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Mesanovic Microphones Launches Model 2 – Handcrafted Passive Ribbon Mic

The Motor City means music – so when a new microphone comes out of Motown, we suggest you pay attention. The Model 2 is a ribbon mic that’s full of surprises. Detroit-based Mesanovic Microphones has...

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Fast Tracking: Butter the Children Write & Record A Song in One Day — on...

Talk about exiting your comfort zone. Brooklyn post-punk band Butter the Children were a million miles from home in Austin, TX, recording a song they had never heard before – because it hadn’t been...

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Zoom Debuts H5 Portable Recorder – High Resolution Multitrack

Mobile audio recorders are packing more and more into small spaces – and affordable ones at that. In keeping with that trend, Zoom has just announced their all-new H5 Handy Recorder. Coming in June...

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Recording Refresher #1 — Stop Worrying, and Choose the Right Microphone

As engineers, we are constantly tasked with making quick, important decisions in the early stages of tracking that heavily influence the final outcome. AKG C-414 on a kick drum with a solid front head....

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NYC Event Alert: Label Recruit All-Star Concert at The Triad Theater – 5/28...

Artist development continues apace via the NYC-based upstart Label Recruit. Their latest showcase takes place Wednesday, May 28th, 7-8:30 PM at one of the city’s most intriguing venues, The Triad...

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Eventide Announces Free New ‘EQ Compressor’ Algorithm for H9 Multi-Effects Pedal

Eventide has their tech reaching in all aspects of audio enhancement. As a result, the H9 pedal is the manifestation of their array of guitar effects and pedals. The H9 pedal can embody algorithms from...

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Auralex ProPAD, ProPAD XL, & SubDude Review — by Carmen Borgia

Sound is crazy. It travels in invisible waves, difficult, if not impossible to visualize. With the right speakers you hear what was recorded and mixed in the original studio, no extra or missing...

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Chandler Limited Launches TG2-500 – 500 Series Pre Amp/DI

A highly desirable pre amp and DI has gone inside the rack. Chandler Limited’s TG2-500 has an Abbey Road heritage. Chandler Limited announced that its acclaimed TG2 is now available in the form of the...

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The Myth of a Thousand Little Choices (The 80/20 Rule as Applied to Audio...

Image courtesy of Flickr user Erica Zabowski We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count? Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that...

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Moog Announces The Theremini — Theremin Reimagined

The Moog Theremin is one of our lifetime’s most unique electronic instruments – It’s the only instrument that users play without even touching! The Theremin has now been re-imagined with the Theremini...

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Eventide Releases DDL-500 Delay For 500 Series

The new DDL-500 from Eventide brings a beautifully strange new addition to the world of a traditionally analog environment. This delay is, at it’s core, digital. But as Ray Maxwell, VP of Sales and...

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Video Launch — Live Sound: Metallica and the Meyer Sound MJF-210 Stage Monitor

Necessity is the mother of invention. Metallica’s James Hetfield onstage in South America. (Photo: Jeff Yeager) That ages-old truisum was confirmed for both Metallica and Meyer Sound, when the former...

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Making the Mix Room: Mark Needham — The Ballroom, Hollywood

If Mark Needham is experiencing downtime, it’s strictly self-imposed. Few mixers keep busier than Needham, whose talents seem always to be in demand. His discography of platinum artists span decades,...

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How to Produce a #1 Hit Song: “All of Me” by John Legend

There’s always a song in the #1 slot. But not all those chart-toppers are destined for true greatness – they come and then they go, entertaining millions for a shining moment before fading away. John...

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On Broadway: “Hedwig” and the Secrets of Tony-Nominated Sound Design

It’s a rock and roll story of transformation. But the onstage characters of Hedwig and The Angry Inch aren’t the only ones who were changed by this Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Tim O’Heir’s...

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Avid S3L Live System Updated with New Performance Enhancements

The Avid S3L live sound system is a portable HDX-powered mixing and control surface capable of running AAX plugins for live and studio purposes. The setup is compatible with VENUE live sound software...

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123creative.com Releases ROCK and METAL Boutique — Digital Pedals & Combos

In partnership with G-Sonique, 123creative.com has released a boutique of seven digital pedals and two universal combos. The ROCK and METAL Boutique provide all the fuzz and distortion we could ever...

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Review: Foley Collection – Total Pack by Zach McNees

Over the past few years, my engineering work has become a hybrid between music recording and post-production for TV and film. Often times, the projects I work on are independent, self-financed films...

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Eventide Giving Away UltraChannel — Until 7/8/14

Okay, here is some more Eventide news. For those who haven’t had the chance to experience previous Eventide announcements, now there is no excuse not to focus: Eventide is introducing their new...

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How (and Why) Are MP3 Files So Damn Small?

A technician works on one of Google’s gargantuan data centers. The MP3 format was first released 21 years ago this Summer. It goes almost without saying that it, and the other compressed audio formats...

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