For those of us who are passionate about writing, creating, producing, recording, or mixing music, we spend a lot of time looking at waveforms on a screen. We invest endless hours of our lives listening to sound.
Much like a master chef understands how every ingredient, no matter how small Read more...
We often make hundreds or thousands of decisions on any given project. How many of them really count?
Most of us like to tell ourselves—and others—that although any one of our little tweaks may be too small to be heard, it’s the net effect of all of them together that Read more...
Audio has been around for a long time.
Its first practical application dates back to at least 1876, when Emile Berliner invented the first microphone, for use inside of Thomas Edison’s telephone.
Even the basic principles of digital recording were realized as far back as 1928, when Harry Nyquist developed Read more...
It’s kind of funny this foray into journalism I’ve taken.
For instance I’m in the “B” control room at Downtown right now, and my client (Black Thought from The Roots) just saw me hammering away on my laptop and asked, “Zach what the f**k are you writing man”?. Read more...
Surround sound made its first public appearance in 1941, when Disney released its groundbreaking animated musical, Fantasia.
Ever since then, surround systems have increasingly been used to enhance the emotional impact of films (which George Lucas has famously, and accurately, declared are “50% sound.”)
In the mid 1990s, a Read more...
