Peter Swann built his first console as a high school student in 1980, and has been passionate about the art of audio ever since. After 20 years of studio ownership in the analog and digital worlds, he found himself still searching for devices that could create the tone he craved.
Posted: Sunday, May 13, 2018
Wolfgang Klippel studied electrical engineering at the University of Technology in Dresden, in
Posted: Saturday, May 12, 2018
We love analog and we love digital. We also recognise that there are things you can’t do in the analog domain and understand that focus is key. You will not find us creating analog imitations. There are other companies that do this very well. We want to solely focus on tools that use the strength of digital to shape and improve sound.
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018
UVI is a Paris, France based developer of sounds and software for professional audio production. Over the past two decades UVI has released an extensive catalog of instruments and applications, winning numerous industry awards and accolades. As a key technology partner UVI has worked with many companies to enable groundbreaking software instruments with the innovative UVI Engine™.
Posted: Thursday, May 10, 2018
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. We are the leading publisher in media technology, providing engaging, and practical content, and tools to help you excel in fields including Audio Engineering, Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Editing, MIDI, Music Business, Dance, DJing, and more. For further details visit www.routledge.com/audio
Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik strives for absolute perfection. By offering historic recreations of classic microphones alongside our own proprietary designs based around the distinctive tube mic sound, we have established a product line that perfectly blends vintage style and sound with the reliability of a modern-day microphone. Our commitment to both the sonic excellence and quality of all of our products is rivaled only by our dedication to provide the BEST possible service to each and every one of our customers.
Posted: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
RAISIN TOAST RECORDS is a new model for a record label dedicated to citizenship in Detroit founded by a team of musicians and innovators from the University of Michigan.
They seek to empower musicians in Detroit’s artistic community by providing them with the human resources, equipment and support needed to create a quality musical product. In order to accomplish this, a group of talented and diversely skillful innovators will collaborate in a multi-functional way within Raisin Toast. This interdisciplinary team will support the top-to-bottom process of creating music and building a career as an artist by providing services ranging from repairing and building instruments to recording and mixing and even artist development and talent booking.
Posted: Monday, May 7, 2018
Jonas has been with MathWorks since 2009. He holds a M.Sc. in information technology and a Technical licentiate in signal processing from Uppsala University. Since joining MathWorks Jonas has worked as a technical expert in the area of signal processing and communication, embedded design and FPGA implementation. Before joining Mathworks Jonas co-founded the Swedish company Dirac Research AB in 2001 where he held different positions in R&D until 2008 when he became the Brand Manager of the company. Dirac Research develop, market and license quality improving products for audio reproduction systems.
Posted: Sunday, May 6, 2018
Dave Hill is once again a Judge for the Student Design Competition
Forward Thinking Audio Gear from Crane Song and Dave Hill Designs.
Crane Song Ltd. is about designing and building the highest quality audio hardware and software possible. The products include A/D and D/A converters, Equalizers, Preamps, Compressors, Monitor Controllers, and plug-ins for PT. The designs range from discrete class A electronics to dsp.
The Philosophy is to make musically sounding gear and plug-ins that solve problems in the recording environment. The products very flexible, by changing a control the sound of the device can go from very clean to very colored while remaining musical. In 2011 Dave Hill Designs was lunched to provide products that are digitally controlled analog, DHD follows the same philosophy of building the highest quality musical signal processing devices possible.
Some designs for other companies include Avid’s HEAT plug-in, ATR Service Company’s variable speed control and the ARIA discrete record - play tape machine electronics. In addition there is on-going design work for several other companies, both the US and the UK. New designs for both Crane Song and Dave Hill Designs are always being worked on. Plus research into clocking, jitter and digital control of analog audio.
Posted: Saturday, May 5, 2018
Meet Merging, the company that brought the incredible DAW Pyramix into the industry, and one of our sponsors for the student recording competition!
Merging Technologies is the world’s foremost manufacturer of high-resolution digital audio recording systems. The list of customers reads like a who’s who in the recording industry and recordings made with Merging Technologies’ systems regularly receive the recording industry’s prestigious Grammy® Award.
The company was founded in 1990 in Chexbres, Switzerland by Claude Cellier; an electronics graduate of the Institute of Technology in Lausanne Prior to this, Claude worked for the famous Swiss audio maker Nagra Kudelski for 10 years. Within a short time of its founding, Merging quickly established a reputation for their expertise in digital signal processing and associated hardware, and with their Pyramix Virtual Studio, was one of the first companies to produce a DSD recording system.
In 2007, Claude Cellier was presented with the Audio Engineering Society Fellowship Award for outstanding contributions to the development of high-performance, high-resolution audio workstations. Merging Technologies currently has over 20 employees with offices in Switzerland and the UK.
Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018
