Music Production
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.
Recording
Music Production
Soundfrackery Finds Analog Mojo
A composer for popular video games, Steve Kilpatrick recently set himself up with a new studio centered around an AMS Neve 8816.
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 Think-A-Move, a manufacturing company focused on headset products used in high-noise applications, the result was a brand new company that takes a fresh approach to...
Music Production
Caelum Music Production Revamps its Acoustical Treatments
Composer/producer Dante Lattanzi revamped acoustical treatments in his facility, Caelum Music Production, to make the most of the versatile space.
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, the Macon, GA, facility that invented Southern rock, has been restored and revitalized by its new owner, Mercer University.
Music Production
Tracks – February 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.
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 facility in Brooklyn. The site includes studios, editing suites, rehearsal spaces, offices and Oscilloscope Labs, the private production studio of late Beastie Boys rapper Adam...
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 built, Wes Lachot-designed multiroom facility housing EDM production suites, live rooms and a considerable collection of instruments, backline and accessories.
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" won this year’s Grammy for Best Regional Roots Album.
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 Album, taking the career of a disco legend (“I Will Survive”) in a whole new direction. Gaynor and engineer F. Reid Shippen dish on recording...
Recording
Finneas on Producing Billie Eilish’s Hit Album in his Bedroom
Finneas O’Connell—Billie Eilish's co-writer, producer, older brother and an artist in his own right—discusses recording her sonically adventurous debut at their family home.
Music Production
Morten Lindberg Grammy Win Happily Ends Streak
Producer/Engineer Morten Lindberg won the Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album last night, finally breaking his streak of 28 losses and 0 wins—the longest streak of unrewarded nominations ever.
Music Production
Ford v Ferrari Revs Up with Sound Oscar Nominations
Much of the drama in Ford V Ferrari hinges on the excitement conjured by the sound captured by production sound mixer Steve Morrow and his team
Music Production
Carter Burwell Breezes into New WSDG Studio
WSDG created a sizable studio for film composer Carter Burwell in his newly renovated 4,420-square-foot home at the end of Long Island.
Music Production
Gateway Mastering Adopts Sonoris Review Software
Sonoris Review software allows Gateway Mastering’s clients to hear, approve projects remotely.
Music Production
Tracks – January 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
NK Sound Tokyo Buys World’s Largest Rupert Neve Designs 5088 Console
Japanese studio NK Sound Tokyo recently purchased a 80-channel 5088 console, the largest-ever manufactured by Rupert Neve Designs.
Blogs
Peek Inside French Montana’s Home Studio
Take a look inside rapper French Montana’s home studio, located in a guesthouse on his 3.1-acre estate.
Recording
Studio Showcase: Tweed Recording Audio Production Academy
Engineer and educator Andrew Ratcliffe has relocated Tweed Recording from Oxford, MS, to Athens, GA. In the process, he’s established an audio engineering school and a new studio based around the first Sound Techniques desk to be produced in...
Recording
A Half-Century of Innovations: John Storyk Looks Back at 50 Years of Studio Design
On the 50th anniversary of architect John Storyk’s first studio commission, he reminiscences about designing Electric Lady and reveals future plans for Walters-Storyk Design Group as he looks forward to not retiring.
Music Production
Recording Engineer Nick Blagona, Dead at 74
Canadian engineer Nick Blagona designed Le Studio and recorded classic tracks by The Police, Bee Gees, King Crimson, Deep Purple, Alexisonfire, April Wine, Chicago, Rainbow and others.
Recording
White Mark Builds New LIPA Hub
White Mark’s latest build, for the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, included a TV studio, production gallery and sound control area.
Recording
Audio Builders Workshop Sets Mountain Recording Retreat Scholarships
Three scholarships for women to attend the Mountain Recording Retreat have been announced.
Music Production
Rufus Wainwright Gets into Trouble at United
Singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright teams with producer Mitchell Froom for latest set.
