To coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album, AMI spoke to veteran recording engineer John Kurlander about his experiences and memories working with the Fab Four, George Martin and Geoff Emerick… — When I was a kid, I lived around the corner from Abbey Road …
Read More »Interview: PMC “Sound For The Future” scholarship recipient Dora Filipovic
AMI speaks to PhD student Dora Filipovic about being the first recipient of the PMC Sound For The Future scholarship in association with the AES… — UK loudspeaker manufacturer PMC recently established the Sound For The Future Scholarship in association with the Audio Engineering Society Education Foundation, whereby a $5,000 …
Read More »Lifting the lid on DiGiCo/KLANG’s immersive IEM integration
Stephen Bennett speaks to DiGiCo’s Austin Freshwater about the integration of KLANG’s immersive in-ear monitoring system into the company’s console software… — One of the strangest things I found when I started to play live music was that the all-important monitoring systems always seemed to be set up to fire …
Read More »Q&A: ZEN Broadcast on using Universal Audio systems
Despite being a small facility located in rural Hampshire, ZEN Broadcast had been doing an awful lot of post production recently. Dubbing mixer Kevin Duff, who makes up one half of the company along with his fellow sound supervisor Andy Deacon, has been nominated for and won several BAFTA Craft …
Read More »Creating bespoke soundscapes for Love Sonia
Inspired by real life events, Love Sonia is the story of a young girl’s journey to rescue her sister from the dangerous world of international sex trafficking. Here, Oscar-winning Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer Resul Pookutty explains how he created a number of bespoke soundscapes to …
Read More »Breaking the Mould: Mastering Engineer Emily Lazar on her recent Grammy win
Emily Lazar has been working hard to promote inclusivity of women in the music industry, and earlier this year became the first ever female mastering engineer to win a Grammy for her work on Beck’s “Colors” album. Here, AMI speaks to Lazar about making her mark in history… — You’ve …
Read More »Interview: ADAM Audio’s CEO on the company’s 20th birthday
Colby Ramsey speaks to ADAM Audio’s CEO Christian Hellinger about the Berlin-based company’s two decades creating professional studio monitoring solutions… — Tell us about how you first got involved with the company. I’ve been at the company for two years now, so unfortunately was not here when it started 20 …
Read More »In the studio with: Mike Exeter
Mike Exeter has worked with notable heavy rock acts such as Black Sabbath and Judas Priest. Here, he runs through his current studio setup and explains his techniques for recording drums, vocals, guitars, bass and keys...
Read More »Composers notes: Star Wars Battlefront II
Gordy Haab explains the process of creating a best in class interactive video game music score for an iconic franchise
Read More »Star Wars Battlefront II: ‘We wanted a John Williams-esque score that felt like the original film trilogy’
John Broomhall talks to EA DICE senior audio director Ben Minto and composer Gordy Haab about creating a best in class interactive video game music score for an iconic franchise.
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