Avid, makers of Pro Tools, Media Composer, Sibelius, will go to private equity

As expected, media tech giant Avid is ending its life as a NASDAQ-listed public company and selling to private equity, in a $1.4 billion all-cash acquisition by STG.

Here’s a DIY plate reverb, hacked out of IKEA parts for under $100

Can’t afford a pricey plate reverb? Use some IKEA shelving and piezos and get something that sounds amazingly good in this simple DIY tutorial. Best of all – you can do it for under $100 in parts, and it’s not a complex build.

Peter Kirn - August 30, 2022

Get lost in magical 1983 footage of Brilliant Trees, delicate IBM Dictaphone looping

Whatever you’re doing now, if you want to calm yourself and rediscover the love of slow production, watch this transcendent footage of David Sylvian with Ronny Drayton, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Holger Czukay, Jon Hassell, and Steve Nye.

Peter Kirn - January 12, 2022

Sonarworks Reference 4.3: more headphones, features for calibrating your mixes

Peter Kirn - June 17, 2019

Apple has a AV studio desktop again: power, speed, and cheese graters

Peter Kirn - June 3, 2019

Going deep in techno technique and technology with Denmark’s CTRLS

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2017

Watch this gear lust-inducing tour of the deadmau5 home studio

Peter Kirn - July 7, 2017

Platform is finally a desk made for electronic musicians, engineered by an architect

Peter Kirn - June 21, 2017

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