To Mock the Stupendous Mechanism: The Story of The Motherbrain’s WSW Console
February 1, 2012 by Brian Bender
How producer and studio owner Brian Bender turned a time capsule into a modern-day tone machine. Part 2: Fact Finding.
“Sound Thinking” by Joe Lambert — The Vinyl Evolution Part 1: To Cut or Not to Cut?
January 30, 2012 by David Weiss
What’s behind the latest vinyl resurgence? Here’s why converging factors are making it make sense all over again.
2012 Winter NAMM Tech Highlights
January 26, 2012 by Bo Boddie
What were the big announcements in audio and music production? LA producer/engineer Bo Boddie offers his impressions on the latest from UA, Dangerous, Slate, Moog and more…
Review: Line 6 POD HD Desktop by Gabriel Lamorie
January 23, 2012 by Gabriel Lamorie
An in-depth look at this compact pathway to tone creation. How does Line 6′s amp modeller cut it in the studio?
Review: Universal Audio UAD Ampex ATR-102 Plug-in
January 17, 2012 by Geoff Sanoff
It looks like the real thing, but does it sound like the real thing? Engineer/mixer Geoff Sanoff puts the UAD plug-in version of this classic tape machine through its paces.
“Insert Scene” by Erin Barra: Confessions of an Auto-Tune Aficionado
January 16, 2012 by Erin Barra
If you can drop the attitude, Antares’ infamous plug-in can be a plus for your productivity.
Review: Toontrack EZmix 2 by Zach McNees
January 12, 2012 by Zach McNees
Your work needs to sound good right out of the gate. This new tool simplifies the mixing process for composers, songwriters and intermediate engineers.
The Softube Podcast: Inside the Minds of Sweden’s Plugin Purists
January 9, 2012 by David Weiss
From hardware emulations to amp simulations, the audio plugins from Softube get recognition. In this Input/Output interview, Eli Janney and Geoff Sanoff learn what makes these sonic software savants tick.
Review: ADAM A5X Nearfield Studio Monitors
January 5, 2012 by Justin Colletti
On paper, ADAM has improved the original A5, a remarkable little nearfield that sounds bigger than it is. But what about in practice? We put the new A5X through its paces.
Review: Vertigo VSC-2 Quad Discrete VCA Compressor Plugin from Brainworx
January 2, 2012 by Jason Finkel
Jason Finkel puts a $6,000 analog compressor head-to-head with its $331 emulation. But you’ll learn much more than just who won in this intensely informative review.
