Business
CRAS Expands, Adds ATCs
The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS) recently expanded its facilities with the addition of control rooms F and G, putting ATC SCM25A...
Loudspeakers-Studio Monitors
Business
Belmont U. Studio Adds JBL
Belmont University’s recently renovated Columbia Studio A is now equipped with Harman Professional’s JBL M2 master reference monitors.
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
Meyer Speakers Do Time in Alcatraz
Alcatraz, the famous island prison in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, has held some of the world's most dangerous people over the...
Business
Dallas Audio Post Adds Genelecs
Dallas Audio Post recently became the first U.S. installation of Genelec’s new 1237A Tri-Amplified Smart Active Monitor (SAM) system.
Business
Titanfall Scores ATC Trifecta
The recently released Titanfall original soundtrack album used ATC reference monitors from start to finish.
Live Sound
The Comfort of Consistency: Incorporating In-Ear Monitor Technology to the Festival World
It’s arguable that wireless in-ear monitor (IEM) technology has improved live music performances, thus festival audio production, in more ways than any other gear-based...
Business
Capitol Studios Picks PMC
PMC has sold its first QB1-A reference monitors. Two pairs are becoming part of Capitol Studios' ongoing refurbishment program at, with one pair destined...
Product Reviews
Review: Fostex PX-6 Professional Studio Monitors
Rob Tavaglione takes a look at Fostex PX-6 Professional Studio Monitors.
Product Reviews
Review: MXL Genesis FET Large Diaphragm Condenser Microphone
MXL sells a lot of good microphones at great prices, including the Genesis FET.
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
Pommer Gets Small with Genelec
Justin Pommer, a drummer who has been engineering in what he calls “mini-studios” over the past two decades, has made Genelec 8250A Smart Active...
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...
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
Pro Audio Comes to Times Square
NEW YORK, NY—In August, Guitar Center opened its new 2,800-squarefoot flagship store in the heart of New York City’s Times Square.
Business
Marinelli Focuses on Barefoot
Barefoot speakers have replaced composer/producer Anthony Marinelli’s collection of high-definition monitors.
Business
One Systems Heads To Hong Kong
The Wong Tai Sin Temple, situated on four-and-a-half acres in Hong Kong, recently commissioned DinoTech Ltd. to design a new audio system that would...
Business
Miami Mixer Adds ISO-L8Rs
Freelance recording and mixing engineer Colin Fichman has installed IsoAcoustics ISO-L8R adjustable acoustic isolation speaker stands for his near field monitors and subwoofer at...
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...
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
Hamilton Fits Puss N Boots With ATC
Joel Hamilton, co-owner, with Tony Maimone, of Studio G Brooklyn, has worked on an eclectic array of artists over the years, including Tom Waits,...
Business
Bassani Tracks with JBL
Tracking engineer Nick Bassani at Patchwerk Recording Studios in Atlanta has been using Harman’s JBL LSR308 loudspeakers for nearfield monitoring.
Business
ND Senate and House Agree on RH
North Dakota’s Legislative Assembly building, home to the state Senate and House of Representatives, is a visually impressive structure standing 19 stories, with semi-circular...
Business
Chalice Gets Down with Danley
Chalice Recording Studio has installed Danley Sound Labs TH-115 subwoofers in studios A and B.
Business
QSC Hits Nevada Smith’s
Nevada Smith’s, a long-running megapub in Manhattan, recently moved a block north of its former 20-year home. Its new multi-million-dollar space sports, which occupies...
Business
InfoComm 2014 The Largest To Date
LAS VEGAS, NV—InfoComm International called its 2014 conclave the largest ever, with some 37,000 AV professionals passing through the Las Vegas Convention Center in...
Business
Devinesound Does Dangerous
Electronic music composer and producer and sound designer Richard Devine recently switched out his monitor controller for the Dangerous Music Monitor ST with integrated D-to-A converter...
Business
Community Launches New Branding
Community Professional Loudspeakers has unveiled its new corporate brand identity, along with the new I Series loudspeakers.
Recording
Opry Upgrades to PFS-2
The Grand Ole Opry has installed a new PhantomFocus System, PFS-2, as part of a recent control room upgrade.
Business
Mackie Bouys Britannia Stadium
Home to the Premiership Football Club, the Britannia Stadium recently upgraded to a Mackie DL806 iPad Control Wireless Mixer to help stadium announcer Steve...
Business
Renkus-Heinz Reinforces Lecture Hall
The University of Oslo’s main Campus Medica building, home to the offices of many of the school’s scientists and doctors, recently installed a Renkus-Heinz...
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...
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...
news
View from the Top: Steve Johnson, Community Professional Loudspeakers
Reflecting on his 20-plus years in the audio industry, Steve Johnson, CEO of Chester, PA-based Community Professional Loudspeakers, turns to a quote from The...
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
QSC Added to Arcade Bar EightyTwo
Downtown L.A.’s newest bar, EightyTwo, chose QSC K Series and AcousticDesign Series loudspeakers for its classic arcade game-themed establishment, complete with a DJ and...
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
CLA Goes Barefoot
Chris Lord-Alge has installed Barefoot Sound MicroMain27 monitors for critical listening at his Mix LA! recording studios. "I need monitors that are non-complimentary," says...
Business
Equator Audio Wins Klein’s Faith
Since winning a pair of Equator Audio D8 studio reference monitors last fall, singer, songwriter and guitarist Jess Klein has since used them to...
Business
Linett Goes Barefoot with Gen2
Engineer/producer Mark Linett has upgraded the Barefoot MicroMain27 monitors at his private studio in LA, Your Place or Mine, to the latest Gen2 models.