A handful of documentaries released since the turn of the new century, from 2002’s Standing In the Shadows of Motown to 2013’s Muscle Shoals, have helped us put names and faces to the backing musicians that brought some of our favorite recordings to life.
It can be surprising to learn Read more...
Adore analog? Dig digital only? Nothing blurs the audio lines like software emulations of hardware processors.
Producers and engineers who are evolving their studios now have an embarrassment of emulations available to them. These are virtual versions of classic and/or rare boxes, and we need them because the real thing Read more...
Call it an inner convergence. The latest music supervision service providers are bringing together more tools to help brands and content creators.
A new NYC-based example is Able Baker. The firm is co-founded by two Executive Producers of Music/Music Supervisors, Peter Gannon and Jessica Dierauer, whose combined experience is expansive Read more...
Music isn’t perfect. It never was. And it never will be. By nature, people are flawed. Inadvertently, so is the music we create. But isn’t that what also makes it so amazing?
Indescribable, intangible moments can often be found in our favorite recordings. Call it accidental, call it happenstance, or Read more...
Guitar amp software has slowly been gaining popularity in the audio software industry. Considering the cost of what it actually replaces, it’s no wonder that consumers demand it.
In that spirit, Positive Grid has just launched BIAS Desktop, a guitar-amp designer and modeler that offers up its own concept of Read more...
In the Wiki for Atlanta, you see it is considered an “alpha-” or “world city”, ranking 15th among world cities and sixth in the nation with a gross domestic product of $270 billion.
These are impressive statistics, and it’s logical that the entertainment and media industries are part of that. Read more...
In past articles, we’ve looked at how to take control of your creative rights online, and how to monetize your music using services like YouTube’s ContentID. But what about when it’s someone else’s rights your worried about? This week, we explore how to properly license recordings and cover songs for Read more...
With their Raven MTX and MTI, software/hardware developers Slate Media Technology brought state of the art multi-touch screen capabilities to the recording world in a very big way — and they are growing a fast following in recording studios and post houses.
Slate’s Raven series allows users to connect their Read more...
We salute our bravest – those tough-as-nails audio warriors who must record at any cost.
This is why we believe in rooms like Frequency Recording, a new take on founder Rich Fabrizio’s vision for a modern studio. This emerging engineer/mixer has made big strides on take two for his facility Read more...
In U2’s 35-plus years of existence, no member has ever died, been fired, or left. The members of U2 have never gone on an “indefinite hiatus” or succumbed to splintering solo projects. On the contrary, they have performed at an extremely high level and been one of the world’s most Read more...
