Build Your Own Spring Reverb
by Scott Hampton
I have been a big fan of spring and plate reverbs for decades, and over the past three years I have spent a significant amount of time diving into the wormhole of designing and building them,...
interviews
We talk at length with record-makers about how they make records.
Juana Molina: All the Way to Halo - Process and Loops
by Geoff Stanfield
A major star in her native land, via her successful acting and music careers, Argentina’s Juana Molina should be a household name in the rest of the world. In 2000 a friend passed along a copy...
Thomas Dolby: Breaking the Barriers
by Larry Crane
I read Thomas Dolby’s recent autobiography, The Speed of Sound: Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology: A Memoir, and wanted to learn more about his recording life and thoughts. See...
Glenn Berger (Bonus): “Never Say No to a Rock Star”
by Larry Crane
As a young man, Glenn Berger got the break of a lifetime working under Phil Ramone [Tape Op #50] as an engineer at A&R Recording in New York in the early ‘70s. After 20 years of studio work...
Rod Argent: A 50 Year Odyssey - The Zombies Odessey and Oracle
by Larry Crane
This year, 2017, marks the 50th anniversary of the recording of The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle, a record virtually ignored when it was released, yet now considered a classic of the late...
Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad: Scoring Luke Cage and Beyond
by Geoff Stanfield
Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad are established artists and producers in their own right, and each have contributed to an enviable stack of recording projects including A Tribe Called Quest, J...
Gus Seyffert: Norah Jones, Beck, Michael Kiwanuka
by Geoff Stanfield
Gus Seyffert may not be a household name, but his behind the scenes involvement would make you scratch your head and wonder why. From playing live and/or in session with The Black Keys, Norah Jones,...
Justin Cortelyou: Bob Ezrin, Phish, Alice Cooper
by Larry Crane
Ending up in Nashville after growing up in Pennsylvania, Justin Cortelyou has carved out a solid career as an engineer working under studio legends like Bob Ezrin Tape Op #31], Mike Shipley [#118],...
Mike Shipley: Def Leppard and Mutt Lange w/ Thomas Dolby and Corky Cortelyou
by Jake Brown, Larry Crane
Unfortunately Mike Shipley passed away far too soon in 2013, but we are honored to present his final print interview from that year courtesy of our contributor Jake Brown. -LC "Mutt's whole thing...
Stuart Staples: From Kitchen to Barn with Tindersticks
by John Phillips
Tindersticks' recording journey began over two decades ago, in a kitchen in Kilburn, London, where the band made demo recordings for their debut album (by the same name). These days the band's...
Learning Frequencies
by Aaron Mullan
I've been a devoted studio rat for years, but I've also toured doing live sound and, increasingly, I've found myself working in postproduction audio. For me, all of those experiences inform the other....
Andrew Roberts: Behind The Gear at Purple Audio
by Andy Hong
While motorcycling through the Appalachian Mountains, on my way to the 2015 Summer NAMM show in Nashville, I made an overnight stop in Jim Thorpe, PA, one of the most beautiful towns in the U.S.,...