Music Production
Producer Robert “Bobby Digital” Dixon, Dead at 59
A mainstay of 1980s and 90s reggae, producer/engineer Robert “Bobby Digital” Dixon died of kidney disease.
Recording
Music Production
Tracks – June 2020
Tracks is Pro Sound News magazine’s monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Recording
Tenderdyn Arts Beats Remote Recording Latency
Many artists and musicians have taken to streaming during the coronavirus pandemic but few have attempted real-time collaboration due to latency. Tenderdyn Arts in Colorado has a solution
Post and Broadcast
Dolby, Tidal HiFi Roll Out Immersive Streaming
Streaming titan Tidal is making Dolby Atmos Music available from Atmos-enabled home systems.
Recording
Recording Academy Advises How To Reopen Studios
With all 50 states now in the process of reopening, the Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy has released “Considerations For Recording Studios As They Reopen.”
Studio Showcase
Soultrain Sound Studios Pulls Into Nashville
Canadian recording artist Johnny Reid has acquired the historic Scruggs Sound facility near Nashville, rebuilding the studio from scratch with new gear and a B room, all spec’d by mix engineer Justin Cortelyou.
Recording
SugarHill Upgrades Desk with GenesysControl
The long-running SugarHill Studios in Houston have upgraded the facility’s Neve Genesys Black console for total integration with DAWs.
Music Production
How Hip-Hop Stars Are Recording During the Pandemic
Roddy Ricch, YBN Cordae and Young Thug are recording hip-hop at home during COVID-19 times as studios cautiously start to reopen.
Music, Etc
Music Etc. – Huey Lewis and the News Deliver ‘Weather’ Report
Steve Harvey talks with Johnny Colla, founding member and longtime producer of Huey Lewis & the News, about their latest album, Weather; mixing with Bob Clearmountain; and how highpoint “One of the Boys” came together.
Business
dCS Expands Legends Award
The dCS (Data Conversion Systems, Ltd.) Legends Award campaign, which began last year, has been expanded to highlight more engineering legends.
Recording
Octave Records Deploys SSL SiX for DSD Projects
DSD projects are being recorded at Moose Sound through a new SSL SiX SuperAnalogue desktop console.
Recording
Mixer Makes Move from Cans to ADAMs
Multi-instrumentalist and producer Patrick Jordan-Patrikios has a history of mixing on headphones, but recently he’s come to use ADAM Audio A7X active studio monitors for his work on movie trailers and other projects.
Recording
Recording All-Stars Welcome Niko Bolas to METAlliance
Chuck Ainlay, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt have named producer/engineer Niko Bolas as a new member of the METAlliance.
Post and Broadcast
In Demand Music Adds Nugen Audio Tools
Demand Music, whose clients include Beyoncé, Jason Derulo, Cascada, Armin Van Buuren and Basshunter, has adopted a variety of Nugen Audio tools.
Music Production
Hardwell Takes Genelecs on a Caribbean Holiday
Studio designer Jan Morel recently designed a recording studio, outfitted with Genelec studio monitors, for Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer Hardwell's private Caribbean retreat.
Music Production
Henszey Launches Dolby Atmos Suite
Veteran audio engineer Dave Henszey turned to Westlake Pro and Focusrite to create his Dolby Atmos-certified immersive mixing and recording suite.
Music Production
Funk Studios Opens New Studio A
Salt Lake City’s new Funk Studios has opened with three rooms, including its Studio A, centered around an SSL Duality desk.
Music Production
Asher Postman’s New Monitors Deliver
Viral remix artist Asher Postman’s ADAM Audio monitors survived the Nashville tornado and are in use throughout quarantine.
Tour Sound
Danny Leake, Legendary Studio/Live Engineer, Dead at 69
In addition to working as Stevie Wonder’s FOH engineer for three decades, Danny Leake also recorded dozens of top artists in the studio, leading to six Grammy nominations for his efforts.
Music, Etc
Lara Downes: Reinterpreting Freedom Songs
Pianist Lara Downes shares insights about recording her new album, which mixes interpretations of revered freedom songs with pieces by celebrated early 20th century African American women composers.
