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23.01.2022 STUDIO SATURDAY Independant artist Shook may have room to improve on cable management, but he isnt lacking in flexibility and creativity. His studio presents synths all-and-sundry, covering early digital with a DK Synergy MKI (only around 100 left in the world, knocked off by the DX7) and more rare blood in the Polymoog 203A. His latest synth funk jams feature much Juno-60 and DX7, and add further breadth to his experience writing a companion album for a Pulitzer-prize winni...ng author on the South China Sea and collaborating with Chinese-language artists, producing a song "deaf"! Check SHOOK out here.
23.01.2022 ALOHA claims to be bringing out a solution for real-time jam sessions - with options for live-streaming to fans. ~1ms latency for any high speed net connection with a proprietary audio interface... too good to be true? Check out all the info here: https://www.audiotechnology.com//say-aloha-to-real-time-is
23.01.2022 138dB at 100 feet. Well leave it up to someone to do the calculations at tell us what that might be at, say, 10 feet.
21.01.2022 They dont write ad copy like this anymore.
21.01.2022 STUDIO SATURDAY 30 mins drive out of Helsinki, Finland's E-Studio accommodates a live room fit for an orchestra, a sauna house and a LARGE Neve Genesys Black. The amazing sound of 40 channels of 1073 pre amps and 1084 EQs is a great place to start any session, especially in huge live tracking situations. says Jyri Riikonen, Senior Sound Engineer... The studio boasts accomodation for artists (steam room included) and a 120m2 live room deemed "an instrument in itself" with adjustable reverb.
20.01.2022 Interesting story came through the AT stables recently: all the ins and outs of audio routing in the NBA Covid season. Exactly how do they get all those boos and hisses out onto court? Find out here: https://www.audiotechnology.com//quantum7-central-to-playe
20.01.2022 Universal Audios powered plug-ins, modelled preamps, high class conversion, LUNA DAW, and great-sounding headphone preamp, are now available in an even smaller package: Apollo Solo (TB3) & Apollo Solo USB. Details here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/news/apollo-flies-solo
20.01.2022 Some Manley Labs bling to brighten your day.
19.01.2022 FEATURE STORY :: CASSIAN One-time Rfs du Sol protege, Cassian, is flying solo with a huge new album, Laps. LA-Based Aussie, Cassian, maintains a number of hearing/metering checks and balances throughout his mix process. His gain structure always starts with false headroom, knocking back his master fader 6dB, and keeping a self-imposed limit of ensuring any one sound in solo doesnt exceed -6dB. In order for that to happen, the drum bus cant be too loud, because youre not going to turn up your kick past that, explained Cassian. If you want your kick louder, then turning it up isnt the answer. Its a different workaround. Maybe its some clipping, maybe its a different EQ to make it feel louder without using up more peak level. Full story here :: https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/putting-in-the-laps
19.01.2022 Top 5: Tim Palmer Grammy-nominated engineer/producer Tim Palmer (U2, Tears for Fears) talks us through his most indispensable studio items. 1. GML 8200 EQ 2. Genelec 8031A Monitors ....... Full Story here :: https://www.audiotechnology.com//tim-palmers-top-5-studio- More Tim here :: https://www.instagram.com/timpalmermixer/
19.01.2022 Compressor options. Your choice.
17.01.2022 Check out our interview with the guys from HUSKY, as they walk us through the Pro Tools session of the single SYWD. Full interview video :: https://youtu.be/MVmlnJwNMxc
17.01.2022 Gotta be April 1 somewhere?
17.01.2022 Microphones: SPL & Distortion In the eighth instalment of his on-going series, Greg Simmons looks at SPL and distortion and discusses how they affect your microphone choice. Full story here :: https://www.audiotechnology.com//microphones-spl-distortion
17.01.2022 REVIEW :: Arturia KeyStep Pro Its a four-track sequencer, arpeggiator and controller keyboard designed for the new hardware synth generation. It also helped Chris revive his Syntecno TeeBee. Full Review :: https://www.audiotechnology.com/reviews/arturia-keystep-pro
16.01.2022 Get loosey-goosey with l Freak Arturia Microfreak gets a sleek look and sleek-connecting gooseneck microphone for _extra_ freaky vocal modulation antics. You freaks who already own one, grab a firmware update and youll have a crazy digital vocoder too ... Get the full story here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/n/freak-sticks-its-neck-out
