Tom Holkenborg, also known as Junkie XL, is one of the most in-demand Hollywood composers around today. He has contributed his unique hybrid sound to a bevy of films, including Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Mad Max: Fury Road, Godzilla vs. Kong, Alita: Battle Angel, and many more.
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Transformers are used in audio all the time. We use them to step up a mic’s signal or send audio to speakers. At a time before standardization, 600-ohm line transformers helped equipment expecting differing loads work together.
In much of our beloved vintage gear, you will find input and output Read more...
What to do…when a song shocks you?
Inspiration that massive can motivate us to level up in the studio. That’s why the electronic dance music producer Latroit seized the chance to revisit a deeply heartfelt track with spatial mixing. The journey to becoming an immersive mixer proved transformational to him. Read more...
Evaluating and re-evaluating monitors is a constant process at studios. Whether for a personal studio or commercial facility, producers and audio engineers should be constantly checking in on their monitoring choices.
Kaleidoscope Sound in Union City, NJ experienced such an evolution at it’s Studio A, a renowned room equipped with Read more...
Are you ready for a rethink?
Billy Jay Stein was. The GRAMMY-winning composer and partner in Strike Audio, a high-output TV/film/commercial music provider, was thrown for a loop by the pandemic—along with everyone else. But the global disruption motivated Stein to do more than write some new songs. It inspired Read more...
