Baseline Studios, the long-running 26th Street studio most recently operated by star hip hop producer Just Blaze, closed its doors yesterday, January 28. An open house was held to commemorate the last day of the celebrated facility that had been home Roc-A-Fella Records, and was first owned by Jay-Z and Read more...
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Introduction: Why Mix on Headphones?
I recently did a post on the best headphones for mixing and mastering, and it was one of our most popular of the year.
In it, I covered headphone models that ranged from $250 Read more...
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Anyone who has worked on enough records knows that it’s not the tools that make a great mix, but the way that they’re used. And in a day and age where Read more...
Why Quality Studio Monitors Are Important
It’s been long-established that an audio engineer’s main instrument is their studio monitors.
At the front-end of the signal chain is the musician and their instrument. And at the back-end is the engineer and their primary instrument: their monitors.
Of course, great monitoring involves Read more...
Spectra Sonics was founded in the city of Ogden, Utah by William G. Dilley in 1964. A combat pilot and WWII veteran, Dilley published over 300 engineering papers and technical articles during his lifetime. He was even awarded a fellowship by the Audio Engineering Society for “advancing the ‘state of Read more...