Author Archives: Ben Silver

Manley XXX Anniversary Dual Mono Mic Pre Wins 2020 SOS Readers’ Choice Award!

Manley XXX Anniversary Dual Mono Mic Pre Wins 2020 SOS Readers’ Choice Award WOW! HUGE THANKS to Sound On Sound readers for honoring our XXX Anniversary Edition Dual Mono Mic Pre with an SOS Readers’ Choice Award! We are so excited that you appreciate this very special unit – we sure did enjoy building them for you. The […]

API Consoles and the Revival of Macon Georgia’s Capricorn Studios

API Consoles and the Revival of Macon Georgia’s Capricorn Studios The visionaries of Mercer University, under the direction of President William Underwood and with the hands on diligence of Larry Brumley, Mercer’s Vice President tackled an enormous undertaking to save and revitalize one of pop music’s most iconic recording studios. Among many important decisions that […]

The Moog Vocoder Returns

The Moog Vocoder Returns After more than 40 years, Moog Music has resumed production of the highly sought-after Moog 16 Channel Vocoder. To help welcome the instrument’s return, Moses Sumney visited the Moog Sound Lab to perform a new vocoder-centered track from his upcoming album græ. Moses Sumney Performs New Song in Moog Sound Lab […]

Vanguard’s V4s Sparkle For the 2020 Golden Globes

Vanguard’s V4s Sparkle For the 2020 Golden Globes Engineer Gary Lux Chooses Vanguard Audio Labs V4 for Sparkling Horns North Hollywood – Veteran LA recording guru Gary Lux (Janet Jackson, Manhattan Transfer, Ben Harper, Usher, Sting, and more) has been recording the music for the Golden Globe Awards broadcast for 27 years. All the music […]

API Consoles and Modules Win TEC Awards

API Consoles and Modules Win TEC Awards It’s quite an honor these days for a manufacturer to receive even a single nomination for a technical achievement award from the NAMM TEC Awards Committee. It’s even more significant to actually win a TEC Award over the other nominees. At the 2020 NAMM TEC awards, API received […]