Placing a microphone in front of a speaker should be a simple task. But sometimes the actual...
Taylor Northern
A Beginner’s Guide to Musical Instrument Insurance
If you’re a working musician, you can’t afford to lose your instrument. Unfortunately, instrument...
The California Consortium of Song Presents: Playhouse Sessions II
Where: : Santa Monica Playhouse - Santa Monica, CA When: May 11, 2018 As the sun set over the...
SOFTWARE PROFILE: Camel Audio
Camel Audio makes the most useful plugins and sample libraries on the market, equally suited to studio and bedroom producers in their quality and flexibility. Their compressor/distortion plugin...
Marilyn Manson live in Boston
WHERE: House of Blues WHEN: January 26, 2013 The self-proclaimed AntiChrist finally returned to Boston this past Saturday night and was greeted by a nearly sold-out crowd with emphatic screams and...
Howie Day live in Boston
WHERE: The Sinclair - Cambridge, MA WHEN: January 12, 2013 Howie Day has gone above and beyond the call of duty of your typical singer/songwriter. He forfeited the expected lo-fi bedroom practice...
In The Studio with MOTIVE
Using Single Tracking Techniques to Recreate a Live Sound http://youtu.be/n6FZte1a3nE PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? Pre-production for us is one of the most...
Recording With Reverb: An Evolutionary Advantage (Part 2 of 2)
Quick Recap Reverb isn’t echo exactly and it’s not delay, even though it’s in the same family of effects. Reverb is a psycho-acoustic phenomenon. Turns out that just like our ability to tell one...
No Synths Allowed! Recording Authentic, Piano-Based Rock with Hey Now, Morris Fader
Good Times Ne'er Forgot by Hey Now, Morris Fader PRE-PRODUCTION What was your pre-production like on this project? We had a direction and an idea for where we wanted the album to go. We...
Recording With Reverb: An Evolutionary Advantage (Part 1 of 2)
Reverb isn’t echo exactly and it’s not delay, even though it’s in the same family of effects. Reverb is a psycho-acoustic phenomenon. Turns out that just like our ability to tell one human face...
GEAR FLASHBACK: API 550 EQ
"Hand-Wired, Simple Design Minimizes Phase Shift” YEAR: Late 1960s HISTORY: The API 550 EQ was designed by Saul Walker in the late 1960s and was first used in API and custom console designs. It has...
BUILDER PROFILE: Dave Smith Instruments
New Analog for a Digital World Dave Smith is your greatest influence whose name you don’t know. Since 1977, his work has opened up new frontiers in music technology and created entire industries...
REVIEW: CUBEDGE EDGE.sound Wireless Speaker
PROS: Small size, plenty of connectivity, eco-friendly design. CONS: Sound quality isn’t that great. PRICE: $149 Small companies still exist, and with new designs and concepts, CUBEDGE got started...