From Ohm to Om — The ZenMastering Blog

Thoughts on the world of audio recording, mixing, and mastering.

Happy Clients…

…are the best reward.

Wavelab 7

I was very excited to see that Wavelab’s v.7 software is slated for release later in 2010. And, it’s going to be cross-platform to include Mac OS!

Reality vs. Replica

One way to think of the difference between analog and digital is that analog is reality and digital is a replica of reality. We’re getting very detailed and clever as to how closely we can mimic reality in the binary world, as you’ll see in this Universal Audio documentary of how the Manley Massive Passive [...]

Amicable Parting

This NPR story about OK Go leaving EMI is interesting, if you have 6:42 to spare.

Different Types of Analog

So — as you may have read — I have both the Cranesong H.E.D.D. and the Neve 5042 True Tape. And I realized, after a few months of use, that they represent two different “types” of analog. The H.E.D.D. is a high-quality coloration box, and is basically very good at taking dimensionless digital recordings and [...]

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