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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Hands-On Recording Tips at The Producers Conference, Los Angeles, This Coming Saturday (Nov 14)
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11/10/09 10:33 AM,
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Propellerhead 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.…
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
New Propellerhead Record Software Application Now Available
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09/09/09 12:04 PM,
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Propellerhead 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…
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Friday, September 04, 2009
Inside Digital Deceptions & Scams In Recording Deals
Moses Avalon
09/04/09 11:34 AM,
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From the dawn of pop music until the mid-1990s, if you had put a recording contract in front of most hungry artists, they would probably have signed it without thinking twice. But artists have become too savvy to go gaga about getting a boilerplate offer from a record company, and, as a result, music biz hucksters have had to become more creative about getting an artist to sign a contract without looking closely at the fine print. These days, record…
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Berkleemusic Unveils New Online Course: Audio Mastering Techniques
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09/02/09 07:33 AM,
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Berkleemusic, 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…
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Multiple New Interface Cards For Allen & Heath iLive Digital Consoles Now Shipping
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09/02/09 06:41 AM,
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Allen & 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…
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Green Day Utilizing Telefunken Elektroakustic Microphones For Both Touring & Recording
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09/01/09 08:31 AM,
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The 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…
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Anatomy Of A Classic Record: “Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This”
Wayne Wadhams
08/27/09 04:35 PM,
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There 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…
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Looking Glass Arts Production Classes Provide Sennheiser Components For Students
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08/26/09 01:18 PM,
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Boulder, 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…
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Can Award-Winning Recordings Be Made In A Home Studio?
Bob Buontempo
08/25/09 01:02 PM,

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To begin with, there are many things that you cannot do in a home studio. A competent recording of a live band - still the mainstay of the recording industry - is usually impossible in your bedroom. Fitting an orchestra in there is also challenging. And even though the topic of this piece is whether award -winning (i.e., GRAMMY®) music can be conceived, recorded and mastered in a home studio, there’s nothing to indicate that any such recordings actually have…
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Monday, August 24, 2009
Lexicon Releases 64-Bit Windows & Mac PowerPC Drivers For I•ONIX USB Recording Interfaces
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08/24/09 08:45 AM,
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Lexicon has released new Windows and Mac software drivers for the I∙ONIX Series of desktop recording interfaces. With the new 64-bit Windows driver, these interfaces now operate seamlessly on computers running Windows 64-bit XP and Vista operating systems. The new Mac driver improves performance and now supports all Mac computers operating on OS X 10.4.9 or higher regardless of whether they are based on a PowerPC or Intel processor. The I∙ONIX Series feature newly designed dbx microphone preamps on all…
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