In Resolution this month…
Sylvia Massy’s credits include Tool, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers and System of a Down – Massy has now added educator, book author and illustrator to her skills – shotguns, sledgehammers and audio filters made of cheese all feature on her recordings. Dean James Barratt explains why he prefers mixing on hardware and turns his screen off, and Italian hardcore producer Maxx Monopoli shows us round his unique SonicFab facility in Milan. We review the Sontronics Apollo 2 and RØDE NT-SF1 Soundfield microphones, Arturia’s feature-packed Audiofuse interface and Eventide’s Anthology XI plug-in bundle. We profile a fantastic orchestral comparative listening project featuring 26 DPA 4006 and 15 orchestral instruments recorded with 14 stereo pairs, plus our six-page Microphone round-up is FREE to download
Grey Noise Studios has installed a AMS Neve Genesys Black G32 as the centrepiece of its state-of-the-art studio, located in the heart of Times Square. The impressive facility (once part of the famous QUAD studios) boasts two recording studios and three production suites including the largest live room in New York City. Full story: www.resolutionmag.com/news/greynoise-nyc-go-for-black-g32-neve/
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The Music Producers Guild - MPG will honour internationally acclaimed British producer Hugh Padgham at its 2019 Awards ceremony, by presenting him with its PPL Presents The MPG Award For Outstanding Contribution To UK Music. We are making some of our archive content available for FREE, read our interview with Hugh Padgham here: www.resolutionmag.com/wp-content/themes/resolution/js/ViewerJS/#https://www.resolutionmag.com/wp-...
2 days ago
Stage Tec has upgraded two of Flemish broadcaster VRT NWS’s OB trucks with powerful RMDQ audio DSP units. The HD01 and HD02 outside broadcast vans were each equipped with six DSP boards in their NEXUS STAR routers. Read the full story here: www.resolutionmag.com/news/vrt-ob-vans-keep-on-trucking-with-stage-tec/
3 days ago
That van looks familiar. 🙂 But not only in use for news coverage though. (VRT NWS is news coverage, VRT is the broadcaster.)
Some North American Universities are now as well – or better – equipped than commercial recording facilities. Canada’s MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta are confident their students will benefit from a benchmark experience, recording with their API Audio 32 channel Legacy Plus console in the university’s brand new recording studio space. www.resolutionmag.com/news/apis-legacy-is-a-plus-for-macewan-university-canada/
4 days ago
Steinberg continue to develop their Dorico scoring software at a cracking speed. The core team includes developers behind the original Sibelius scoring software, and the way Dorico is evolving mirrors the evolution of music notation software from 'step by rest input' to a model more suited to modern media composers. MIDI recording and controller automation – and much more – have been added in the recent "point two" release www.resolutionmag.com/news/steinberg-dorico-2-2-adds-midi-recording/
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Grace Design built their reputation with the 801 mic preamplifier: an affordable, high quality mic pre with a musical sounding ‘transimpedance’ (current feedback) gain stage. Now for the 21st century update – the m801 Mk2 www.resolutionmag.com/news/grace-design-m801-updated-to-mk2-version/
5 days ago
RCF group announces the acquisition of DPA microphones
RCF Group today announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of DPA Microphones A/S (“DPA”) from The Riverside Company. DPA, based in Allerod, Denmark, is well known to Resolution readers for high-end professional audio microphones for live, broadcast, theatre and studio recording applications. RCF Group, with Headquarters in Italy and branches in the USA […]
Steinberg Dorico 2.2 adds MIDI recording
Dorico 2 now includes real-time MIDI recording, an overhauled MIDI transcription engine, new features for media musicians and jazz, and dozens of other improvements across the whole application. Dorico 2.0 introduced a suite of features aimed at helping composers, orchestrators, and copyists working in media music for film, TV, and games, including support for composing […]
API Legacy is a ‘Plus’ for MacEwan University
Canada’s MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta are confident their students will benefit from a benchmark experience, recording with their API 32 channel Legacy Plus console in the university’s brand new recording studio space. Designed by David Kotch of Criterion Acoustics, the studio boasts top notch studio gear, which MacEwan sought in establishing an unparalleled recording […]
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