This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on April 2, 2012.
As long as I’ve been a musician, I’ve enjoyed reading about music almost as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.
My bookshelf and record collection have grown together, one informing the other, and I’ve discovered that Read more...
The only way to determine whether or not a track sounds good is to listen to it. Measuring it won’t cut it, nor will staring at a waveform on a screen.
This may seem like common sense, and we’re intuitively well aware of the dangers of the all-too-common trap of Read more...
New York-based Lightning Boy Audio has developed and produced vacuum tube products that ‘push the boundaries of modern performance’ from the start. From their beginnings with FX pedals like the iconic Soul Drive, to current outboard gear including the Trinity Channel Strip, LBA has been consistent with releases to look Read more...
The web abounds with sites promising to help you improve your mixing skills. At times, it seems like there is an online education outlet for every audio engineer, and with all these choices, it can be difficult to determine where to turn if you’re looking to up your your audio Read more...
Mackie’s engineering team had a tantalizing challenge staring them in face: Create a system for live sound designed to seamlessly combine wireless mixing with hardware controls.
That called for designing a hardware control surface that would converge seamlessly with their popular DL32R 32-Channel Rackmount Digital Mixer and Master Fader control Read more...
