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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Vancouver Film School Gives Students Portable Surround Mixing Capabilities With Neyrinck Mix 51
PSW Staff 03/10/10 11:09 AM, 0 CommentsCanadian post-secondary entertainment arts institution, the Vancouver Film School, has integrated Neyrinck Mix 51 software into their Sound Design for Visual Media program. Each student is supplied with a Pro Tools LE notebook system with the Mix 51 plug-in installed.… View this story
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Furman Recognizes Top Representatives and Distributors
PSW Staff 03/10/10 10:15 AM, 0 CommentsFurman has a long history of recognizing the efforts of top-performing teams. In keeping with this tradition, the company honored several of its Pro A/V division manufacturing representatives with 2009 awards which recognize exceptional sales performance. The following firms were… View this story
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The Value Of UPS Protection In Your Studio
Kyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain,… View this story
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010The Tradecraft Of Recording Vocals, Part 3: Singer/Mic Positioning & Monitor Mixing
Barry Rudolph 03/09/10 02:25 PM, 0 CommentsThis is the third in a series of articles on recording vocals. View part 1 and part 2. With mic choice and signal chain dialed in, listen to your singer over the monitor speakers to determine the correct distance from… View this story
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Friday, March 05, 2010ATC Monitors Help Michael Bishop Earn HIs Ninth Grammy Award For Surround Album
PSW Staff 03/05/10 01:00 PM, 0 CommentsEngineer Michael Bishop and Producer Elaine Martone have created a Super Audio CD release currently available on Telarc Records entitled Transmigration. The recording recently won “Best Surround Sound Album” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which earning Bishop his ninth… View this story
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METAlliance Academy Announces Event In Capitol Studios Hollywood
PSW Staff 03/05/10 11:45 AM, 0 CommentsThe METAlliance is presenting the first METAlliance Academy event on March 20 & 21 in Hollywood at the historic studios in the Capitol Records tower. “In Session with The Guys,” attendees will record and mix Lalah Hathaway and Trev Lukather… View this story
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Monday, March 01, 2010IK Multimedia Announces AmpliTube 3 Gear Modeling Software Now Shipping
PSW Staff 03/01/10 12:31 PM, 0 CommentsIK Multimedia has announced that AmpliTube 3, a substantial upgrade to their guitar and bass tone gear-modeling software, is now shipping. AmpliTube 3 ships with 100 additional models of gear (over 160 gear models in total), from the most sought-after… View this story
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Friday, February 19, 2010New Audient Black 500 Adapter Allows Black Rack Series To Fit API 500 Modules
PSW Staff 02/19/10 06:18 PM, 0 CommentsUsers of Black Series portable signal processing from Audient can now carry API 500 standard modules in their Black Rack system with the addition of the new Black 500 adapter. Made up of a neat metalwork caddy which slips neatly… View this story
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Waves Audio Introduces HLS Channel & PIE Compressor Analog Modeled Plug-ins
PSW Staff 02/19/10 04:33 PM, 0 CommentsWaves Audio has unveiled the HLS Channel and PIE Compressor, developed in association with legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer. In modeling the vintage Helios console channel and Pye compressor, Waves has recreated two essential elements of the recording chain at London’s… View this story
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010Switchcraft Introduces StudioPatch Series 1625 TT Patch Module
PSW Staff 02/16/10 05:44 PM, 0 CommentsThe Switchcraft 1625 is the newest addition to the company’s line of TT patchbay products. It offers a modular design that can be used as an individual 8 channel patch module, or mounted (up to 5 across) into a 1.5RU… View this story
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Crysonic Releases v3.5 Spectralive NXT Next-Generation Plug-In
PSW Staff 02/16/10 02:57 PM, 0 CommentsCrysonic has released version 3.5 of its flagship product Spectralive NXT, available in Native Mac OSX AU,VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats. Spectralive NXT V3.5 is offering a greater number of enhanced features with much improved performance and… View this story
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Friday, February 12, 2010Waves Audio Now Shipping Vocal Rider Plug-In For Automatic Level Riding
PSW Staff 02/12/10 06:36 PM, 0 CommentsWaves Audio is now shipping Vocal Rider, the first of the company’s series of new Mixing tools, which automatically rides the levels of vocal tracks. Instead of the mix engineer manually riding a console fader, or drawing in every level… View this story
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Technologist: The Value Of UPS Protection In Your StudioKyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain,… View this story
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Friday, February 26, 2010Technologist: A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE Errors
Kyle P. Snyder 02/26/10 04:55 PM, 0 CommentsSometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just go wrong. I know because that’s exactly what happened to me today. I sat down at a workstation that worked perfectly the day before (OK, not perfectly, but you get the point),… View this story
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Sunday, February 07, 2010Technologist: Firewire Device Hierarchy: Does It Really Matter?
Kyle P. Snyder 02/07/10 08:40 PM,FireWire: it just sounds fast, doesn’t it? At the very least, it certainly sounds faster than USB. Perhaps that was Apple’s intention when they sat down with Sony, Texas Instruments, and many others to create an amazingly accessible data transfer… View this story
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Sunday, January 24, 2010Technologist: Identifying “Go To” Sources For Important & Necessary Microphone Data
Kyle P. Snyder 01/24/10 02:49 PM, 0 CommentsIt’s no secret an engineer’s knowledge of his tools is a source of great power. Any time I’m preparing for a recording session or live sound gig, the first thing I set upon once I determine the makeup of the… View this story
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Monday, January 11, 2010Technologist: Don’t Come Unglued; Bake A Tape!
