I finally had to concede that it was time to buy a new computer. It seemed wasteful to get rid of a perfectly good machine, but Pro Tools 9 had just been released, and my Quad Core G5 was a full version behind and losing ground in the endless cycle Read more...
HEAT (Harmonically Enhanced Algorithm Technology) is Avid’s new software that runs within Pro Tools and adds tape and tube like saturation to all the audio tracks in a session.
It runs as a globally activated plug-in that is applied to all active audio tracks in a session (although it does Read more...
In the midst of CMJ last week, Stratosphere Sound hosted rapid-fire recording sessions with eight bands chosen to record tracks for an Insound.com digital mixtape release.
Grammy-winning engineer/producer Geoff Sanoff recorded the eight bands in eight hours — capturing Fake Problems, Dom, Bear Hands, Surfer Blood, Ma.Mentor, Woven Bones, Class Read more...
Recently in Stratosphere Studios…Declan Bennett, star of Green Day’s Broadway musical American Idiot, stopped by for a long day in Studio A to track some solo material with engineer Geoff Sanoff and assistant engineer Atsuo Matsumoto…
Adam Gontier, frontman for Three Days Grace, tracked some songs for a solo project Read more...
Let’s face it, compression is a great tool, but it doesn’t solve all the problems of keeping a vocal or dialogue track out in front. Compressors have a sonic footprint that, while often desirable, is not always what’s called for. By contrast, the non-compression tool we have for controlling Read more...
