In the latest installment of Input|Output, Geoff and Eli put the Universal Audio Apollo up against a world-class studio with vintage Neve 8068 console and classic Studer 827 tape machine, to see if the two could possibly compare.
Click here to download our entire episode, including audio samples and our analysis, on SonicScoop.
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Sometime in early 2008, Ethan Diamond, co-founder of the webmail service that would later become Yahoo! Mail, tried to legally download his favorite band’s new album, and failed miserably.
Pages loaded at a glacial pace and...
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Who is Giorgio Moroder? The name may seem vaguely familiar, but it doesn’t stick. He makes jeans, no wait, fragrances, right? (If you guessed luxury sports cars, you’d at least be half-right.)
Moroder is a producer and...
For one reason or another, whether it’s for culture, commerce or community, people all around the world have huddled closer to one another with every passing year.
In 1900, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in and around urban areas. By the year 2000, that portion had nearly...
Want to take Scientist with you on the go, but hate walking into lamp posts? Like words, but think reading is for four-eyes? We have you covered. This month we’re happy to announce that Trust Me, I’m a Scientist is launching an all-new podcast series in conjunction with...
Our speakers are our only tangible link to our recorded music. As such, they’re more important than any element of our signal chain outside our hearts and minds. They filter what we hear, what we don’t, and in what proportions.
For casual listeners, choosing speakers is...
This is a guest post by musician and writer Jay Sherman-Godfrey.
As long as I’ve been a musician, I’ve enjoyed reading about music almost as much as I’ve enjoyed making it.
My bookshelf and record collection have grown together, one informing the other, and...
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Having lived in South Africa for a couple of years as a teenager, my memory of mid-90s culture can diverge wildly from that of my friends. Thanks to a steady diet of the European versions of VH1 and MTV, I’m clueless in...
This is a post by associate editor Blake Madden.
Single-name monikers are usually reserved for larger-than-life personalities. British producer Flood however, keeps a low, almost anonymous profile. It’s his work that gets all the hype.
Since his first noteworthy...
This is a guest post by engineer, sound designer and producer, Gavin Skal.
As an engineer who has grown up in the DAW age, I’m accustomed to hearing the sage advice to “Mix with your ears, not your eyes.” It’s a good rule to work by, but in the world of Pro...