News
Live on KEXP Podcast Blurs the Lines Between Live and Studio Recording
When engineer Kevin Suggs records a live session for Seattle’s KEXP, that becomes the raw materials for podcasts, radio broadcasts, streaming and other formats.
Music Production
Library of Congress Aims to Jumpstart Collage Hip-Hop with Citizen DJ
The LoC’s Citizen DJ project creates new ways for the public to discover, access and use public domain audio and video material for music making.
Music Production
Tracks – May 2020
Welcome to Tracks, our monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new releases by artists across the musical spectrum, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Dirac Moves into Control Room Correction
Dirac threw its hat into the control room correction ring at NAMM 2020, launching a version of its Dirac Live product intended for the pro audio market
Blogs
The METAlliance Report: METAlliance on Lockdown
Chuck Ainlay shares the surprising ways he and fellow recording legends Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Frank Filipetti and George Massenburg are making the most of their time during the pandemic.
Post and Broadcast
Major Podcasters Keep Content Coming Despite Pandemic
With audiences and production teams working at home now, major podcasters Stitcher and Parcast have revamped their audio tech and workflows to keep content coming.
Music Production
White Rope Music Lassos New Monitors
Songwriter Sacha Skarbek (James Blunt, Mikey Cyrus) has outfitted his White Rope Music studio with PMC monitors.
Music Production
Mojave Captures the Sound of Cuba
Composer / producer Yalil Guerra’s Cuba: The Legacy, nominated for a Latin Grammy in the best classical album category, was captured with Mojave Audio microphones.
Recording
The Record House Goes Dolby Atmos with DHDI
The Record House in El Segundo, CA, recently outfitted its first Dolby Atmos mix suite with quantum acoustics devices by Delta H Design
Studio Showcase
Studio Showcase: Azmyth Changes with the Times
Azmyth Recording Studios, a multi-room facility in Indianapolis that incorporates the Azmyth School of Music Technology, recently entered its 21st year of operation, serving everyone from local clients to Eminem to 'The Voice.'
Music Production
Bear Gets a Reaction from Carl Tatz
Musician/mixer Joe Bear has reinvented his mix facility, Reaction Vessel, with a passel of input and gear from Carl Tatz Design.
Post and Broadcast
How Pros Are Livestreaming During the Pandemic
Take a deep dive into the technology and techniques that artists are using while livestreaming during the pandemic.
Music Production
Burrell Builds for Dolby Atmos
Grammy-winning mix engineer Rob Burrell recently converted a space in his Nashville-area home studio into a Dolby Atmos mix room.
Music Production
Craft Invites Crate Diggers to YouTube
Craft Recordings’ new YouTube series talks with the movers and shakers behind many top albums, including Scott Litt.
Music Production
Sam Clayton Jr, Producer-Engineer / Jamaican Bobsled Team Member, Dead at 58
The producer/engineer, who worked with acts like Steel Pulse and Toots and the Maytals, was also a founding member of the storied Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Recording
Producer/Engineer Knox Phillips, Dead at 74
The son of Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, Knox Phillips made his own way, recording the likes of Willie Nelson, John Prine and Jerry Lee Lewis before becoming an emissary of Memphis’ music scene.
Music Production
Tweed Recording Goes All-In with Danley
The new studio/venue/classroom has Danley loudspeakers not only in live performance spaces but also in the studio’s control room.
Music Production
Alan Parsons Eyes PhantomFocus eChairs
Building out his ParSonics Studio in Santa Barbara, CA, producer/engineer/rock legend Alan Parsons has outfitted the space with PhantomFocus eChairs.
Recording
The Bachelor Hooks Up with Lectrosonics
The long-running reality TV series, The Bachelor, is captured via 14 cameras and related audio pros running at all times.
Business
Upcoming Pro Audio Training Webinars
Here’s a non-partisan, alphabetical rundown of educational pro-audio webinars coming up, provided by manufacturers across the industry.
Music Production
Chicano Batman, Production Team Reinvent Band’s Sound
'Invisible People,' out May 1, puts a modern spin on the Chicano Batman sound, courtesy of producer Leon Michels and mixer Shawn Everett.
Music Production
WSDG Designs CUI Studio Space
Concordia University’s 37,500-square-foot Borland-Manske Center opens with a WSDG-designed recording, teaching and rehearsal space.