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Monday, May 02, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 05/02/11 10:05 AM, 0 CommentsThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Mastering audio is somewhat of a mystery to many who aren’t a mastering engineer or who haven engineered many released records. Not only is the process somewhat of a mystery, it’s a misunderstood mystery as well. So I thought it might be a good idea to do a brief overview, excerpted from “The Audio Mastering Handbook”. Technically speaking, mastering is the intermediate step between mixing your audio and preparing it to be… View this story
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
PSW Staff 04/28/11 12:00 PM, 0 CommentsAPI is proud to announce their appearance at both Palm India Expo and Broadcast Asia this June. API’s participation in these popular trade shows is part of the company’s continued efforts to better reach customers in the Asia Pacific region. “With excellent distribution partners throughout the region, API is committed to a long term presence in both the Asia Pacific and India,” said Gordon Smart, managing director. “We’re excited that clients from Japan, China, Indonesia, Thailand and India are now… View this story
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 04/25/11 12:20 PM, 1 CommentThis article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Not everyone can afford professional mastering, and it’s so easy to do it yourself these days thanks to some great and affordable tools. The problem is that these tools are so powerful that it’s really easy to get into trouble and wind up with a product that’s a lot worse than what you started with. The process that causes all the trouble is over-EQing. This is especially true when an engineer is… View this story
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Friday, April 01, 2011
PSW Staff 04/01/11 08:37 AM, 0 CommentsTransAudio Group has announced they will showcase the latest gear from Chameleon Labs, BOCK Audio, and Daking at Musikmesse in Frankfurt. TransAudio Group president Brad Lunde will be joined by producer/engineer Mark Hornsby, BOCK inventor David Bock, and Daking creator Geoff Daking. “Musikmesse is the largest music products fair in the world, and we’re happy to have the opportunity to share some exciting new products with knowledgeable users in a personal, face-to-face setting,” said Lunde. “With Mark, David and Geoff… View this story
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Bobby Owsinski 03/14/11 11:20 AM,This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Hardly a mix is completed these days without the engineer placing a compressor across the mix bus, even if they’re not sure exactly why they’re doing it. Here’s an excerpt from Mixing And Mastering With T-RackS which explains both why a bus compressor is used, and how to properly set one up. Along with compressing the individual track of a song, many engineers place a stereo compressor across the mix bus to… View this story
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Jon Baumgartner 02/25/11 09:24 AM, 0 CommentsOK. The band is well rehearsed. They have good equipment, and it’s properly set. They sing in tune. The balance between instruments and voices is perfect. The execution of the material is flawless. The guitars are perfectly in tune with the keyboard. The Front of House Engineer (you) is doing a great job mixing and every nuance is in place. So why doesn’t it sound like concerts we go to? There are quite possibly several reasons for that, but a… View this story
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
PSW Staff 01/19/11 09:28 AM, 0 CommentsAt NAMM 2011, dbx enhanced its product line with updated versions of its high-performance graphic equalizers, compressors and crossovers. The dbx S Series products are the next generation of the successful signal processors. All products in the dbx S Series build upon 40 years of cutting-edge signal processing heritage. The newly updated dbx S Series products feature a platinum front panel, and four color packaging with informative application suggestions for each product. The dbx S Series products which made their… View this story
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011
PSW Staff 01/05/11 09:59 AM, 0 CommentsGrammy Award-winning mixer, producer and engineer Hugo Nicolson has announced the founding of Lisson Grove, a new boutique pro audio brand dedicated to recapturing the finest studio sounds of a previous era. Right out of the gate, the company is underscoring this mission with the launch of its inaugural product, the R-124, a valve compressor based on the classic 1960s British studio units used extensively on all of the Beatles’ recordings. Reverse engineering one of the highly-modified Altec 436 originals,… View this story
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
PSW Staff 09/01/10 09:15 AM, 0 CommentsAutomated Processes Inc. is pleased to begin actively participating in the Indian professional audio market. Because of the buoyant, film-centric nature of the Indian music industry, audio production remains steady. The country has seen a proliferation in new FM radio stations as well as an increase in the number of live events the country is holding. After researching India’s market, API decided now was the right time to expand its presence. “Broadcast India 2009 was our first trip to gauge… View this story
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
PSW Staff 08/24/10 08:48 AM, 0 CommentsAPI has announced that the Asia Pacific Media Group (APMG) will be its exclusive representative in the expanding Asia Pacific region. APMG will also represent JDK Audio, a new brand from API that builds high-performance analog equipment at competitive prices - a concept hoped to be a hit in the price-sensitive areas of the Asian markets. “We’re very excited to be working with an American brand with such a rich legacy in the pro audio industry,” said Laz Harris, technical… View this story
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