Classics

Over the Limit

by Rip Rowan

The seminal article blasting the modern mastering industry for singlehandly destroying a generation of great music.


Greed and Power:

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.


Point-to-Point III:

Debra Soule
by Rip Rowan

Building a mix from the ground up with Debra Soule's "Everlasting".


Radio, Radio

by Bill Park

A comprehensive explanation of the wholesale changes in the radio industry stemming from the 1996 Telecom Act.

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Digital Watermarking

Rip Rowan
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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Spirit 328 Digital Console

Bob Lichty
Despite my glowing, youthful appearance, I harbor an ever increasing affinity for what can only be deemed, "old-school ways."

You see, because of the way I tend to work on projects (lay down click tracks and sequences in one place, do tracking at one place, overdubs at a few more places, mix elsewhere), I'm still one of those holdouts with some ADATs and that ancient beast, a mixing console.
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Soundscape Mixtreme

Garry Simmons
When I first started paying attention to digital audio, the popular soundcards were the Turtle Beach Multisound and the DAL CardD+. Stereo analog ins and outs were the order of the day. Then the digital I/O cards arrived, and you could get various combinations of analog and digital (S/PDIF or AES/EBU) ins and outs on a card.
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Who The Hell Do You Think We Are?

Rip Rowan
I recently came across a line of posts regarding ProRec in a popular discussion group.

The gist of the commentary was that ProRec is an interesting 'Zine, but it sure seemed like ProRec's authors were lackeys for certain pro audio companies.
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Riding the Wave/8*24

Jim Roseberry
Drum-roll please…

Gadget Labs (http://www.gadgetlabs.com) redefined the standard of "More-for-Less" with their rock-solid Wave/4, so we've ALL been waiting for the scoop on this piece of gear.
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I Want My VST

Bruce Richardson
Hey, if you've been coveting those groovy VST plugins floating around the web for free, but have a DirectX-only digital audio workstation, it's time for you to get happy. Amulet Audio Software, a UK-based software company, has released VST Adapter, a DirectX shell for VST plugins.

VST Adapter is great news for the musician on a budget.
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What's your dB IQ?

Lionel Dumond
Probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in all of audio science is that of the decibel -- what it means, and what it doesn't mean. This really isn't very surprising. Most books you'll find on audio production gloss over the subject, offering a rudimentary explanation at best.
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Consequence of an Experience

Rip Rowan
Most businesses these days are run with computers, marketing, and money. Even in the world of pro audio.

Therefore it's always refreshing when I find a company which is run by brains, engineering, and passion.
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Winter NAMM 1999

Joel Braverman
The forces of life were against my trip to the Namm show this time. Everything conspired against me, but I did make it down for one day, and I took a bunch of pictures with a borrowed Sony DV Camcorder.
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Really Nice

Pete Leoni
I can hear it now.

"What do you wanna do tonight honey?"

"I dunno. What do you wanna do?"

"Why don't we design the best compressor in the world for under $1500?"

"OK, dear.
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The Waves Native Power Pack II

Lionel Dumond
The landscape of Marketing History is littered with ill-fated products, saddled by their well-meaning creators with monikers meant to cash in on the glittering reputation of their legendary namesakes. As we've all learned, however, sharing a name with a classic isn't necessarily an indication of repeated glory.
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Center Stage

Rip Rowan
There's a difference between an invention and an innovation.

Inventions are incarnations of a new idea.Innovations are revolutionary implementations of inventions.

Inventions make suggestions of grand things to come.
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