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Personal Studio Must-Haves
Despite the prevalence of software in the music production process, engineers working with personal recording setups still rely heavily on hardware.
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Room for Ribbons
Taking a hard detour in his Continuing Adventures In Software, Rich Tozzoli and friends put a selection of mono ribbon mics to the test...
Business
Village Studios Opens In China
Walters-Storyk Design Group recently designed Village Studios; located one hour by train from Hong Kong, the facility is said to be China’s first destination-style...
Business
The Apple Logic Pro 9 Flap
Apple has ditched Logic Express and SoundTrack Pro, put Logic Pro 9 in the App store as download-only for $199.99, and priced MainStage 2...
Business
Completing the Picture: Avid Introduces Pro Tools 9
Audio professionals would have had to be hiding in a cave to avoid the news that Avid announced the immediate availability of Pro Tools...
Business
The Anderton Awards
Even with the announcement that the Anderton Awards would proceed as planned (despite that little misunderstanding last year with celebrity presenter Kim Jong Il...
Business
Chesney Checks Out Ocean Way St. Barths
Country music star Kenny Chesney is recording and mixing new material at Ocean Way St. Barths.
Business
NAMM Panel To Explore Mastering
The NAMM Show’s H.O.T. Zone will present a panel, “Mastering Engineers on Optimizing for Multiple Release Formats,” at 12:30pm on January 20 in Room...
Business
Lennon Bus, Bootsy to Live Stream at NAMM
The people behind the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus have a serious mission, but they also know how to party—and you’ll be able to...
Business
NYC Studio Set to Launch
Former Sound Lounge staff members Phil Loeb, Keith Reynaud and Gloria Pitagorsky have teamed up to form a new full service, Manhattan-based audio studio.
Business
The 2011 Anderton Awards
The 2011 AES certainly started off on a sour note, when Federal Agents seized everything in the Audio-Technica booth because a security guard overhead...
Business
Omnificent Dynamics
In his Continuing Adventures In Software, Rich Tozzoli finds an old friend showing up in places he couldn’t work before.
Business
Hot Plug-Ins at AES
The 131st Audio Engineering Society Convention demonstrated just how thoroughly the personal computer and software have come to dominate and influence audio production.
Recording
MontAnna Reprises with CTD
Monty Powell and Anna Wilson's new MontAnna Mix Room in Nashville was designed by Carl Tatz Design LLC, just like their previous studio.
Business
Sambora Goes Solo at Ocean Way
Richie Sambora is recording his next solo album at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood with Luke Ebbin producing.
Business
SSL has the Midas Touch
Midas Studios, one of the largest studio complexes in Brazil, recently added to its Studio 3 mastering/pre-production room with an SSL AWS 948.
Business
Romanowski Masters with Jones
San Francisco-based mastering engineer Michael Romanowski recently completed the CD master for award-winning artist Laurel Zucker's new "Journeys" release.
Business
GC Pro Adds Horsepower to Slang
Westlake Village, CA (December 8, 2011)—Vince Lawrence's Slang Musicgroup in Chicago recently turned to GC Pro when upgrading the company's production studio.
New Products
27th Annual TEC Awards: Voting Privileges for PAR Subscribers
Subscribers to Pro Audio Review may vote for the 27th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards — a.k.a. the TEC Awards — to be...
Business
Burton Foundation Adds Workhorse
The new James Burton Foundation Studio in Shreveport, LA has installed a Radial Engineering Workhorse chassis and several 500 series modules.
Reviews
Video: Pro Audio Review at Manifold Recording with Michael Tiemann – Closing Thoughts
Manifold Recording’s Michael Tiemann summarizes the PAR Facility Review sessions.
Business
Grundman Masters “Smile”
Bernie Grundman Mastering remastered the vinyl releases for the official edition of the Beach Boys' "The Smile Sessions," on Capitol Records, which was released...
Business
Fantasy is Forty
Bay Area landmark, Fantasy Studios, originally built as the in-house studio for artists on Fantasy Records, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Business
Talking Shop
In his Continuing Adventures In Software, Rich Tozzoli takes some time to visit with his friends and talk shop.
Business
Solid State Drives Go Mainstream
Price notwithstanding, the idea of replacing hard drives with solid-state drives (SSDs) seems like a nobrainer. But like so many aspects of high-tech, what...
Business
Manifold Joins the Studio Fold
In a lovely rural locale outside Pittsboro, North Carolina—15 miles south of Chapel Hill—is arguably our industry’s most ambitious new music production facility, Manifold...
Business
Plug-In Masters
Whether they favor an all hardware signal path, work entirely in the box or use some combination of the two, the majority of mastering...
Gear and Technology
Getting Brassy
On his Continuing Adventures In Software, Rich finds that when East and West do meet, it’s a very good thing.
Business
Under A New Moon
HOLLYWOOD, CA—Alex Pizzorni, a Caracas, Venezuela-born DJ and musician who records under the name Merlin Moon, recently completed his sophomore album, Bohemian Side of...
Business
SPARS Names Legacy Award Winner
SPARS has named the recipient of its first annual SPARS Legacy Award: Joseph D. Tarsia.
Business
Game On for Mo Cap Studios
Post-production entity Game On Audio is launching new studios that will simultaneously record audio while also capturing full-body and facial performances of video game...
Business
Ardent Guts Studio C
Celebrating its 45th anniversary, Ardent Studios in Memphis is preparing for the installation of a new console.
Business
RBDG Goes Down to the Wire
Houston's Wire Road Studios has launched a new facility designed by Russ Berger Design Group (RBDG).
Business
Uptown Grows with GC Pro
Chicago's Uptown Recording has expanded over the last 15 years with assistance from GC Pro.
Business
GC Pro Sets Up Haynie
GC Pro provided a complete design and build solution for Emile Haynie's new Manhattan production facility.
Business
Tatz Takes Ashly
Carl Tatz has been using an Ashly Audio processor for his PhantomFocus System installations.
Business
White Mark Works Fast
White Mark Ltd. has installed a mastering facility at Extreme Music in London using its new Fast Studio method.
Business
Hideaway Opens to Public
The Hideaway Studio in Minneapolis has opened from private to commercial use.
Business
Oberlin Debuts Clonick Studio
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music has introduced its new recording facility, the Joseph R. Clonick Studio, which also serves as a performance venue.
Business
WSDG Sets Up Synphonic
Walters-Storyk Design Group recently created Synphonic Recording Studios, a three-room facility built within an abandoned corner shop.
Business
VocalBooth’s Chewy Studio
VocalBooth has delivered the VocalBooth Mobile Studio to consumer brand giant Quaker Oats.
Business
Grimm, Was at Ocean Way
Last year’s "America's Got Talent" winner, singer/songwriter Michael Grimm, chose Don Was to produce his debut album.