LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 2010: Beginning with a string of hits in the 1970s that earned her the title “Queen of Disco,” Donna Summer has earned seventeen Grammy nominations and five wins throughout her career. Her latest chart-topper, 2010’s “To Paris with Love” came on the heels of her performance at The Nobel Peace… Read more »

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Grammy-nominated South African trumpeter, composer, and singer Hugh Masekela has been making chart-topping records since debuting with 1964’s aptly named, The Emancipation of Hugh Masekela. The famous anti-Apartheid activist recently recorded his upcoming album, Jabulani (number twenty-eight for those who are keeping score!) for South African colossus Gallo Records at the Digital… Read more »

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 2010: Geoff Daking and Company, Inc. will launch the new Mic Pre 500 single-channel microphone/instrument preamplifier module at the 129th AES Convention in San Francisco. Derived from the company’s Mic Pre One freestanding unit, the Mic Pre 500 is designed for installation in 500 Series format equipment. The new mic… Read more »

TUBE-TECH president and designer John Petersen with their very first unit – the PE 1A Program EQ. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – NOVEMBER 2010: For twenty-five years, engineers and producers the world over have associated the no-nonsense blue faceplate and white typeface of TUBE-TECH analog processors with the lush, dimensional sound they impart to any audio that… Read more »

Studio engineer, Martin Feveyear, with singer/songwriter Carrie Clark, chose Chameleon Labs 7720 stereo compressor and 7802 stereo opto tube compressor for his Seattle recording studio. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 2010: Martin Feveyear formed Jupiter Studios in Seattle, Washington with Christian Fulghum after emigrating to that rainy and musically prolific city from his native England during… Read more »

Geoff Daking, with Mark Hornsby, will be at Full Sail University on October 12th to present a recording seminar, including Geoff’s history in the business (From pop drummer to engineer to designer) and the Daking signal processors and amplifiers. Students will be checking out the gear in action and learning recording tips and techniques from… Read more »

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – AUGUST 2010: Stëv Skye is, without a doubt, one of the most talented blues and rock guitarists to have slipped under the radar of the mainstream media. He is currently recording his future blues classics with the help of a Daking Mic Pre EQ, to record his fiery guitar leads, and… Read more »

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 2010: Kyle Lehning has been recording and producing country and rock records for nearly forty years. He has produced nearly every album for the venerable Randy Travis, all the while shaping the definition of what great recorded music sounds like on projects with Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, Kinky Friedman, and innumerable… Read more »

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 2010: For some twenty years, composer, musician, and sound engineer Brando Triantafillou has been writing, performing, and recording music for advertisements, film, and rising stars in the music industry. His clients include Verizon, Adidas, Nike, McDonalds, Sony, and the U.S. Army, among many, many others. Triantafillou’s production company and well-appointed project… Read more »