In 2004 the “Riley B. King Recording Studio” acquired its first ADK microphones after the Nashville 2004 Summer NAMM show. After hearing various demonstrations of ADK microphones, including their appearance on the final recording of the late Ray
Grammy Award-winning Japanese artist Kitaro has completed The Sacred Journey of Kukai, Volume 3 at Ocean Way Recording. The new album combines the location recordings of temple bells on the island of Shikoku in Japan with traditional instruments and
Yahoo! recently completed a technical upgrade and redesign of the main audio production and post production studio at its Santa Monica facility that included the installation of one dozen A-Designs Audio 500 Series-format microphone preamplifier
Audio Agent LLC is pleased to announce it has been named exclusive manufacturer’s representatives for the full range of PMI Audio Group’s professional audio brands in select East Coast and West Coast territories, including the New York Tri-State
Q: You were the last journalist to interview Phil Spector before he was charged with Lana Clarkson’s murder. What was it like to visit his home in Alhambra, California and sit down with him for a few hours?
David Kahne's busy career as a top producer and engineer continues to peak with the Paul McCartney album "Memory Almost Full" on which he acted as producer, as well as recording and mixing much of the album. Adam Noble and Geoff Emerick also worked
KRK Systems is proud to announce the release of the VXT Series studio monitors at Musikmesse. The VXT Series monitors are the latest products from a company known for creating world class studio monitors for a variety of markets. The series was
Once he discovered the Digidesign® ICON Integrated console, Studio 880 producer/owner John Lucasey simply had to have one of his own. "Jeff Salzman, the Killers' producer, introduced me to the ICON," Lucasey explains. "Jeff does a lot of work her
Studer has supplied four new OnAir 3000 digital broadcast audio consoles for use at BBC Scotland's Queen Margaret Drive studios in Glasgow. They will be used for production of radio news as well as part of a dedicated training program to prepare
Although the tagline for MOJO's hit reality show Dr. Danger reads, "there's a fine line between adventure and danger," it's abundantly clear to his growing legions of fans that the show's star and host, Dr. Bob Arnot, seldom finesses that line.
Better sounding with greater creative control—a new modular synthesizer, a innovative groove tool, a versatile arpeggiator & completely rebuilt sequencer, amongst many new features
The little red box that started a revolution! Since 1994, the original Reamp® has helped artists and engineers expand their creative scope. Now the new Reamp® V.2 has been re-tooled for today's
Two of pop music's all-time favorites, Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet have purchased a pair of Telefunken | USA Ela M 251F microphone systems. The new mics house vintage NOS tubes with dual membrane capsules and are meticulously engineered
With over 20 million albums sold worldwide, including four number one U.S. hits on Billboard’s Hot Dance chart, London-based band Jamiroquai is adored around the globe for its signature blend of acid jazz, funk & disco designed to keep a dance floor
Although it has a well-earned reputation as one of the best sounding and most user-friendly audio recording interfaces available, Metric Halo's Mobile I/O offers much more. According to Sean Quackenbush, front-of-house engineer with Robert Randolph
The Aspen Music Festival and School is one of the largest and most prestigious classical music festivals in the country. A complement to the tradition of excellence in musicianship at the Music Festival is the Edgar Stanton Audio Recording Institute.
