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Friday, July 30, 2010Musician/Producer Kevin Brandon Uses CAD Microphones For New Robby Krieger Album
PSW Staff 07/30/10 05:42 PM, 0 CommentsKevin “Brandino” Brandon, a noted bass session player based in Los Angeles who has played with a wide range of top artists - Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Outkast among… View this story
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Recording Tip: Successfully Dealing With A Dead Room
Barry Rudolph 07/30/10 04:14 PM, 0 CommentsMany studios built in the 1970’s were designed NOT to have any acoustic influence on the recorded sound produced in them. This was accomplished by over-deadening walls, floors and ceilings so no sound waves (leakage) would reflect and add (or… View this story
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Crown Audio Appoints Daniel Saenz To Position Of Market Manager For Installed Sound
PSW Staff 07/30/10 11:35 AM, 0 CommentsCrown Audio has appointed Daniel Saenz to the position of Market Manager, Installed Sound, where he will be responsible for working directly with customers to support design and development of installed systems and deployment of Crown amplifiers for install applications.… View this story
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Thursday, July 29, 2010Genelec Active Monitors Selected For Cash Money Records Mobile Recording Studio
PSW Staff 07/29/10 03:04 PM, 0 CommentsCash Money Records recently took delivery of a new Studio Tour Bus from Vulcan Coach Corporation for its touring artists that is outfitted with a built-in recording studio that includes a pair of Genelec 1038B tri-amplified monitors as the main… View this story
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Tech Tip Of The Day: The Sample Doctor Makes A House Call
PSW Staff 07/29/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m fairly new to creating music of any sort. I don’t really play an instrument, so I generally use loops and samples to build my compositions. But, I’ve run up against a few roadblocks and… View this story
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Musicians Institute To Host Free “Ask The Mixers” Event In Los Angeles On August 25
PSW Staff 07/29/10 08:28 AM, 0 CommentsA-Designs Audio announces that Musicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles will be hosting a free event known as “Ask The Mixers” starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25. Sponsored by A-Designs, Pearlman Microphones, Pete’s Place Audio and… View this story
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010Focusrite Launches New ISA428 MkII Four-Channel Mic Preamp & A/D Converter
PSW Staff 07/27/10 12:35 PM, 0 CommentsNew to Focusrite’s ISA range of pro audio hardware is the ISA428 MkII, a premium four-channel mic preamp and A-D converter. The ISA428 MkII supersedes the existing ISA428 and is available at a much more affordable price. Like its predecessor,… View this story
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Dante Virtual Soundcard Now Available Online
PSW Staff 07/27/10 08:13 AM, 0 CommentsAudinate announced that its Dante Virtual Soundcard is now available for online purchase at the company website. Dante Virtual Soundcard acts like a physical sound card or audio interface, including the ability to play and record audio using any Windows… View this story
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Monday, July 26, 2010Gone But Not Forgotten - Older Mic Models That Still Do The Job
Dave Dermont 07/26/10 06:34 PM, 2 CommentsThere are advantages to getting older. Years of learning something new at every gig add up to that thing we call experience. You remember how well the first Soundcraft console you ever used responded to your touch. You recall, despite… View this story
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Thursday, July 22, 2010CAD Audio Appoints Glenn Roop Head Of Business Development
PSW Staff 07/22/10 10:48 AM, 0 CommentsCAD Audio has named Glenn Roop as Executive Director, Business Development. In his new role with CAD, Roop will be responsible for developing new products, marketing and sales promotions to expand the scope of existing markets for CAD Audio. Roop… View this story
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010Digital Alert Systems Announces CAP-Compliance Firmware Upgrade
PSW Staff 07/21/10 11:30 AM, 0 CommentsDigital Alert Systems has announced that it will provide a free firmware upgrade to support Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) compliance in all of its DASDEC EAS units. This upgrade, which will now be included as a standard part of all… View this story
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010Audio-Technica Introduces AT2021 Cardioid Condenser Microphone
PSW Staff 07/20/10 06:15 PM, 0 CommentsAudio-Technica has unveiled the new AT2021 cardioid condenser microphone, offering an extended frequency response, high maximum SPL and wide dynamic range. The microphone’s condenser design provides quality performance for vocal and instrument applications, and can also be utilized with acoustic… View this story
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Monday, June 07, 2010Technologist: iOS 4 And iPhone 4: What They Mean For You
Kyle P. Snyder 06/07/10 09:51 PM, 0 CommentsApple today presented the new iPhone 4. With features like the new Retina display, a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash, HD video recording, and Apple’s A4 processor, it’s hard to even imagine what this means for pro audio.… View this story
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010Technologist: Session Documentation: Choose Your Weapon
Kyle P. Snyder 04/13/10 12:14 PM, 0 CommentsYou’ve just finished a killer tracking session, one that you really want the ability to recreate, so now what? I’m generally confident in my memory for microphone placements and studio setup, except that plans change and what may have been… View this story
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010Technologist: Session Interchange Options In A Pinch
Kyle P. Snyder 03/24/10 11:28 AM, 0 CommentsYou may be shocked to learn this, but there actually are DAW’s other than Pro Tools. You’re stunned, right? I just knew you would be. All kidding aside, I tend to do most of my work in Pro Tools, mainly… View this story
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Technologist: The Value Of UPS Protection In Your Studio
Kyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain,… View this story
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Friday, February 26, 2010Technologist: A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE Errors
Kyle P. Snyder 02/26/10 04:55 PM,Sometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just go wrong. I know because that’s exactly what happened to me today. I sat down at a workstation that worked perfectly the day before (OK, not perfectly, but you get the point),… View this story
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Sunday, February 07, 2010Technologist: Firewire Device Hierarchy: Does It Really Matter?
