Business
How IMES Automated The Archive
Iron Mountain Entertainment Services stores millions of music recordings, but decades of incompletely captured metadata made finding everything difficult and expensive; now AMICS is...
Recording
Music Production
Inside Avid Pro Tools Sketch: Matt Lange on ‘That Sonic Drop Sound’
Matt Lange, Head of Audio Content at Avid, talks about Sketch's Sonic Drop and what might be coming next.
Music Production
Goodness Gracchus—Prog Metal Act Turns to Audix
Gracchus, whose members hail from Switzerland and New Jersey, is united in its love of prog metal and Audix mics.
Music Production
Swiss Engineer Upgrades Mobile Converter Rig
Swiss engineer and location sound recordist Bernard Seidler has purchased a Prism Sound Dream ADA-128 modular conversion system.
Business
‘Lost’ Bob Dylan Debut LP Master Tapes Head to Auction
Three formerly 'lost' master tapes of the debut album by Bob Dylan will hit the auction block December 14, 2023.
Music Production
Grammy-Winning Film Composer Talks Tools for Demos
Scoring composer Germaine Franco explains why she uses an arsenal of plug-ins even on her film music demos.
Facilities
CRAS Adds SSL Desks to Two Campuses
The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS) has installed SSL Origin mixing consoles at its two campuses in Arizona.
Music Production
‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’: A Classic Soundtrack Restored
After 50 years, the classic jazz soundtrack to ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’ has been restored, remixed and released.
Facilities
CRAS Intern Department Rolls West
A contingent from The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences recently completed visits to 21 Los Angeles-based recording studios over a three-day period.
Business
Grammy Museum Awards $200,000 for Music Research, Sound Preservation
The Grammy Museum Grant Program has announced grant recipients for research on multiple subjects, as well as archiving and preservation programs.
Business
The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ Console Heads To Auction
The original EMI TG12345 Mk I console that the Beatles recorded ‘Abbey Road’ on will head to auction in December.
Business
When One Door Closes, Another Two Open at Fluid Mastering
Fluid Mastering founders Tim Debney and Nick Watson have closed their facility in London and have set up new studios near their respective homes...
Business
Latin Grammy Engineering and Production Winners Announced
The Latin Recording Academy has announced the winners of its 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording and mastering engineers, mixers...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: David Bowie’s “Five Years,” “Soul Love” & “Moonage Daydream”
The Ziggy Stardust album kicked off with a bang while also cementing David Bowie's career thanks to its tryptich of classic tracks.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”
By the time Neil Young rolled into Nashville to begin recording his Harvest album, he had already enjoyed several different careers as a musician.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: The Doors’ “Riders on the Storm”
“When we first recorded ‘Riders on the Storm,’ it was a nice, light song—but when we got into mixing it is when it all...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”
Cyndi Lauper didn't want to record "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," but producer Rick Chertoff was sure it was a hit.
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Del Shannon’s “Runaway”
A look at the writing and recording of Del Shannon’s Number One hit from 1961, “Runaway”
Music Production
Brandi Carlile Searches For The Artist Within, Part 4
In the conclusion of our extensive interview with Brandi Carlile, she discusses producing Brandy Clark and Tish Melton, as well as her own recent...
Business
Adobe Teases AI Voice Separation Tech
Adobe has unveiled Project Sound Lift, an AI-powered technology that separates speech from background sound.
Business
Brandi Carlile Searches For The Artist Within, Part 3
The Americana superstar shares how and why she produced landmark new records by legends Joni Mitchell and Tanya Tucker.
Music Production
Brandi Carlile Searches For The Artist Within, Part 2
Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile shares how she as a producer draws the best performances out of an artist.
Music Production
Brandi Carlile Searches for the Artist Within, Part 1
In this wide-ranging interview, the Grammy-winning musician takes us on a deep dive into her work producing legends like Tanya and Joni, peers like...
Music Production
Grammy Engineering and Production Nominations Announced
The Recording Academy has announced its nominations for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, including those categories honoring recording and mastering engineers, mixers, remixers and...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Culture Club’s “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me”
The third time was the charm when Culture Club hit the studio with producer Steve Levine in the summer of 1982; the result was...
Music Production
Pros Talk Approval Tools for Spatial Audio
Engineers face numerous challenges during the final stages of mixing for Apple’s Spatial Audio platform, not least of which is the approval process.
Facilities
The Cutting Room Rolls with the Punches
The Cutting Room has had to respond to New York City’s changing real estate landscape in recent years, and now boasts two locations.
Business
Billy Joel Exhibition to Honor Phil Ramone’s A&R Recording
A new Billy Joel museum exhibition will explore the entertainer’s career, including his studio work inside New York CIty's legendary A&R Recording studio.
Business
SSL, Slate Offer Migration from Shuttered Gobbler Platform
SSL and Slate Digital have launched a migration program for users of the closed Gobbler plug-in license management platform.
Music Production
Mosty Talks Mixing with New Monitors
Mixer, producer and songwriter Alejandro Patiño, better known to Latin music fans as Mosty, recently updated monitoring in his home facility.
Music Production
The Beatles Release Final Song ‘Now And Then’ and Production Documentary
The Beatles have released their last single of new music, “Now And Then," nearly five decades after John Lennon first recorded a rough demo...
Music Production
Exploring ‘The Resonance Between,’ Part 2
Go inside the creation of The Resonance Between, a cross-cultural collaboration between Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma and Del Sol Quartet.
Music Production
Exploring ‘The Resonance Between,’ Part 1
Go inside the creation of The Resonance Between, a cross-cultural collaboration between Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma and Del Sol Quartet.
Music Production
James Auwarter Talks Working in Atmos
James Auwarter, owner of Coda Room Audio, has introduced several of Nugen Audio’s plug-ins into his workflow.
Facilities
Belgium’s Alaska Studios Features Immersive Main Mix Room
The flagship studio at Alaska Studios, a new multi-room, multi-function music hub in Belgium, is a Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering suite.
Blog
Building The Last Beatles Song
Next week's release of The Beatles' final track, "Now And Then," completes a 30-year quest to finish a nearly 50-year-old song.
Facilities
Matt Ross-Spang Finds His Groove, Part 2
Grammy-winning producer/engineer Matt Ross-Spang has opened Southern Grooves, stocked with vintage gear and sensibilities.
Facilities
Matt Ross-Spang Finds His Groove, Part 1
Grammy-winning producer/engineer Matt Ross-Spang has opened Southern Grooves, stocked with vintage gear and sensibilities.
Facilities
msm-studios Opens New Immersive Room in Berlin
Founded at the beginning of the 1990s by Stefan Bock, msm-studios has opened a new 3D audio studio in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district.
Business
Frank Zappa’s Studio Gear Heads to Auction
Much of Frank Zappa's recording gear, including a Trident 80B console, tape machines, rack units, dozens of legendary mics and more, will go to...
Business
Wholegrain Digital Systems Ready for AES
Wholegrain Digital Systems will at the AES convention this week, offering two dynamic parametric EQ workshop sessions.
news
Producer DJ Mark The 45 King Reportedly Passes at 62
Producer DJ Mark The 45 King, who helmed hits like Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life" and Eminem's "Stan," has reportedly died of undisclosed causes.