Tony Maserati swooped down to Long Island from his upstate, NY studio to lend a hand in mixing some of the 20 songs produced as part of Alicia Keys’ The Element of Freedom. As deadlines approached, Keys’ chief engineer and album coordinator Ann Mincieli made the game-time decision to get Read more...
Dave Kutch, the intrepid mastering engineer who setup a temporary mastering suite in the live room at The Oven to master Alicia Keys’ As I Am, has done it all again for her new record, The Element of Freedom.
Since As I Am, Kutch has opened his own NYC facility, Read more...
Native Instruments is working with Abbey Road to “create advanced software instruments of exceptional sonic quality and musical value.” The first product of this exciting partnership is scheduled for release in early 2010.
Abbey Road’s equipment includes one of the largest microphones collections in the world, as well as a Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: “I went to Disney World last year, and I thought Tomorrowland was so cool,” explains an enthusiastic Robert Schneider, lead singer/songwriter of The Apples in stereo. He’s showing me an illustration of a retro-futuristic society, one of those Atomic Age renderings of an urban skyway predicting Read more...
GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN: You WILL rent a Distressor from this woman. But that’s not just because Valerie Gentile is the most badass audio rental specialist to hit the five boroughs in some time, but because sometimes renting gear is a darn good idea.
Artists who aren’t aware that they may have Read more...
