After 20+ years in professional audio: live sound engineering, studio technical direction (Deep Forest, Pierre Jacquot), head of digital marketing at Playback.fr. A first-hand witness to the analog-to-digital shift, I track the whole audio landscape and break it down here — no fluff.
That stabbing “sss” on every take, the “sh” that spits the moment you add air: sibilance is the nightmare of vocal mixing. That is what a de-esser is for. Here is how it works and how to set it without turning your singer into a lisp.
Dante, AES67, ST 2110: audio-over-IP has taken over radio and TV. But behind those networks, an invisible clock decides that everything stays in sync — PTP. Here is how that timing works, why it replaced word clock, and what breaks when it drifts.
The LFO is the movement engine behind almost every synth patch: it makes a filter sweep, a note shimmer, a pad breathe. Here is how it actually works, and how to set it so it serves the music instead of tiring the ear.
Trident recreates its famous A-Range console equaliser in a 500 Series module. All-discrete circuit, inductors in the mids, gain set with faders rather than knobs: the Trident signature in a lunchbox, at $999.99.
Hollyland expands its LARK line with the M3, a modular wireless mic system scaling to four transmitters and four receivers. 32-bit float recording, AI noise cancellation and a $99 entry price make multi-person capture very accessible.
MOTU takes its Digital Performer workstation to version 12: immersive Dolby Atmos mixing up to 9.1.6, in-house AI stem separation, a new Arrangement Strip and reworked track freeze. It ships now at $499.
Behind every radio signal sits a playout system that decides, to the second, what goes to air. Automation, cart walls, the log, redundancy: here is how the invisible heart of a station works.
Feedback is not bad luck: it is a loop you can measure and push back. Here is how to win gain before feedback on stage, from speaker placement to ringing out the system, without turning your mix into a squeal.
Polyend has unveiled the Loop, a compact instrument that pairs four stereo loopers, a drum machine and more than a hundred effects. Shown at Guitar Summit 2026, it is up for pre-order at $599 and ships in October.
Synchro Arts has launched VocAlign 7, the biggest overhaul of its time-alignment tool in years. The headline is a multitrack workspace, track-based pitch and timing control, and a reworked link with RePitch 2.