Recording - December 2012 - 4

PUBLISHER: Thomas Hawley ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER: Brent Heintz

EDITOR: Lorenz Rychner ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Mike Metlay EDITOR AT LARGE: Beto Hale MÚSICO PRO EDITOR: Fernando Curiel

EDITORIAL

CONTRIBUTORS Paul Vnuk Jr., Darwin Grosse, Devon Brent, Paul J. Stamler, Eric Ferguson, Marty Peters, Allen Goodman, Mark Waldrep SOCIAL MEDIA Brent Heintz, Paul Vnuk Jr.
ART DIRECTOR: Scott Simmonds PRODUCTION MANAGER: Colin Courtney WEB GOALIE: Colin Courtney

As 2012 becomes 2013...
As we’re about to enter the Year of the Baker’s Dozen, or—in the Chinese zodiac—the Year of the Snake, our crystal ball reveals it to become the year of Hi-Res, Hi-Def and iOS vying to dominate the conversation. The discussion of the loudness wars seems largely to have abated. As the peddlers of linguistic trivia would have it, we get it, at the end of the day it is what it is, winwin or not—ever since Mastering for iTunes came along, the focus has shifted. It’s not that all such wars have ceased and audio peace reigns on earth, far from it. You have your proponents, among them two well-known mastering engineers— Bob Ludwig who wrote the foreword to Bob Katz’s book that we’re writing up in this issue; in it they outline the process that led to the Mastering for iTunes program, promising much better quality, saying “MFiT will be the standard from now on”. You have your detractors who will dispute the legitimacy of terms like “high-definition” when used in the context of file compression. We’ve heard from some already and we’ve had those conversations, I’m sure we will have a printable rebuttal from a creditable source sooner rather than later. As this issue goes to print, we’re about to head to San Francisco for the AES convention where the discussion of MFiT will quite likely be in full swing. Our last month’s editorial topic, that of mastering, struck a nerve in several quarters. Since our November issue came out we’ve heard from individuals at mastering houses who would have liked to be in that issue, and we look forward to picking their brains next time around. We asked a former mastering engineer, now label owner and chief engineer, Mark Waldrep of AIX, to give us his personal take on loudness and mastering in this issue—he does so on our “soapbox” Fade Out page. Put hand on heart and answer this question: Are you now or have you ever been a device-carrying member of the iOS community? As we go to print, Apple has just released the iPad mini and also the iPad 4 while still selling the iPad 2. [And the Associate Editor is glaring at his brand-new-and-now-obsolete iPad 3 and would be feeling completely cheated if not for the fact that at least all his music-interface hardware still works...—MM] And the iPhone 5 only just came out. If you’re an iOS device user, over the last twelve months you’ve followed our increasing coverage of iOS devices, diligently hunted down and tested and written up (mostly) by our Mike Metlay. The increasing usefulness of these devices to musicians and recordists, aided by ingenious third-party developers, is bound to continue in the coming year. How much longer will it take before we can print a DIY article, “Audio Production 101— From Your Wristwatch to the Billboard 100 via iTunes”? Speaking of Audio Production 101—we’re up to chapter 12 of our current introductory series. Its author Eric Ferguson, who traded a life of freelancing in Los Angeles for a life of audio education in Maine (at nescom.edu) already got bumped up from his initial instructor position to one of much greater responsibilities, as the Director of the entire audio program. Can’t keep a good man down—we’re grateful for his timely contributions each month, and I trust that our readers join us in saying to Eric, “You can sleep when you’re old.” ’Tis the season for giving, whether to yourself or to others; this issue is jampacked with good gift ideas, so go out and stimulate the economy by spoiling yourself, your studio, your clients, and those around you. And even though it is a bit early to say so, this is nominally the December issue after all, so we’ll say it: Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year, to you and yours, from all of us at Recording and Music Maker Publications. Happy Recording!

ART & PRODUCTION

EDITOR/PRODUCER:

PLAYBACK PLATINUM SERIES Lorenz Rychner CIRCULATION Tiffany Sepe

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Recording - December 2012

Recording - December 2012
Fade In
Contents
Talkback
Recording’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide
MOTU 4pre Hybrid Audio Interface
iOS Music Tools: Great Gift Ideas For The 2012 Holidays
James A. Abdo’s BrokenWorks Productions
A Time To Give
Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z
Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 12: Monitors Part 1
PreSonuSphere 2012
Readers’ Tapes
iOS Music Tools: Bang That Beat!
Plug-in Outlet: Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and Virtual Bass Amp Pro
For Your Bookshelf
Advertiser Index
Fade Out
Recording - December 2012 - Intro
Recording - December 2012 - Recording - December 2012
Recording - December 2012 - Cover2
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Recording - December 2012 - Fade In
Recording - December 2012 - 5
Recording - December 2012 - Contents
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Recording - December 2012 - Talkback
Recording - December 2012 - 9
Recording - December 2012 - Recording’s 2012 Holiday Gift Guide
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Recording - December 2012 - MOTU 4pre Hybrid Audio Interface
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Recording - December 2012 - iOS Music Tools: Great Gift Ideas For The 2012 Holidays
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Recording - December 2012 - James A. Abdo’s BrokenWorks Productions
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Recording - December 2012 - 39
Recording - December 2012 - A Time To Give
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Recording - December 2012 - 42
Recording - December 2012 - 43
Recording - December 2012 - Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-Z
Recording - December 2012 - 45
Recording - December 2012 - Recording Fundamentals. Chapter 12: Monitors Part 1
Recording - December 2012 - 47
Recording - December 2012 - PreSonuSphere 2012
Recording - December 2012 - 49
Recording - December 2012 - Readers’ Tapes
Recording - December 2012 - 51
Recording - December 2012 - 52
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Recording - December 2012 - 54
Recording - December 2012 - 55
Recording - December 2012 - iOS Music Tools: Bang That Beat!
Recording - December 2012 - 57
Recording - December 2012 - 58
Recording - December 2012 - 59
Recording - December 2012 - Plug-in Outlet: Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro and Virtual Bass Amp Pro
Recording - December 2012 - 61
Recording - December 2012 - For Your Bookshelf
Recording - December 2012 - 63
Recording - December 2012 - 64
Recording - December 2012 - Advertiser Index
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Recording - December 2012 - Fade Out
Recording - December 2012 - Cover3
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