PAIA Tube Mic Pre Modifications
by Matt Newport
It's common knowledge that a beautiful, well-designed and well-crafted tube mic preamp is going to cost as much as a budget used car. There is a low-cost alternative, nonetheless. Given the right...
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Truckstop Records and Studio
by Michael J. Armstrong
In 1957, Polish immigrant brothers Leonard and Phil Chess converted a former automobile parts factory into the Chess Records Studio and Office at 2120 South Michigan Ave. in Chicago. After years at a...
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Avoiding Gear Theft
by Fletcher
Here are some helpful hints on how to reduce the prospect of your gear getting stolen. In the event it is stolen, here are a couple of ideas on how to affect a swifter recovery.Stencil Everything! The...
The Hive
by Terry Miles
About six years ago I introduced my friend Rob Leickner to my friend Colin Stewart. I had no idea at the time, but that introduction would lead to the creation of Vancouver, BC's fastest growing...
Nashville
by Larry Crane
In early October I visited Nashville to be part of 2NMC, otherwise known as the Nashville New Music Conference. It was interesting to see this event on it's first annual run through, and also...
Small Audio Businesses: Brent Averill, Wes Dooley and Jim Williams
by Steve Pogact
The pro audio market has historically been a small, insular world populated mostly by small, specialized companies. The market for recording studio products just wasn't large enough to warrant the...
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Makin' Copies
by Colin Bogart
If you’re like many independent musicians today, your music is online and ready to be downloaded the world over. Assuming you haven’t done it already, you’re probably thinking of...
to build a studio
by Steve Pogact
Deciding to build a home studio requires complete denial of economic and practical realities. Due to the sorry state of the commercial recording studio marketplace, any musician requiring studio time...
DBX 386
by Rob Lodes
More and more the computer is becoming a part of the studio. In many studios it has even replaced the tape machine. Because of this many companies are putting a lot of effort in to creating tools for...