15.01.2022 Hold the phone...
15.01.2022 One of the better #wemakeevents blogs around, from Nick Whitehouse, CEO of Fireplay. Photo shows the Justin Timberlake MOTW Touring Crew, Band & Dancers. Read here: https://www.fireplay.com//behind-the-curtain-of-a-multi-bi
15.01.2022 REMIXING PERFECT POP :: Melbourne-based producer and remixer, Ryan Riback (3 milion Spotify plays/month), talks us through the Ableton LIve session of his new single Wrong Full video here: https://youtu.be/q5uIV9oDLmU
15.01.2022 Tasty front end
14.01.2022 NO RESERVE AUCTION :: Audio veteran Ian Richardson is selling the contents of his warehouse. Its a treasure trove of (mostly) 20+ year old live sound gear. Ian was also Australias first Meyer Sound importer so there are plenty of Meyer gems including a couple of pairs of the inimitable HD-1 mastering grade studio monitors. There is a sale for the speakers and a separate sale for the electronics and cabling. The two sales are running concurrently from 16th of September for ...one week. The inspection day (in the Sydney suburb of Botany) is Tuesday 22/09/2020 9am 2pm. Check out all the dozens of items of gear here: https://www.graysonline.com/promotions/Multisales Ians health hasnt been great, so we wish him and his family all the best.
13.01.2022 AT Iso Booth Conversation :: Something For Kate's new album The Modern Medieval is out now. It's a keeper. We chat with Paul Dempsey from the band and producer Nick DiDia about aiming high. Full interview :: https://youtu.be/Rr9a8hHkUhg
12.01.2022 "Music's a hard road because it's not about the money, it's about your art". One of Australia's busiest MD's Adam Sofo (MasterChef, Lego Masters, The Voice) reveals the secret to his longevity in the tough world of writing and producing music for television and his minimalist approach which at the core is steered by a Korg Kronos and Native Instruments. Full story here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/adam-sofo-md #NativeInstruments #SpitfireAudio #Arturia #AdamSofo #Korg #TheVoice
12.01.2022 Calm down Bose trolls.
12.01.2022 Arturia just dropped the PolyBrute. Six analogue voices driven by two Brute oscillators. Huge modulation possibilities. Seamless morphing between two completely different states within a single patch. Check out the Morphe touchpad. Oh, and the options of legs! More specs here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/news/even-more-brute
12.01.2022 Free Vinyl Vibes Vinyl by iZotope is now free, offering up scratchy, dusty action for lo-fi heads everywhere. Read more here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/news/vinyl-vibes-now-free
12.01.2022 So this is big news: World No. 1 in international concert touring audio, Clair Global has just bought out No. 2 Eighth Day Sound Systems Inc.. We find out what it means for the Australian market after chatting with Eighth Day Sound Australia Pty. Ltd. director Damo Pryor. Full story here: https://www.audiotechnology.com//clair-acquires-8th-day-so
12.01.2022 SACRED SUNDAY The unique ability of ADAPTive to be hung straight to smoothly cover wide seating areas, plus its stellar sonic performance made it a no brainer for the church to choose this product. When Michael Garrison Associates was contracted to upgrade the existing loudspeaker system for Abundant Church’s 3,600-seat main auditorium at its East Campus in El Paso, President/Owner Michael Garrison and his team turned to EAW and its ADAPTive PA system.... I am impressed with this system’s imagery and coverage throughout the room it’s beyond anything I’ve heard in a live setting, says John Buntyn, Abundant Church’s Audio Director. The systems’ ability to respond to minute adjustments makes it a joy to mix on. I appreciate that the mix from front of house translates throughout the room for the congregation’s listening experience.
11.01.2022 Universal Audio is shaking up the budget end of the interface market with the Volt range. (Volt 1: Desktop 1-in/2-out Interface, RRP A$309.) There's a 'Vintage Pre' mode and three of the models offer analogue compression based off the UA 1176. Thoughts? Full press release :: https://www.audiotechnology.com//universal-audio-volt-usb-
11.01.2022 Behringer is on a analogue synth tear.
10.01.2022 REVIEW :: ADAM Audio weighs in with the T8V eight-inch two-ways for around (A$) a grand. Hip hop and EDM producers take note, these bad boys like LF. Read our full review here: https://www.audiotechnology.com/reviews/adam-audio-t8v
10.01.2022 ISO BOOTH PODCAST :: Just had a great chat with the remarkable Becki Whitton, aka Aphir. We talk about finishing an album on Twitch, her work as a vocal producer from the Avacan studio at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, being mentored by Andrei at Deluxe Mastering and paying that forward with the aspiring audio professionals. Full interview here :: https://youtu.be/VQBeEvLyZcY & Here :: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/40686895 Head to Bandcamp to find out more about the Aphir album Republic of Paradise.
