Audio Evolution
Our (slightly obsessive) Techniques
Become a Listening Expert
Gear and How We Use It
Tips for Recording & Mixing
Lets talk audio, music, listening...
We love music & great sounding audio, and if that's bad we don't want to be good! We're constantly learning, evolving, testing & trying new techniques. After several decades of this obsessiveness maybe we've learned something worth sharing?
We want you to know what we know. Audiophiles, Audio Engineers, Music Fans, Beginners...let's get into this.
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Refoaming Kef 107 Speakers
Kef 107s are renowned for their high fidelity performance, but the foam within the speaker assembly can break down after years of use. In this tutorial, Majestic's founder Angelo Montrone walks you through the process of refoaming Kef 107 speakers.
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How Hyper Compresssion Sacrifices Audio Quality.
Discussion of the Loudness Wars and why sacrificing dynamic range isn't worth it.
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Acoustics: Live Rooms
What goes into achieving great acoustics in a recording room and how that effects the fidelity of the recordings we make. Some things you may not realize about how our brains process sound.
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Acoustics: Control Room
Unlike a live room, a listening environment, whether at home or the studio control room needs to present the sound as clearly as possible. Here are the extensive steps we went through to achieve our linear control room and what you can do to improve your own listening environment.
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Audio Effects: Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flange etc
You're hearing these effects on every recording you listen to. Understand what each of them sounds like and you'll recognize them in every recording. Once you hear them, you can't unhear them, and that's good!
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Why We Still Use Tape Machines?!?
Tape machines used to be the only way to record music, now we don't need them, but we use them anyway. Discover the magic of the tape sound, hear the difference and suddenly the extensive work keep these machines working seems understandable.
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Microphones Paint the Sound
Microphone technique makes all the difference. Each mic is a sonic paint brush for achieving great sound. I was taught this by one of the masters, Al Schmitt (in addition to many other great engineers). Here are some tricks.
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Our Recording Signal Chain
From the microphone to the pre-amps to our special converters...even the wire. It all makes a difference. This is the complete chain described in full.
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Our keyboards 60’s - present
One of my early gigs in NYC was doing synth programming, and it plays a role in every record where we use keyboards. Different keyboards instantly evoke an era and a feeling, from a B3 to a Clavinet to a Memorymoog to a D-50. Hear them all, and learn how we use them today for modern productions.
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Our Guitars 40’s - Present
Our ever evolving collection of guitars always find their way into our recordings. Hear them, see them and love them!
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