Recording News

  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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    PSW Staff 08/17 07:55 AM, 0 Comments
    Solid State Logic has announced a new module for the X-Rack modular rack system, the Stereo EQ Module. The X-Rack Stereo EQ Module is a stereo version of SSL’s console Channel EQ. It is a classic SSL four-band parametric EQ that is a superb all round frequency adjustment tool kit. is a fully featured EQ with high- and low-bands switchable between shelving or fixed Q bell curves and two mid-bands each with variable Q control. This stereo version introduces a… View this story
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  • Monday, August 16, 2010
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    PSW Staff 08/16 11:55 AM, 0 Comments
    Waves has announced the availability of the W43 Noise Reduction Plugin, The W43 Noise Reduction Plugin is available separately and in Waves Mercury. Mercury V7 owners covered by Waves Update Plan will receive W43 at no additional charge. The plugin is intended to handle one of the most difficult tasks of post-production, coping with ambient noises like hiss, hum, traffic, wind, or air conditioning. These can all wreak havoc on dialog tracks, and with the W43, that issue is no… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/16 10:30 AM, 0 Comments
    EastWest has released The Dark Side, created and produced by Doug Rogers and David Fridmann. The Dark Side is an unconventional, hip and exciting collection of virtual instruments, some dark and eerie, and some which have been purposely—and skillfully!—mangled, distorted, or effected out of all recognition. The Dark Side provides inspiration for all composers and artists that are looking for unique instruments, designed to work for everything from alternative to symphonic rock, and of course, film, TV, and game music… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/16 08:20 AM, 0 Comments
    Renegade Media Group, a new sample library company founded by producers Bobbybass and Josh Harris, offer top-quality music content for royalty-free use in Dance, Electronic, Urban, or any music production. With major label and TV credits to their name, the pair uses many of their own RMG products in their work with today’s hottest artists. “We felt that too many sample libraries on the market ‘miss the mark’ when it comes to content that meets the sonic needs of today’s… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/16 07:55 AM, 0 Comments
    Broadcast across North America and around the world, MuchMusic provides a platform for the voices of several generations of music makers and their fans. The 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards (MMVA), which aired live on Sunday, June 20th at 9 p.m. ET, was a star-packed red carpet affair, and for a production of this magnitude, sound quality is critical. To ensure the very best production quality, many of the show’s numerous audio signals were routed and mixed using equipment from Lawo.… View this story
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  • Friday, August 13, 2010
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    PSW Staff 08/13 03:10 PM, 0 Comments
    Wohler Technologies has announced that Milan-based ARET Video and Audio Engineering s.r.l., a distributor and integrator of broadcast systems, will serve as an Italian distributor for the full line of Wohler products. During the IBC2010 show in Amsterdam, an ARET mobile production truck located outside the RAI at OE116, will showcase a range of Wohler audio and video monitoring solutions. “ARET’s strength comes from our commitment to complete flexibility and our technical and creative abilities in tailoring solutions to our… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/13 08:35 AM, 0 Comments
    Independent UK outside broadcast services company Telegenic has installed a digital SoundField microphone and upmix processor in its new 3D OB vehicle, which entered service in the spring. The truck has been generating live coverage in 3D on a variety of sporting events for European satellite broadcaster BSkyB. Sky has been one of the pioneers of high-definition broadcasting in Europe, offering HD visuals with 5.1 surround sound since early 2006. However, they’ve recently moved to the next level, with regular… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/13 07:50 AM, 0 Comments
    Based in Edmonton, Kentucky, Black Stone Cherry began using beyerdynamic microphones a few years back, after visiting the company’s booth at the winter NAMM show. “We tried a few beyerdynamic mics out on the road and they just sounded so much better – especially the vocal mics,” the band’s bassist Jon Lawhon recalls. “All of a sudden, people started complimenting us on the backing vocals, and the only change we had made was the mics.” Until then, nobody ever said… View this story
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    PSW Staff 08/13 07:05 AM, 0 Comments
    “Recording guitar and playing guitar live are as different as night and day,” said author Jon Chappell in the introduction to the new fully revised and updated edition of The Recording Guitarist. It is a fact anyone who has every tried to lay down tracks will attest to—when it comes to getting the right sound down on tape (or hard drive as is increasingly the case) there is a whole different ethos than on stage or in the rehearsal studio.… View this story
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  • Thursday, August 12, 2010
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    PSW Staff 08/12 01:15 PM, 0 Comments
    Shure Incorporated has announced today that a four-member team from Drexel University is this year’s Grand Prize Winner of the sixth annual “Fantastic Scholastic Recording Competition.” The four-student team of Chris Pollock, Monika Arielle Julien, Justin T. Chapman, and Lenard Reuben Skolnick, with faculty advisor Cyrille Taillandier, won this year’s contest with an original composition by Sonni Shine entitled “Just Like Ice.” “Congratulations to the winning team from Drexel University, and thanks to all of the students who participated in… View this story
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