Jun. 21—For Jay Fisher, cobbling together an analog recording studio is a labor of love, his own technical skills and nostalgia for the time when he could lay claim to being an extended member of the ...

Spending more money on LPs than rent isn’t for everyone. But if it’s for you, here’s how to get started with some ace 2026 releases crashing the booming high-end hi-fi market.

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: Analogue emulations make up a large component of the plugin landscape with options ranging from compressors and EQs to delays, reverbs and tape machines. If we want to create a truly ...

John Mellancamp’s recent album “No Better Than This” was recorded by the singer and “O Brother, Where Art Thou” music producer T-Bone Burnett using a single vintage RCA 77DX microphone and a ...

The current resurgence of vinyl shows that the digital age never did snuff out analog listening. Analog recording methods, however, are effectively DOA. To find that old dinosaur, you might have to ...

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Music today is anachronistic. Collecting vinyl is hot, CDs are nostalgic treasures and local bands are releasing cassette tape EPs. The brand-new Williamson Magnetic Recording Studio, located in the ...

The debate over whether analog or digital sound is preferable is very delicate, about as resolvable as arguing about which is the better sport. There are people who swear by either side. On one side ...

This version of the famous song features a full band, and is the only copy that will ever be manufactured or released. Bob Dylan recording with an acoustic Gibson guitar and a harmonica in 1961 at ...