Kyle P. Snyder 02/07/10 08:40 PM,FireWire: it just sounds fast, doesn’t it? At the very least, it certainly sounds faster than USB. Perhaps that was Apple’s intention when they sat down with Sony, Texas Instruments, and many others to create an amazingly accessible data transfer… View this story23 Comments
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Friday, July 30, 2010Musician/Producer Kevin Brandon Uses CAD Microphones For New Robby Krieger AlbumPSW Staff 07/30/10 05:42 PM, 0 CommentsKevin “Brandino” Brandon, a noted bass session player based in Los Angeles who has played with a wide range of top artists - Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Outkast among… View this story
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Crown Audio Appoints Daniel Saenz To Position Of Market Manager For Installed SoundPSW Staff 07/30/10 11:35 AM, 0 CommentsCrown Audio has appointed Daniel Saenz to the position of Market Manager, Installed Sound, where he will be responsible for working directly with customers to support design and development of installed systems and deployment of Crown amplifiers for install applications.… View this story
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Thursday, July 29, 2010Genelec Active Monitors Selected For Cash Money Records Mobile Recording StudioPSW Staff 07/29/10 03:04 PM, 0 CommentsCash Money Records recently took delivery of a new Studio Tour Bus from Vulcan Coach Corporation for its touring artists that is outfitted with a built-in recording studio that includes a pair of Genelec 1038B tri-amplified monitors as the main… View this story
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Musicians Institute To Host Free “Ask The Mixers” Event In Los Angeles On August 25PSW Staff 07/29/10 08:28 AM, 0 CommentsA-Designs Audio announces that Musicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles will be hosting a free event known as “Ask The Mixers” starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, August 25. Sponsored by A-Designs, Pearlman Microphones, Pete’s Place Audio and… View this story
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010BMS/Chase And The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Preview Recording Metadata Project
PSW Staff 07/28/10 06:16 PM, 0 CommentsIn 2007, The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing and BMS/Chace, a leading media data management firm, partnered with the Library of Congress to create both a standardized approach and a software model for gathering and managing metadata for recorded… View this story
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010Engineer/Producer Glenn Rosenstein Adopts Universal Audio UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins
PSW Staff 07/27/10 07:04 PM, 0 CommentsEngineer/producer Glenn Rosenstein cut his teeth at NYC’s Sigma Sound in the 1980s. Madonna, U2, Talking Heads, and Ziggy Marley are just some of the artists whose records received Rosenstein’s touch. These days, he is producing hits in his own… View this story
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Friday, July 30, 2010Recording Tip: Successfully Dealing With A Dead RoomBarry Rudolph 07/30/10 04:14 PM, 0 CommentsMany studios built in the 1970’s were designed NOT to have any acoustic influence on the recorded sound produced in them. This was accomplished by over-deadening walls, floors and ceilings so no sound waves (leakage) would reflect and add (or… View this story
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Thursday, July 29, 2010Tech Tip Of The Day: The Sample Doctor Makes A House CallPSW Staff 07/29/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m fairly new to creating music of any sort. I don’t really play an instrument, so I generally use loops and samples to build my compositions. But, I’ve run up against a few roadblocks and… View this story
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010Noted Engineer/Producer Kevin Killen On The Contrasts Of Working In Home Versus Pro Studios
Howard Massey 07/28/10 05:23 PM, 1 CommentThis article is excerpted from Howard Massey’s “Behind The Glass, Volume II”. Sometimes a little humility—combined with tenacity—can go a long way. Consider the career of engineer/producer Kevin Killen, who was willing to start at the bottom rung of the… View this story
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010Recording Electric Bass - Going Direct Or Using A Microphone
Bruce A. Miller 07/27/10 06:41 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by BAMaudioschool.com. My first day as a real engineer rather than an assistant was all about bass. The engineer (who was the studio manager as well) took a break after we recorded basic tracks on… View this story
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Friday, July 23, 2010Tech Tip Of The Day: Analog v. Digital Record LevelsPSW Staff 07/23/10 10:45 AM, 2 CommentsProvided by Sweetwater. Q: I’m what you would consider a rather seasoned home studio owner. However, I’ve been clinging to analog until even this year. No, seriously, I just wouldn’t let go, and I’m still not 100% comfortable with… View this story
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Thursday, July 22, 2010The Analog Tape Recorder: An Introduction
David Miles Huber & Robert E. Runstein 07/22/10 01:54 PM, 0 CommentsThis article is the first part in a series on the analog tape recorder, excerpted from Huber & Runstein’s book Modern Recording Techniques, Seventh Edition. From its inception in Germany in the late 1920s and its American introduction by Jack… View this story
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