Music Production
Smallpools Makes a Splash
The pandemic didn’t stop indie pop act Smallpools from finishing its second album, even if it meant renting a Nashville Airbnb during lockdown.
Recording
Recording
Recording the Red Planet
How NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured the first audio ever recorded on another planet.
Music Production
BerkleeNYC Cross-Connects with TSL Network Solution
Diversified married TSL’s GTP-V1virtual control processor and Virtual Panels into a solution that TSL has dubbed IP-Cross Connect at BerkleeNYC.
Music Production
Pirate Sees Self-Service Studio Market for the Taking
Having conquered the UK, Pirate aims to build 4,000 unattended, self-service studios across North America by 2024.
Recording
Miami Beach Studios Adds Symphonic Acoustics Speakers
Miami Beach Recording Studios co-owner Pablo Reynoso had Symphonic Acoustics install a custom-built set of 2X8V monitors with matching 12-inch subs.
Recording
High School Preps Students for Music Careers with SSL Desks
Hudson County Schools of Technology’s County Prep High School program is readying students for music industry careers at its new facility.
International
U.K. Studio Adopts ITB Workflow
Producer and songwriter Gareth Nuttall recently changed the workflow at his studio in Greater Manchester, England, replacing a mixing console with a Neve 1073OPX Octal preamplifier.
Music Production
Audio Restored Digitizes for Good Time
UK-based audio restoration specialist Graham Joiner is using Prism Sound audio converters to digitize 233 analog master tapes for Good Time Records
Music, Etc
Music Etc: Jim Keller on ‘By No Means’
Jim Keller's latest album, "By No Means," is his first solo project in seven years, but the co-founder of power-pop band Tommy Tutone has not been slacking.
Music Production
Zoe Thrall Joins The Hideout Recording Studio
Veteran studio manager Zoe Thrall has taken on the role of director of studio operations at Las Vegas’ The Hideout Recording Studio.
Music Production
With Engineer’s Encouragement, Idea Comes to Market
Grammy-nominated engineer, equipment manufacturer and audio educator Greg Wurth was given a Flock Audio prototype Patch system to critique; he never gave it back.
Music Production
Tracks – March 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Tracks – April 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind 10 new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Business
Grammy Engineering and Production Winners Announced
The Recording Academy announced the winners of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in an audience-free show that reflected some of the events of the past year and the coronavirus pandemic.
Recording
Ed Cherney: Recalling An Engineering Great
As the late engineer Ed Cherney is honored by the Grammys this weekend with a posthumous Trustee Award, his fellow METAlliance members look back with fondness at their friend's legacy.
Music Production
Emily Lazar Launches Music Industry Equity, Inclusion Initiative
Emily Lazar, Grammy Award-winning founder of The Lodge mastering and mixing facility in Manhattan, has introduced We Are Moving the Needle, a new initiative to bring equity and inclusion to the music industry.
Music Production
German Rap Producer Juh-Dee Outfits New Studio
Producer Juh-Dee hit the top of the German charts four times last year, creating both demand for his work and the need for his own facility.
Music Production
The Wonderly of It All
You’ve heard the work of alt-folk/soundtrack mavens Wonderly; now the duo is releasing two collections about the ‘Pacific Northweird.’
Recording
Studio Showcase: Setting Up San Juan Sound
Matteo Burr, drummer and founding member of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, fell in love with San Juan, Puerto Rico, and knew he had to build a new recording facility to support the diverse local scene.
Music Production
J.studio Upgrades For a Hybrid Workflow
Audio engineer Zhu Chiao Chen has upgraded his J.studio in the center of Taipei, Taiwan with a Neve 8424 console.
Music Production
PSN Tracks – February 2021
Tracks is Pro Sound News’ monthly look at the recording process behind five new music releases, running down who’s using what gear where.
Music Production
Graphic Nature Audio Relocates
Will Putney’s Graphic Nature Audio recording studio is relocating to a rural property in Kinnelon, NJ.
Music Production
Audio OP-ED: Socially Distanced Studio Production
How can facilities use audio networking to provide the creative environment musicians need while maintaining safety guidelines?
Music, Etc
Music, Etc. – Lee Ritenour: Turning Devastation into Dreamcatcher
Lee Ritenour lost 100 guitars, 40 amps and his studio to a fire; now he’s back with his first true solo album, Dreamcatcher.
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 in this real-world review.
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 engineered and recorded at his home studio, playing every instrument and singing every part.
Music Production
Anamorphic Adds Hybrid Workflow
Producer Thomas Statnick has installed an AMS-Neve 8424 console in his studio to support his hybrid workflow.
Music Production
PMC Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Founder Peter Thomas takes stock of three decades of producing professional and home speakers.
Music Production
Elliot Mazer, Legendary Producer/Engineer, Dead at 79
Legendary producer/engineer Elliot Mazer, best-known for his work with Neil Young, Janis Joplin and others, died of a heart attack in his San Francisco home on Sunday, February 7, 2021.
Music Production
U.K. Producer Eddie Serafica Installs PMC Monitors
Eddie Serafica, Grammy Award-winning producer, has installed a pair of PMC monitors in his project studio.
Music Production
Recording Live to Vinyl to Zoom at Welcome to 1979
Nashville’s Welcome to 1979 studio overcame technical challenges to bring its ‘Direct to Vinyl’ recording summit online.
Business
Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit Announced
Pro Sound News, Mix and Radio World have joined forces to hold the first Pro Audio & Radio Tech Summit, an all-day virtual event to be held April 1.
Music Production
Tools for the Personal Studio 2021
2020 drove home recording to new heights due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Top pro audio manufacturers weigh in with tips and gear suggestions to help beginners and pros alike make the most of their spaces.
Music Production
Paul “Willie Green” Womack Tours Telefunken
Hip-hop and R&B producer Paul "Willie Green" Womack has been putting his new Telefunken TF11 mic through its paces at his Brooklyn recording studio.
Music Production
The Lost Treasure of Joe Meek’s Tea Chest Tapes
Legendary UK producer Joe Meek left behind nearly 1,900 tapes when he committed suicide in the 1960s. After sitting in storage for 50-plus years, the ‘lost’ tapes are being digitized in a mammoth 18-month project, saving unheard early work...
Music Production
Mike Smith Builds Out Analog Workflow
Cuban-American recording artist Mike Smith, who is also a co-executive producer and main judge on BET’s One Shot competition series, recently overhauled his studio in Charlotte, NC and installed a Neve 8424 console.
Music Production
Sue Moreno Masters Memphis Sessions with Grundman
Paul Grundman recently mastered The Memphis Soul Sessions, the latest album by Dutch chanteuse Sue Moreno, at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood.
Recording
Studio Spotlight: Noise Nest Invests in the Future
Inspired by pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek’s now-defunct Fantasy Factory, producer/entrepreneur Nick Gross developed a small songwriting facility into Noise Nest, a sleek, new studio complex in Hollywood.
Music Production
Phil Spector, Producer/Murderer, Dead at 81
Legendary producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector died January 16, 2021 of COVID 19-related complications.
Music Production
Goldfinger Gets Nostalgic with Never Look Back
John “Feldy” Feldmann, leader of ska-punk heroes Goldfinger, shares how the pandemic brought the band back together again (remotely) to record its latest album, Never Look Back.
Blogs
Peek Inside Phish Bassist Mike Gordon’s Home Studio
Phish’s Mike Gordon has put his Vermont home on the market, providing a glimpse of his awesome attic recording studio.
International
Flow Goes with SSL Origin
Flow Studios, a new recording facility based in France’s Loire Valley, has opened with a 32-channel Solid State Logic Origin console.