Music Production
Tim Boyle, Hollywood Score Mixer, Dead at 71
A first-call score mixer for decades, Boyle had more than 300 film and television credits across his career.
Recording
No Doubt, Sublime Pros Team for Moxy Brothers
Adrian Young, drummer of No Doubt, and Todd Forman, former sax player of Sublime, have partnered to launch record production team Moxy Brothers, offering everything from songwriting and performance to engineering, mixing and mastering.
Music Production
Sure Sure Brings It All Back Home
Something akin to a mashup of Steely Dan and Talking Heads, Sure Sure have been living together since 2014, mixing, engineering and producing all their own music in their home studio.
Music Production
UK’s Monnow Valley Studios for Sale
Monnow Valley Studios, which recorded Black Sabbath, Oasis, Robert Plant and others, will be redeveloped if it isn’t sold by February
Music Production
Workshop Dissects Immersive Music
PMC Studio in Los Angeles recently hosted an immersive audio workshop titled “The Anatomy of Immersive & Surround Sound Audio” for a select group of invited producers and engineers from across the industry.
Music Production
Machines with Magnets Attracts API 2448 Console
The Pawtucket, RI mixed-use facility recently upgraded to a new API 2448 desk.
Music Production
PMC Monitors Power Yamamoto’s Pinewood Studio
Youki Yamamoto’s facility at Pinewood Studios in the UK was recently augmented with a pair of PMC monitors.
Music Production
Narwhal Studios Nets Rupert Neve Designs Desk
Narwhal Studios, a recently opened recording facility in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, sports a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 console.
Recording
Lapsis Captured On Location with Sanken
Miking on Lapsis, a science-fiction feature that recently finished principal photography, was handled with a slew of Sanken microphones.
Music Production
Man Made Music Adopts PMC Speakers
Man Made Music has upgraded the stereo and surround monitoring in one of its two control rooms with PMC speakers.
Music Production
Finishing Move Go Outboard with SSL
An SSL Fusion stereo outboard processing unit fuels the game audio company’s analog chain.
Post and Broadcast
Catching a Wave in New York
Wave Studios has enjoyed steady growth since it was founded in London in 1999, focusing on audio post services for advertising and film clients.
Music Production
Tracks – December 2019
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
Bruce Botnick, Bernie Grundman Master The Doors’ ‘The Soft Parade’ 50th Anniversary Box Set
Extensive audio restoration and corrections were made before Bruce Botnick and Bernie Grundman remastered the classic album.
Music Production
Getting Immersive with ‘The Traveler’
Mastering and mix engineer Michael Romanowski teamed with Eric “ET” Thorngren to mix an immersive audio version of the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s recent blues smash, "The Traveler."
Studio Showcase
Studio Showcase: FAME Recording Studios
FAME Recording Studios’ B room captured some of the most incendiary performances of the Sixties and Seventies. Now brought up-to-date with a mix of new and vintage gear, the facility is ready for a new era of great music.
Recording
Noisematch Studios Makes Noise with Ocean Way, MDG
Noisematch Studios, a new facility designed by the Malvicino Design Group and built from the ground up in Miami, features an SSL Duality SE 48 console and an Ocean Way Audio HR2 Tri-Amplified monitoring system, and is a 2020...
Music Production
The State of Plug-Ins: From Emulations to the Unknown
Having so many plug-in choices can be overwhelming—what is an engineer to do? Three top pros share their insights—and favorite plugs.
Music Production
WSDG, TC Zhou Collaborate for Beijing Studio
WSDG recently collaborated with studio engineer TC Zhou to create a new recording facility in Beijing, China.
Music Production
Bates Adds to ATC Collection
Composer Tyler Bates recently purchased a second pair of ATC SCM20ASL monitors.
Music Production
Thinking Big with A Bad Think
Michael Marquart’s latest album as A Bad Think, The Saviour, had a production think-tank behind the scenes: co-producer/engineer Dave Way; co-producer/studio owner Marquart; and mix engineer Bob Clearmountain, who mixed the album in both stereo and 5.1 surround.