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The Future for Independent Record Labels
By Eugene Brooks

Small independent record labels are facing a different fight today to obtain a share of the music industry. The best possible means in which small labels were able to get their CD’s sold vanished in 2003 when Southwest Wholesale Records and Tapes closed the doors. The ability to have their music placed in a position to be sold along the same shelves as the major record labels is becoming increasingly more difficult. The absence of competition on the shelves has generated an increase in profits for the major labels. What can smaller more nimble labels do to compete with the major labels? [ More ]

The Importance of Studio Acoustics
Broadcast Engineering, April 1, 2005 by Ken C. Pohlmann

The frequency response of a power amplifier will be the same in your audio control room as it was on the test bench. Grounding and shielding issues aside, an amplifier's performance does not depend on its environment or location. On the other hand, the frequency response and many other performance criteria of microphones and loudspeakers are affected by the room they are in. Indeed, specifications of transducers have limited value because they cannot account for the real-world conditions of their use.

The acoustics of any room can profoundly affect the quality of any audio signal that is acoustically conveyed in that room. Whether you are recording voice or music into an open microphone, or monitoring or mixing over loudspeakers, the room can dictate what is recorded and what you think is recorded. For that reason, any serious studio needs serious acoustics. [ More ]

Read It And Filter Sweep - Studio-in-a-Box - Book Review
Remix, Feb 1, 2003

Studio-in-a-Box, by Erik Hawkins (EMBooks; Artistpro.com)

It's no secret that computer-based recording, editing and mixing is now the dominant means of music production. And if you go to a Barnes & Noble, you will find no lack of texts saying just that. Well, make room for one more: The richly detailed Studio-in-a-Box: The New Era of Computer Recording Technology begins by telling the reader why a virtual studio makes so much sense, both for finance and flexibility reasons. [ More ]