Kyle P. Snyder 01/11/10 10:35 AM, 0 CommentsIn late 2008 I was called out by a friend to repair a Studer tape deck; an A827, which I had never used before. While I was very fortunate that the studio owned both the original alignment tape and tentelometer,… View this story
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Monday, December 28, 2009Technologist: The Technologist: Spotlight Versus Pro Tools - The Devil Is In The Details
Kyle P. Snyder 12/28/09 05:23 PM, 0 CommentsAs any Pro Tools user can tell you, the devil is in the details. Making sure that your system is properly optimized makes all the difference, as I found in my month-long battle with Spotlight. It all began when I… View this story
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010Vancouver Film School Gives Students Portable Surround Mixing Capabilities With Neyrinck Mix 51PSW Staff 03/10/10 11:09 AM, 0 CommentsCanadian post-secondary entertainment arts institution, the Vancouver Film School, has integrated Neyrinck Mix 51 software into their Sound Design for Visual Media program. Each student is supplied with a Pro Tools LE notebook system with the Mix 51 plug-in installed.… View this story
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Furman Recognizes Top Representatives and DistributorsPSW Staff 03/10/10 10:15 AM, 0 CommentsFurman has a long history of recognizing the efforts of top-performing teams. In keeping with this tradition, the company honored several of its Pro A/V division manufacturing representatives with 2009 awards which recognize exceptional sales performance. The following firms were… View this story
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Friday, March 05, 2010ATC Monitors Help Michael Bishop Earn HIs Ninth Grammy Award For Surround AlbumPSW Staff 03/05/10 01:00 PM, 0 CommentsEngineer Michael Bishop and Producer Elaine Martone have created a Super Audio CD release currently available on Telarc Records entitled Transmigration. The recording recently won “Best Surround Sound Album” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which earning Bishop his ninth… View this story
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METAlliance Academy Announces Event In Capitol Studios HollywoodPSW Staff 03/05/10 11:45 AM, 0 CommentsThe METAlliance is presenting the first METAlliance Academy event on March 20 & 21 in Hollywood at the historic studios in the Capitol Records tower. “In Session with The Guys,” attendees will record and mix Lalah Hathaway and Trev Lukather… View this story
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FDW-Worldwide Named Exclusive Distributor Of Prodigy Engineering Products
PSW Staff 03/05/10 09:30 AM, 0 CommentsFDW-Worldwide, supplier of professional audio, video and pro touring products in North America, recently announced an agreement to become exclusive distributor of Prodigy Engineering in the United States and South America. The announcement was made at the start of Winter… View this story
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Thursday, March 04, 2010Legendary Producer Butch Vig Turns To The Bock 507 Microphone
PSW Staff 03/04/10 11:59 AM, 0 CommentsContemporary producer Butch Vig recently worked with Against Me! and Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson, using a newly-acquired Bock 507 microphone “I’m spoiled,” laughed Vig. “I have a vintage ELAM 250 and my engineer, Billy Bush, has a Brauner VM1 Klaus… View this story
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010The Value Of UPS Protection In Your StudioKyle P. Snyder 03/10/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsWhile the skies now shine bright over my home state of Indiana, less than a month ago it was particularly harrowing to use Pro Audio equipment in the Midwest. Why? Well, we were constantly plagued with blizzards and freezing rain,… View this story
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010The Tradecraft Of Recording Vocals, Part 3: Singer/Mic Positioning & Monitor MixingBarry Rudolph 03/09/10 02:25 PM, 0 CommentsThis is the third in a series of articles on recording vocals. View part 1 and part 2. With mic choice and signal chain dialed in, listen to your singer over the monitor speakers to determine the correct distance from… View this story
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Thursday, March 04, 2010RE/P Files: Wally Heider Recording Sammy Davis, Jr. LIVE at the “NOW Grove” (1970)
Chris Huston 03/04/10 08:46 AM, 0 Comments10:30 PM . . . the ‘NOW GROVE’. . . the comedy team has slipped back behind the curtain . . . the room is hushed . . . expectant. . . apprehensively darkened . . . unaware that tonight’s… View this story
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Friday, February 26, 2010A “Walk Down That Lonesome Road” Of DAE ErrorsKyle P. Snyder 02/26/10 04:55 PM, 0 CommentsSometimes, despite the best of intentions, things just go wrong. I know because that’s exactly what happened to me today. I sat down at a workstation that worked perfectly the day before (OK, not perfectly, but you get the point),… View this story
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Sunday, February 21, 2010Behind The Glass: Producer/Engineer Joe Chiccarelli On Being A Sonic “Chameleon”
Howard Massey 02/21/10 12:56 PM, 0 CommentsJoe Chiccarelli is a chameleon. Not literally, of course. But unlike many producers whose sonic stamp is immediately recognizable (a Roy Thomas Baker or a John Shanks, for example), you’d be hard pressed to identify a Joe Chiccarelli “sound.” It’s… View this story
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010EQ And Compression Techniques For Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Cliff Goldmacher 02/17/10 05:21 PM, 1 CommentThis exclusive article is provided by AudioFanzine. As an engineer/producer, one of my biggest early challenges was getting my mixes to sound as polished and balanced as the mixes of songs on my favorite albums. Living in Nashville, I knew… View this story
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