REPORT REVIEWS REVEALED / Recording studios: brand building / Waves: Chris Lord-Alge MixHub / Phil Joly: Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey / Test: EIGHT headphones under test / Antelope Audio: Orion 32+ / Podcasting: Rob Speight speaks / AES Dublin report / Upmixing with Schoeps / Broadcast metadata — getting it right V18.D | April 2019 | £5.50 The Interview XxxxxMatt Wiggins Xxxxxxxx Xxx Loud and Clear The S360 combines main monitor performance with compact size, delivering a true reference even at high sound pressure levels. And with our GLM software, the S360 will intelligently adapt to your acoustic environment. So if you need to really feel the energy in your music – or are working with large scale immersive film production – it is no longer a choice between power and precision. Find out more at www.genelec.com/S360 S360_Resolution_245x297.indd 1 14/11/2018 14.51 / Contents 32 V18.D | April 2019 News & Analysis 5 Leader 6 News Conventions, studios, appointments 12 New Products 46 Pro or No? Marcel James, mastering engineer & marketing man Columns 14 Broadcast aside 15 Business Spotify invests in podcasting Matt Wiggins 16 Sound Opinion When the mix is ‘wrong’ but the song feels right 18 Crosstalk How Wall Street came to design recording studios 42 Playlist Motown Records at 60: our favourite funkiest grooves 36 Craft 30 Matt Wiggins Adele, London Grammar, James Bay and The Horrors — the MPG Recording Engineer Of The Year talks projects, producers and equipment 34 Phil Joly The Grammy-winning chief engineer at Electric Lady 18 Studios, NYC, discusses recording The Kills, Daft Punk and Lana Del Rey’s Ultraviolence 38 Rob Speight ‘For the love of Pod’ — an audio pro who moved from post-production for film and TV to the flourishing new 41 world of podcasting gives us an overview of this 38 relatively new production paradigm 41 Competition — £1,400 of gear to win! A fantastic production set-up from Native Loud and Clear Instruments: Maschine Mk3, with a Komplete 12 Ultimate, Native Instruments’ flagship package of The S360 combines main monitor performance with compact size, virtual instruments and effffects. 43 AES Dublin delivering a true reference even at high sound pressure levels. And Report from the Emerald Isle with our GLM software, the S360 will intelligently adapt to your acoustic environment. 26 So if you need to really feel the energy in your music – or are working with large scale REVIEWS immersive film production – it is no longer a choice between power and precision. 20 Antelope Orion 32+ gen 3 21 PSP Twin-L and HertzRider 22 Schoeps Upmix plug-in Find out more at www.genelec.com/S360 23 Tascam DR-40X recorder 24 Vanguard V4 mic 25 Waves CLA MixHub 26 Group test: we evaluate eight benchmark headphones April 2019 / 3 S360_Resolution_245x297.indd 1 14/11/2018 14.51 PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS JBL 104 Compact Powered Reference Monitors draw on seven decades of award-winning engineering to deliver the exceptional imaging, neutral frequency response and crisp detail you’ve come to expect from JBL Professional. 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Contact us: [email protected] PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS / Welcome Leader EDITORIAL Nigel Jopson Editor Nigel Jopson [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS George Shilling, Jon Thornton, Dan Daley, Dennis Baxter, Danny Turner, Russell Cottier, John Broomhall, Simon Clark, Mike Aiton, Kevin Hilton, Bill Lacey, Money, it’s a hit Piper Payne, Tim Oliver, Erica Basnicki, Catherine Vericolli, David Kennedy and Phil Ward ADVERTISEMENT SALES EUROPE Chris Cope +44 (0)20 3289 8015 here is money by BTS, who sold more [email protected] in music. than 603,000 albums. Despite those The third spot was Sean Leslie Facebook claimed by country +44 (0)20 7993 4704 posts from singer Chris [email protected] Tyour friends — “…my song Stapleton with more than US & INTERNATIONAL was streamed 100,000 577,000 album sales. The Jeff Turner times and I only earned ‘world’s biggest heavy +1 415 455 8301 $5” — artists at the top of metal band’ Metallica sold [email protected] the tree (who sign good close to 540,000 albums, contracts, unlike your and Lady PRODUCTION AND LAYOUT Facebook friend) are Gaga and Bradley Dean Cook, making more from music, Cooper rounded out the The Magazine Production Company relatively, than at any time global Top 5 for their +44 (0)1273 467579 in history. Drake is the collaboration on the 2018 [email protected] world’s best-selling adaptation of A Star is recording artist of 2018 Born. PRINTING according to IFPI, the Live music was Gemini Print Southern Ltd, Unit A1 organisation representing lucrative in 2018, which Dolphin Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, the recorded music marked the first year in West Sussex. BN43 6NZ industry worldwide. 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My 104s also provide higher SPL, greater lower-frequency extension, and more powerful amplification to make them punch well above The views expressed are those of the earned himself the title of top artist in 2018. The old boss Roger Waters — 75 years young — contributors and not necessarily those IFPI ranked the 46-year-old rapper fifth overall, moved 1.4m tickets to finish a relentless their class. Compact, affordable and stylish, JBL 104 Powered Reference Monitors are a worthy contender in any arena: pro, project, of the publisher. S2 Publications Ltd. Registered in England and Wales. but Marshall Mathers sold over 755,000 albums 84-show schedule with $131.2m in sales. “…Get and home studios alike. Find out more at jblpro.com. Contact us: [email protected] in 2018. The Detroit rapper was followed closely a good job with more pay and you’re O.K.” REGISTERED OFFICE Gowran House, 56 Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, BS37 6AG. Company number: 4375084. /resolutionmagazine NigelEditor @resolutionmagazine April 2019 / 5 News Swiss sound pleasure for PMC monitors PMC, in conjunction with its Swiss distributor MGM Audio, is sponsoring The Sheer Pleasure of Sound — a three-day seminar and conference that focuses on recording and mixing music. Scheduled to take place in Basel between May 3-5, this CBC/Radio-Canada go all-IP with Lawo event will feature workshops, seminars and open forum discussions delivered by Canadian public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada is equipping its new Montreal engineering heavyweights Al Schmitt, Broadcast Centre with IP-based video, audio networking and broadcast control George Massenburg and Daniel Dettwiler. systems by Lawo. The Broadcast Centre will be an end-to-end SMPTE 2110 and ST2022-7 PMC is supplying its award-winning BB6 facility — one of the largest ever built in North America. The 39,000m² facility will house XBD-A and MB3 XBD-A large active production suites for news, TV and post-production, with CBC’s Master Control and Playout monitors for this event.