New Products
NTP Launches Penta 721s Audio Routers/Converters
The NTP Penta audio interfacing platform has been expanded with three new models—the Penta 721s, 721s-DNT and 721s-SDI.
AES
Post and Broadcast
Focusrite Pro Podcast Marks One-Year Anniversary
The "Focusrite Pro Podcast" has released nearly 25 episodes in its first year, covering pro audio topics of all sorts with hosts marketing manager/producer Daniel Hughley and global marketing manager Ted White.
New Products
Sommer Debuts SC-Semicolon Mic & Patch Cable
Sommer’s latest aramid fiber-infused cable is aimed at use in not only concert sound applications but also broadcast and theater use.
Business
AES Virtual Vienna a Vivid Success
AES Virtual Vienna, the Audio Engineering Society’s first online Convention, drew participants from 59 countries.
Live
PAMA Contributes Aid to Live Sound Pros
The Clinic, Crew Nation and the AES each have received a $2,500 PAMA donation to help them in turn aid their constituents during the pandemic.
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.
Business
AES Readies Virtual Vienna Convention
AES Virtual Vienna Convention will include student recording and design competitions, an Education and Career Fair, Student Delegate Assembly events and more.
Post and Broadcast
Rethinking Podcast Sound Design with APM’s Byers
“We're only scratching the surface” of podcast sound design, says Rob Byers, director of broadcast and media operations at American Public Media.
The Wire
Working Remotely – TransAudio Group Maintains Its Pro Audio Supply Chain Amid COVID-19 Disruption
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of high-end professional audio recording equipment, announces that it is able to maintain near-normal operations amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Our hours of operation (7am – 4pm Pacific) remain in effect, and all...
Music Production
Eddie Kramer to be Focus of New Rock Documentary
Legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer will be the focus of an upcoming documentary, From the Other Side of the Glass.
Business
Summer NAMM Cancelled; TEC Award Noms Moved
With Summer NAMM cancelled, the TEC Awards’ nominees announcement has been moved and the Music City Center is readying to become a hospital.
Blogs
Mixing Consoles—Beyond the Capture
Having contributed to the broadcasting of hundreds of live events, Dennis Baxter discusses why digital mixing desks are a TV studio's audio control center
Business
AES Vienna Convention to Move Online
The Audio Engineering Society’s annual European convention, set to take place in Vienna, Austria on May 25-28, has been partially cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Post and Broadcast
NAB Show 2020 Replaced by New Offerings
The 2020 NAB Show will be replaced by NAB Show Express, a “digital experience,” and an enhanced annual NAB Show New York in October 2020.
Business
NAMM 2020 Goes Down to the Crossroads
NAMM 2020 hit Anaheim with a blizzard of new products, technologies and educational offerings in January. Here, we take a look back, sizing up what the show meant not merely on the product side, but also in terms of...
Business
AES Academy is on a Roll
The Audio Engineering Society’s new Academy initiative, bringing its educational mission to venues and cities around the globe, is off to a strong start in 2020.
Business
Companies to Watch in 2020, Part One
We spoke with dozens of audio industry leaders to compile this year’s list of “Companies to Watch.”
Business
AES to Garner Technical Emmy for AoIP
The Audio Engineering Society will receive a Technical & Engineering Emmy Award for its work with audio over IP.
HOW Sound
AES Worship Sound Academy to Debut in March
The Audio Engineering Society's first AES Worship Sound Academy will place March 10–11, 2020, at the Johnson Center on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
Business
NAMM 2020 By the Numbers
The annual MI/Pro Audio convocation was a hit by all measurements.
Business
Seen on the Scene: NAMM Show 2020, Day One
Dive into our huge photo gallery of NAMM Show 2020 for all the new products, sights and hoopla of Day One.
The Wire
Metric Halo’s Award-Winning, TEC-Nominated, Game-Changing 3d Technology Presented at Winter NAMM 2020
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA: With deep training in both music and physics, brothers B.J. and Joe Buchalter founded Metric Halo over twenty years ago by creating ingenious solutions to the problems faced by audio engineers in the digital age. Adherents to...
The Wire
It’s Award Time for Metric Halo: “AES Best of Show” and TEC Nomination Heralds Metric Halo’s 3d Interface Technology for Both New and Existing Interfaces
SAFETY HARBOR, FLORIDA: Brothers B.J. and Joe Buchalter and their team of engineers have been hard at work for years perfecting the “3d” connectivity-technology in support of Metric Halo’s new and existing ULN-8, LIO-8, ULN-2, and 2882 interfaces, and...
Business
AES: Back in the New York Groove
By Clive Young. With classes packed, an exhibit floor filled with the latest gear and a beat-heavy keynote address by hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, the AES Convention opened in style in October.
Recording
Bob Ludwig Receives dCS Legends Award
The ongoing awards are co-curated with the Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing.
Gear and Technology
Austrian Audio Debuts OC818 Microphone
New mic produced by ex-AKG team sports optional wireless control.
Gear and Technology
PSN’s Best of Show Award Winners: AES 2019
Pro Sound News has announced its Best of Show Award winners for AES New York 2019.
Gear and Technology
Zylia Adds to 3D Audio Portfolio
The Zylia ZR-1 portable recording device and 6DoF VR/AR development kit were unveiled at AES.
Business
At AES: An ‘Unparalleled Experience,’ AES Rolls On
By Clive Young. The AES Convention has been a hot ticket in New York this week; here’s a look back and at what’s ahead.
Business
At AES: A Lifetime of Reward for President Nadja Wallaszkovits
By Steve Harvey. Becoming a member of the AES as a student was a life-changing experience for the outgoing president.
Business
At AES: Being About Close Encounters on the Exhibit Floor (and with Howard Schwartz!)
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix shares the insights and inside info he’s gleaned from his travels on the AES show floor.
Recording
At AES: Honoring the Development of Hip-Hop
Top engineers discuss the building block of hip-hop: the sample.
Post and Broadcast
At AES: The Realities of Mixing in Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality
From problems to best practices, this Game Audio session explored VR, MR and AR audio challenges from all angles.
Business
At AES: There’s More Off the Show Floor, Part 2
By Katie Makal. Find out what Audio Precision, L-Acoustics and Radio Systems are highlighting inside their private demo rooms at AES.
Recording
At AES: Building a Better Podcasting Studio
By Anthony Savona. Podcasting has taken the world by storm; WSDG recounts how it created production facilities for both Gimlet Media and Stitcher.
Blogs
At AES: Capricorn Records, Dolby Atmos Music and a Few Black Boxes
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix shares the insights and inside info he’s gleaned from his travels on the AES show floor.
Recording
At AES: Album Pros Deconstruct Recording Process
By Katie Makal. Pros talk education, the unlikely secret to success and more at AES.
Gear and Technology
AES Live with DirectOut Technologies’ Luca Giaroli
Chats with Mix editor Tom Kenny about new Prodigy MP and GLOBCON.
Gear and Technology
AES Live with Warren Hawley of Mackie
Field support associate talks about Mackie's new ProFX v3 mixing console
Recording
Today’s Recording Highlights at AES
By Steve Harvey. Take a look at some of the top recording education offerings today at AES.
Live
AES: Kicking it Live
By Clive Young. As always, sound reinforcement is an integral part of this year's AES Convention.
Business
There’s More Off the Show Floor, Part 1
By Katie Makal. Find out what Amazon Devices, Analog Devices, Meyer Sound and Sennheiser & Neumann are highlighting inside their private demo rooms at AES.