Business
RIAA: Music Industry Revenues Up 9.2% in 2020
2020 was tough all over—but not for the music industry, which grew revenues for...
Music Tribe Acquires Aston Microphones
UK studio mic startup Aston Microphones has been purchased by Music Tribe, parent company to Behringer, Midas, Turbosound, TC Electronic and other brands.
Gear and Technology
Røde Updates Wireless Mic System with Wireless Go II
Røde has updated its wireless mic system aimed at content creators with the release...
Gear and Technology
Black Lion Audio Unveils Revolution 2×2 Audio Interface
Black Lion Audio has released its first bus-powered, portable audio interface, the Revolution 2x2.
Post and Broadcast
Sound Mixer Globetrots with Lectrosonics
Chasing reality TV productions around the world, sound mixer Stu Chacon brings along a...
Gear and Technology
Repairing Spoken-Word Recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced – A Real-World Review
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione explains how he repairs spoken-word recordings with iZotope Rx 8 Advanced...
Gear and Technology
BABY Audio Parallel Aggressor Plug-In—A Real-World Review
Producer/engineer Rob Tavaglione put the BABY Audio Parallel Aggressor Plug-In to the test and...
Gear and Technology
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...
Gear and Technology
Shure Beta91A Condenser Boundary Microphone – A Real-World Review
Producer/studio owner Rob Tavaglione recently got a new Shure Beta91A mic—so naturally he put...
Gear and Technology
Solid State Logic Fusion – A Real World Review
The SSL Fusion Stereo Outboard Processor has turned a lot of heads since its...
Gear and Technology
Austrian Audio Hi-X50 and Hi-X55 Headphones – A Real-World Review
Producer/studio owner Rob Tavaglione puts Austrian Audio's top headphone models - the Hi-X50 and...
Gear and Technology
Sennheiser MD 435 and MD 445 Microphones – A Real-World Review
Sennheiser's new dynamic MD 435 and MD 445 handheld vocal microphones get put through...
Gear and Technology
Apple Mac Pro Rack: A Real-World Review
Producer/composer Rich Tozzoli shelled out $10,000 for an Apple Mac Pro Rack computer; was...
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Recording
Studio Showcase: Setting Up San Juan Sound
Matteo Burr, drummer and founding member of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, fell in...
Music Production
J.studio Upgrades For a Hybrid Workflow
Audio engineer Zhu Chiao Chen has upgraded his J.studio in the center of Taipei,...
Music Production
PSN Tracks – February 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind five new...
Music Production
Graphic Nature Audio Relocates
Will Putney’s Graphic Nature Audio recording studio is relocating to a rural property in...
Music Production
Audio OP-ED: Socially Distanced Studio Production
How can facilities use audio networking to provide the creative environment musicians need while...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc. – Lee Ritenour: Turning Devastation into Dreamcatcher
Lee Ritenour lost 100 guitars, 40 amps and his studio to a fire; now...
Music Production
Harry Connick Jr. Does it All on New Album
Harry Connick Jr. is releasing a new album, 'Alone with My Faith,' that he...
Music Production
Anamorphic Adds Hybrid Workflow
Producer Thomas Statnick has installed an AMS-Neve 8424 console in his studio to support...
HOW Sound
Worshiping Together While Apart
House of Worship has changed radically in the last year to include many new...
Live
The Stillery is Stuck on EAW
The Stillery is a new restaurant/venue in Chandler, Arizona, sporting an EAW RSX PA...
Music Festival Business
Festival Returns for Summer Down Under
Reinvented to meet pandemic protocols, South Australia’s Summer Sounds Festival was a four-week outdoor...
International
Meyer Rolls into Warsaw’s Teatr Muzyczny ROMA
A mainstay of Warsaw’s live music and theater scene, Teatr Muzyczny ROMA has netted...
HOW Sound
Good Shepherd Church Rounds Up New Gear
Good Shepherd Church in Bokjeong-dong, South Korea, recently added an Allen & Heath Avantis...
HOW Sound
Cornerstone Church Reaches Out
Cornerstone Church recently upgraded its sound reinforcement system with a new audio system based...
