Equalizers: June 2012
New Gear To Give You An Edge
Sized to bring versatile audio capabilities to studio and live recordings, the Fireface UCX USB and FireWire interface packs 300 electronic components into a form factor of only a half 19-inch housing.
Tremé Time
Bruce Litecky reveals the ins and outs of making HBO Productions’ Tremé sounds so good
Coming up for its third season in the fall of 2012, HBO Production's Tremé has earned an enviable reputation for its gritty portrayal of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Intercoms On Set
How to keep in touch with your crew
Communications during a film or video shoot are essential for both the talent and the production team.
News & VUs: April 2012
Useful information sound pros need to know
This year marks the 15th anniversary of VocalBooth.com, a leading supplier of portable, modular sound rooms, studios and recording booths.
Equalizers: April 2012
New Gear To Give You An Edge
Stockmusic.com, the music and sound-effects download division of Sound Ideas, now offers individual downloads of sounds from the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.
Big Sounds From The Small Studio
Emile D. Menasché talks about creating the score for Incident in New Baghdad
Suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), McCord is denied psychological treatment in Iraq for the condition.
Break Free Of The DIN
Sound-restoration software is the antidote for production noise problems
Recording audio on location presents a tough environment for capturing dialogue.
Get Clear Sound
These essential accessories for location recording will have you prepared to shoot anywhere
Doing a successful location shoot, no matter how simple, requires having the right gear, but also some careful advance planning.
10 Top Synths For Scoring
Check out these cool new tools for virtual soundtrack creation
Today, films with electronic scores are more the rule rather than the exception, especially with tools for creating music using synthesizers, samples and loops becoming easier to use, more affordable and more accessible.
Equalizers: February 2012
New Gear To Give You An Edge
Pro Tools 10 software and Pro Tools|HDX DAW systems offer greater performance, improved sound quality and faster workflows.
Roland R-26 Recorder
A new multichannel audio recorder for location work
With the debut of the R-26, Roland takes its multichannel field recorders in a completely different direction from its sibling R-44 and R-4 Pro units.
Video And The Radio Star
Solving audio and sync issues in music video production
Music videos have been around for decades and existed well before the day in August 1981, when The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" marked the beginning of MTV
The Decca Tree Microphone Technique
A 1950s-era application still reigns for film-score recording
More than 50 years after its initial inception, the Decca Tree technique has become a well-established approach used in symphony halls and scoring stages worldwide.
Equalizers: December 2011
New Gear To Give You An Edge
Now shipping is Version 5.5 of Steinberg's Nuendo audio editing/recording/mixing software, supporting up to 256 physical inputs and group channels—at resolutions of up to 192 kHz.