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Why Spotify’s IPO Should Scare the Sh*t Out of You
So, Spotify is finally pulling the trigger on their IPO -- well, sort of. It’s a direct listing...
PRODUCT TESTERS WANTED! Win Elixir Optiweb Coated Strings for your ENTIRE BAND
Tired of constantly changing gross, grungy strings on tour? We want to hook up YOUR BAND with...
Tips For Recording Acoustic Piano and Electronic Keyboards
Part 1 of 2 Acoustic Pianos vs. Electronic Keyboards fig. 1 Yeah, they both have black and white keys, but the similarities end there. Acoustic pianos are mechanical machines that produce sound...
Record Killer Lead Vocals
Tips for Producers and Engineers: Part 2 of 2 The lead vocal – it’s arguably the most important track in most songs. It’s carrying the melody and message and overall tone of the song and it’s what...
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...