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My Summer Job : With Rob Seifert Gage

by Rob Seifert Gage

Dr. David Berners : Behind The Gear with Universal Audio

by Matt Allison

In 1999 Universal Audio, the company founded by the esteemed Bill Putnam Sr., was re-launched by his sons, Bill Jr. and Jim Putnam [Tape Op #24]. In addition to re-creating some of the classic...

Joe & Mike Tarsia : Sigma and The Sound of Philadelphia

by Jerry Jensen

Elbow: Band Member and Producer Craig Potter

by Jason Reed

Elbow is one of those rare bands that seems able to do everything well. If I didn't love their work so much, I might even despise them for it. The perfect blend of abstract textural elements and...

Eric Welsh : Recording Live Concerts on the Road

by Larry Crane

Eric Welsh has some crazy road stories to tell. He was initially in on the ground floor of DiscLive, a service that provided live concert CDs at the venue — immediately post gig, no less. He...

Paul Orofino : and Millbrook Sound Studios

by Larry DeVivo

I've known Paul Orofino for over a dozen years now. I first met him when I moved back to New York State and a friend of mine was doing a project at his Millbrook Sound Studio. At the time I didn't...

Tommy Wiggins : Teaching, Tracking and Tunes

by Chris Mara

Tommy Wiggins is one of the most versatile and infinitely cool people I've come to know. He started the recording school that I attended; and taught many of the classes I took while I was there....

Mastering Focus : With Arnie Acosta, Jeff Carroll and Chris Stamey

by Arnie Acosta, Jeff Carroll, Chris Stamey

So, you've finished mixing the last track for an upcoming CD, vinyl and/or Internet release. What's the next step? Some sort of mastering process will need to take place (though in the case of CDs,...

Steve Massey : Behind The Gear with Massey Plugins

by Thaddeus Moore

How many hours have we all sat staring at the GUI [graphical user interface] of our plug-ins and rarely, if never, thought about the people behind the math, form and function of these amazing...

Arnie Acosta

by Sasha Zand

Arnie Acosta is a man who always plays an integral part when and where his efforts are put to use. He was established as a part of the hit factory that was A&M Records in the label's heyday,...

Tom Bugs

by A. B. Daniels

Soon after finishing a technical engineering degree, Tom Bugs completed and sold his first batch of Weevils. While working out how to give life to what would become BugBrand, Tom helped out at the...

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