2019
Classic Tracks: Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Was Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” really an example of 1980s audio excess? Here's how the #1 hit was built.
Frank Filipetti
Business
METalliance to Host “In Session” Event at Power Station New England
Award-winning engineer/producers Elliot Scheiner, Frank Filipetti and Niko Bolas to cover tracking a live act, mixing in stereo and immersive, and much more on...
The Wire
METalliance Seven Lifetimes Recording Guide TEC Award Finalist Includes Chapters from the Legendary, Late Al Schmitt and Ed Cherney
METalliance Seven Lifetimes Recording Guide TEC Award Finalist Includes Chapters from the Legendary, Late Al Schmitt and Ed Cherney The METalliance book “Recording and...
Music Production
METAlliance Perches at Blackbird Studio
When the METAlliance held one of its legendary two-day recording retreats at Nashville's Blackbird Studios in January, Mix was there to take it all...
The Wire
METalliance Celebrates Nashville Blackbird Bonanza
The METalliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is celebrating another wildly successful “In Session” weekend of live tracking and mixing January 28 & 29...
The Wire
“Bonzai Beat” Features Frank Filipetti on NAMM’s Playback Blog
In the latest episode of the Bonzai Beat, Mr. Bonzai connects with producer, engineer, and mixer Frank Filipetti to discuss his collaborations and projects,...
Business
Sylvia Massy and Jimmy Douglass Join METAlliance
The METAlliance (Music Engineering & Technology Alliance) has welcomed two new members to its ranks, with Sylvia Massy and Jimmy Douglass.
The Wire
Save Your Spot Now: METAlliance “In Session” Nashville January 2023
Save Your Spot Now: METAlliance “In Session” Nashville January 2023 The METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technology Alliance) is presenting an immersive “In Session” event,...
Business
METAlliance Returns with Drum Recording/Mixing Workshop at AES 2022
The METAlliance—recording legends Chuck Ainlay, Niko Bolas, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, and Elliot Scheiner—will present a free one-hour workshop on drum recording and mixing...
The Wire
METAlliance Presents Drum Recording & Mixing Workshop at AES 2022
The METAlliance (Music Engineering and Technical Alliance) is presenting a special one-hour workshop at AES 2022 in NYC. This event is free for those...
Recording
Ed Cherney: Recalling An Engineering Great
As the late engineer Ed Cherney is honored by the Grammys this weekend with a posthumous Trustee Award, his fellow METAlliance members look back...
Blog
The METAlliance Report – The METAlliance on Miking
It’s the Chat of the Titans as legendary Grammy-winning engineers Al Schmitt and Frank Filipetti compare opinions and practices on making the most of...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Sound Aesthetics – It’s Written in Stone
Multiple GRAMMY winner Frank Filipetti uses a rock-solid analogy to look at the different approaches to sound design.
Business
dCS Expands Legends Award
The dCS (Data Conversion Systems, Ltd.) Legends Award campaign, which began last year, has been expanded to highlight more engineering legends.
Business
Recording All-Stars Welcome Niko Bolas to METAlliance
Chuck Ainlay, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt have named producer/engineer Niko Bolas as a new member of the METAlliance.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: METAlliance on Lockdown
Chuck Ainlay shares the surprising ways he and fellow recording legends Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Frank Filipetti and George Massenburg are making the most...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Grid Versus Groove
The art of recording multiple instruments together in a room is becoming a dying art.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: How to Choose Your Next Studio Monitors
The legendary pros of the METAlliance—Ed Cherney, Chuck Ainlay, Al Schmitt, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Frank Filipetti—share their wide-ranging views about how to...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Make the Most of Your Room
By Frank Filipetti. These days, any space can suddenly become a recording studio. If you’re working in an up-and-coming facility also known as the...
Blog
The METAlliance Report: Walk the Room
Multiple Grammy-winner Frank Filipetti explains why engineers starting to work in a studio for the first time should instead take a walk—around the room.
Blog
Who Is the METAlliance?
METAlliance members have made the music you know by heart; find out who they are and why they're sharing their engineering knowledge.
Blog
The METAlliance Report: How to Choose the Right Microphone
Recording legends Frank Filipetti and George Massenburg explain how to accurately test for and choose the right microphone.
Music Production
METAlliance Sets 2019 ‘In Session’ Event
Pros plan immersive recording workshop for February, 2019
Music, Etc
Music, Etc.: Al Di Meola, ‘Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody’
It has been five years since we have had a new studio album from one of the greatest jazz visionaries of our time, guitarist...
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