Recently I had a chance to check out the new AMS Neve1073 OPX and I was duly impressed by the performance and price that this unit offers the home and professional recordist. When I first saw that Neve was offering an 8 channel 1073 mic pre with built in converters, I couldn’t wait to hook it up to my UA...

"There are revelations in one’s career that come unexpectedly. Discovering the magical balance of the Augspurger Duo 8 monitors has allowed me to work on so many different styles of music with a single speaker reference,” Rafa Sardina, 13-time Grammy® winner, Afterhours Studio, Los Angeles.  A close look at Rafa Sardina’s “Tiger Maple” Augspurger Duo 8  Sub 12 System at Afterhours in...

PAD STUDIO SPOTLIGHT: NYC’s new Penthouse is located just one block north of Times Square in the Quad Studios complex. It’s on the top floor; naturally! The Penthouse project was designed and equipped from the ground up entirely by Dave Malekpour and PAD Group. The futuro spaceship-style control room with wraparound flight-deck is built on Augspurger Duo 15V-S218 mains finished in...

Dr. Jackson's labor of love, resurrecting the Holy Grail of EQs * PAD: Steve, why get a Pulse Techniques Pultec EQ as opposed to the other currently made Pultec-TYPE eqs? What makes this model the real deal? Jackson: When I first undertook this project, starting back in 1999, the consensus in the professional recording industry was that none of the...

IT’S A DOGG’S LIFE! Snoop Dogg's Mothership Just five minutes away from Los Angeles International airport there is a 20,000sqft  building that houses the headquarters of one of the biggest names in hip hop. But Snoop Dogg’s Beach City Music complex is more than just a recording facility, and the owner more than just a musician. Surrounded by his collection...