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by Rip Rowan The seminal article blasting the modern mastering industry for singlehandly destroying a generation of great music.
the Spirit of Radio?
by Bill Park A scathing indictment of the megalithic entertainment conglomerate Clear Channel and its devastating effect on music and the people who make it.
Debra Soule
by Rip Rowan Building a mix from the ground up with Debra Soule's "Everlasting".
by Bill Park A comprehensive explanation of the wholesale changes in the radio industry stemming from the 1996 Telecom Act. | | | | | | | |
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Bruce Richardson
| VAZ definitely wins the award for the least-inspiring company name. Lucky for us, they're packing some powerful juice to offset that little liability.
VAZ is rather legendary in old-school softsynth circles.
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Bruce Richardson
| SurReal is a straightforward, single-page, polyphonic virtual MIDI module.
SurReal comes complete with the entire Reality sound set, and utilizes the same synthesizer engine and solid latency / polyphony performance that makes Reality such a workhorse.
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Rip Rowan
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Spatial processors are all the rage. Just about every effects package comes with some kind of "stereoizer" effect. What do these effects really do? How should they be used? And which ones work the best? I spent some quality time getting my head into this technology, trying to understand what these different tools are doing, how they work, and which ones I like the best.
About Spatial Enhancers
First, a little history on the origins of 3D audio technology.
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Bruce Richardson
| Retro AS-1 is a fully programmable virtual analog synth. It runs on PC and Mac platforms, and is capable of 32 voice polyphony. AS-1 is nicely appointed for either live use or for multi-channel configuration with a sequencer.
Retro features a single-page mixer app that makes multitimbral operation a snap.
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Ethan Winer
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You won't see software publishers talk about it in their glossy product brochures or on their web sites. I've never seen it listed in an advertisement, and it is rarely mentioned in magazine product reviews.
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Rip Rowan
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The time has come, Gentle Reader, for another rant.
I spend a little time out there on the popular Internet newsgroups, chat rooms, and discussion boards, surfing and listening. I like to lay low and read, and just absorb what people are thinking and saying.
Sometimes, the arrogant audio wannabes rear their ugly heads, and start spouting pure balderdash.
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Rip Rowan
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I was fortunate to receive a matched pair of Crown CM-700s for review almost two months ago. I have spent the better part of those months making extensive use of these microphones, and I am happy to report that we have a serious more-for-less contender in these mics.
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Rip Rowan
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The Internet is exploding with music. Currently, MP3 formatted audio is the most popular Internet attraction, offering high-fidelity digital audio at 1/12th the file size of a standard 16/44.1 stereo digital file.
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Bruce Richardson
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OK, what could be worse than this?
It's 3 p.m., and I'm sitting in a crammed-to-capacity MD80 on a-the runway at DFW Airport. The Dallas sun is beating harshly on our little airbus, which should already be jetting towards Washington DC.
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Rip Rowan
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I'm no technophobe. But, I don't like taking unnecessary chances.
Hey, I've been working with computers for 20 years now. I've learned my lessons the hard way. Like waiting for the first maintenance release before upgrading to a new version of ANY software.
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Rip Rowan
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Robin Hood Brians is a true Texas character. His studio, Robin Hood Studios in Tyler, Texas has been kicking out some of the great music of the last half-century, and has seen countless changes since its inception in 1963.
Over the years Robin has become a kind of folk hero in Tyler, a modest celebrity whose claim to fame to some of the more non-musical locals is that he has a pizza named after him.
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