Who’s On Drums II: MusicBrainz & Songbird | 1 / 02 / 2010 |
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It’s been a long journey but with the latest release of the MusicBrainz plugin for Songbird, the light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. It all began with a late night desire to know who was the drummer playing on a song from my digital media player. As simple a question as it [...]
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Tags: add-on • audio • digital music • engineers • GtP Studios • metadata • MusicBrainz • musicians • producers • Songbird • tagging
Coming of Digital Age: Paul Frindle Part I | 10 / 01 / 2010 |
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The year was 1980. A young Paul Frindle is working as a technical engineer at Virgin Records, working on the expansion of the Townhouse and Manor (mobile) studios. Solid State Logic had just completed their first console and delivered one to Virgin. Without a proper room for it, the console was placed in the second [...]
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Tags: Console • digital • Digital Conversion • Engineering • Euphonix • Hardware • Hugh Padgham • Mixing • Neve • OXF-R3 • Oxford Digital • Paul Frindle • Phil Collins • software • Solid State Logic • Sony • Sony Oxford • SSL • SSL 4000 G • Trident Studios • Virgin Records
Coming of Digital Age: Paul Frindle Part II | 10 / 01 / 2010 |
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Like everything else that Paul worked on, as much of a landmark as the OXF-R3 was, it proved to be merely a stepping stone. Where it was leading to however could have been radically different. “I think there was a fantastic opportunity to revive the large studio concept by integrating non-linear storage and editing into [...]
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Tags: Convolution • DSM • Dynamic Spectrum Mapper • Emulation • Engineering • Inflator • modular • OXF-R3 • Plugins • Pro Audio DSP • Sonnox • Sony • Transmod