SOHO, MANHATTAN: The studios of NYC are not sitting still. As evidence consider the latest sonic escalation, launched from right below Broome Street and Broadway. There, Downtown Music Studios has upped the Big Apple ante with the installation of a vintage Neve 8014 console into the control room of Studio Read more...
Announced at AES earlier this month, Benchmark’s newest A/D converter, the ADC16, delivers 16 channels of Benchmark conversion in a package that is reportedly “full-featured, functionally flexible, intuitive, aesthetically alluring, and surprisingly affordable.”
Via an optional Firewire card-slot for a computer interface, the ADC16 can operate as the sole interface Read more...
Avid announced today that it has introduced a new series of hardware and software solutions for Pro Tools|HD. In addition to changing the way Pro Tools|HD users work with their systems, the company is hopeful that these new tools — HD I/O, HD OMNI, HD MADI, and HEAT (Harmonically Enhanced Read more...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN: A few weeks back, we stopped by Music Mix Mobile’s flagship M3 truck, which was parked outside the Waldorf Astoria for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions. Owners/engineers Joel Singer, Jay Vicari, John Harris and crew were running through rehearsals for the performances they’d be mixing Read more...
LOWER MANHATTAN: In February, we dropped by engineer/producer Bill Racine’s studio inside Engine Room Audio, where he was finishing mixing Miniature Tigers’ upcoming record, Fortress. Due out in July on Modern Art Records, Fortress was produced by Chris Chu of The Morning Benders. Miniature Tigers’ lead singer Charlie Brand, Read more...
