Sound services for musicians, moving pictures, and more. (Portland, ME)
Active guitar pickups (which includes piezo pickups) and all analog musical circuitry benefits from higher voltage. (The benefit is increased headroom). A fresh, regular “AA” battery produces 1.5 volts and
Continue reading…What’s the best rechargeble battery for guitar and bass?
While the best analog-to-digital converter (or “ADC”) is different for everyone here is a list of the most worthy contenders (and thus brands) on the market today. But first some
Continue reading…A List of the fanciest Analog-to-Digital converters
Let’s break down each part of this: “class A” is a type of amplifier circuit that reproduces the whole audio signal. This is different than a “class B” amplifier which
“The 546 was a “high-end” version of a 545 that used a capsule selected for consistency. The SM56 and SM57 were originally sold as being non-reflective 546s. There was also a gold colored 546.”
Continue reading…Shure SM57 and SM58, predecessors, Beta 58 and more
+4 dBu line inputs can handle a louder signal and have more headroom. They are found on high-end audio devices and increasingly more modern consumer devices. -10 dBV line inputs
Continue reading…Line Level Inputs: The Difference Between +4 and -10 dBV
The “Detailed Mics” are a class of five historic microphones that have a few special qualities. The first being that they all have external power supplies instead of phantom power.
Continue reading…A history of the detailed microphones (ELA M 251, U47, C12, M49/M50, U67)
If you are like me and have your iPhone tethered to your car you will have noticed that iTunes likes to play the first song in your library when it
Continue reading…A way to get around iOS/iPhone’s annoying autoplay.
The Fogcutters recently recorded with us and made this video. We used all of our inputs for this session!
The Other Bones recently came to The Studio to do a live recording, check it out!
I am very proud to have helped out a little for this album! Way to go!
Here it is, the Telefunken ELA M 251 The capsule is original to the mic and the sound blows me away! It instantly became my go-to instrument mic because I
I got an original Telefunken-branded U47. It’s got all of the trappings I wanted, the more recent capsule but original transformer and VF14 vacuum tube. It was Frank Sinatra’s favorite
