An interesting perspective about rising studio rates: Looking at my hourly studio rates over the past thirty years, I was curious about how much inflation

One of the trickier formats we encounter is lacquer one-off discs, sometimes (incorrectly) referred to as “acetates.” These may include home recordings, studio safeties, radio

The microcassette was introduced in 1969 by Olympus, as a conveniently sized alternative to the standard compact cassette we all know and love. The word

Every so often I get a call from someone who wants to record an album or an audio book, and they want to know up

 Magnetic tape was first developed in Germany in the 1930s as an alternative to discs, which offered only a few minutes of recording per-side, and

Wire recorder playback Many people today have never seen a wire recorder. The technology dates back to the 1890s and is the earliest example of

The first magnetic tapes used to record audio emerged in the 1930s, and by the late ‘40s reel-to-reel machines were found in virtually all recording

Edison 2-minute wax on the Archeophone Many people have never seen a cylinder record. Commercially released ones were made from the 1890s up through 1929,

This has happened more than once… I’m talking to a client about their upcoming recording session, they describe details about the music, arrangement, players, production

Sometimes referred to as “books on tape,” audiobooks occupy a significant space in the publishing industry, with an estimated half-billion readers (listeners) worldwide. The convenience