Features Frank Filipetti on NAMM’s Playback Blog
In the latest episode of the Bonzai Beat, Mr. Bonzai connects with producer, engineer, and mixer Frank Filipetti to discuss his collaborations and projects,...
Recording
Studio Showcase: FAME Recording Studios
FAME Recording Studios’ B room captured some of the most incendiary performances of the Sixties and Seventies. Now brought up-to-date with a mix of...
Music Production
University of Rochester Nets New API Console
New console aids learning process for audio students.
Recording
Studio Showcase: The Bubble, Austin
By Steve Harvey. Austin's active music scene has long overshadowed the local recording business, but in the Hyde Park neighborhood south of downtown Austin,...
Recording
New Desk Roosts at Red Barn Studio
Founded in 2014, the studio specializes in audio and video production.
Recording
Hugh Padgham Fêted for Storied Career
Producer/engineer behind the sound of the Eighties reminisces.
Recording
Niles City Rethinks Old-School Recording
By Steve Harvey. Niles City Sound may be the studio that helped launch the Grammy-winning career of throwback R&B singer Leon Bridges, but the...
Music Production
Balloon Studios Floats Back to Analog
Prodigal studio comes back to analog recording as it hits 30th year in business.
Post and Broadcast
Adam Carolla Podcast Undergoes Audio Update
New console captures Carolla and Company
Music Production
Fire Scorches Toast & Jam Studio
By Clive Young. Electrical fire damages gear, instruments and one-of-a-kind console.
Music Production
No Rush for Recording Rustin Man
By Steve Harvey. Former Talk Talk bassist Paul Webb rolls out his second solo album, self-recorded over the course of 16 years.
Music Production
Jonas Blue Builds Dream Studio
Hit DJ/producer builds out commercial studio to build out production career
Recording
Nashville’s Historic RCA Studio B Nets New Desk
The Nashville facility recorded the likes of Elvis, Dolly Parton, The Everly Brothers and countless other legends. Now it has a new console.
Recording
AMS Neve HQ Gets PMC-Bedecked Demo Room
The UK console company turns to another British brand for monitoring.
Live Sound
Making the Mix of HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas
Video games always have visual pizzazz, but a new E-sports arena also focuses on audio.
Business
‘Stairway to Heaven’ Console Sold at Auction
By Clive Young. The desk, used to record dozens of iconic acts, including Led Zeppelin, was auctioned off by Bonhams.
Business
“Stairway to Heaven” Desk to be Auctioned
By Steve Harvey. Bonhams is putting the Helios console that recorded Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” on the block.
Live Sound
DiGiCo Delivers CMAs
Production console was key to multiple levels of redundant backup plans.
Music Production
Mixing Until the Cows Come Home at The Dairy
Mix engineer Dean James Barratt (Sam Smith, Paloma Faith) has a new console.
Music Production
Hart’s Got Soul with New Live Release
Artist tapped Sweetwater to record, mix new live album out November 30.
Music Production
Studio Showcase: Oktaven Caters to Other Music
By Steve Harvey. Oktaven Audio’s co-owner Ryan Streber says his studio has grown over the last decade while recording almost solely “art music, not...
Music Production
Grey Noise Studios Honors Hip Hop’s Past, But Eyes Its Future
Operating in a space laden with recording history, the fledgling facility has aspirational aims.
Gear and Technology
At AES: API Introduces 2448 Analog Console
API sold eight 2448 consoles before the model was released.
Recording
Capturing A Gang of Grohls for ‘Play’
By Steve Harvey. Foo Fighters’ frontman Dave Grohl recently released "Play," a mini-documentary that includes a 23-minute track on which he plays seven different...
Music Production
80-Fader Lawo Desk Lands at Manhattan Center
Console is part of studio renovation at site of first film score recording.
Music Production
London’s Hospital Club Renovates Studios
The Hospital Club Studios recently updated its facilities with surgical precision.
Music Production
Paris Couple Keeps Studio Running Hot
Parisian studio Jolokia Studio (named after a type of chili pepper) keeps growing in its fourth year.
Music Production
Ayrshire College Adds SSL AWS 924
Console chosen in part to force students to make decisions.
Music Production
Studio Lands First Rupert Neve 5088 Desk in Colombia
Gaira Musica Local Studios now calls the desk its own.
Recording
Melbourne’s Multitrax Updates with Audient
Long-running Aussie studio updates audio offerings with an Audient desk.
Music Production
Rarefied Recording Grows Organically
Rarefied Recording has organically grown from a home studio to a sizable facility.
Music Production
MOXE Makes Music with 5088
The MOXE retreat/studio has installed a 40-input Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console.
Music Production
Losada Moves, Adds SSL
Juan Cristobal Losada's Sonic Room facility sports a new SSL AWS 948.
Music Production
Sacto College Installs Audient Desk
An Audient console has replaced a 25-year-old desk in the music department.