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Posted on: Saturday 23rd of July 2022

German studio specialist Neumann.Berlin and Swiss company Merging Technologies – one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-resolution digital audio recording systems – will now be working together under the umbrella of the Sennheiser group. Sennheiser has taken over the shares of Merging Technologies entirely. With this step, Neumann.Berlin plan to  enlarge its range of […]

Posted on: Saturday 23rd of July 2022

London-based Twickenham Film Studios (TFS), world class home to filmed entertainment since the silent era, performed the final sound mix for Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick working in collaboration with Skywalker Sound. The mix was facilitated against the odds in the height of the global pandemic and proved the template for major productions to […]

Posted on: Saturday 23rd of July 2022

La Casamurada studio in Penedès, Spain, has expanded its monitoring capabilities with a pair of Genelec The Ones 8361 three-way coaxial monitors. The residential studio has built its reputation on delivering a unique experience for artists that draws on all the acoustic benefits of its historic location, while also offering a thoroughly modern technical environment. […]

Posted on: Saturday 23rd of July 2022

Antelope Audio has introduced a major addition to the functionality set of the Galaxy 32 Synergy Core [review Resolution V21.6] surround and immersive audio monitoring control and speaker calibration functionality. This addition to the flagship interface allows its users to configure and control a surround/immersive monitoring setup of up to 16 channels, or 9.1.6 Dolby Atmos. […]

Posted on: Thursday 21st of July 2022

Lectrosonics announced the introduction of the DSR and DSR5P dual-channel and DSR4 quad-channel digital slot receivers. The new receivers are compatible with all the current Lectrosonics mono and stereo digital transmitters and are backward compatible with any of the Digital Hybrid Wireless® transmitters made in the past 20 years. The DSR and DSR5P receivers provide two […]

Posted on: Wednesday 20th of July 2022

Have Warm Audio saved the best until last? WA‑CX12 is a large-diaphragm tube condenser based on one of the world’s most sought-after microphones, the AKG C12. [A version of which, the C12 VR, is still available from the Harman-owned AKG brand for $6,989]. “The C12, a valve operated condenser, was a marvellous mic”, said Beatles-producer George Martin. […]

Posted on: Tuesday 19th of July 2022

Expanding on its 30-year relationship with Calrec to satisfy its complex audio needs, OB and technical services provider EMG UK has turned to the company to equip its latest Remote Operations Centre (ROC) in Stratford, London. The installation means that EMG UK continues to use Calrec equipment in all of its UK-based outside broadcast work. […]

Posted on: Tuesday 19th of July 2022

Production sound mixer Jeff McLain’s Lectrosonics wireless kit consists of three dual-channel SRc Digital Hybrid Wireless receivers, SMWB wideband, LT, and LMb transmitters. He spoke about how Lectrosonics stood up to the rigours of one of the harshest environments he’s worked in — a minerals mine nine stories underground — and other productions. “This was for […]

Posted on: Tuesday 19th of July 2022

Music Row veteran Bil VornDick died on Tuesday (July 5) at age 72, less than a week after he’d been diagnosed with cancer. He was a producer/engineer who was renowned for his recording-studio skills, particularly in folk, bluegrass, Americana and acoustic-music circles. VornDick worked on albums that earned more than 40 Grammy nominations and nine […]

Posted on: Tuesday 19th of July 2022

New storage engines combine with Avid NEXIS | VFS virtual file system and Avid NEXIS | FLEX subscriptions “empowering teams to quickly adapt to the changing needs of today’s media production landscape”. On 12th July the Pro Tools-maker unveiled the next generation of its patented Avid NEXIS® shared storage solutions with the Avid NEXIS F-series […]