In Resolution this issue
On our summer cover: the 1975’s producer, Mike Crossey, at his new studio in Culver City, California. We interview the co-writer and producer of Ed Sheeran’s breakthrough album ‘+’ – Jake Gosling has guided the careers of a diverse range of artists – we find out how. Two-step pioneer MJ Cole has been a force in dance music for 20 years, we ‘Cut to the Chase’. Loudspeakers are the theme this month, as Philip Newell and professor Keith Holland explain their research – (It’s all about that bass) – and our 4-page guide to new monitoring technology is FREE to download. We review the innovative McDSP APB-16 analogue processor, API’S 2448 console, a new shotgun from Audio-Technica, the 2-monitors-in-one Focal Trio11 BE, and Sennheiser’s new in ear, the IE 500 Pro. Click here to vote for your favourite equipment in the Resolution Awards 2019
Founded in 1999, Sockit Studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was flooded with over three feet of water in August 2016. Most of the equipment was saved, but it was during the rebuilding process that owner and head engineer Devon Kirkpatrick took the opportunity to re-imagine the studio’s look, feel, and work flow. He decided he wanted the best both worlds with an analogue and digital mixer and installed API Audio’s 1608 console: www.resolutionmag.com/news/sockits-pocket-rockit-api-1608-ii/
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The National Youth Choirs of Great Britainr have opened the Young Composers Scheme for the second year running, and is now inviting composers aged between 18 and 29 to apply. The scheme is run in partnership with NMC Recordings and offers four composers a fully funded year-long programme of support in the early stages of their careers. The programme includes mentoring, residential courses, workshops, performance showcases and opportunities to write for NYCGB’s choirs. www.nycgb.org.uk/young-composers-scheme-introduction
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NYCGB Young Composer Scheme 2019/20 – Now Open Run in partnership with Digital Partner NMC Recordings9 hours ago
In our current issue we have the first review of McDSP's new APB-16 analogue processor. An innovative, single cable send-return, 16-channel "analogue dynamics controlled from DAW" box. What does it actually sound like? McDSP have produced a series of videos to showcase the various compressor/limiter/saturation devices available www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMmWH_Ll3vU
Read our print review here: www.resolutionmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/McDSP_APB-16_Resolution-V18.4.pdf
3 days ago
The Woodstock tapes: producer Andy Zax and audio engineer Brian Kehew delved into the Warner Music Vault in Los Angeles to create a 36-hour opus chronicling the legendary music festival: "Woodstock 50: Back to the Garden." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDMavvhlQe4
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4 days ago
50 years ago today, around 400,000 people gathered at Woodstock – the prototype for music festivals. Farmer Max Yasgur, who owned the site, regarded the event as a victory of peace and love (according to the book 'Barefoot in Babylon'). "If we join them, we can turn those adversities that are the problems of America today into a hope for a brighter and more peaceful future ... " No instagram pictures were taken, but official photographer Elliott Landy was there with 80 rolls of film www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhvE8fHUUig
4 days ago
Plugin Alliance goes subscription: the new MEGA Bundle offers an impressive collection of 100+ plugins from 28 Alliance brands including Solid State Logic (SSL), Ampeg, Brainworx Audio Plugins, Focusrite and many more. The PA MEGA Bundle is now available for $24.99 per month. Read more: www.resolutionmag.com/news/plugin-alliance-new-monthly-subscription-plug-in-bundle/
5 days ago
Ola Onabulé – capturing the spirit
As part of our continuing series profiling musicians, Resolution discovers how a talented singer set about recording his new album. British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé has more than 20 years’ experience behind him. He has performed at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals – Montreal, Vancouver, San Sebastian, Istanbul, Washington and Umbria to name a few […]
Genelec Atmos monitoring for Fox Networks Group Italy
Creating a world-class multi-room postproduction facility in the heart of historic Rome would be a challenge at the best of times. It needed to be built to the latest Dolby standards… before they had even been finalised. Fortunately for the combined teams of Studio Sound Service and Proaudio Construction who were faced with this situation […]
Audinate releases Dante Controller with Dante updater feature
Dante Updater is a new feature that makes it easy to update firmware in Dante devices. As odd as it may seem to celebrate an “update to update”, as AoIP networks become more complex, controller software to make sure network devices support the latest functionality is essential. This type of hardware maintenance is already commonplace […]
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