Stefan Konstantopoulos

It was early 2020 when my intent to work more in my new home studio became a necessity. A couple of years later, I agreed to track some emerging...

I never imagined that the bass and treble controls as seen on home and car stereos for decades would follow me into my professional life. That...

Drum machines have defined and redefined several genres of popular music for nearly five decades. Many of the most recognizable electronic drum...

Joe Orlandi did not intend to build microphones when he retired from his 20-year career in the film industry. He started collecting musical...

When Placid Audio released their debut Copperphone in 2003, it seemed destined to become a future classic. I have since seen them on...

Kassia Lemieux and Dan Rouleau put Montreal on notice with their circuit-bending and refinishing of audio electronics under the moniker Screwed...

In late 1996, I heard the “Setting Sun” radio single (featuring Noel Gallagher) by The Chemical Brothers. The sound was so unexpected and bombastic...

For those of us constantly striving to maximize the potential of a hybrid workflow, the LPZ-2 from Avedis Audio can make the job a little easier. It...

With an extensive background as the lead tech for a pro audio retailer and the service manager for a console manufacturer, Alex “Skip” Welti founded...

My first experience with Soyuz products in 2021 was brief but memorable. I still recall the smooth, rich sound of the 017 FET condenser and its...

I must admit that when I first heard about Memorandum, I imagined it being either another impractically-complicated distraction or a source of...

In the shadow of the iconic RCA 44 series ribbon mics produced in the ‘30s is the relatively esoteric RCA BK-5A . It was designed as a...

After decades of manufacturing measurement tools and consumer electronics in England, Pye Audio merged with Phillips in 1960, forming Pye TVT...

In over 20 years of talking shop with notable engineers and producers, I’d never heard one mention of Datamix consoles. But then I had a very...