One of audio’s good guys is ready to share the sonic quality.
Producer and engineering expert Neil Dorfsman is helming a Drum Recording & Mixing Masterclass on Saturday, September 28th, at Power Station New England in Waterford, CT. Joining him will be drummer Doug Yowell (Suzanne Vega) as they take Read more...
It’s time to dish out some dirt! This edition of the GO TO series is all about everything that’s unclean: Saturation, distortion and harmonics that make our drums gnarly, our vocals gritty or maybe just make our mix sound more “analog”.
When it comes to mixing, there are essentially two Read more...
I recently learned that my favorite recording studio, and frankly one of my favorite places in the world – Saint Claire Recording Company in Lexington, KY – was closing its doors for good. Saint Claire was a special place for me, as I know it was for a lot of Read more...
Bustling cities like New York, L.A., San Francisco and Nashville may boast more recording studios per square foot than just about anywhere else on earth. With such high concentrations of talented professionals, it’s not surprising that so many commercial records are made, at least in part, inside of one of Read more...
PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN: In his eponymous autobiography, Slash recollects a story about legendary mix engineer Bob Clearmountain who’d been originally hired to mix the Guns N’ Roses recordings that became the Illusions albums. Slash recalls that he had discovered a notebook where Clearmountain “had notated all of the drum Read more...
