Avid surprised many of their users with the recent release of Pro Tools 10. It came not even a full year after the announcement of Pro Tools 9, an update that had brought significantly more power to native systems.
Although version 9 was one of Pro Tools’ most expensive upgrades Read more...
As you recall, a few months ago Chris Cubeta, the multitasking/muli-instrumentalist co-founder of the busy Williamsburg recording/mixing/mastering facility Galuminum Foil, embarked on a serious upgrade of his studio. (If you missed Part 1 “Before”, you can check it out right here.)
The plan was to ramp up control room workflow Read more...
TRIBECA, MANHATTAN: Quick quiz! Which NYC record label
• Has won three GRAMMY awards and been nominated for five more in the last five years,
• Has had 11 albums by five different artists certified RIAA Platinum or Gold since 2002,
• Signs its artists based on their talent, not Read more...
From a distance, you might mistake Dennis Fink for a trucker, a contractor, or a retired lumberjack. He’s a tall bear of a man who wears clean, faded blue jeans and beat-up work boots, with a thick shock of grey-blond hair that reaches his collar.
If you never spoke to Read more...
TRIBECA, MANHATTAN: It was like a scene out of a movie. Film score composer Carter Burwell wrote the final cue to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part I) at his piano in the country by the flickering light of an oil lamp.
“I was out at my place in Amagansett Read more...
In this series, Joe Lambert addresses the FAQs he fields as a mastering engineer.
Q: Joe, how do I know what sample rate I should be working at?
A: Most of us work in the digital world when making music to some degree. Many things play a role in the Read more...
UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN: Beyond duplicity, there’s multiplicity – the invigorating state occupied by T.H. White.
An unabashed New York City brat born, raised, and constantly amazed by Manhattan, the DJ/producer has kindly returned the WoW with his new album, How Bad Do You Want It? An addictive adventure, track Read more...
By Mike Levine, for Delicious Audio
What’s in a name? Don’t ask me. There’s no such thing as a yellow ostrich, but that doesn’t stop Alex Schaaf from insisting it’s alive anyway. And in songs like ‘Whale’ and ‘In The Past I Was an Astronaut’, Yellow Ostrich is making the Read more...
From Delicious Audio, by Howie Statland
Surf Rock experienced a Renaissance in the last few years, influencing a wave of new indie artists. The ultimate surf guitar tone has several elements: a guitar, the amplifier, reverb, tremolo, and vibrato, but the sound starts with the guitar itself.
A Fender Stratocaster, Read more...
By Justin Colletti
Recording can be fun. Sometimes it can be a career. But it’s not for everybody. And today, becoming a working engineer is no easier than becoming a working musician.
Throughout my adult life, I’ve made most of my living recording, mixing, and editing music and sound.
