Business
People: Hires and Promotions in the Audio Industry for February 2020
Industry moves this month include promotions and hires at ASI Audio, Clear-Com, Atlona, Mackie,...
Concordia Launches New Recording Facilities
A new recording studio centered around a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console at Concordia University Irvine is expected to aid students’ learning experience.
Regional and Local
Elephant Eatery Audio at Auckland Zoo
Skopik and JPRO equip the new Old Elephant House restaurant at Auckland Zoo with...
New Products
DiGiCo Launches A164D Wall LCD, A168D Stage I/Os
DiGiCo has debuted two new I/O racks—the A164D Wall LCD and A168D Stage—for use...
Music Production
Soundfrackery Finds Analog Mojo
A composer for popular video games, Steve Kilpatrick recently set himself up with a...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Newfangled Audio Elevate Bundle
Rob Tavaglione evaluates the Elevate Bundle, a package that consists of the component pieces...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: AKG K275 and K371 Headphones
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione puts his favorite AKG headphones aside to put the company’s new...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Cranborne Audio Camden 500 Mic Amp
"Once I read their claims...my curiosity was piqued." Rob Tavaglione checks out the Cranborne...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Universal Audio Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser DS
While it's a great linear-phase de-esser, reviewer Rich Tozzoli uses the Oxford SuprEsser DS...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Universal Audio Avalon 737 Tube Channel Strip
Audio engineer Peter Moshay and Rich Tozzoli agree that the UAD Avalon VT-737 is...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Avid Pro Tools Ultimate
Rich Tozzoli shares how he uses Avid Pro Tools Ultimate in the real world....
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier 25
The Mini Rectifier 25 is like having a plug-in hardware amp on your desktop,...
Product Reviews
Real-World Review: Vienna Symphonic Big Bang Orchestra and Smart Orchestra Expansion Pack
Rich Tozzoli takes a look at the free Big Bang Orchestra starter edition from...
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Recording
Innovations: 3DME Music Enhancement System from ASI Audio x Sensaphonics
When the founder of pioneering IEM manufacturer Sensaphonics teamed up with the CEO of...
Music Production
Caelum Music Production Revamps its Acoustical Treatments
Composer/producer Dante Lattanzi revamped acoustical treatments in his facility, Caelum Music Production, to make...
Studio Showcase
Mercer Music at Capricorn: Revitalizing a Studio for the Next Generation
Literally on the verge of collapsing only a few years ago, Capricorn Sound Studios,...
Music Production
Tracks – February 2020
Welcome to Tracks, our monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new releases...
Studio Showcase
NYU’s Clive Davis Institute Reinvents Itself in Brooklyn
New York University has consolidated its media, technology and art departments into a new...
Recording
Invite Only Studios Opens 5.1 Rooms
Overlooking midtown Manhattan, three-room Invite Only Studios offers both familiar and unique recording gear
Studio Showcase
Studio Showcase: June Audio Returns to Utah
After 20 years away, June Audio has returned to Provo, UT, with a newly...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Ranky Tanky — Gullah, Good Time and a Grammy Win
Based around the rhythms and culture of Gullah-Geechee, Ranky Tanky’s 2019 album "Good Time"...
Regional and Local
Bose Professional Appears in Dream Hotel
Nashville’s Dream Hotel collaborated with experiential A/V systems integrator Technomedia to outfit the destination...
Regional and Local
Clair Brothers Updates The Met Philadelphia
Revamping sound at the former opera house was all music, no drama for Clair...
Regional and Local
Clear-Com System Emigrates to Russia
The Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Russia recently upgraded two venues’ audio systems, including...
Regional and Local
Alien-C Opens with PK Sound in China
A massive 37,000-square-foot club located in Yinchuan, China, Alien•C opened in November, centered around...
Festival Profile
903pro Goes Classical in Cartagena
Colombian rental company 903pro provided audio support across several locations at the 2020 Cartagena...
Regional and Local
South Korean Park Looks West for Audio Solutions
TechDataPS and Arnion recently upgraded Mungyeong Saejae Provincial Park’s outdoor performance venue with an...