You could pass one of television's hardest working talents in the street and be none the wiser. Joe Cipriano's face may not be familiar, but his voice, brought to listeners via a vintage Neumann U 87i large diaphragm microphone, is instantly
Real World’s Studios take delivery of the sE range of microphones and conclude: ‘great results’, ‘the best performance for the money’ and ‘build quality amongst the best out there’…
Four years ago, Dean Humphreys set up a sound post production facility,Crossfade, at Twickenham Studios. It has quickly become one of a new breed of facilities emerging onto the post production circuit: a studio that can support both film and televi
At the recent NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, Mogami’s newly introduced Platinum Series instrument cable was making a lasting impression with guitarists and recording studio aficionados alike—due to its uncanny ability to translate the true sound of the pe
Mick Lister has penned tracks for Holly Vallance, S Club, Bad Company and several Pop Idol acts. He is currently ensconced in his most exciting project yet, recording the winner of the Channel 4 show Chancers, and his mic of choice is the sE Gemini…
beyerdynamic, the originator of the headphone, has built upon its 82 years experience in the audio industry to create the Headzone, a portable surround mixing system. Utilizing current DSP technology, Headzone provides superior headphone-based 5.1
Merging Technologies are proud to announce the latest free software upgrade for their professional DAW platform, Pyramix. Unveiled at the same time as news of their powerful new Mykerinos MYK-X-series PCI Express cards (the DSP cards at the heart of
The Pyramix Digital Audio Workstation, a product of Swiss company Merging Technologies, is already recognised as one of today's most powerful audio recording, processing and editing platforms by professionals in the audio and broadcast industries the
Digidesign is pleased to announce it is now shipping the VENUE All-Access Pack, a powerful collection of the most coveted, high-resolution TDM plug-ins for mixing live sound on any VENUE system. The VENUE All-Access Pack features a collection of the
Sheffield Audio-Video Productions and the Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts, comprising audio recording studios, a remote recording truck, video editing suites and education, has installed a Solid State Logic Duality console.
Building on the immediate success of Duende, Solid State Logic proudly introduced Drumstrip, a drum processing plug-in for Duende. Solid State Logic exhibited Drumstrip at the Winter NAMM Show, January 18 to 21. The secret to making an average drum recording sound incredible can be elusive.
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, has proudly announced the much anticipated release of Duende V1.5. The new release makes Duende available to the huge community of PC-based producers
An increasing number of music studios and mixers are installing Digidesign® ICON integrated console environments to help engineers maximize productivity and to give artists and producers the most flexible and best sounding ways to realize their
Hollywood’s Record Plant Recording Studios recently installed a Digidesign® ICON integrated console environment in its DigiPlant room. This renowned recording facility, which has recorded more hits and Grammy® Award–winning records than any
Fourteen-time Grammy-winning producer/engineer/mixer Eric Shilling recently installed the Digidesign® ICON integrated console environment into his Orlando, Florida-based studio, Norfolk Music. With over 160 albums to his credit from artists that
As the industry’s “first post production HD super-boutique,” Levels Audio Post in Hollywood, California, specializes in providing high-definition, 5.1 audio post production, music production, and sound design services to a wide range of high-profile
DUY is pleased to announce that legendary plug-in “DaD Tape” is now available as a RTAS, Audio Units, VST and MAS plug-in, in response to market and users’ demands. DUY DaD Tape was originally developed for TDM in the mid-90s to satisfy the needs of
Euphonix, a world leader in large-format mixing consoles and control surfaces, announced the sale of a 32-fader System 5-MC integrated digital audio workstation (DAW) controller to Studio Mitte in Berlin. System 5-MC combines award-winning Euphonix
Sonic Studio, LLC announced the release of their Eight Channel option for soundBlade in conjunction with the availability of new 8 channel hardware. Both products add new functionality to the already powerful soundBlade platform for audio production
The Shoot Out Boulder 24-Hour Filmmaking Festival pits participants against the clock to inspire the sort of creativity that comes when there are only minutes to complete a task that normally takes hours (or days!). The audience gives no sympathy
Radial Engineering is pleased to announce the Radial 8ox, an 8 channel rack-mount splitter that is particularly well suited for multi-channel recording of live performances. It features 8 mic inputs, 8 main outputs for the live mixing console...
IK Multimedia is proud to announce AmpliTube® 2 Jimi Hendrix™ Edition, the first authentic software recreation of the complete guitar amp and effects rig of Jimi Hendrix. AmpliTube 2 Jimi Hendrix Edition is a cooperative effort between....
IK Multimedia is proud to announce that its highly anticipated AmpliTube® 2 StompIO™ is expected to ship during the second quarter of 2007. The StompIO is a revolutionary new USB floor controller and audio interface for the award-winning
IK Multimedia is proud to announce the worldwide distribution of Sonoma Wire Works’ RiffWorks™ Standard, a guitar recording application that allows you to record efficiently, stay creative, produce high-quality songs, jam online, and podcast
IK Multimedia is proud to announce Miroslav Philharmonik™ Classik Edition, an introductory version to the highly popular virtual instrument orchestral plug-in. Based on the classic Miroslav Orchestra sample collection masterpiece, Miroslav....
