GREATER NYC AREA: We’re all over the local and musical map in this month’s epic Session Buzz, as we trace recordings by the likes of Yoko Ono, Talib Kweli, John Zorn, MGMT, Wale, Hole, Okkervil River, The Joy Formidable and more back to their studio sessions. Find out where several Read more...
GREATER NYC AREA: This month’s buzz finds a typically colorful spread of artists recording, mixing and mastering new works around town. The Beach Boys and Animal Collective, Empire of the Sun and Tiësto, Kurt Elling, Beirut, 50 Cent and Amanda Palmer – just to mention a few – have Read more...
As we talked about in the previous “Vinyl Evolution” edition of Sound Thinking, there are a lot of artists releasing their records on vinyl. If you are going to be one of them, here are some things that may help you get the best results.
One thing to do is Read more...
As you may already know, vinyl records have made a big comeback in the last several years.
This past year, sales of vinyl records were up 40%, and likely to exceed 300,000 units for the first time since 2005 when vinyl sales were close to 900,000 units annually.
In 2008, Read more...
In the first of a series, mastering engineer Joe Lambert answers one of the many FAQs he regularly fields:
Q: Joe — bit rate: 16 or 24? Does the bit rate of a sound file make a big difference?
A: Here is a little background:
Bit rate is the amount Read more...
