If you’re not familiar with Harrison Consoles, here’s a quick history lesson: Bruce Swedien made Michael Jackson’s Thriller and BAD on a Harrison console. Paul Simon’s Graceland and sound for countless feature films have been mixed on Harrison consoles. And now, with its newly updated proprietary open-source DAW, Mixbus v2.3, Read more...
Talk to Welcome to 1979 founder and engineer/producer Chris Mara, and you’ll be at least momentarily convinced (or reminded) that everything was better before the clock struck 1980.
Mara has built a successful recording studio business, and spin-off educational and tape machine businesses on the principles of audio as understood Read more...
How does an audio offering come to life? Welcome to the new SonicScoop series “Research & Development” where we’ll be exploring the genesis of hardware, software and services that catch our eye.
First up: When Endless Analog first launched the CLASP (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor) in 2010, there was Read more...
SoHo/WEST SIDE, MANHATTAN: Why record your debut album at one slammin’ NYC studio when a dozen would do? That’s what the NYC rock three-piece The NowhereNauts thought as they attacked the making of their stirring, wise-beyond-their-years self-titled release that came out this week.
As it turns out, a dozen studios Read more...
Stratosphere Sound announced that it will be the NYC home for this year’s TAPE CAMP.
Created by producer/engineer Chris Mara, owner of the Nashville studio Welcome to 1979, Tape Camp is a three-day clinic which takes place every few months in a different city, offering local musicians and gearheads a Read more...