Regional and Local
Shanghai Arts Center Brings Constellation to China
The newly opened Nine Trees Shanghai Future Art Centre sports China’s first Meyer Sound...
Live
Martin Audio Adds to Adorn Series
Five new offerings will join Martin Audio’s Adorn series of installation speakers at ISE,...
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Post and Broadcast
Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer Stuart Wilson Talks Pre-‘1917’ Career
Stuart Wilson, the Oscar and BAFTA winning sound mixer for 1917 discusses his early...
Post and Broadcast
Oscar Sound Winners Announced
In a night filled with great expectations—and surprising losses—for a number of hotly tipped...
Post and Broadcast
Pinewood Studios Closes Sound Department
Pinewood Studios, the legendary UK-based film production studio facility located outside London, has announced...
Post and Broadcast
ToneMesa Takes DPA Out for Dinner in America
Daniel S. McCoy captured audio everywhere from pet shops to punk rock concerts for...
Post and Broadcast
MBC Adds Two More Calrec Consoles
Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. in South Korea has purchased two Apollo consoles for its flagship...
Post and Broadcast
Gershin is Not Lost in Translation
Scott Gershin, who has worked on over 100 films, including American Beauty, Pacific Rim,...
New Products
Audio Design Desk Launches add.app Sound-for-Picture Software
Audio Design Desk is introducing post software that takes different approach to finding and...
Regional and Local
Grammys Go Digital from Mic to Mixer
More than 20 channels of Sennheiser Digital 6000 RF were deployed in both production...
Blogs
Remember—Don’t Mix and Drive!
One busted truck driver recently discovered that the cab of a Semi is no...
Blogs
The METAlliance Report: Grid Versus Groove
The art of recording multiple instruments together in a room is becoming a dying...
Blogs
Home Recording, Beverly Hills-Style
This spacious home studio in Beverly Hills has been used to record Ozzy, Red...
Blogs
The Aha Moment: Money Matters, Part One
Peter Janis recounts how the not-so-good old days at the start of his career...
Blogs
Being The Sound Engineer For Slipknot In The Early 2000s
We stumbled across this good-natured comedy clip picturing a Slipknot soundcheck in the early...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Gloria Gaynor — Surviving, Thriving and Testifying
Gloria Gaynor’s 2019 Gospel album, Testimony, won a Grammy Award for Best Roots Gospel...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Family of the Year
Jacques Sonyieux talks with Family of the Year about questionable band getaways, working with...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Olivia Jean, ‘Night Owl’
Jacques Sonyieux talks with former guitarist of the Black Belles and longtime Jack White...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Marcus Scott, Respecting His Roots
Jacques Sonyieux talks with vocalist Marcus Scott about his new solo album, Back 2...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Collective Soul
Jacques Sonyieux talks with Will Turpin of Collective Soul about the band’s 10th album,...
Adler Mannheim, Champion German Ice Hockey Club, Scores With Riedel’s Bolero Wireless Intercom
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Feb. 11, 2020 — Adler Mannheim, the ranking champion in the German ice hockey league (Deutsche Eishockey Liga or DEL), has adopted Riedel Communications’ award-winning Bolero...
Riedel MediorNet, Artist, and Bolero Form Complete Comms and Signal Transport Backbone for Parliament of Catalonia
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Feb. 11, 2020 — The Parliament of Catalonia in Barcelona has installed a comprehensive signal routing and communications backbone based on Riedel’s MediorNet real-time signal transport,...
Riedel’s MediorNet, Artist, and Bolero Drive Integrated and Reliable Comms in Paris La Défense Arena
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Feb. 11, 2020 — Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time media network, Artist digital matrix intercom, and Bolero wireless intercom are providing a comprehensive signal routing and communications...
Riedel Provides Comprehensive, Future-Proof Comms Solution for Belgium’s Historic Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
WUPPERTAL, Germany — Feb. 11, 2020 — The historic Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, also known as the De Munt Theatre, has upgraded its entire staff communications infrastructure based...