09.01.2022 REVIEW :: Kali Audio is the best manufacturer of studio monitors youve never heard of. The LP-8s provide a impressively detailed and neutral sound especially for around A$1000 a pair. Read the full review here: https://www.audiotechnology.com//kali-audio-lp-8-active-st
08.01.2022 The Mos Eisley Cantina just found its new house band.
08.01.2022 STUDIO SATURDAY Deep in the Austrian Alps, Wilderness Studios not only has natural, organic sound but its own spring water source too! The 80sqm main space is perfectly specced to accomodate, from the acoustics through to the lighting hues, an Audient Nero takes care of monitoring and Neumann KH870s and KH420s on monitoring.
07.01.2022 The good folk at Professional Audio & Television - PAT have sent us four sets of Angry Audio Headphone Disconnectors. Use the comments section to voice some audio-related (& PG-rated) anger. If it's good, we'll send you a set. Get a set immediately here: https://www.proaudiotv.com.au/shop/
06.01.2022 The fabled TG12345
06.01.2022 So darned mesmerising
06.01.2022 The Simeon. Never made it to mass market.
05.01.2022 Greenland Qooqqut Festival A&H SQ6 becomes the first compact console to mix for a whole countrys population. Couldnt a-fjord not to.
04.01.2022 SACRED SUNDAY Church techs, ever seen such an involved Zoom setup?? 8 screens to see all those Zoom worshipers! VOUS is a church that's exploded in attendee-ship during COVID, with over 40,000 streams per week.... DiGiCo Quantum 338 serves as the streaming desk, relocated from in auditorium work to stream room. Two Waves Extreme servers run plug-ins for the massive 60 input worship mix, with monitors sent out from the SD9 (no slouch for a monitor desk).
03.01.2022 Having a chat with the guys from HUSKY at 2pm (AEST). Got a question about the Husky sound? Pop it in comments and well pass it on.
03.01.2022 STUDIO SATURDAY Mtier Mastering features a serious in-the-box battlestation, with Audient pres, a Tascam 34 reel-to-reel machine, Antelope Orion Studio and Event 20/20 Biamp monitors. Big "nerd" Will Shenk set out to create a space "even better sounding" than National Media Services, a desert island-type studio in the middle of nowhere , where he was head engineer previously.... Mtier Mastering is an award-winning recording, mixing, mastering and audio restoration facility, which has indeed met expectations. In the first year, we were already receiving testimonials which confirm we have hit the nail on the head, he confirms.
01.01.2022 8-INCH MONITOR ROUND UP :: ADAM Audio T8V versus PreSonus Audio Electronics Eris E8 XT versus Kali Audio LP-8. Full video here: https://youtu.be/_Y4ldJ6_xvA
01.01.2022 STUDIO SATURDAY "Having those subgroup faders in the center section where I can do parallels, or using them as master faders for whatever I want, is fantastic. Studio owner, engineer and musician Thales Tonin has remodeled and relaunched his Everest Studio as a commercial operation, featuring a Solid State Logic ORIGIN analog mixing console with an integrated SSL UF8 Advanced DAW Controller. Carlos Duttweller, whose Pro Studios Architecture and Acoustics firm has worked on m...ore than 500 audio and video facilities throughout Brazil and around the world, designed the facility. When clients come here, they want a different experience. That’s what we’re trying to offer. We have a big, really nicely treated live room so we get the best isolated but live feel. We can put the drummer in a booth and record the grand piano and do a live take of the vocalist. And everybody can see each other, it is the best of both worlds. All my Pro Tools needs are met with the UF8. It’s a fantastic piece of gear and incorporates really well into the console design. I’m using it especially for automation. I love the faders for automation; they feel great.
01.01.2022 Trust Les Paul to have such a mad home studio.
