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Meet our newest studio coach. Steve Taylor has been in the music industry for fifteen years and is here to help you with your mixes.

Guys like Young miss the crisp, full range of a needle on vinyl — and the damage, the way he sees it, is coming from the inferior sound of MP3s. That’s why he’s working on a new audio format of his own to find something that’ll sound closer to vinyl, Rolling Stone reports.

With more and more football players with dreams of a music career the NFL decided to open a music camp. The players visited a professional music studio at one point, getting some instruction on how to make records.

Experts in the recording and mastering fields have been making better and better quality recordings. To hear the music on an MP3 or radio has been disheartening. Most Engineers agree its time for high-fidelity to make a comeback.

It’s an organic, come-as-you-are approach that’s defined the Foo Fighters’ sound, and no doubt other bands are now more likely to drift in that direction. We’re not sure every band can pull off the kind of magic the Foo Fighters can in a garage.Contact us if you want some help with your sound …or if you can’t afford to have all that awesome gear in your garage.

As with any new technology, digital audio looked like it was going to solve every problem we had with audio recordings from getting rid of hissing that masked quieter sounds and distortion of louder sounds. And maybe it could have if the music industry had embraced it for those possibilities. Before it could show it’s range it was shut down by special interest. But nothing can keep a good idea down for long! Now that there is so much that can be done, you may need some help. That’s why where we come in!

It’s a shame — for the erstwhile podcast producer — to lose an otherwise interested prospect due to poor sound quality, especially since all that podcaster had to do was go to an outfit like SoundOps for affordable high-quality digital mastering.

Unlimited Mastering has arrived!

Check out this great advice from Paul White at SoundOnSound:
20 DIY Mixing Tips
This is an excellent list of essential things to bear in mind if you’re considering doing your own audio recording and mixing!
Remember: A Good Master Starts With a Good Mix.
We’ve heard a lot of people say that mastering doubles the quality of a [...]

Hey everyone; we hope your summer is off to a great start!  We’d like to mention something quickly…
Artists and producers generally ask us the same questions all the time, so we’ve included a FAQ page on our main studio website.  We just want to remind our readers that if you have any questions about audio mastering [...]