Made in LA: Inside Steven Slate’s Laurel Canyon Compound

We get the “factory” tour including a peak at the new Virtual Tape Machine, Steven Slate Drums and some top-secret new developments.

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Behind The Release: Lost in the Trees – A Church That Fits Our Needs

A young composer sets cascading harps, orchestral bells and tender strings to a driving pulse. Engineer Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith) mixes.

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Eric Valentine & The Best Sounding Console, Ever

What do you do when no console is quite right for your studio? If you’re Eric Valentine (Slash, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday), you build your own. And then some…

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Vinyl Revival: Infrasonic Sound, L.A.

L.A.-based recording, mastering and vinyl hub plugs “The Value of Vinyl” at SXSW, 3/17.

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From Post-Hardcore to Post-Production: Craig Wedren & The Road to Wanderlust

The former Shudder to Think frontman and now-film/tv composer (Wanderlust, Hung, United States of Tara) is living out some dreams in Hollywood….

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