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If You Had Sonar, Life Would Be A Cakewalk

By Big Al on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 | No Comments

Cakewalk has announced that the SONAR V-Studio 100 is shipping. This is another interesting piece of kit that’s following the trend of marrying software DAWs and hardware for recording away from your computer. While not as low in price as the new Zoom (at $399) this one is still not bad for $699. Here’s a [...]

“Begun, The Loudness War Has.”

By Big Al on Monday, June 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Okay, so technically the Loudness War began a looooong time ago. I was recently interviewed for a featured article on this because of my connection with TurnMeUp.org. More on that in a moment. If this whole “Loudness War” thing is unfamiliar to you, here’s the quick and dirty from Wikipedia: “The loudness war (or loudness [...]

The Wilhelm Scream – Audio Post History & My Tiny Place In It

By Big Al on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 | No Comments

First, I’d like to thank DeFacto Sound for reminding me of this fine piece of industry history! One sound effect that has found a following with many sound editors and observant movie fans is a distinctive scream named Wilhelm. In 1951, the Warner Bros. film “Distant Drums” directed by Raoul Walsh starred Gary Cooper as [...]

Be A Fly On The Wall During A Studio Session

By Big Al on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 | No Comments

This is a very cool video from inside the control room of a pro studio. It also shows some interesting mic placements for recording a singer and an acoustic guitar at the same time, capturing a complete performance. In the video singer/songwriter Gavin DeGraw tracks an acoustic version of “In Love with a Girl” at [...]

Music – Is There Anything It CAN’T do?!

By Big Al on Friday, June 26th, 2009 | No Comments

There has long been a recognized connection between listening to music and your mental state, which can obviously reflect on how you feel physically. But, this is taking it to a new level. Talk about getting your groove on! Could this mean that we can write off gear purchases as a medical expense? Here are [...]