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NJIT Welcomes Anthony Agnello: Grammy‑Winning Engineer, Digital Music Pioneer
Throw on any iconic rock album from the mid-1970’s to early 1980’s, and chances are, you’ll hear the distinct sound of pitch-shifting and harmonizing effects that were just beginning to revolutionize how records were being produced — from the rhythm instruments on David Bowie’s 1975 album “Young Americans”, to the arena-sized choruses of AC/DC’s “Back In Black”, to the signature double-tracked tones of Eddie Van Halen’s finger-blistering guitar work in his band’s 1978 debut album, “Van Halen”.
An important genesis of that sound would first make its waves in the basement of Sound Exchange recording studio on West 54th Street…
How to fall in love with digital music…
“… about appreciating the medium from a musical connoisseur’s point of view…”
As digital music programming grows, so does lack of originality
"Everybody’s adding on virtual instruments that don’t exist on to a drum machine that somebody programmed."
How An Oil Engineer Discovered Auto-Tune And Changed The Music Industry Forever
Stuck on repeat: why we love repetition in music
Music of every genre, every culture and every period employs repeated phrases for effect. Why do we love to listen to the same things again and again?
6 Benefits of Music Lessons
Learning to play an instrument can help your child fine-tune her ear and enhance skills needed for education and social interaction.
How Bose Headphones Sparked the Noise-Cancellation Revolution
We take a look back at how Bose pioneered active noise cancellation technology and continues to innovate in the space.
This Is How Music Can Change Your Brain
Actively learning to play an instrument can help a child's academic achievement
When using headphones to listen to music, how loud is too loud for kids?
One pediatric audiologist said there are "pockets of young people who have worse hearing than you would expect"
10 Shocking Benefits of Listening to Classical Music [Infographic]
Chances are you’ve heard that there are several benefits of listening to classical music. But is there any actual truth behind this statement? According to numerous studies, there absolutely is. Th…
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How the brain reads music: the evidence for musical dyslexia
If the brain processes words and mathematical symbols differently, why not musical symbols too?
How Recording Engineers Can Transition to a Home Music Production Setup
With an eye toward future-proofing, recording engineers can make a smooth transition from recording in commercial studios to a home music production setup.
The Ultimate Gift Guide For The Serious Home Recording Engineer
For recording engineers serious about turning their separate bedroom or garage into a home project studio, there are quite a few gifts that are well suited to help them out.
How To Make Your Live Sound Engineer's Job Easier
Musicians often view the sound of their live shows as something left up to chance. But there are things we can do to make life easier for sound engineers.
An Audio Engineer's Guide To Overdrive, Fuzz and Distortion
Whether you call it dirt, grit, drive or anything else, you need some of it in your studio—and not only for guitars. There are countless flavors of saturation and distortion out there, and over the years, some terms have taken on very specific connotations. If you’ve ever wondered what the differences are between an “overdrive”, …
Analyzing the Engineer/Producer Relationship — And How to Be Both When Necessary
A lot of us recording people find ourselves wearing two hats, one as an engineer, and one as a producer. I always find it’s easiest to split the job between two people, but sometimes you don’t have that option. It can be a daunting task to keep a project on track, as well as making …
Music Mastering Engineer: Do You Need One for Your Mix?
There is much confusion about the role of Music Mastering Engineers and the part they play in the audio post production chain. To understand their role, we need to first understand what exactly is mastering.
Wizard Apprentice makes digital folk music for people who live in their heads
What we think of as “folk music” is generally played on traditional acoustic instruments, but as technology weaves itself ever more inextricably into human lives,...
Why you should be mixing live sound
Mixing music at a venue can greatly improve your skills as a studio engineer, producer, and arranger. This guest post was written by Gary Gray, an award-winning composer, producer, and engineer. People come to me all the time looking for insightful tips that will help them improve their mixing. They’re looking for DAW secrets, or …
Why we’re obsessed with music from our youth
Do we think music from the past is better, or has it got something to do with the memories we have of that time?
Will Immersive Audio Change the Future of Music?
Is it a revolutionary approach to recording and listening to music? Or will it go the way of quadrophonic records?
