By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 07/02/2003

As a long-time Randy Bachman fan, I wanted to know more about how he gets his signature guitar sound. Randy is a nice...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 05/01/2003

Grover C. “Jeep” Harned, the founder of MCI Electronics — a manufacturer of studio consoles and recorders during the 1970s and 1980s — died...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 05/01/2002

David Blackmer, the founder of dbx and president of Earthworks Audio, passed away on March 21, 2002, at his home in Wilton, N.H. A...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 03/01/2002

Old news: 192 kHz is here. Actually, there's nothing new about 192kHz recording; I made my first 192kHz recording four years ago, using a...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 02/01/2002

The Internet is a wonderful resource for audio pros, offering immediate access to product information via downloadable brochures, troubleshooting FAQs

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 01/01/2002

Twenty-five years ago, singer/voice-over artist Penny Riker and musician/engineer David Schwartz looked out over the San Francisco Bay Area and saw that

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 12/14/2001

At an exclusive, press-only event on December 13, Digidesign showed off its new headquarters at 2001 Junipero Serra Boulevard, Daly City, CA 94014--just

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 12/01/2001

There's no denying that the past couple of months have been strange. Since September 11, the nation has been gripped by the fear of...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 10/01/2001

Working in audio can be tricky, especially when you're with a client who knows just enough about technology or to be dangerous. And when...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 09/01/2001

Economists have an old joke about defining the difference between a recession and a depression. If someone else gets downsized, sacked, canned or laid

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

A couple years ago, after reviewing almost every pop filter on the market, I swore I'd never review another one today, there are way...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

Chet Atkins, who, as an artist and as head of RCA Records in Nashville for almost 20 years, was a major force in defining...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

Audio reference discs are nothing new, but when somebody creates a DVD with audio tones in 5.1 surround format, you gotta take notice. Produced...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 08/01/2001

Certain events linger in the mind as though they occurred yesterday. I may not recall where I had lunch last Tuesday, but global shocks...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 07/01/2001

Most of us consider ourselves pretty street-smart. We're wary of scams and con artists. Few of us really think we're gonna win that sidewalk...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 06/01/2001

It's ironic, but for all of the time many of us spend creating audio, we spend very little time listening. Sure, we hear things...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 05/01/2001

As we went to press, iZ Technology was shipping its new RADAR 24 software Version 3.06, and the company had just announced Version 3.10,...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 05/01/2001

In keeping with its commitment to support the sizeable user base of owners of earlier RADAR systems, iZ now offers free downloads of Version...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 05/01/2001

CEDAR is no stranger to audio restoration tools. The company is known for its cutting-edge, PC-based systems and plug-ins for studio workstations, as

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 04/01/2001

Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics (B.L.U.E.) is now shipping its Kiwi multipattern studio condenser mic. B.L.U.E.'s top-of-the-line, solid-state microphone,

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 03/01/2001

A year ago, Danish signal processing specialists TC Electronic joined up with Canadian IVL Technologies Ltd. to announce the formation of TC Helicon Vocal

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 12/01/2000

It's been a long time coming, but DVD-Audio is finally here. DVD-A players have been dribbling into U.S. stores for months, and (reportedly) the...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 12/01/2000

Most of us live in a world surrounded by digital converters. They're everywhere - in digital consoles, DAWs, MDMs, DASH decks, DATs and in...

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 12/01/2000

BI-AMPLIFIED NEAR-FIELD STUDIO MONITOR Introduced more than 20 years ago, Yamaha's NS-10M (later upgraded to the NS-10M Studio) is a standard item in

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 11/01/2000

INNOVATION IN EDUCATION Perhaps it's a natural progression, but a sizable percentage of people working in audio began their sonic journeys with musical

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 10/01/2000

Digital Converters ADC DA 4050 4-Channel SRC Single module compatible with NV4000 Series rack frames, two 2-channel AES inputs and outputs, 20-bit resolution.

By George Petersen ⋅ Published: 10/01/2000

25 YEARS OF INNOVATION AT NEUTRIK In 1975, Bernard Weingartner founded Neutrik with two employees in a barn in Liechtenstein - a small country...