The classic all-tube Pultec EQP-1A goes down on the record books as one of the most venerated equalizers of all time, cherished by recording and mastering engineers for its almost mythical ability to improve the sound of just about anything running
Grammy-nominated Imani Winds is not your typical wind quintet. Over the last decade, these five amazing classical musicians have pushed the envelope by incorporating African, Latin American, and American music traditions into their repertoire.
Conductor/arranger Matt Catingub is hoping to sweep audiences off their feet with the debut album from his new group, the Matt Catingub Orchestra of Hawaii. The album, called "Return To Romance," is a collection of romantic standards - songs like....
London School of Sound (LSS) has adopted Allen & Heath’s ground-breaking Xone:3D mixer/controller to conduct its modern DJ Skills courses for live performance and studio production, and has devised a course with specialized training on the Xone:3D
An Allen & Heath ML5000 VCA mixer has been installed in the fictional studio of the popular Canadian TV show, Instant Star. Now in its third season, the TV drama chronicles the life of a feisty young rock star, Jude Harrison, who has won a recording
Kaiser Chiefs have come along way from their first demos just four years ago, but as Nick Baines, aka Peanut, from the band reveals, Focusrite gear has been with them from the start. “It all started to take off with some demos we were recording...."
Guitarist George Pajon, Jr., who for the past eight years has been an integral member of the multiple Grammy Award-winning, hip-hop genre-stretching Black Eyed Peas, has purchased half a dozen Pacifica microphone preamplifiers from A-Designs Audio...
Sonic Studio, LLC, announced the 1.1 release of their newest professional application, soundBlade. First shown at the 121st convention of the Audio Engineering Society in San Francisco, the product has entered distribution channels worldwide.
New musical collaborations between avant-garde composer, Zeljko McMullen and Fritz could stand the experimental music genre on its ear - literally. Fritz, Neumann's nickname for its KU 100 model human head, which features microphone elements located
Sonic Studio, LLC announced the release of Broadband DeNoise native, the first member of the NoNOISE IIª native suite of restoration tools for Mac OS X. Broadband DeNoise was the first member of the NoNOISE family of restoration tools to be used on
Dave Ruffy has seen it all in music, every revolution since 60s Blues and 70s prog Psychedelia. Now he’s at the cutting edge of the computer music revolution, thanks to GForce software. Dave Ruffy started out in the music business as a drummer....
Robert Carranza is a producer, and recording and mix engineer who swears by his Dangerous Music 2-BUS summing amp and other Dangerous Music gear and uses it constantly on a wide variety of top artists' projects. In 2001, Dangerous Music pioneered the
One of the leading studio production facilities in the UK, The Maidstone Studios, is set to install a new Studer Vista 8 digital audio console in its flagship Studio 5, ready for operation in the first days of 2007. Based in the heart of Kent....
The legendary 12-acre recording compound of Prairie Sun Studios in northern California recently acquired a pair of Crowley and Tripp Naked Eye ribbon microphones, the newest, and most cost-effective player in the high-end ribbon microphone market.
Underscoring JBL Professional LSR4300 studio monitors as the best in class when it comes to sonic integrity and price performance, recording and mix engineer Bruce Sugar recently installed a JBL LSR4300 5.1 surround sound system.
The most eagerly-awaited Focusrite software release is now available for PC users worldwide: Liquid Mix for Windows XP. Liquid Mix v1.5 features software solutions for PC and all Macs, including Intel Macs, and operates within every major sequencer
Talking House Productions in San Francisco installed three Dolby® Lake® Processors to control the 5.1 and stereo main monitor systems in the facility’s three recording studio control rooms. The three Dolby Lake Processors provide equalization
The Record Plant Remote has become legendary during more than 30 years of mobile recording service, capturing live performances by some of the biggest names in music for broadcast and release on disc, whether vinyl, CD or DVD.
Hot on the heals of the launch of its Version 4 combined software and hardware upgrade for the D5 Live at PLASA06, DiGiCo has now also announced Version 4 for the DS-00 and D4, which had its first showing on Booth 1202 at the 121st AES Convention.
