Check out the news below from Focusrite. Two of the most revered pieces of recording gear in the...
Home Recording
How to record music using recording gear, software and instruments.
Avid to Introduce New Products at Avid Connect in Nashville
Avid will host a three-day celebration of the music community that creates, produces, performs and...
Microphone Basics for Podcasting
Welcome to the second in a multi-part series that will focus on microphone basics and capturing...
GEAR REVIEW: Mackie ProFX16 Mixer
Pros: Easy, useable features. Small footprint. Flexible for live applications and recording. Cons: Lack of handle for portability. Abridged manual in the box. It's hard to find a mixer that will...
GEAR GUIDE: Control Surfaces
Make Your DAW Work For You Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) are great, there’s no questioning that. Every once in a while, though, staring at a computer screen and trying to control the parameters...
Build Your Own Home Studio (Part 1)
So you want to build a home studio? I own Night Train Studios in Westford, MA, a 1,000 sq. ft recording studio that I built in 2003 (that’s a 12’ x 15’ Control Room, 12’ x 18’ Iso Room A, 12’ x 10’...
Gear Profile: The Copperphone by Placid Audio
Whether an artist or producer is looking for something unique to use as an effects microphone to accentuate certain lyrics, give a song a certain feel, or perhaps add to an arsenal that strives for...
Studio Diary: Oranjuly
Below is out interview with Oranjuly's Brian E King, discussing the recording process behind their upcoming sophomore release. For more info on the...
Gear Review: Samson Meteor Mic
Pros: Small size, neat ergonomics, simple control and setup Cons: Fold up legs might interfere with using a microphone stand. Home recording is getting simpler by the day, and with Samson's new USB...
Gear Review: Marshall Major Headphones
Pros: unique look, good sound for many formats of listening and recording Cons: one of the gold Marshall logos fell off With all the amplifiers and practice devices out there it's not surprising...
In the Studio with AURA
ALBUM DETAILS: AURA Burning Hearts & Bleeding Stars Produced by AURA // Engineered by Hall Cantrell and Joey Ayoub (Sound Salon Studio) // Assistant Engineers: Kristen Smith and Mike Eckes...
Using an AT2020 USB Mic with iPad
Check out this cool video from our friends at Audio-Technica, showing off how to use the AT2020 USB microphone with an iPad/iPad2....
Studio Diary: Lauren Flaherty
I began 2011 snowed in with Imogen Heap. Well, not really. It’s more accurate to say I started the year hiding from the back-to-back snowstorms clobbering...