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
Recording
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-sq.-ft. 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, Etc
Music, Etc.: Gloria Gaynor — Surviving, Thriving and Testifying
Gloria Gaynor’s new Gospel album, Testimony, is up for two Grammy Awards, taking the career of a disco legend (“I Will Survive”) in a whole new direction. Gaynor and engineer F. Reid Shippen dish on recording the live-to-analog album.
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.
Music Production
Inside Ummet Ozcan’s New Studio
Working with studio designer Jan Morel, producer Ummet Ozcan has built his dream facility, Oz Studios, in his house.
Recording
Chuck Ainlay Leads Csaba Petocz Scholarship Event
The annual memorial educational event was held at Peter Frampton’s Studio Phenix in the Berry Hill district in Nashville.
Recording
Recording Academy P&E Wing to Honor Dr. Dre
13th Annual Producers & Engineers Wing event will kick off Grammy Week
Recording
Collapsing Scenery Builds Its Debut
By Steve Harvey. The winding road to Collapsing Scenery’s debut album was a five-year journey.
Recording
Slate Listens with Ocean Way
Slate gets plug-ins rock solid using Ocean Way Audio monitors.
New Products
Innovations: EZ Acoustics Signature Series by Peter D’Antonio
Marc Viadiu, the founder and chief engineer of EZ Acoustics, recounts his company’s long journey developing its latest product, and how a chance meeting at the 2018 NAMM Show led to the involvement of longtime acoustic treatment proponent Peter...
Recording
Tracks – November 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.
Recording
Everybody Wants to Record the World
By Steve Harvey. Simon & Greg Record the World is an online reality series following a pair of engineer/producers from Montreal who travel to remote locations around the globe to set up temporary studios and record local musicians.
Business
Recording Academy Launches ‘Behind the Record’
The social media initiative aims to spotlight producers, engineers and others who contribute to the music recording process.
Studio Showcase
Studio Showcase: LA Good Vibe’s Solar-Powered Sessions
By Steve Harvey. Joachim Garraud recently built his dream studio, LA Good Vibe. It just happens to be a 36-foot RV converted into an eco-friendly, solar-powered mobile recording studio where the drum booth can sleep up to four people.
Recording
Music Etc.: Family of the Year
Jacques Sonyieux talks with Family of the Year about questionable band getaways, working with producer Greg Wells and embracing darkness.