Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia.
Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the emotional impact of films (which George Lucas has famously, and accurately, declared are “50% sound.”)
In the mid 1990s, a Read more...
On this episode of InputOuput, hosts Geoff Sanoff and Eli Janney get into the science of summing with audio guru Dave Amels (Anamod, Voce, Bomb Factory) to try and find out: What exactly is happening when you’re summing your audio?
Amels breaks it down in not-so-simple terms, getting into the Read more...
It seems like everyone wants to be at the front of the house.
Inside the gates, behind the flashy console, in the middle of the crowd, the engineer stands mixing the show for the fans. Audience members chat about him as they exit (though they might not know it): “Wow, Read more...
It’s hard to make a great pop song without a great bass line, and it’s hard to do a great bass line justice without a great bass sound. The bass often serves as the soul and the spine of a record, and if it’s not right, nothing is.
Although the Read more...
As much as we love to debate the topic, recording vocals isn’t the rocket science we make it out to be.
Once you’ve got the hang of it, actually it’s pretty easy. You pick the right mic, the right chain, and set your gain stage appropriately. In a sense “You Read more...
