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Here we expand on some of our magazine’s informative reviews. Read the review, see how we tested the gear, and see/hear it in action for yourself!
Interview: Talking Atmos with Engineer Richard Chycki
Immersive Audio
17 New Reviews
Amphion • Antelope Audio • Audeze • beyerdynamic
Eventide • Genelec • KRK Systems • Ocean Way Audio
PSPaudioware • TASCAM • The Cargo Cult
FEATURED REVIEW
Amphion One 25A
Breaking with tradition and getting active!
Amphion Loudspeakers, founded in 1998 by Anssi Hyvönen, is based in Kuopio, Finland. In 2013 Amphion entered the professional studio market, gaining a following for its uniquely styled, radiator-equipped, two-way passive studio monitor designs. Now Amphion breaks many of its long-standing traditions by releasing its first active, three-way radiatorless design: the One25A.
FEATURED ARTICLE
Monitoring: Room for Improvement
The basic principles of control room design start well before you start hanging acoustic treatment
Most of the articles we read on acoustic design of control rooms and studios seem to center around materials we might use to treat wall surfaces, including some tips about using those materials for fun and profit. In this article, I’d like to take a different approach, and present what I believe to be some basic principles of control room design.
United Plugins introduces Instant Audio’s BassRift as ultimate all-in-one bass-sculpting tool duly designed for speed and power
iZotope announces RX 11 audio software, introducing new machine learning for tackling noise, and new tools for music streaming
Recording’s Readers’ Tracks is where respected engineer and producer Marty Peters listens to your recordings and critiques them, pointing out where and how you can make them better. Listen to the songs, read the reviews, and submit your own materials online via upload.
Artist Name: David Myers Title: Take Me Home Genre: Instrumental Rock
“Take Me Home” is an instrumental rock song composed by David Myers. Myers played piano; Peter Hanmer played guitars, other keyboards and bass; and Larry Rose played drums. Peter Hanmer produced and engineered “Take Me Home” at Foxglove Studios in Alberton, in the Gauteng Province of South Africa.
The song begins with a lovely solo piano, with the theme repeated a few times. It builds slowly, augmented with VST synth pads and the Mellotron patches in a Roland JV-2080. After this build, the work’s second section is more rock-oriented, with the theme supported by guitar, bass and drums. The track builds more into a tasteful and melodic guitar solo, followed by an even bigger restatement of the melody before relaxing into a quiet re-intro and finish.
REC’s six monthly Sound Advice bulletins offer great advice:
- On Vocals: Useful advice on recording the best vocals.
- On Guitars: Miked or direct, electric or acoustic, ways to capture great guitar sounds.
- On Drums: Great techniques for recording drums.
- On Mastering & Mixing: Practical mastering topics for at-home users and tips on how to mix better songs.
- On Acoustics: Learn how to make your room sound better.
- On Digital Audio: All about digital and computer audio.
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