Larrabee Studios: Nailing The Pop Production Paradigm
NORTH HOLLYWOOD: From the outside, it’s a nondescript office building that blends in with its surroundings; step inside Larrabee Studios, however, and you’re walking into an epicenter of Los Angeles...
View ArticleQuad Lakeside Adds Classic Trident 80C Console, Studer Sidecar
The ice is melting on the lake, and as it goes you can see the changes around the Greenwood Lake town. At Quad Lakeside, those changes are mighty. There is now an ultra-sweet sounding EMT plate at the...
View ArticleNew Studio Opening: “Dungeon Beach” Audio/Video Post Comes to Brooklyn
Dungeon Beach Studios is aptly-named. To enter, you must first find a nondescript steel door on an industrial stretch of North 3rd Street, just a few blocks from Williamsburg’s main strip. From there,...
View ArticleTony Visconti to Record, Produce, Mix with Rock Trio Capsula
Super producer Tony Visconti certainly knows his ABC’s. Capsula is set to get Visconti-ized. Fresh off working with Bowie (David) on the brilliant new album The Next Day, NYC-based Visconti’s next...
View ArticleSSL Launches AWS 16 Console – New 16-Input AWS Desk
It’s all about access. Knowing that, SSL is opening things up for a whole new sector of commercial and private facilities with the launch of the AWS 16 console. This 16-input option is the latest in...
View ArticleNashville Event Choice: “Fly on the Wall” at Welcome to 1979, On March 29th
The feel at Nashville the studio known as Welcome to 1979 may be pure retro, but it’s clearly propelled by future-think. This analog recording studio envisions a time, very soon to come, where audio...
View ArticleIcons: Inside Vince Clarke’s Synth Kingdom in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN: You know it as soon as you hear it: A Vince Clarke creation has a way of bouncing right through you. Even at his darkest, there are vibrant energetic impulses emanating from the “King of the...
View ArticleEvent Choice: ASCAP EXPO – Songwriter/Composer Conference, April 18-20
One of the annual cornerstone events for songwriters and composers is coming soon: The ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO arrives next month, taking place April 18-20 in Los Angeles at the Loews Hollywood...
View ArticleCharterOak Announces K500 Ultra Parametric EQ – 3-Band 500 Series Module
To many an engineer, a great EQ can be the overlooked X-factor in the outboard. The Connecticut-based specialty audio manufacturer CharterOak is delivering that missing piece with their latest release:...
View ArticleBlues Rock in The Studio: The Perpetual Sound — The Black Keys to Jimi...
As The Black Keys entered the stage of The 55th GRAMMY Awards recently, albeit with much GRAMMY flare that included a horn section and bass drummer, it’s interesting to think, “Has blues rock’s sound...
View ArticleEvent Choice: Maximizing KONTACT for Composers, NYC, 3/27
Ready to make deeper contact with the KONTAKT soft synth – and two in-demand composers while you’re at it? Join the SCL in NY, and two top composers, to go in deep with Kontakt. Then join the Society...
View ArticleInfrasonic Sound Announces New Ownership of Recording Studio
M&A activity is alive and well on the studio level. The new owner of Infrasonic’s recording studio, Eric Palmquist is at far left, along with Justin Goings, Spencer Schuck, and Riley Bray of the...
View ArticleReview: Telefunken ELA M 260 Microphone by Zach McNees
Last October, I produced and engineered an album called The Modest Revolution for my friends Enter The Haggis, a Canadian roots-rock band that I’ve worked with for a number of years. We were fortunate...
View ArticleLabelRecruit, New Artist Discovery Specialists, Hosts Showcases at Stadiumred
Fresh approaches for connecting artists with gatekeepers are essential – they provide new lifelines for musicians, producers and engineers alike. NYC soul singer JMK was a featured artist at the latest...
View ArticleRecord Plant Recording Studios Names Jason Carson as VP/GM
Along with the arrival of spring, change is in the air in Los Angeles. Jason Carson is moving up yet again at Record Plant. The latest development comes from The Record Plant Recording Studios, which...
View ArticleeaReckon Launches EARebound — Multi-Delay Plugin with 16 Delay Lines
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: the most fun part of a mix session is when you can reach for that delay. The inventive developer eaReckon, founded by drummer/programmer Philippe Decuyper, has...
View ArticleDestination Studio: Red Rock Recording
“I always hated tape,” says Kent Heckman of Red Rock Recording. That might seem a controversial statement at first listen – In certain corners of the audio community, them’s fightin’ words. And today,...
View ArticleJoan Jeanrenaud Records at Studio Trilogy for Dance Theatre of Harlem
Cellist and composer Joan Jeanrenaud (Kronos Quartet) recently recorded new music for The Dance Theatre of Harlem, which is returning in April to NYC after an eight-year hiatus. Pictured in session at...
View ArticleSoundgarden Sign Worldwide Publishing Agreement with BMG Chrysalis US
They like THE ROCK at BMG Chrysalis US: The multinational music rights management concern – which maintains offices in New York City and Los Angeles — just made a big addition to its million-plus-song...
View ArticleCymatic Audio Launches with “Live Recorder LR-16” Audio Interface —...
The new audio company, Cymatic Audio, has a goal of cutting straight to the task at hand when it comes to audio. Their launch product, Live Recorder LR-16 was developed specifically for that purpose...
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