New York, NY (March 31, 2014)—The Audio Engineering Society has announced the Technical Program for its 136th Audio Engineering Society International Convention in Berlin, Germany on April 26 to 29, 2014. AES136 will see the European debut of the Project Studio Expo (PSE), as well as special events and presentations featuring leading engineers, producers and luminaries of the audio industry.
by Clive Young The documentary Muscle Shoals, recently released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital services, digs deep into joy, pain and all the other messy, human stuff that came along when a sleepy Alabama town, population 8,000, became a musical prism that focused Sixties and Seventies R&B music into a colorful, blinding light. Dozens of artists weigh in, sharing their insights and experiences recording there, like Aretha Franklin, Bono, Alicia Keys, Steve Winwood, Gregg Allman, Clarence Carter, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Cliff, Percy Sledge, Wilson Pickett and others.
"We went to Calgary's National Music Centre. They have an amazing collection of instruments and keyboards, including old harpsichords, guitar synthesizers and modular synthesizers.While we were in the museum, I did all the recordings—there was a desk with wheels on it and we rolled our [Avid] Pro Tools session from instrument to instrument. I used my Apogee Duet interface with a Neumann U 87 large diaphragm condenser microphone up against an old Fender amp and usually just hit record." —Simon Trottier, Timber Timbre. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!