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...
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...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on April 2, 2012.
Recorded music has been getting louder over for the past few decades. So much louder in fact, that everyday-listeners have begun to hear about it in general-interest papers like the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Read more...
Today we’re going to look at a handful of the best affordable acoustic guitars for the recording studio. In this roundup, we’ll focus on steel string acoustics that can be had for well under $1,000.
Know What You NeedWhat are our criteria? A great acoustic guitar for the studio Read more...
Check out part 1 of our interview with the legendary Joe Chiccarelli, producer/engineer for White Stripes, Spoon, Alanis Morissette, Morrissey, U2, Elton John, Beck, Frank Zappa and many more.
In this part of their B&H interview series, Chiccarelli talks with SonicScoop editor Justin Colletti about best strategies for tracking, mixing Read more...
Last week Frankfurt, Germany was the central gathering place for dealers, developers and distributors of musical instruments and music production tools from all over the globe.
Following directly behind Prolight + Sound, Musikmesse played host to new product releases and demos, along with attendees from over 130 countries. Here are Read more...
What adventures can your audio passion lead you to?
In a perfect world, our obsessions are satisfied simultaneously with building up our communities. By that measure, the podcast known as Room Tone is produced in absolutely optimal conditions. Created by William Garrett, a longtime audio professional and owner of the Read more...
This story first appeared in Trust Me, I’m a Scientist on April 2, 2013.
When we spoke, I kept hoping Chicago producer and musician John McEntire would regale me with tales of studio magic, or at least studio mischief. Did he ever mic drums from the top of a stairwell Read more...
Have you heard the story of how Phil Xenidis, better known as Phil X, went from painting garages to playing with Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe to playing almost every guitar track on the first Daughtry album, to becoming the lead guitar player for Bon Jovi?
If yes, then Read more...
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