New Products
KIT Plugins, Blackbird Studio Team for BB N54 Compressor/Limiter Plug-In
KIT Plugins and Blackbird Studio have collaborated on their new BB N54 Compressor/Limiter Plug-In.
Blackbird Studio
The Wire
Insights In Sound – John McBride, Founder, Blackbird Academy – Part One S16 E8
From live sound to studio recording, John McBride has probably done every job in pro audio at least twice. He’s a non-stop bundle of...
Business
Audio Gear Modeling Demystified, Part 2
Take a peek behind the scenes at how developers simulate, re-create and emulate classic analog gear for modern workflows.
Business
Audio Gear Modeling Demystified, Part 1
Take a peek behind the scenes at how software developers simulate, re-create and emulate classic analog gear for modern workflows.
New Products
Blackbird Studio’s Fairchild 660 and 670 Released as KIT Plug-In
KIT Plugins and Nashville's Blackbird Studio have collaborated on a new emulation plug-in for the legendary Fairchild 660 and 670, based on the studio's...
Blog
Studio Crawl Returns to Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production II
Two new studios added to popular nighttime event in Berry Hill, featuring food and beverage, live music, and hours of curated immersive music listening...
Facilities
Re-Launched Fairchild 670 Nests at Blackbird Studio
John McBride, owner of Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, has acquired one of the first of the newly re-created Fairchild 670 compressor/limiters.
Facilities
Immersive Listening Events Draw Recording Industry Guests
VIP immersive listening events at Nashville’s Blackbird Studios, and Apogee Studio in Santa Monica, drew an intriguing crowd to hear the latest release by...
New Products
Kit Plugins BB A5 — Mix Product of the Week
Kit Plugins' new BB A5 emulates the preamp and EQ sections of API Legacy consoles in Nashville's Blackbird Studios.
Plug-ins
KIT Plugins BB N73 Preamp / EQ — A Mix Real-World Review
KIT Plugins’ latest offering, the BB N73, is modeled off of a dozen vintage 1073s owned by Nashville’s Blackbird Studios
Business
Scavenger Hunt at Mix Nashville — Vintage King, Avid and MBox Giveaways!
Vintage King and Avid have partnered to host a scavenger hunt during the nighttime Studio Crawl at Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Business
Mix Nashville Panel Highlight: Creating Immersive Mixes
Three pros with thousands of spatial music mixes between them will share their insights, tips and more at the Creating Immersive Mixes panel!
Blogs
Blog: Building The ‘Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production’ Event
Tom Kenny shares some of what it takes to put together a breakthrough event like the upcoming Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Business
Mix Nashville: Shani Gandhi, Michael Romanowski Join Speaker Lineup
Recording engineer Shani Gandhi and mastering engineer Michael Romanowski have joined the list of expert panelists at the upcoming Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production...
Business
Mix Nashville: SSL and ATC to Team Up at Starstruck Studios
The exciting offerings at Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production continue to expand as SSL and ATC team up at Starstruck Studios for listening sessions...
Business
Inside Blackbird: Legendary Nashville Studio Grants All-Access Online, Part 2
John McBride offers up an all-access pass to the wide worlds of music, recording and live sound with a little help from his friends
Business
Mix Nashville: Focusrite Pro Goes Immersive at Curb Studios
Focusrite Pro will host expert panel discussions on mixing and mastering spatial music as part of Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production.
Business
Inside Blackbird: Legendary Nashville Studio Grants All-Access Online
John McBride offers up an all-access pass to the wide worlds of music, recording and live sound with a little help from his friends
Business
Breaking: Sennheiser/Neumann & Sony Join Mix Nashville Line-Up
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production event continues to grow with new programming, listening sessions, sponsors and more.
Blog
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Sets Party Agenda
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production will be capped off by an evening that will include food and drinks, a studio crawl, listening sessions and...
Business
More Sponsors Set for Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production
Avid, Vintage King, Grace Design, ADAM Audio and Westlake Pro to Showcase New Products and Offer Expertise at Mix Nashville on May 20.
Business
Mix Nashville: Immersive Music Production Announces First Round of Sponsors
SSL, ATC, Symphonic Acoustics, NTP Technology and Wholegrain Digital Systems sign up early to support all-day music-meets-technology event, to be held May 20 on...
Business
Mix Immersive Music Production Nashville Announced for May!
After a highly successful NYC debut last year, Mix Immersive Music Production returns, moving to Nashville!
Plug-ins
KIT Plugins BB N105 – Another Real-World Review
Producer/composer Rich Tozzoli recently headed to St John, USVI, for his annual recording retreat and brought along KIT Plugins' BB N105; here's what happened.
New Products
Blackbird Studio Releases BB N105 Channel Strip Plugin
Famed Nashville facility, in partnership with KIT Plugins, releases first channel strip emulation of the rare Neve analog console in Studio A.
Blog
Editor’s Note: Welcome 2021, We’ve Been Waiting for You
It’s been a long, long year. Same number of seconds, minutes and hours, yes, but I think we can all agree that it sure...
Music Production
Explosion, Fire Destroys Blue Sprocket Sound Studio
A massive explosion rocked a shopping mall in Harrisonburg, VA on Saturday, Oct. 17, destroying a number of businesses in the ensuing fire, including...
Recording
Studio Showcase: Blackbird Studio Takes Immersive to the Next Level
By Steve Harvey. John McBride, co-founder of Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, explains how and why the facility revamped its Studio C—famously outfitted with 138,646 individual...
2019
Blackbird Debuts Dolby Atmos Music Studio
Top Nashville Facility Adds ATC Monitor System, AVID Control
Featured
Blackbird Debuts Dolby Atmos® Music Studio
Photo Caption: The core group that helped develop Blackbird Studio’s 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos mix/reference room was on hand for opening night, July 17. Front...
Events
A Conversation with Joe Chiccarelli
John McBride Sits Down with “The Artist’s Producer/Engineer”
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