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By Allen Farmelo TIP #1 — STOP READING TIPS & TRICKS LISTS Look, nothing works every time. No EQ curve, no compression setting, no parallel processing trick, no reverb setting will work to accomplish the same thing twice. Every audio track … Continued
by Allen Farmelo with Matthew Agoglia “If it sounds good, it is good.” – Duke Ellington “The commonly held intuitive notion that internal clocking must be better than external clocking is simply not always true.” – Grimm Audio, “Clocking” White … Continued
Pink Paper #001 – January 25, 2016 Problem: 2016 TEC Technical Achievement Award was given to the Antelope Satori monitor controller, a piece of equipment with documented and published technical faults. Goals: To raise consumer awareness about the spuriousness of TEC Awards. To … Continued
We have a new series of papers coming soon. Pink Papers will be hybrids of technical papers, investigative journalism and consumer advocacy. Pink Papers are our version of the technical White Paper. Like White Papers, we aim to present a … Continued
With Catherine Vericolli Interview 4-25-2015, Published 6-2-2015 Cookie Marenco is an engineer/producer/composer with more than 20 years experience in the music industry. She is the founder of OTR Studios and Blue Coast Records, and has engineered or produced five Grammy-nominated records, several Gold records and an Academy Award-winning documentary. Marenco, along … Continued
March 24, 2015 We write in regard to the recent ad featuring Sylvia Massey endorsing a Retro-Instruments product. One of the reasons Pink Noise exists is to foster dialogue with the aim of bringing the pro audio profession forward toward being … Continued
By Allen Farmelo Some have asked how Pink Noise got started, and the truth is that a Facebook rant got it going. I have experienced a long and slow two-decade crescendo of frustration witnessing our career field remain stuck as an unbelievably male-dominated … Continued
By Catherine Vericolli I consider myself fortunate to have been raised on consoles and tape machines. There was always something wonderful about the feel of faders and knobs, the glow of VU meters, and the smell of tape. Recordmaking in … Continued
Dear Pink Noise, My name is Charlie Vela. I produce records, make music, and am head of marketing for the Austin-based audio-design company: Western Dynamo. It in this capacity that I am writing you today. The essay entitled “Show Us … Continued
Tucker Martine is a Grammy-nominated American record producer and composer who has worked with artists such as The Decemberists, R.E.M., My Morning Jacket, Beth Orton, Neko Case, Mudhoney, Bill Frisell, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, Camera Obscura and Laura Veirs. In 2010, Paste Magazine included Martine … Continued