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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SCSI vs. IDE pt. 2

D. Glen Cardenas
Many things will affect the performance of digital audio software in general, and multi-track production software in particular. The performance of the disk drive being used to store the audio data is only the beginning.
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SCSI vs. IDE pt. 3

D. Glen Cardenas
The SCSI interface is an old timer. Before there was IDE, there was SCSI. It was used not only for disk drives, but scanners, printers and even to interface the PC with synthesizers and automated sound and light boards.
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SCSI vs. IDE pt. 4

D. Glen Cardenas
IDE, or more formally, IDE/ATA, is the most common system for connecting a hard drive to a PC.

In modern systems (to which this discussion is limited), they plug directly into the motherboard through a 40 pin cable.
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SCSI vs. IDE pt. 5

D. Glen Cardenas
By default, IDE disk drives transfer data to and from the system using a protocol called "Programmed Input/Output" or PIO. This technique requires the CPU to get into the middle of things by executing commands that shuffle the data to or from RAM and the drive.
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SCSI vs. IDE pt. 6

D. Glen Cardenas
What is the difference between regular DMA and bus mastering?

Plenty!

Bus Mastering Logistics

First, let's look at bus mastering again but from a DMA point of view. A bus is a data transport.
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My Summer Vacation

Bill Park

Show day. The grind begins.

This years NAMM show seemed to be about percussion. Lots and lots of percussion. All sorts of drums, cymbals, and other hitty-things filled booths and displays on all floors.
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Waves L2 Ultramaximizer

Rip Rowan
The Waves L1 Ultramaximizer plug-in has earned respect from virtually everyone who has ever used it. It is a very transparent limiter that doesn't overshoot, allowing it to be safely used as proof against digital clipping.
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Can You Get There From Here, pt. 2

Bill Park

Roger Norman

Roger W. Norman has spent the majority of the past 20 years working in the Personal Computer industry. He has designed networks for the Internal Revenue Service, the US Navy, the FAA, the US Army, and built major programs within the Social Security Administration.
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Can You Get There From Here, pt. 3

Bill Park

Greg Reierson



Greg Reierson has worked in radio, audio and video duplication as a tech and a mastering engineer, location recording, studio tracking and mixing. Greg has been exclusively mastering for the past eleven years.
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Swissonic AD24 and DA24 Converters

Garry Simmons
Although the Swissonic name is relatively new (they were formerly known as MusicNet), the AD24 and DA24 are no strangers to the US pro audio market. These highly regarded converters have been available from Sonorus as the AudI/O AD/24 and DA/24.
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What's your dB IQ?

Lionel Dumond
Hello, and welcome to the long awaited Part Two of "What's your dB IQ?" I would sincerely like to thank all who have written me since the publication of Part One to tell me that you found it informative and helpful.
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Succeeding as an Intern

Lionel Dumond
You've studied hard. You've paid your dues (or so you think). You've twiddled the knobs on an SSL 9000, used Pro Tools to slap together some fake radio spots, and actually participated in the quaint ritual of editing ¼' tape with a razor blade.
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