Tired of constantly changing gross, grungy strings on tour? We want to hook up YOUR BAND with...
Industry News
Enter to win Mackie MP-220 In-Ear Monitors for your entire band
We're looking for one lucky band to get a complete in-ear monitor overhaul for their upcoming...
Introducing Galaxy TREK – A Versatile, Affordable Wireless Mic Solution
With a choice of headset or lavalier mics that are compact, light-weight in design, and with...
Recording Tips: Bass Miking
How to Get That Low End to Sing When we were kids, we didn’t have bass amp simulator plug-ins – we had bass amps and expensive microphones and we liked it! Today we are fortunate to have better...
Women’s Audio Mission Levels the Pro Audio Playing Field
With Help from Kronos Quartet, Telefunken and Manley Microphones Women’s Audio Mission, an entirely female run recording studio and non-profit organization in San Francisco, know their way around...
Record Better Drum Tracks: Part 2 of 2
After microphone selections have been made and sent into the control room, it’s time to start thinking about getting the sound into DAW - but first you’ll need to choose what the signal will pass...
Tips on Vinyl Track Sequencing
How to Make the Most of the Format’s Limitations Humor me while I put on my Captain Obvious cape, won’t you? Vinyl’s back, baby! Or…insert some other generic phrase from Squaresville, where...
Record Better Drum Tracks (Part 1 of 2)
Drums are one of the trickier instruments to record due to the fact that multiple microphones will be used on a single source. Bleed has the potential to creep in, so reducing it to the best of...
Sennheiser Partners with UniqueSquared to Bring Mobile Studio to Austin During SXSW
Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that it has partnered with music retailer UniqueSquared to bring a 45-foot mobile recording studio bus to Austin during its world-famous music week between...
Gear Flashback: Otari MTR-90 2″ Tape Machine
Thanks to Eric Palmquist and Infrasonic in Los Angeles for this month's gear flashback - an Otari 2-inch tape machine. We think this is an absolutely beautiful machine, and agree that modern-day...
Using Compression to Control the Dynamics of Your Recordings
Compression is one of the oldest and most used hardware units in recording. These days compression comes in many forms; the software plug-ins have gotten better as computing has gotten faster, so...
CNN to Air Half Hour Music Show This Saturday
According to a press release issued today: SOUNDCHECK is a new half hour music show anchored by Brooke Baldwin that is airing on CNN Saturday, Jan. 14 at 2:30pm est. The first episode features...
Twin Cities Studio Expands Hands-On Internship Program
The Hideaway Studio in Minneapolis, one of the hidden gems of the Midwest studio scene, is expanding its internship program. The studio,...