With its flagship studio in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbourhood, String & Can has become a trusted name in audio postproduction, specialising in Dolby Atmos mixing. At its heart are Genelec monitors, chosen for their precision, reliability and consistency across Atmos, 5.1 surround and stereo formats.
Alibaba’s Hujing Digital Media & Entertainment Group Studios has opened a new A/V production studio at the company’s Beijing…
The UK leg of the tour Level 42’s 40th anniversary tour in support of their The World Machine breakthrough album has been extended to…
Kicking off in San José, Costa Rica in 2022 and taking a hiatus following a ten-date residency at London’s Wembley Stadium to concluded…
Veteran engineer, mixer, producer and musician Jim Roberts and his wife and business partner, Marie, have launched their new music…
Having hosted the Organic Doom show for Kirklees Year of Music in 2023, the 2025 Organic Metal: Two Worlds Collide project was not the first time the Huddersfield Town Hall’s pipe organ has been used for a metal concert.
And with Plague of Angels returning in May 2026, it will not be the last.
Screening nationwide in the UK with plans to screen globally, Rhino documentary is the latest documentary from UK filmmaker Tom Martienssen, narrated by Tom Hardy and described by independently-run film website Back To The Movies as ‘hard hitting and beautifully shot’. From the rumbles of rhino calls to the rustling of the grasslands, the film’s soundscape is as critical to the narrative as its visuals.
Before a Bundesliga – German league football – match is broadcast, sound engineer Ecki Kehrer and sound technician Daniel Kersten from production company TopVision go into action preparing pitch microphones and wireless systems to bring the excitement of a live match into TV and streaming audience’s living rooms. New to the game is Sennheiser’s recent signing, the MKH 8018 stereo shotgun microphone.
Neat Audio has established itself as an industry leader in through its exceptional customer service and to providing the suitable tools for any applications. With DirectOut at the heart of their playback redundancy engines, the company is looking forward to build on its present place in high-profile stadium and arena tours with artists such as Twenty One Pilots, Ariana Grande, Cardi B and Post Malone.
With his signature blend of dry wit, pop culture acuity and storytelling savvy, Colby Elliott serves up something original in Geekery and Wine: The First Case, an immersive audiobook, where memoir meets fandom and every bottle tells a story. ‘The audiobook as a whole ended up being this tapestry of stories,’ he says. ‘Mostly, I think we all belong in each other’s stories, collaborating and trying to make the world a little better.’
When Olivier Cussac received word that Studio Condorcet – a recording facility near the centre of Toulouse founded in the 1970s, and that he had owned since 2007 – was scheduled for demolition as part of an urban renewal project, he stepped in to save it. This year has seen it reborn in with a Harrison 32Classic 32-channel analogue console as the first of several planned spaces at a new location just outside Toulouse.
Composer/producers Starr Parodi and Jeff Fair have found renewed momentum after losing their home and studio in the recent LA wildfire, after Focusrite and Adam Audio stepped in to help them re-establish a base to continue their work on major music projects. ‘Through their help,’ says Starr Parodi, ‘we were able to set up a proper writing and production room and get back to making music.’
Over the past 50 years, Britannia Row Productions has won globally recognition as a provider of audio systems, working with some of the biggest names in music, sports and event production.
The story began in 1975, when Pink Floyd purchased 35 Britannia Row, Islington, to house their growing touring inventory.
As Denmark’s new national centre for contemporary dance and choreography, the scope of flexibility required by the Copenhagen Dansehallerne’s performance spaces reflects the needs of its designers, choreographers and performers.
Matching the freedom of the spaces, there are no permanent loudspeaker placements.
Engineer, producer and educator Bob Bullock began his career in Los Angeles working alongside Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and Art Garfunkel during the 1970s – as a number of LA studios were installing Harrison Audio’s first mixing console.
Having relocated to Nashville in the early 1980s, he has been reacquainting himself with its sound through the addition of Harrison’s new 500 Series analogue modules to his Cool Springs Mix studio.
When professional digital audio made its entrance, the limitations of early technology combined with the excitement of some advocates made it a soft target for purists and sceptics. Then, as the tech found its feet and its potential became tangible, there was no going back.
Digital audio’s eventual coming of age, however, brings new desire for the nuances of analogue.
Opened in the early 1960s as Moonglow Records, The Sound Factory’s name was coined by David Hassinger, who purchased the LA facility in 1969. A decade later, the facilty was sold to Sunset Sound Recorders owners Paul and Tutti Camarata, who ran it until 2017.
To reflect changing technology and musical styles, the current owners contacted George Augspurger to create new main monitors.
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