Interviews
John Leckie: Life after Abbey Road and Radiohead
by Jeff Touzeau
John Leckie's handiwork has been on many ground- breaking recordings in the U.K. He has worked tirelessly for over thirty years on seminal projects like George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, Pink...
Interviews
Danielson Famile: Family life
by Marc Gartman, Ian Stynes
The Danielson Famile and its visionary leader, Daniel Smith, have been creating some of the most unique music to come out of New Jersey in the past ten years. Their songs are a veritable melting...
Behind the Gear
Bill Bradley: Behind the Gear with The Mic Shop
by Bob Marshall, Walt Szalva
Bill Bradley has been collecting, modifying and selling vintage microphones for years. He started as an engineer in Chicago and now lives outside of Nashville where his workbench at The Mic Shop...
Tutorials
Remote Recording: Remote Recording Primer
by Barry Hufker
There is nothing like remote recording. Studio recording is a bore by comparison. Think about it: You get to pack up all your heavy gear, carry it to your car, drive it some distance, load it out of...
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Alan Parsons: Life after Abbey Road and Pink Floyd
by John Baccigaluppi, Larry Crane
Alan Parsons got his start in recording through working for EMI in England. Initially he was dubbing tapes when he chanced upon an opening at the famous Abbey Road studios. After getting hired...
Boundary Mics: Boundary Mic Fun!
by Garrett Haines
Better Studio Guitars & Keyboards
by Geoff Farina, Inverse Room
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End Rant
Critical Listening
by Larry Crane
Anyone who's been around me for the last few months probably knows what's on my mind. I have a big mouth and I usually mull over aloud the topics that make up these 'end rants' for a while until...
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The A/B CD
by Steve Carr | reviewed by Larry Crane
"Sonic comparisons of audio technologies and techniques." Given that my "end rant" is about critical listening, this is a perfect CD to recommend this issue. It has 52 minutes of comparisons in...
Copperphone
by Placid Audio | reviewed by Joel Hamilton
A microphone for anyone who likes outstanding build-quality, interesting sounds, and a DIY ethic, the Copperphone is handmade by Mark Pirro (The Polyphonic Spree, Tripping Daisy). It's really cool...
MIDI Analog Performance Sequencer
by Signal Arts | reviewed by Geoff Farina
The Signal Arts MIDI Analog Performance Sequencer was specifically designed for experimental composition in the sense that it requires the user to focus on the sequencing process instead of the end...
SidStation MOS 6581 Synthesizer
by Elektron | reviewed by Geoff Farina
If I had put the same effort into my homework as into manually copying BASIC programs from Compute! magazine into my Commodore 64 in the early 80s, I would now be writing legal pleadings or...
ATR Alignment Seminar
by ATR Services, Inc | reviewed by Garrett Haines
ATR Services is known around the globe as a leading authority on analog reel-to-reel machines, especially the Ampex ATR-102 series. Given this profile, ATR receives numerous questions about caring for...
Modular synthesizers
by Modcan Cyndustries | reviewed by Geoff Farina
Twenty years ago, few companies were still producing modular synthesizers. The mighty Moog Modulars, ARP 2500s, and Buchla Electric Music Boxes were reduced to studio camp or tucked away in university...
GT-103 Rack Enclosure & Removable Hard Drives
by Glyph | reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
This hard drive is kinda' like a Hummer: Totally overbuilt and over engineered. Like a Hummer, it's like killing flies with a sawed off 12-gauge. But unlike driving a silly, gas guzzling Hummer, the...
Fat Controller analog sequencer w/ MIDI
by Frostwave Analog | reviewed by Geoff Farina
Although the Frostwave Fat Controller is one of the simplest among a small scene of traditionally-styled analog sequencers, it offers essential analog sequencing functionality along with some modern...
Green Line overdrive pedal
by Smart People Factory | reviewed by Pete Weiss
The perennial problem with overdrive stompboxes is that many of them excel at only one sound. And sometimes it's a bad sound. The Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS-808 and original TS-9 models) has, over the...
S80 Producer Box
by Trident Audio Ltd | reviewed by Kirt Shearer
With all the ads, articles, and newsgroups hammering us with buzzwords, it's easy to think that the only "real" equipment must be either Class-A, discreet, or tube. But don't forget that there have...
Boom Mic Stand
by SE Electronics | reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
I've always wanted one of those hi-tech, heavy duty mic stands with the hella' long booms that you see at the AES shows in the boutique audio type booths. But, when I see the price tag of several...
AT8741 Mic Clip
by Audio-Technica | reviewed by Chris Garges
This little bad boy is a total life-saver. Ever had a problem putting your Audio-Technica 40-series mics close to drums because of the shockmount? Or perhaps close to another mic in a coincident...
NY-2A Stereo Vacuum Tube Optical Compressor
by Electro-Harmonix | reviewed by Joel Hamilton
Wow. This seems to be the operative word for this compressor. We are trying one out at Studio G Brooklyn right now. Wow. This compressor is the ultimate expression of "tube comp" in my opinion. This...
MDX4600 MULTICOM PRO-XL
by Behringer | reviewed by Joel Hamilton
One of the first things I learned when I started recording live concerts is the importance of a compressor/limiter right before going to tape/hard drive. All it takes is one little nasty "snap" of a...
SKRM-100 Subkick
by Yamaha | reviewed by Larry Crane
Some engineers know the old-time trick of placing a speaker (oftentimes the woofer from a Yamaha NS-10M, ironically enough) in front of a kick drum or bass amp, then running the speaker cables into a...
EC-2 upgrade for HD24
by Alesis | reviewed by Joseph Lemmer
Considering the number of channels (24 in/out up to 48 kHz, twelve up to 96 kHz), the EC-2 is by far the least expensive set of 96 kHz-capable converters on the market. The inputs and outputs are...
Type 69 mic/line/EQ module
by Helios Electronics | reviewed by Dave Amels
The Helios Type 69 input module is a reissue of the input section found on the rare, silver Olympic mixing desks which were designed in the 1960s by Dick Swettenham. Mr. Swettenham was the in-house...
HD24 FirePort 1394 Interface
by Alesis | reviewed by Joseph Lemmer
The HD24 FirePort 1394 Interface is a no brainer. If you track to HD24 and then transfer to a DAW to mix, go get one. Even if you don't own an HD24, it may be worth it for your studio to have...