Over the summer, Grammy-winning engineer Michael H. Brauer mixed Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing” in 5.1 surround sound for that music video’s theatrical premier at London’s Odeon Theater. The fifth single off Coldplay’s record Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, “Strawberry Swing” is being released as a digital single Read more...
Universal Audio released its Harrison 32C EQ plug-in this spring with fanfare about how this was the EQ that Bruce Swedien had used on Thriller. Universal Audio had modeled Swedien’s exact console, using the man himself as the arbiter of success.
Don’t get me wrong, Bruce Swedien is a legend, Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: The end of summer is nigh for Vampire Weekend. As the evening starts to show itself a tad earlier, the incredibly clever indie rock band’s next album comes that much closer to daylight.
The fast-rising four pack of Upper West Siders — Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, Rostam Read more...
MILLVILLE, NJ: Kush Audio, the pro audio manufacturer started by Gregory “UBK” Scott, has seen its first product, the UBK Fatso, through to full-blown manufacturing and global distribution. Scott’s already deep into the development of Kush’s next product, and gave us some advance intel on its functionality and interface Read more...
MILLVILLE, NJ — With his very first product, a modification on the Empirical Labs’ Fatso, Gregory Scott, aka UBK, has tapped into something that’s eluded many pro audio manufacturers for years. Instead of targeting one type of customer, the “pro” who understands gear inside and out or the self-recordist who Read more...
