When bands take recording into their own hands – watch out! Brian Wenckebach of the Brooklyn group Elika proves that the obsession with getting your record right can go down the slippery slope of…studio ownership.
The result for Wenkebach resides in a Park Slope apartment, at the mixing/mastering/remixing facility he’s Read more...
Part II of the multi-part Altiverb Impulse Response Project. I’m on a mission to capture the sound of Brooklyn recording studios and acoustic spaces through impulse responses created for Audio Ease’s Altiverb 7 software. For more info on the scope of the project and its roots, see Part I.
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Who’s In Focus: http://www.reachmusic.com
We Are: Reach Music Publishing, Inc. — a music publisher based in Burbank, CA.
The Project: Paralympics – “Meet the Superhumans” :90 commercial for Channel 4 (UK), produced in-house
Check it out: The video is directly below —
Creative Brief: 90-second spot, promoting the 2012 Read more...
Junior Sanchez answers your phone call, and what you hear is a familiar refrain from a Super DJ, “I just landed.”
Artists who spin and produce at his intergalactic level spend plenty of time on planes. A typical week for Sanchez might see him in San Francisco on Monday, spinning Read more...
The Rock & Roll Master Zen Master, aka SonicScoop’s “Smarter in Sixty Seconds” blogger Mark Hermann, is now available to answer your questions:
Dear R&RZM,
Do people frequently say to you that U2’s The Edge “isn’t a very good guitarist”? I hear that all the time.
Teetering on The Edge Read more...
Or: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Decibels but Were Afraid to Ask
At first glance, the decibel might seem like an oddly fundamental topic for a series called “Beyond The Basics.” But in practice, the average audio engineer’s understanding of decibels and how they work is often shaky Read more...
How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Click to read the first, second and third parts of the series.
PART 4: The Housing Design
A small course correction for this installment.
As I type these words, my assistant is actually running Read more...
There are countless methods for creating a unique soundscape. Whether its for audio branding or to develop an inspiring lead for that next big song, one thing is certain: samplers are becoming an increasingly popular method of making it all happen.
With the over-saturated synth, sampler and virtual instrument market Read more...
Some studios just refuse to sit still.
Case in point is Kaleidoscope Sound, the ambitious facility operating from Union City, NJ. Founded by Randy and Amy Crafton, and Sal Mormando, in 2001, Kaleidoscope is a studio that’s also smart about its business – it constantly evaluates what’s working best, and Read more...
Frank Wells, President of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) sent David Weiss the following letter, in response to our recent column, “After AES 2012: Asynchronous Audio”:
Dear David,
Thank you for the shout-out and kudos in your post-AES column. I’m glad to be in a position to influence the direction Read more...
