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From The Editor: You Can’t Buy Vibe
You can spend millions amassing the best recording equipment ever made if you want, but you can’t buy vibe.
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From The Editor: Back to the Future of AI Music
A look back at a music tech revolution from 86 years ago can shed some light on what may lie ahead for AI music.
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From The Editor: A Restoration Supreme—Saving John Coltrane’s Home and Studio
20 years after being rescued from demolition, the home—and home studio—of jazz legend John Coltrane is being restored.
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Blog: Let’s Hear It for the Crews!
The show must go on. Downbeat at 7. That’s what drives a crew.
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Talking Technology, Thinking About Gear
Year-end lists are one of the long-standing staples of journalism, whether it’s the "Top 10 Films of the Year," "2024's Best Backpacks" or "5...
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Editor’s Note: Pause. Rewind. Fast Forward.
We are living in an amazing time! And once in a great while, when I run into a genuine blast from the past, I’m...
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Editor’s Note: To Those Who Show Us the Way
I told the audience a story about the three sound designers/re-recording mixers who would soon be joining me onstage to talk about “Sound, Story...
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From the Editor: The Stuff of Stories
The Future becomes the past in the blink of an eye, but there is one thing that endures.
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Goldcrest Post Finishes Sound and Picture for Indie Thriller “She Dies Tomorrow”
She Dies Tomorrow¸ from Neon and writer/director Amy Seimetz, centers on a woman who believes she is about to die from a mysterious illness...
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Hearing the Music in ‘Found Sounds’
My introduction to writing about sound for film and television, and most of the emphasis over the years, has been through post-production.
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