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Avid EUCON 2021.6 Update Released
Avid has released EUCON 2021.6, an update for its Avid EUCON ethernet protocol that provides increased customization and visual feedback on control surfaces that...
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Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 5: Finishing Up
In the final installment of our five-part series, the production team and Foo Fighters decamp to Henson Recording Studios to fine-tune the tunes and...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 4: The Gang’s All Here
In part 4 of our 5-part series, the band decides whether record playing together or separately, and percussion legend Omar Hakim shows up to...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 3: Miking The Foos
In part 3 of our 5-part deep dive into the recording of Medicine at Midnight, the production team starts miking up Foo Fighters to...
Recording
Recording Foo Fighters’ ‘Medicine at Midnight,’ Part 2: Setting Up Shop
In Part 2 of our five-part series, Foo Fighters and their production team figure out how to turn a rental house into a world-class...
Featured
ALT Systems Welcomes Richard McKernan as Senior Account Executive
Longtime audio engineer turns his attention to system design and integration, with an eye on immersive audio applications.
Product Reviews
Avid Pro Tools 2020.11’s New Features – A Real-World Review
Avid’s new Pro Tools 2020.11 has a number of new, fresh features; producer/composer Rich Tozzoli shares how they work and fit into his daily...
Blog
Mix Blog Studio: Pro Tools 2020.11 Boosts Performance, Adds Features
Mike Levine is loving the host of new features and the reduced strain on his CPU load in the latest Pro Tools update.
Music Production
A Very Socially Distanced Recording Method
After creating a Dante network throughout Farm Studios' property, producer Garth Richardson can now record virtually anywhere on the seven-acre site.
Films-TV
The Future of Post-Production Sound
Work has been getting done, and production is slowly picking up again, but most agree that after six months of shutdowns and changing protocols,...
New Products
Avid Unveils Pro Tools | Carbon
Powerful HDX DSP technology brings individual artists, bands and producers the fastest, smoothest and most inspiring recording experience.
Live Sound
Meyer Sound Launches Spacemap Go
Meyer’s free Spacemap Go App works with its GALAXY Network Platform to aid and simplify spatial sound design and mixing.
Profiles
The Mix Interview: Shooter Jennings
Artist/Producer Living in the Moment, Searching for Truth
Blog
Pro Audio Veteran Goes Viral (on YouTube)
A playful cover of the Eighties hit "Easy Lover" has gone viral, bringing a group of L.A. session players into the limelight, including bass...
Music Production
Reverse Engineering: ‘Song Exploder’ Podcast Puts the Pieces Back Together
Popular artists take apart their tracks on "Song Exploder," revealing to host Hrishikesh Hirway and his podcast team what it takes to create a...
Music Production
The Wrecks Go Hi-LoFi for Debut
With the release of the band’s debut album under producer/frontman Nick Anderson, L.A. pop-punk act The Wrecks uses lo-fi production to add an edge...
Plug-ins
Massenburg DesignWorks MDWEQ6-AAX Plug-in
3-Band, 5-Band Operation, With Surgical Precision and Musical Feel
Post and Broadcast
In Demand Music Adds Nugen Audio Tools
Demand Music, whose clients include Beyoncé, Jason Derulo, Cascada, Armin Van Buuren and Basshunter, has adopted a variety of Nugen Audio tools.
Music Production
Live on KEXP Podcast Blurs the Lines Between Live and Studio Recording
When engineer Kevin Suggs records a live session for Seattle’s KEXP, that becomes the raw materials for podcasts, radio broadcasts, streaming and other formats.
Recording
Studio Showcase: Azmyth Changes with the Times
Azmyth Recording Studios, a multi-room facility in Indianapolis that incorporates the Azmyth School of Music Technology, recently entered its 21st year of operation, serving...
Blog
Mix Blog Studio: What’s With Avid Updates?
Updating a DAW's software, and hardware, is a big deal, and Mike Levine is not a fan of the perceived push to move users...
Live Sound
Eurovision Broadcast Dives into Waves
Much of the annual three-day event was mixed on eMotion LV1 live mixers.
Blog
Software Tech: Can Pro Audio Software Sustain?
By Craig Anderton. The lessons of Cakewalk, Emagic, Steinberg, Digidesign and Syntrillium are instructive because each presents possibly sustainable economic models for pro audio...
Recording
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
Beauty of the Blues Is Boundless on "No Mercy in This Land"
Facilities
Sylvia Massy’s Studio Divine
By Barbara Schultz. Famed Engineer/Producer Opens Up Her Studio While She Works Abroad
Profiles
Chris Tabron: The Producer’s Guide to Mixing
Or, the Mixer’s Guide to Producing: Inside the Creative Mind of Chris Tabron. By Anthony Savona.
Profiles
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
By Barbara Schultz, photos by Richard Swift. Producer/engineer Richard Swift shares his personal studio photos and details about the production of "Tearing at the...
Recording
Sacrificing a Ferrari for Halo Studio’s Sound
By Steve Harvey. Roman Marcone gets the sound he wants, whether it means finding Prince’s tape machine, bolting mics to the ceiling or selling...
Music Production
Avid Connects Maroon 5
Maroon 5 used numerous audio tools from Avid to complete its latest album.
news
Pro Tools | HDX “Integral” to c5 Sound’s Success
Find out how c5 Sound built a solid foundation using Pro Tools | HDX, Sponsored by Avid.
Product Reviews
New Plug-Ins for Pro Tools from Trillium Labs, SoundToys
A look at Trillium Labs' TL Space 1.1 and SoundToys EchoBoy 1.0, two new plug-ins for Pro Tools.
Product Reviews
Review: M-Audio M-Powered Pro Tools DAW System
If there was any doubt about Digidesign's, ah, designs upon the world of audio, there no longer is. A little over a year ago,...
Product Reviews
Review: Digidesign Pro Tools 6.4
Digidesign continues to move forward with Pro Tools 6.4. Although it is not a "major" upgrade, there are enough new features to turn heads....
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