Blog
A Few of My Favorite Things
By Tom Kenny. The editor of Mix editor shares “a few of his favorite things” at this year’s AES
New York City
Recording
WAMCon New York Sells Out
Women’s Audio Mission is readying WAMCon New York for mid-October.
Live Sound
Live Sound Showcase: Vampire Weekend Goes 360° at MSG
By Larry Jaffee. The New York indie rockers are on the road this fall, and a stop at their hometown arena, Madison Square Garden,...
Business
NYC Mayor’s Office Announces Grants for Women in Music
By Steve Harvey. Music producers, engineers, composers and musicians who identify as women will now be included in NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music...
Music Production
PMC Opens Demo Facilities in NYC, LA
PMC’s new studios will be creative hubs as well as demo spaces.
Live Sound
Björk Uses d&b Soundscape to Unleash Cornucopia
By Clive Young. The performance was one of the first inside New York City’s $475 million venue, The Shed.
Live Sound
Roots Rock Met’s “Play It Loud” Exhibit with Frost, Martin
Kicking off the new “Play It Loud” exhibit still meant staying under 95 dB.
Blog
On Adopting Technology
By Clive Young. The process of getting to tomorrow’s technologies and standards is usually messy, with wrong yet logical turns and, conversely, insightful leaps...
Live Sound
Masque Sound Takes On Lehmann Trilogy
Epic play gets the immersive audio treatment for New York premiere.
Recording
Harry Hirsch, Recording Entrepreneur, Dead at 89
A mainstay of the New York City recording scene, Hirsch was an influential part of the AES's Historical Committee.
Live Sound
Future-Proofing SummerStage in Central Park
By Clive Young. The 5,500-capacity outdoor venue in NYC is often overlooked, but it hosts 190,000 people every year for 50-plus productions, plus ABC’s...
Classic-Tracks
Classic Tracks: Blondie’s “Denis”
Blondie included “Denis” on the album "Plastic Letters," the second LP the band made in Plaza Sound, New York City, with Richard Gottehrer and...
Blog
The Next Wave of Urban Studios Is Not Quite What You’d Expect
By Clive Young. Recording studios have been disappearing from major cities for years; now an unexpected trend may be changing that.
Live Sound
Sounding Out The Revitalized United Palace
A new PA system is making the most of a vibrant 1920s movie palace-turned-concert venue in New York City.
Music Production
Sound On Sound Eschews NYC for New Jersey
By Steve Harvey. After 30 years of owning studios in Manhattan, resilient recorder Dave Amlen had to close MSR (formerly Right Track) in Times...
Live Sound
DAS Dials in Ulysses’ Folk House NYC
Canal Sound & Light updated the house audio system at Ulysses Folk House with Vantec Series loudspeakers from DAS Audio.
Festival Profile
A Dynamic Food Festival in NYC
Dynamic Productions fielded DAS Aero line array enclosures and powered subwoofers for the New York City Wine and Food Festival at Pier 92.
Blog
The Sound Company at Ground Zero on 9/11
When the Twin Towers came down on September 11, 2001, one sound company was particularly affected: RSA Audio of Edgewood, NY, which had been...
Close