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Thomas Hawley
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FadeIn
Happy New Year! I'm excited about the articles, interviews, reviews and roundups
we have planned for 2021, and it all starts here, in our January issue.
Mark Hornsby and Joe Albano are back for year number two with their respective columns, and this month, Grammy Award-winning engineer Marc Urselli
begins a start-to-finish, year-long look at making the album Angelheaded Hipster:
The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex. This month's theme is drum recording, with
many reviews and articles focused on things percussive. Our fourteen reviews
this month run from BABY Audio to Death By Audio, and all the audios in between, from mics to sundry software delights. Our interview this month is all about
collaboration and creativity in the band Bright Eyes. 
As we were wrapping up the January 2021 issue, we lost industry legend
Bruce Swedien. I was fortunate enough to meet Bruce on a few occasions thanks
to John Jennings of Royer Labs. John was blessed to call Bruce a close friend, and
as such I think it's appropriate to get John's thoughts on the passing of this giant
of the audio world.
Enjoy the issue...

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Remembering Bruce Swedien

On November 16, the legendary
recording engineer Bruce Swedien
passed away at the age of 86. It's hard
to write this. Bruce felt like a second father to me, and it's a hard loss. He was
a once-in-a-lifetime person who made
a real difference over the 20+ years I
knew him. That loss is shared-everyone I know who spent time with him
feels like they've lost a family member,
which speaks volumes about the man
Bruce was. He was a kind, generous person who also commanded deep respect.
You felt at home with him, but you also knew you were in the presence of a giant. 
His greatest love was his Bea, who he married at 19 in 1953. He told me a hundred times, " She's my life, " and he meant it. When Bea was happy, Bruce was happy. If anyone gave her trouble, there was hell to pay. It was a romance for the ages. 
Bruce called Royer Labs a few months after we opened, and the friendship
that developed changed everything. When he got behind our new R-121, major
studios and musicians he worked with started using it and spreading the word. It
helped launch Royer in a way nothing else could have. Later, when we developed
phantom-powered ribbon mics, the reception was lukewarm until Bruce called the
R-122, " My new favorite ribbon microphone. " It instantly became our best-selling
mic. Such was the industry's trust level and respect for Bruce's opinion. 
Thank you for the music Bruce, and for your life-changing friendship. As you
would always say, " Love you madly. "  
-John Jennings, Royer Labs

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording - January 2021

Fade In
Fast Forward
First Look! Ableton Live 11
Session Log: The Angelheaded Hipster, Part 1: Drums
API: 312 Mic Preamp
Toontrack: Eddie Kramer’s Legacy of Rock SDX Expansion for Superior Drummer 3
Austrian Audio: Hi-X50 Professional On-Ear Headphones
Adventures in the Art of Symbiotic Collaboration: In the Studio with Bright Eyes
Plugin Outlet: Nugen Audio Paragon Reverb
Steinberg: Backbone Drum Re-synthesizer
PreSonus: DP-7 Complete Drum Microphone Set
Roland: TR-06 Drumatix and TR-606 Software Rhythm Composer
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: It’s the new year, and it’s never too late!
Arturia: KeyStep Pro 37-key Controller & Sequencer
SPL: Crescendo duo Dual-Channel Microphone Preamplifier
Plugin Outlet: sonible smart:verb
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Drum Replacement
Death By Audio: Rooms Stereo Reverberator
Readers’ Tracks
Plugin Outlet: BABY Audio Parallel Aggressor
Fade Out: Stay safe, and keep it clean!
Recording - January 2021 - Intro
Recording - January 2021 - Cover1
Recording - January 2021 - Cover2
Recording - January 2021 - 1
Recording - January 2021 - 2
Recording - January 2021 - 3
Recording - January 2021 - Fade In
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Recording - January 2021 - Fast Forward
Recording - January 2021 - 9
Recording - January 2021 - First Look! Ableton Live 11
Recording - January 2021 - 11
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Recording - January 2021 - Session Log: The Angelheaded Hipster, Part 1: Drums
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Recording - January 2021 - API: 312 Mic Preamp
Recording - January 2021 - 21
Recording - January 2021 - Toontrack: Eddie Kramer’s Legacy of Rock SDX Expansion for Superior Drummer 3
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Recording - January 2021 - 25
Recording - January 2021 - Austrian Audio: Hi-X50 Professional On-Ear Headphones
Recording - January 2021 - 27
Recording - January 2021 - Adventures in the Art of Symbiotic Collaboration: In the Studio with Bright Eyes
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Recording - January 2021 - Plugin Outlet: Nugen Audio Paragon Reverb
Recording - January 2021 - 37
Recording - January 2021 - Steinberg: Backbone Drum Re-synthesizer
Recording - January 2021 - 39
Recording - January 2021 - PreSonus: DP-7 Complete Drum Microphone Set
Recording - January 2021 - 41
Recording - January 2021 - Roland: TR-06 Drumatix and TR-606 Software Rhythm Composer
Recording - January 2021 - 43
Recording - January 2021 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: It’s the new year, and it’s never too late!
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Recording - January 2021 - 48
Recording - January 2021 - 49
Recording - January 2021 - Arturia: KeyStep Pro 37-key Controller & Sequencer
Recording - January 2021 - 51
Recording - January 2021 - SPL: Crescendo duo Dual-Channel Microphone Preamplifier
Recording - January 2021 - 53
Recording - January 2021 - Plugin Outlet: sonible smart:verb
Recording - January 2021 - 55
Recording - January 2021 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: Drum Replacement
Recording - January 2021 - 57
Recording - January 2021 - 58
Recording - January 2021 - 59
Recording - January 2021 - Death By Audio: Rooms Stereo Reverberator
Recording - January 2021 - 61
Recording - January 2021 - Readers’ Tracks
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Recording - January 2021 - Plugin Outlet: BABY Audio Parallel Aggressor
Recording - January 2021 - 71
Recording - January 2021 - Fade Out: Stay safe, and keep it clean!
Recording - January 2021 - Cover3
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