Jack Endino’s name is synonymous with the sound of Seattle in the early 90s. From time to time, he’s referred to as “The Godfather of Grunge”.
Blame Nirvana. Or Mudhoney, TAD, Screaming Trees, Green River, and Soundgarden. Endino has worked on more than 400 records from across genres in a Read more...
New York City, get ready.
In a metropolis awash with big shows every night, a very rare one is scheduled for this Sunday, May 18, at Le Poisson Rouge.
That’s when no less than Dieter Meier, co-founder of Yello and therefore one of the most influential figures in EDM, will Read more...
Don’t talk to Silas Hite about a trademark sound – he’s got several of them.
Once you get inside of the studio of this prolific LA-based composer, however, it’s easy to see how he manages these alter egos. Armed with an open mind, Hite has accrued a colorful collection of Read more...
Last June, PACE, the company behind the ubiquitous iLok software authorization system had some issues lanching its new desktop-based license manager software.
Two months later, an eBay user based in Russia with over 300 prior sales and 100% positive feedback began selling what we now know were illegitimate duplicate licenses Read more...
Imagine flying your avatar effortlessly through a familiar world, cruising comfortably and picking up points. Then suddenly chaos reigns: a confusing vortex confounds your character and wipes out all your progress.
That’s the exact experience of many a composer and sound designer who knows the TV and film world well, Read more...
Whether you’re a world-class recording engineer or a first-year audio student, there is something to be learned from every artist with whom you work, and every recording studio you enter.
For veteran recording engineer Jay Messina, being open-minded is an essential part of the job: “If you take the position Read more...
Producer/engineer John Congleton has been making recordings in and around Dallas, Texas, for more than half his life. He has a style that is edgy and often ornate. And as skillful as he his, for Congleton, perfection has always been beside the point.
For a someone with such an impressive Read more...
Getting a tight drum sequence is an essential element of the backbone in any track.
But for those of us who want to dig past the standard drum kit paradigm, the task can quickly become tedious and even daunting with slicing, layering and processing…oh my. Most of us just don’t Read more...
When producer dreams come true, they look very much like the life of Scott Jacoby.
After all, he’s got everything that comes with a musical job well done, including a recent GRAMMY win, a highly vibey studio in the heart of Manhattan, wall-to-wall gear, a committed clientele, his own record Read more...
Audio has been around for a long time.
Its first practical application dates back to at least 1876, when Emile Berliner invented the first microphone, for use inside of Thomas Edison’s telephone.
Even the basic principles of digital recording were realized as far back as 1928, when Harry Nyquist developed Read more...
