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Monday, June 03, 2013
Tom Lubin 06/03/13 07:23 AM,For the purposes of introduction, the gramophone and the phonograph have been considered a single invention since the former evolved out of the latter to eventually replace it. Both were inscribing, groove based systems. The gramophone/phonograph was the keystone innovation on which the record industry was invented. A good place to begin an exploration of the technological development of the record and the industry it spawned is in the early 1860s. This was when a Frenchman named Leon Scott, working… View this story
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011Tom Lubin 03/30/11 09:35 AM,This article is the third and final in a multipart series. Additional articles in the series are available here. Building On The Roots Throughout the 20th century, the records of blues, hillbilly and folk artists of earlier times have been available for all to hear, providing a starting point for later performers to build on in their times. While this ethnic and regional music continued to evolve as an oral tradition, it was no longer necessary to follow these… View this story
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011Tom Lubin 03/22/11 09:25 AM,This article is the second in a multipart series. Additional articles in the series are available here. Columbia Records Then the public began to buy phonographs. In general these playback applications required a ready supply of pre-recorded material and in 1890 the D.C. operation began to sell pre-recorded cylinders under the Columbia label (thus the oldest record label in the world came into existence). The survival of this one company was due to its astute pursuit of alternate markets… View this story
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PSW Staff 11/10/09 09:33 AM, 0 CommentsPropellerhead Software, makers of Reason and the new Record recording software, announce the continuation of its Producer Conference Series, slated for this coming Saturday, November 14 in Los Angeles at King King, 6555 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028, 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30 pm. Tickets are $30. Highlights: Record: Design Concept and Interface – Creating with ‘flow’ Gerry Bassermann lays out the why, what and how behind the development of Propellerhead’s recently released Record software.… View this story
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
PSW Staff 09/09/09 11:04 AM, 0 CommentsPropellerhead Software has released Record software for both Mac and Windows. It combines effortless recording and a stunning software mixer console with a limitless rack of audio processing gear that builds itself or can be infinitely customized. Over 50,000 users tested Record during its beta test period, which began in May. “We figured it was time that someone took a fresh look at recording from a musician’s perspective. Not needing to bolt music features onto an aging audio application, we… View this story
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
PSW Staff 09/02/09 06:33 AM, 3 CommentsBerkleemusic, the online school of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, is debuting the new online course “Audio Mastering Techniques” for their upcoming fall term, beginning September 28. Students will gain a thorough understanding of what is involved in creating a final master recording ready for duplication, replication, or online distribution. Course authors and instructors Marc Einstmann and Jonathan Wyner have over 40 years of professional mastering experience between them. Wyner, associate professor in the Music Production and Engineering department… View this story
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PSW Staff 09/02/09 05:41 AM, 0 CommentsAllen & Heath is shipping a host of new interface cards for the iLive and iLive-T Series digital consoles, including the RAB2 remote audio interface card host; the Mini Multi-Out Card for ADAT, Aviom, iDR 8-bus and Hearbus; the EtherSound Network Card; Allen & Heath’s proprietary ACE (Audio and Control over Ethernet) Card for 64 channel bi-directional link; and the new MADI 64 Channel Multi-link Card. RAB2 is a remote audio card, enabling iLive digital mixing systems to work with… View this story
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
PSW Staff 09/01/09 07:31 AM, 0 CommentsThe current tour by Green Day sees the band utilizing Telefunken Elektroakustic M80 dynamic microphones for all vocals and various instruments, while at Ocean Way Recording to record the album “21st Century Breakdown,” all of Billie Joe Armstrong’s vocals were recorded with his new Telefunken U-47 and all of Mike Dirnt’s vocals used the new company’s new ELA M 251. Both large diaphragm tube microphones are manufactured in the meticulous reproduction of masterpiece microphones of the past. “The M80s are… View this story
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Wayne Wadhams 08/27/09 03:35 PM, 1 CommentThere is no way to say for sure what specific elements, sounds or aspects of a record make it a HIT. Yet every hit has a few key things that grab our attention and make it memorable. Reviewing a long list of hits, we find that many of the same or analogous elements work over and over, in their separate contexts, to create their charisma. Some of these have to do with the song itself, others with the way it… View this story
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
PSW Staff 08/26/09 12:18 PM, 0 CommentsBoulder, Colorado’s Looking Glass Arts, which provides high school students filmmaking and acting tools, techniques, and craft combines top-flight equipment such as Sennheiser microphones, headphones and wireless packages with a teaching style that that purposefully melds technical skills, art, and philosophy. “As the tools have become cheaper, I’ve watched one art form after another,” Looking Glass Arts Co-founder Mickey Houlihan remarks. “Sound engineering is a great example – people used to devote their lives to understanding the tools and developing… View this story
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