Business
Shure Petitions FCC for Dedicated Wireless Mic Channel
Shure has petitioned the FCC to ensure a dedicated “vacant” 6 MHz UHF channel...
Business
Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit Announced
Pro Sound News, Mix and Radio World have joined forces to hold the first...
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Post and Broadcast
Recording NPR’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ Podcast at ‘Home’
Audio engineer Josh Rogosin keeps NPR's ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ podcast series alive during remote-based...
Post and Broadcast
Six Voices, One Podcaster, No Problem: Inside Kelcey Ayer’s One-Man Show
Moving from radio to podcast format changed how Kelcey Ayer approaches his multi-character, improv-informed...
Post and Broadcast
Centralization May Be Post Audio’s Gambit
Supervising sound editor and sound designer Wylie Stateman oversaw four teams working on the...
Post and Broadcast
Creating A ‘Quest for the North Pole’ Sound Library
Producer and editor Dylan Fagan amassed dozens of tracks to shape a cohesive sound...
Post and Broadcast
Creative Audio Mixing Powers ‘Switched On Pop’ Podcast
Exploring the construction and meaning of popular music, the 'Switched On Pop' podcast is...
Post and Broadcast
Haddock’s Soundz Fishy to Focus on Audio Desk Design
U.K.-based industry designer Glenn Haddock has launched a new company, Soundz Fishy, to focus...
Post and Broadcast
Sound Rebels Builds Its Own Fort
Re-recording mixer D.J. Lynch and supervising sound editor Rob McIntyre have 19 Emmys between...
Post and Broadcast
Roland Winke on Capturing The Queen’s Gambit
Sound mixer Roland Winke’s recording rig helped immerse viewers in the world of chess...
Blogs
The Mix Consultancy: The Four (and a Half) Jobs in a Studio
Grammy Award-winner Dom Morley takes us through the variety of jobs in a modern...
Blogs
Prep for a Post-Pandemic World at the Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit
Pro audio in a post-pandemic world is on the horizon; get ready at the...
Blogs
Home Studios of the Rich and Famous: The Complete ‘Peek Inside’ Series
Take a peek inside the private home studios of dozens of top artists from...
Blogs
Peek Inside the Home Studio of One Direction’s Liam Payne
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne sold his Calabasas, CA mansion for $10.16 million;...
Blogs
Sounding Board: Know Who To Know
Audio industry pro Mike Dias shares how to know who to know—and why that...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: M.A.G.S. Moves Forward
Elliott Douglas, aka M.A.G.S., talks pros and cons of self-recording, the genesis of his...
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Back in the Cups with Ace Of Cups
All-female psych rockers Ace of Cups shared the stage with 1960s legends. Decades later,...
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Jackson Browne Lets the Rhythm Lead
Rock legend Jackson Browne tells how he and a group of musicians and songwriters...
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Chuck Prophet, ‘The Land That Time Forgot’
Steve Harvey talks with guitarist, singer, producer and raconteur Chuck Prophet about the meandering...
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Danielia Cotton, ‘A Different War’
Steve Harvey talks with blues rocker Danielia Cotton about racism and healing, gravitating to...
Motion Picture Sound Editors Announce 68th Annual Golden Reel Award Nominees
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) today announces nominees in the 68th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Nominees represent the work of the world’s most talented sound artists and...
Focusrite Pro Hosts RedNet® Certification Webinar Course for CRAS Students
Focusrite Pro’s Peter J. Tilley Engaged with 89 CRAS Students in Order to Educate Them More On the Software as an Employable Skill Set and to Inspire Them to...
Sonnet Announces Professional, Single-Slot Thunderbolt™ 3 Card Reader for SxS™ PRO X Media
IRVINE, Calif. — Feb. 25, 2021 Compact Reader Supports Maximum Ingest Speeds From All SxS Media, Offers Bus-Powered Operation What’s New: Sonnet Technologies today launched the Sonnet SxS™ PRO...
Cobalt Iron Secures Patent for Automatic, Dynamic Data Collection in Response to Detected Events and Conditions
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Feb. 25, 2021 — Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that the company has been granted a U.S. patent...