All Things Gear

Artificial reverb was invented in the 1930s. The way they did it back then was playing recordings through speakers in different spaces and recording the sound of the space. By...

Audio plugins have improved by leaps and bounds over the past decade or so, but they’re still no substitute for good ol’ fashioned outboard gear. Plenty of engineers prefer how...

Almost all of the most revered studio microphones are based on designs from around the middle of the 20th century. For the Austrian Audio OC-S10 the company decided to design...

API products are most often associated with professional-level recording studios. At NAMM 2025 they unveiled a summing mixer designed for professional studios to bedroom setups and everything in between –...