by Clive Young It's been a time of changes in pro audio—one filled with new beginnings, like Harman buying AMX, and endings, such as Todd-Soundelux filing for Chapter 11 and reportedly having its Oscars repossessed (apparently awards given to companies go back to the Academy if the companies close down—who knew?). But the most public change has been the acrimonious falling out between major MI/pro audio retailer Guitar Center and major MI/pro audio manufacturer Music Group, which owns the Behringer, Bugera, Midas, Turbosound and Klark-Teknik brands. Business relationships end all the time; whether for good reasons or bad, it happens and usually you don't hear about it. That didn't happen this time.
"First and foremost, the most important piece of gear in the room is the room. It is the lens through which everything passes. In my experience—having been in really good sounding rooms in New York and poor-sounding rooms, too—having a well-designed workspace is the difference between knowing what you're doing and guessing. It's the difference between a project with several recalls and no recalls."—Nathan James, The Vault Mastering Studio From the latest issue of Pro Sound News; want to read more? Click here to subscribe to our free online edition!