News Analysis: Will LA Audio Post Rise or Fall Following the Todd-Soundelux...
In an audio post development that took the entertainment industry by surprise, Todd-Soundelux filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. The storied Soundelux faces an uncertain future. The...
View ArticleMesanovic Microphones Launches Model 2 – Handcrafted Passive Ribbon Mic
The Motor City means music – so when a new microphone comes out of Motown, we suggest you pay attention. The Model 2 is a ribbon mic that’s full of surprises. Detroit-based Mesanovic Microphones has...
View ArticleFast Tracking: Butter the Children Write & Record A Song in One Day — on...
Talk about exiting your comfort zone. Brooklyn post-punk band Butter the Children were a million miles from home in Austin, TX, recording a song they had never heard before – because it hadn’t been...
View ArticleZoom Debuts H5 Portable Recorder – High Resolution Multitrack
Mobile audio recorders are packing more and more into small spaces – and affordable ones at that. In keeping with that trend, Zoom has just announced their all-new H5 Handy Recorder. Coming in June...
View ArticleRecording Refresher #1 — Stop Worrying, and Choose the Right Microphone
As engineers, we are constantly tasked with making quick, important decisions in the early stages of tracking that heavily influence the final outcome. AKG C-414 on a kick drum with a solid front head....
View ArticleNYC Event Alert: Label Recruit All-Star Concert at The Triad Theater – 5/28...
Artist development continues apace via the NYC-based upstart Label Recruit. Their latest showcase takes place Wednesday, May 28th, 7-8:30 PM at one of the city’s most intriguing venues, The Triad...
View ArticleEventide Announces Free New ‘EQ Compressor’ Algorithm for H9 Multi-Effects Pedal
Eventide has their tech reaching in all aspects of audio enhancement. As a result, the H9 pedal is the manifestation of their array of guitar effects and pedals. The H9 pedal can embody algorithms from...
View ArticleAuralex ProPAD, ProPAD XL, & SubDude Review — by Carmen Borgia
Sound is crazy. It travels in invisible waves, difficult, if not impossible to visualize. With the right speakers you hear what was recorded and mixed in the original studio, no extra or missing...
View ArticleChandler Limited Launches TG2-500 – 500 Series Pre Amp/DI
A highly desirable pre amp and DI has gone inside the rack. Chandler Limited’s TG2-500 has an Abbey Road heritage. Chandler Limited announced that its acclaimed TG2 is now available in the form of the...
View ArticleThe Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio...
Image courtesy of Flickr user Erica ZabowskiWe often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count? Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that...
View ArticleGaining Clarity Through PhantomFocus: An Acoustician’s Room-Tuning...
Carl Tatz's PhantomFocus Systems have largely been a Nashville phenomenon. Find out how this custom tuning solution can enhance your NYC room.
View ArticleGaining Clarity Through PhantomFocus: An Acoustician’s Room-Tuning...
Studio designer and acoustician Carl Tatz has developed his proprietary PhantomFocus System™ on the premise that “great speakers in a great room do not equal great monitoring.” The PhantomFocus System...
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