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Recordio: Home Recording in the 1930s
by Timothy Kastner
It started out as a favor to a friend. His father had died and left a collection of old records, stacked in cardboard boxes collecting dust on the back porch. My friend asked me, an audiophile, to...
What is Stem Mixing?: And How Can it Help Me?
by John Baccigaluppi, Barney Barnicott, Larry Crane, Jason Devore, Alexander Lawson, Thom Monahan, Dan Workman
You've just finished the mix of a song and printed it to tape or back into your DAW. You spent hours getting everything just perfect with your analog outboard gear and console. If you tried to write...
Sanford Parker: Heavy Engineering in Chicago
by Scott Evans
When I first heard Buried at Sea's epic, super-slow-motion Migration a few years ago, I remember thinking, "This is pretty goddamn heavy" and "This lacks any high end whatsoever." The ballsy...
Troubleshooting
by Garrett Haines
In an interview with Bill Skibbe for a "Behind the Gear" article [#44], he said, "One of the most important things you have to be able to do is troubleshoot and fix problems. Because when the stuff...
Jeremy Todd, Jack Kote, Victoria Kane: Behind the Gear with iZotope
by Larry Crane
I've been using iZotope's RX audio restoration bundle extensively for a few years now. I think this product is exemplary. I'd heard good things about their Ozone mastering plug-in, so I decided it'd...
Justin Frankel and Christophe Thibault: Behind the Gear with Reaper
by Scott Evans
Justin Frankel has always pushed the envelopes of music and software. In 1997 he dropped out of college to release Winamp and found Nullsoft, which was later sold to AOL. Justin started a new company,...
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David Byrne (bonus): Talking Heads, Brian Eno, Soundtracks
by Larry Crane
Pat, how did you end up doing the Brazilian stuff? P: I would say almost exclusively at first through Arto [Lindsay], who I had worked with on his own stuff. I guess the first thing I went to Brazil...
Prepping Drums
by Steve La Cerra
Most engineers would probably agree that recording a drum kit is one of the most challenging studio tasks. The popularity of sampled drums and drum replacement software is a testament to the facts...
Other Drum Tips
by Chris Garges
Die cast hoops Die cast hoops give a drum more body, not "crack." I totally think of triple-flanged hoops as giving a drum more crack without the substantial body that a die cast hoop adds. Nylon...
Ben Allen: Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Puff Daddy?
by Alex McKenzie
When I got the offer to interview Ben Allen I was a little confused at first. I had enjoyed his work with Gnarls Barkley and Animal Collective, but Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy empire? Christina...