July 2012 : Contents

News

• People : comings (and goings on)

• Industry : all the industry news

• New Products : read about them here, first!

Columns

• Craig Clifford : “Poetic Songs: What about the Music?”

• Rob Palladino on “Punk: The Legacy That Never Was…”

• Tre Sheppard : ‘backing track blues’

• Paul Atkins interviews Dougal Lott, resident engineer at Konk Studios

• Alex Eden is running Rock School and finding space

• Frank Perri : I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way

Studio Design

• In conversation with Sound Installation designer Michael Chafee

• Peter Keeling : “Recording Studio in a Truck”

Audio Mastering

• Brian Gardner on mastering the new Rush ‘Clockwork Angels’ album

• Streaky Mastering : from Acid House to Mastering House

The Music Room

• Carolyn Selby interviews blues songwriter and performer Angelo Palladino

Technology Focus : Microphones

We hear from some of the major microphone designers;

• Audix Microphones : A History of Performance, Innovation and Excellence

• Microtech Gefell

• Sennheiser microphones and microphone philosophy – past and present

• Peluso Microphone Lab

• The history of TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik

• JZ Microphones

• Earthworks Microphones